In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
In Ascension is an extraordinary science fiction novel that celebrates the wonders of the universe and efforts to explore it. Published in the UK by Atlantic Books and in the US...
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Clear by Carys Davies
“The Welsh writer Carys Davies has, over the course of three impeccably elegant novels to date, revealed herself as a model of restraint. Each book has been short and concise, with...
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
This novel is a swashbuckling success! Here are just a few reasons why I highly recommend it. Now, from what she could glean from the idle chatter of those passing through,...
Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who watch or work or weep this night, and give your angels charge over...
Under the Storm by Christoffer Carlsson
Life is complicated and a part of being human is that we may not be able to manage it all perfectly, but we keep trying. We keep obsessively driving for flawlessness...
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life by Lydia Millet
“In the beginning,” Lydia Millet writes in We Loved It All: A Memory of Life, “we gave names to every creature that we found … home was a garden, then—a garden...
And Then? And Then? What Else? by Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler is best known for A Series of Unfortunate Events and All The Wrong Questions, published under the pen name Lemony Snicket. In “And Then? And Then? What Else?” he...
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
“Ada! Get back from that window!” Mam’s voice, shouting. Mam’s arm, grabbing mine, yanking me so I toppled off my chair and fell hard to the floor. “I was only saying...
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
“Night, District Three of the Ho Chi Minh Autonomous Trade Zone. The plastic awning of the café streamed with rain. Under its shelter, wreathed in kitchen steam and human chatter, waiters...
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
I start my day before sunrise, throwing on running clothes and laying a pinch of semaa at the eastern base of a tree, where sunlight will touch the tobacco first. Prayers...
