International fiction
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
If you’re a fan of Korean translations, you might recognise the name Anton Hur, belonging to the translator of the bestselling therapy memoir, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki and the International Booker-shortlisted story collection Cursed…
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Described by Matt Haig as his ‘big life-and-love-and-the-universe novel’, The Life Impossible is the newest book by the bestselling author of The Midnight Library. I loved both of these books before I even finished reading them. This one was…
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
New Lagos, Nigeria. The books opens with the parting of a couple, Kalu and Aima, who are filled with love and grief in equal parts. Their move back to Nigeria from Texas, along with societal pressures, has put pressures on…
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
I now realise what a grave mistake I made by never having read Clare Chambers previously. After finishing Shy Creatures, I am now eager to devour all her other works – as soon as possible. This novel captured my…
Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd
This is a visceral read: you will walk through the streets of London in the 1960s; you will smell the coffee, the cigarettes, the whiskey, and the mouse shit. You will peer around corners of pubs, admire vistas across the…
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
The Voyage Home is the third instalment in Pat Barker’s critically acclaimed Trojan war trilogy. It follows on from the events of previous books in the series, The Silence of the Girls and The Trojan Women, which cover the…
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
If you’re familiar with the Jackson Brodie series, you might know that Kate Atkinson took a nine-year hiatus before bringing us Big Sky in 2019. Many readers will be thrilled to see her back once again with another tale of…
Entitlement by Rumaan Alam
Rumaan Alam’s Entitlement is a beguiling exploration of privilege, societal expectations and personal responsibility. The novel delves into the lives of its characters with a keen eye for the intricacies of social dynamics, capturing the tension between self-perception and societal…
The Horse by Willy Vlautin
Outside a shack, in an abandoned mining camp in the snow hills of Nevada, stands a horse: silent, near blind, alone, stoically waiting for something – salvation or redemption. Inside the shack, Al Ward: a 67-year-old seasoned, hard-working guitarist and…
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is back with an ambitious novel, and perhaps her best yet, a masterful take on historical fiction. Shafak invites readers into a world where three different storylines are beautifully intertwined across different timelines, all connected by a single…
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