September 25, 2019
‘The Weekend’ by Charlotte Wood
Culture
The Stella Prize–winner returns with a stylish character study of women surprised by age
Helen Elliott
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August 1, 2019
‘The White Girl’ by Tony Birch
Culture
An emotionally eloquent novel about the necessary inheritance of strength in Indigenous women
September 1, 2019
‘The Godmother’ by Hannelore Cayre
Culture
A sardonic French bestseller about a godmother, in the organised crime sense of the word
July 2, 2019
‘The Other Americans’ by Laila Lalami
Culture
An accidental death in a tale of immigrant generations highlights fractures in the promise of America
June 2, 2019
‘Animalia’ by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
Culture
The French author delivers a pastoral that turns on human cruelty
May 1, 2019
‘Room for a Stranger’ by Melanie Cheng
Culture
The medico-writer delivers a novel driven less by storyline than accumulated observation
April 1, 2019
‘Islands’ by Peggy Frew
Culture
The bestselling author delivers a nuanced examination of family tragedy
March 1, 2019
‘Zebra and Other Stories’ by Debra Adelaide
Culture
Difficult-to-grasp characters populate this new collection
November 1, 2018
‘Killing Commendatore’ by Haruki Murakami
Culture
Art, music and mystery abound in the Japanese author’s latest novel
October 1, 2018
‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’ by Olga Tokarczuk
Culture
Offbeat intrigue from a Booker Prize winner
September 1, 2018
‘One Hundred Years of Dirt’ by Rick Morton
Culture
A social affairs reporter turns the pen on himself
August 1, 2018
‘Less’ by Andrew Sean Greer
Culture
The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel is an engaging story of love and literary misadventure
July 18, 2018
‘The Fireflies of Autumn’: a bittersweet take on the Tuscan idyll
Culture
Moreno Giovannoni’s debut collection examines dislocation in a way rarely seen