As the end of the year approaches, all you can see in the bookshops are the shiny stickers indicating who won what and what you must add to your reading list: we are no National Book Award Foundation, but we heartily recommend these ten titles, as well as the interviews we published alongside!
XIAOLU GUO, I Am China
NPR: “The reader can’t help but be sucked into the lives of Jian and Mu.”
Read our interview of Xiaolu Guo
CELESTE NG, Everything I Never Told You
Kirkus Reviews: “Ng’s emotionally complex debut novel sucks you in like a strong current and holds you fast until its final secrets surface.”
Read our interview of Celeste Ng
CATHERINE LACEY, Nobody Is Ever Missing
The New York Times: “It’s an aching portrait of a young woman doing the hard thing, “trying to think clearly about mixed feelings.””
JENNY OFFILL, Dept. Of Speculation
Slightly Bookist: “Dept of Speculation is a wonderful novel about getting older and losing that brief and mostly illusory freedom that children believe all adults enjoy.”
NICKOLAS BUTLER, Shotgun Lovesongs
The New York Times: “Butler has written an unmistakably American novel — and a good one.”
Read our interview of Nickolas Butler
JENNIFER CLEMENT, Prayers For The Stolen
The Guardian: “The writing is electrifying not only because of its subject matter – anyone could report the facts – or because Clement is so strong on the insider viewpoint that gives new journalism its kick, but because she is a consummate stylist who makes sure nothing is wasted.”
Read our interview of Jennifer Clement
ROXANE GAY, Bad Feminist
SF Gate: “Gay writes with authority, conviction and a spirit of rising up against stereotypes and labels.”
Read our interview of Roxane Gay
KERRY HUDSON, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma
The Guardian: “Janie’s irrepressible, childish glee and the sly humour into which it evolves give the novel a wry self-awareness that is both refreshing and endearing.”
Read our interview of Kerry Hudson
SAMANTHA ELLIS, How To Be a Heroine
The Guardian: “A fantastically inspirational memoir that makes you want to reread far too many books.”
Read our interview of Samantha Ellis
BORIS FISHMAN, A Replacement Life
The New York Times: “A Replacement Life is bold, ambitious and wickedly smart.”
Read our interview of Boris Fishman
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