Category: Literary fiction & Poetry

Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole

Compelling post #MeToo verse novel (mini-review)

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

A powerful & confronting verse memoir (mini-review)

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 English Understand Wool by Helen de Witt

Hilarious satirical novella (mini-review)

The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

Weird but beautifully designed. Great gift for librarians! (mini-review)

Laurinda by Alice Pung

Brilliant skewering of snobbery and racism (mini-review)