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1w ago
Intellectually stimulating and thematically rich: Wolfram Eilenberger’s is a collective biography of four women who helped to shape twentieth-century philosophy and literature, a book that will appeal to readers of Francesca Wade’s ..read more
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1M ago
If you didn’t want Zadie Smith’s novel to end, why not add Shida Bazyar’s ..read more
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7M ago
A treat for fans of satirical novelists like Jonathan Coe, by Isabel Bogdan is a comedy of errors that skewers workplace relationships, perfectly blending German humour and a Scottish setting ..read more
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8M ago
A complex narrative that is both haunting and relentless in its exploration of dark emotional themes, Nino Haratischvili’s debut novel, , will appeal to fans of unflinching contemporary writers like Evie Wyld ..read more
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9M ago
Not your average Icelandic thriller: Joachim B. Schmidt’s is a voice-driven novel that explores themes of community and change, a mystery more about people than crime, in a similar vein to Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ..read more
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10M ago
Set over the course of a summer holiday in the country, Daniela Krien’s is a carefully wrought portrait of a marriage which reflects on society as a whole – an atmospheric, character-driven novel that will appeal to fans of Ann Patchett ..read more
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11M ago
Motherhood, freedom and the legacy of colonialism are key themes explored in Sharon Dodua Otoo’s fascinating , a debut novel of immense verve and imagination that will appeal to fans of Bernardine Evaristo’s ..read more
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1y ago
Structured as two interconnected stories that can be read in any order, Karosh Taha’s formally experimental second novel, In the Belly of the Queen , has echoes of Ali Smith’s ..read more
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1y ago
With its imaginative setting and surreal, claustrophobic atmosphere, by Raphaela Edelbauer offers an absurdist portrait of Austria with hints of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ..read more
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1y ago
, Esther Kinsky’s fifth novel, has echoes of Sarah Moss in its precise language and detailed depictions of the natural world ..read more