“An essential read (for all its longueurs)” – The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
“Odd and oddly compelling” – Twenty Minutes of Silence by Hélène Bessette (trans. Kate Briggs)
“So smart, but also poignant and fun” – Air by Christian Kracht (trans. Daniel Bowles)
“Empathetic and and questioning” – Opening Night by Sara Baume
“Strange and unsettling” – The End of Everything by M John Harrison
“Laboured and awkward” – Everything to the Sea by Alice Upano
“Well-written, funny, and moving” – The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill
“Massively cool” – Suicide Blonde by Darcey Steinke
“A quietly captivating reminder” – Château Rouge by Amit Chauduri
“A fascinating mash-up of pastoral and personal history” – Babylon, Albion by Dalia Al-Dujaili
“Entertains and intrigues” – Contrapposto by Dave Eggers
“Packs a powerful punch” – Horsefly by Mireille Gagne
“Could save the expense of a dozen think tanks” – Up The Youth Club by Emma Warren
“Everything we’d hoped for” – Autocorrect by Etgar Keret
“It’s genial is what it is” – I’ll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom
“The next best thing” – What’s With Baum? by Woody Allen
“If you enjoyed The Five…” – Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold
“A gift of a book” – The Edge of Silence by Neil Ansell
“Remains resolutely flat” – Land by Maggie O’Farrell
“Dizzyingly brilliant if you’re that way inclined” – Dooneen by Keith Ridgway
“The bad guys don’t have to win” – We Are Not Machines by Sarah O’Connor
“An essential purchase for the muso in your life” – Still in a Dream by Simon Reynolds
“Harrison just gets better and better” – The Given World by Melissa Harrison
“Smart and sensitive” – Saltwater Mansions by David Whitehouse
“Designed for a tourist from the middle class” – The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
“A history of small incidents going awry” – Wreckers: Disaster in the Age of Discovery by Simon Park
“Effortlessly engaging” – My Third Life by Daniela Krien
“Smart and erudite and funny” – What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
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