fiction
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery
The Mountain in the Sea review: Ray Nayler’s ‘refreshing approach’ to alien first contact
The Mountain in the Sea review: Ray Nayler’s ‘refreshing approach’ to alien first contact
Owlish review: ‘No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire’
Owlish review: ‘No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire’
Top 5 books about children and nature, chosen by CC Harrington
Top 5 books about children and nature, chosen by CC Harrington
Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres
Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres
Cursed Bread review: ‘A world of surreal happenings’
Cursed Bread review: ‘A world of surreal happenings’
The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon’s novel spans decades and continents
The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon’s novel spans decades and continents
Top 5 books with odd couples, chosen by Simon Mason
Top 5 books with odd couples, chosen by Simon Mason
Kick the Latch review: A unique insight into the secret world of equestrian sport
Kick the Latch review: A unique insight into the secret world of equestrian sport
Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London
Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London
The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis’s return to form
The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis’s return to form
Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive
Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive
1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?
1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?
Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: ‘Deliciously good’
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: ‘Deliciously good’
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: ‘Dreamlike and unsettling’
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: ‘Dreamlike and unsettling’
A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: ‘Hopepunk’ novel imagines a positive future for humanity