The Last Language (2023) Jennifer duBois "The Last Language left me heartbroken and shaken - adjectives that I reserve for some of my favorite novels. In an emotionally fraught narrative with a solid nod to Humbert Humbert, Angela, our imprisoned narrator, tells the tale of her facilitated communication work with twenty-eight-year-old Sam, with detours and asides that bring forth the book's many complex ethical, philosophical, and linguistic questions. I will be thinking about this book for a long, long time."
The Body Scout (2021) Lincoln Michel "This novel is delightful in its brio and sharp as a tack in its inventiveness—and yet its greatest, most poignant gift is in asking: What does it mean to inhabit a body? A superb read."
Something New Under the Sun (2021) Alexandra Kleeman "With this novel, Alexandra Kleeman confirms her place as one of the major writers of her generation. Reading it is like looking at a familiar room through warped glass: What you perceive is distorted and unsettling while remaining curiously beautiful."
God Spare the Girls (2021) Kelsey McKinney "Kelsey McKinney has wrought an elegant tale of sisters, yes—but its greatest success is in accommodating a story of Evangelicalism that both speaks to its strengths and all-too-human heartbreaks. A compelling read."
Kink (2021) Garth Greenwell and R O Kwon "The stories in this book are a chorus of kink, singing different songs of sex and danger and want; they coax us into rooms that were previously closed, and what gorgeous rooms they are."
Outlawed (2021) Anna North "Anna North has written a captivating Western unlike any other, with unique rhythms, dusty lands, and characters like new friends brought in on high winds. A grand, unforgettable tale."
Freshwater (2018) Akwaeke Emezi "A clarion call to those of us who find that our minds are more haunted and complex than that of the status quo. In exquisite, unearthly prose, Akwaeke Emezi renders the ordinary strange and the strange, ordinary?making Freshwater the most stunning debut novel I’ve read in years. An unforgettable literary experience."
