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The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands: A Novel
By Sarah Brooks
Excessive ambiguity derails this ambitious train tale.
Whale Fall: A Novel
By Elizabeth O’Connor
A restrained, beautiful story of an island nearly smothered by isolation.
Demoiselles of Numidia
By Mohamed Leftah; translated by Lara Vergnaud
Prostitutes and pimps navigate their world in 1990s Morocco.
Parade: A Novel
By Rachel Cusk
A provocative, not wholly satisfying meditation on art.
Forgiving Imelda Marcos
By Nathan Go
This poignant debut asks: Who’s entitled to offer absolution?
Tehrangeles: A Novel
By Porochista Khakpour
A mostly successful skewering of influencer culture and the super-wealthy.
American Ending
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
A young woman seeks to transcend her Russian-immigrant family’s world.
Like the Appearance of Horses
By Andrew Krivak
A multigenerational family endures love, loss, and war in this evocative tale.
