Entitlement by Rumaan Alam
After the success of his 2020 novel Leave the World Behind, Rumaan Alam’s newest release is a similarly tense exploration of American race relations with an added element of wealth. As an older white billionaire hires a young Black woman to help distribute his wealth, lines get blurry when she is seduced by the power that money can buy.
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
Set in the art therapy program at a mid-century psychiatric hospital, Clare Chambers’s 10th novel is a subtle, moving portrait of human emotion. The Women’s Prize for Fiction–longlisted Small Pleasures came after nearly a decade-long pause in Clare’s career and Shy Creatures confirms that this masterful storyteller is well and truly back.
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
Internationally acclaimed translator Anton Hur released his debut novel in 2024 in the vein of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun and Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquillity. In the near future, a literature researcher is teaching an AI to understand poetry before he suddenly disappears. Have we reached the point where the border between human and machine has disappeared completely?
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Treasured Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich released a new novel last year, a powerful follow-up to her Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlisted The Sentence and Pulitzer Prize–winning The Night Watchman. This newest release is a love story among uncontrollable circumstances when a young woman stumbles into a marriage with a local farmer.
The Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood
If you're hopping on the romance train in the new year, you may have missed this delightful release from Nina Kenwood. Anna is entering her thirties and encountering all the best that the decade has to throw at her: ex-boyfriends, weddings, seeming soulmates and a surprise appearance from a nearly-famous American actor.
Why Do Horses Run? by Cameron Stewart
Tim Winton described Cameron Stewart’s debut as, “Tender and humane, a haunting debut.” Just recently shortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize, critics agree that this lyrical novel is worth your attention. Ingvar is lost, walking endlessly until he finds Hilda, living quietly with the memory of her husband. The two find an unusual comfort in each other that is transformative and profound.
Wing by Nikki Gemmell
Nikki Gemmell’s latest release is a thriller descendant of the Australian literary classic Picnic at Hanging Rock. Four schoolgirls and their teacher enter the bush on a camping trip but only the girls come back out. Told from the perspective of the menopausal school principal, Wing is a propulsive feminist mystery.
