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The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead Colson Whitehead · 2019 The Nickel Boys Whitehead tells the story of a Jim Crow reform school so calmly that the anger creeps up on you, then moves in and stays.
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan Claire Keegan · 2021 Small Things Like These A coal merchant, a convent and one cold Irish Christmas: Keegan packs more moral nerve into a hundred-odd pages than most writers manage in six hundred.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin Gabrielle Zevin · 2022 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow A love story with almost no romance, a gaming novel for people who have never held a controller, and the best book about creative partnerships in years.
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver · 2022 Demon Copperhead Dickens moves to a trailer in southwest Virginia, swaps the workhouse for foster care and OxyContin, and somehow keeps the jokes.
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021 Klara and the Sun The most tender book ever narrated by an appliance, and the reason you'll say thank you to your smart speaker for at least a week.
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett Brit Bennett · 2020 The Vanishing Half Two twins, one secret, four decades and a fictional Louisiana town obsessed with skin tone: a family saga that reads like a page-turner and argues like an essay.
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders George Saunders · 2017 Lincoln in the Bardo A ghost story told by a graveyard full of chatterboxes that turns, somewhere around page fifty, into the most moving book about grief we know.
Normal People Sally Rooney Sally Rooney · 2018 Normal People Two clever Irish kids who could fix everything with one honest conversation, and a novel that makes you watch them not have it for four years. Reading list If you liked The Nickel Boys: 8 books to read next More Whitehead, a Mississippi road trip with a ghost, and other novels about institutions that fail children and the people who outlast them. Reading list Novels under 200 pages worth your weekend Short books with long tails: eight novels you can finish between Friday night and Sunday lunch, and keep thinking about for weeks. Reading list Book club picks that start arguments Nine novels that split a room down the middle, with the exact question to ask when the conversation stalls. Reading list Science fiction and fantasy for literary fiction readers Eight science fiction and fantasy books that win over readers who think genre isn't for them, with a note on where each one is easiest to enter. Reading list Where to start with French literature A route into French-language books for English readers: the classics worth the effort, the modern books that are easier than you think, and what to try if you want to read in French.