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...
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman’s funny, clever, and compelling debut novel, is about four individuals who reside in the upscale Coopers Chase Retirement Village somewhere in the UK. They get...
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
This novel is brilliant. One of the many perfect decisions the author makes is to write in the voice of Adunni, a fourteen-year-old girl living in the current-day, small rural Nigerian...
Little Gods by Meng Jin
What do you do when your debut novel is a masterpiece? In Meng Jin’s case, I have no doubt, she’ll produce another and another. It is rare that an author creates...
When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson
In 2002, Australian foreign correspondent Gina Wilkinson was living and working in Bangkok when her Canadian husband was offered a posting in Baghdad working for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)....
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
A Charlotte Mecklenburg Adult Services Librarian facilitates the book club at the West Boulevard branch of which I‘m a proud member. We don’t take ourselves too seriously; we share lots of...
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
In 2018, Emma Donoghue, author of Room and Wonder, among other novels, began The Pull of the Stars inspired by the one-hundred-year anniversary of the Spanish Flu pandemic which killed millions...
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Enter Jai, a Hindu school-boy, who at nine-years-old loves to watch “Police Patrol” and “Live Crime” on television and seizes an opportunity to play detective himself when children begin disappearing from...
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
Years ago, a much-loved Uncle asked if he could come and visit. I was thrilled. He was known for his detailed storytelling and sure enough, after dinner, he settled into a...
