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It Rhymes with Truth

by Luke Sutherland

The nature of memory is interrogated at every turn, and the possibility of love is never denied in "It Rhymes with Truth", a poignant novel about a cross-generational friendship. With equal parts wit and tenderness, Rich Miller’s... Read More

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Goodnight Tokyo

by Isabella Zhou

Atsuhiro Yoshida’s novel "Goodnight Tokyo" delves into the nighttime activities of a disparate group of Tokyoites. For her latest assignment as a prop procurer for film sets, Mitsuki must secure loquats off-season. Enlisting Matsui’s... Read More

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The Coin

by Bella Moses

In Yasmin Zaher’s novel "The Coin", an immigrant navigates a bizarre sociopolitical web of glamour, obsession, filth, and tragedy. After both her parents are killed in a quotidian accident, a wealthy woman leaves Palestine and fitfully... Read More

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Fog & Car

by Eileen Gonzalez

In Eugene Lim’s novel Fog & Car, a divorced couple learns to live without one another. After their seven-year marriage ends, Fog and Car retreat to different parts of the country to lick their wounds. Adrift and unsure of what to... Read More

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Summer Heat

by Isabella Zhou

Intergenerational family secrets reemerge in Defne Suman’s devastating novel "Summer Heat". Melike is a Turkish art historian who agrees to guide Petro, a documentarian, through Byzantine churches. But intimacy with Petro challenges... Read More

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Civilisation Française

by Meg Nola

In Mary Fleming’s evocative novel "Civilisation Française", three women’s lives intersect in 1980s Paris. Lily moves to Paris in 1982 to study at the Sorbonne. American-born, Lily was raised in London and speaks French quite well;... Read More

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Smothermoss

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Alisa Alering’s alluring novel "Smothermoss" enters the bloodstream of Appalachian storytelling like a fevered dream, unraveling the intergenerational tales of women living on the edge. Half-sisters born five years apart, Sheila and... Read More

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