International fiction
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
‘I pluck one eye after the other, shoving them greedily into my mouth. I mash them into a pulp, teeth gnashing, feeling each clump slide down my throat. I eat until my stomach is full and aching …’ The Eyes…
Tehrangeles by Porochista Khakpour
Ali Milani is an Iranian-American multimillionaire. He made his fortune by inventing a microwaveable pizza in ball form. Now Ali, his wife Homa, and their four daughters live in luxury. There’s Violet, the eldest, an aspiring model with a sugar…
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
I love to travel, but nowadays vicariously, in comfort, with a book: no delayed flights, tedious planning or overcrowded sights. So I leapt at the opportunity to immerse myself in Venice and more specifically, Murano, where glassblowing was perfected over…
James by Percival Everett
James by Percival Everett is narrated by Jim, the escaped enslaved man who accompanies Huck Finn when the two flee down the Mississippi River in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the opening of James, Jim has overheard…
BRAT: A Ghost Story by Gabriel Smith
An astounding debut combining dark comedy, ghostly affairs and terrible heartache, Gabriel Smith’s play on autofiction presents an eerily clever story within a story within a story.
Gabriel’s father has just passed away, his mother lives in a care home…
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry’s The Heart in Winter is a dreamlike novella that delves into the complexities of human life with an unsentimental and merciless gaze. Set against the backdrop of a small town in Montana in the 1890s, Barry weaves a…
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Catherine Newman is known for her nonfiction, and her debut novel, We All Want Impossible Things was published to acclaim in 2021. I think Sandwich is even better, and thus far, it’s my favourite book of 2024.
Rocky (Rachel)…
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
The bond of a sibling is a difficult thing to express in words. In Blue Sisters, Coco Mellors manages to communicate the tumultuous, vicious, all-consuming love that sisterhood involves. It follows three estranged sisters: Avery, a recovering addict and…
Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin
I felt such immense sorrow when I finished reading this delightful and utterly entertaining novel. It has everything I need in it: a narrator that I adored, clever and fast-witted women, a battle of the sexes, and a tropical background…
How It Works Out by Myriam Lacroix
How does a relationship fall apart? And how does it fall back together? These are the questions Myriam Lacroix poses in her darkly comedic lesbian love/hate novel. Each chapter throws the two lovers, Myriam and Allison, into a different universe…
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