Tag: Literary Fiction
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A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche
A brutal, graphic, beautiful and essential novel about a doomed romantic relationship at the beginning of the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
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Apeirogon by Colum McCann
This book tells the mostly true story of two dads who have each lost a child in the violence in Israel and Palestine.
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A Love Affair by Dino Buzzati
An overlooked classic. The 1963 story of an older Italian man becoming obsessed with a younger woman. It’s well-traveled ground but I’ve never read anything like this.
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Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
The book that put Murray on the map is funny, sad and addictive, and maybe even better than his high-profile follow up The Bee Sting.
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Blackouts by Justin Torres
I couldn’t put it down, but I also didn’t really get it.
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Foster by Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan’s short but beautiful book hit me in a specific and memorable way.
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Lanny by Max Porter
Max Porter’s second book is a stunner — a quick read that I immediately re-read most of once I was finished.
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The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld
A family’s unravelling after a tragedy as told through the eyes of a 10 year old girl — it’s one of the grimmest and darkest things I’ve ever read.
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Gaines’ 1993 story of a Black man’s execution in the 1940s is urgent, upsetting and unforgettable.
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City of Thieves by David Benioff
A WWII novel by the Game of Thrones guy. It’s as good as any war novel I’ve read.