Category: Literary fiction & Poetry

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

A powerful feminist take on body image, food and women’s pleasure

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

Mostly entertaining mash up of literary whodunnit and cli-fi

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

Alice in the underworld

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Coming of age for a scholarship girl at a posh boarding school

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

Funny & fabulous satire skewers power, bureaucracy & media

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

A fun & intelligent update of Pride & Prejudice

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

Observational, gently humorous & wholly engrossing

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Book 2: better & funnier than Book 1

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Enjoyable action sci-fi featuring a delightfully antisocial cyborg

A Poem That’s Like a Perfect First Date & other articles by A. O. Scott

A. O. Scott (NYT) unpacks ‘Having a Coke with You’ in the warmest and most entertaining way. Gift article links! 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁