Category: Literary novels

Rapture by Emily Maguire

Compelling & uplifting historical fiction

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

A sensitive story about being torn between the old & the new (mini-review)

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

Engaging historical fiction about deception, privilege & colonialism (mini-review)

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

A dark & funny story of memory, power & oppression (mini-review)

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Beautifully written retelling of ‘My Last Duchess’ (mini-review)

Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt

Quirky, adults-only satire

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Accessible literary page turner (mini-review)

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Short, thoughtful speculative novel

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Darkly humorous postcolonial novel (mini-review)

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Literary and evocative