Jan 06, 2024 August Blue By Deborah Levy A concert pianist who walked off stage in Vienna and spent the rest of the novel trying to figure out who she is. Fiction / Hamish Hamilton / 2023
Dec 07, 2023 The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion Didion on grief: a year retraced, accompanied by a striking sense of calm. Non-fiction / Fourth Estate / 2005
Nov 07, 2023 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life By Anne Lamott “Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.” Non-fiction / Anchor Books / 1994
Oct 24, 2023 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead By Olga Tokarczuk An eerie murder mystery, dark feminist comedy, and a refreshing take on vegetarianism—Tokarczuk does all three at once. Fiction / Fitzcarraldo Editions / 2018
Aug 31, 2023 Hiroshima By John Hersey Six survivors, one journalist, and the most important piece of war reporting ever published. Non-fiction / Alfred A .Knopf, Inc. / 1946
Jul 03, 2023 Faith, Hope and Carnage By Nick Cave and Sean O'Hagan Forty hours of conversation with Nick Cave—his first proper interview in years, generous and articulate. Non-fiction / Canongate / 2022
May 27, 2023 The Dry Heart By Natalia Ginzburg A compact book, brilliantly subdued in its anger. Fiction / Daunt Books / 1947
Apr 30, 2023 All The Lovers In The Night By Mieko Kawakami Fuyuko prefers the company of fictional characters to real people. Kawakami makes that feel like the most natural thing in the world. Fiction / Europa Editions / 2022
