fiction
Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond
Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond
Otessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
Otessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city
Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city
All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20
All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20
The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby
The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
A Season in Exile by Oliver Harris review: A twisty, captivating romp
A Season in Exile by Oliver Harris review: A twisty, captivating romp
The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel
The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel
Sea of Tranquility review: Time travel is anything but tired in this wonderfully inventive novel
Sea of Tranquility review: Time travel is anything but tired in this wonderfully inventive novel
The Perfect Golden Circle review: Not just another take on the cultural fights of the ’80s
The Perfect Golden Circle review: Not just another take on the cultural fights of the ’80s
Book reviews: Vladimir by Julia May Jonas and Either/Or by Elif Batuman
Book reviews: Vladimir by Julia May Jonas and Either/Or by Elif Batuman
Sandra Newman’s The Men: A crunchy and compelling dystopia
