“Innovative. The book’s high-concept design is offset by the beauty, prowess, and range of Smith’s playfully confident, proudly unconventional prose.” — Lisa Shea, Elle
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A Spool of Blue Thread
Image Credit: Amazon “Well-built, homey and unpretentious… Readers of any age should have no trouble relating… We can only hope that Tyler will continue spooling out her colorful Baltimore tales for a long time to come.” — NPR.org
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Aren’t We Sisters?
Image Credit: Amazon “Aren’t We Sisters? is that rare thing, a novel which is intelligent, gripping and — quite unexpectedly — cheering.” The Telegraph
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Elizabeth is Missing
Image Credit: Amazon “A compelling read, Elizabeth is Missing offers added depth of mystery and suspense along with aptly portraying a family trying to cope with illness.” — New York Journal of Books
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The Offering
Image Credit: Amazon “Wonderfully suspenseful and deeply moving, The Offering is full of insights about the nature of madness.” — John Burnside, The Guardian
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Saturday Night
Image Credit: Amazon “A book for those of us who feel too much, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night perfectly captures the sad, strange moment when you realize you’re no longer young.” — Marjorie Celona, author of Y
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After Before
Image Credit: Amazon “Rich, haunted, gripping, painful and beautifully entwined.” — Ruth Padel, author of Tigers in Red Weather
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A God in Every Stone
Image Credit: Amazon “Stretching from the ancient Persian Empire to the waning days of the British Empire, the novel has an enormous wingspan that catches a wonderful storyteller’s wind… beautifully composed, and often terribly moving.” — Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered, NPR
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Crooked Heart
Image Credit: Amazon “At the crooked heart of this lovely novel is an odd-couple relationship reminiscent of Moses and Addie in the film Paper Moon, between an odd, clever, and lonely boy and a dodgy, desperate woman.” Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity
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Outline
Image Credit: Amazon “[Outline] is mesmerizing; it makes a sharp break from the conventional style of Cusk’s previous work. Outline feels different, its world porous and continuous with ours, though not for the reasons we might expect.” Elaine Blair, The New Yorker
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The Life of a Banana
Image Credit: Amazon “PP Wong has blazed a trail for future British Chinese novelists. The Life of a Banana is bursting with original and exciting flavours.” — Ben Chu, The Independent
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Country of Ice Cream
Image Credit: Amazon “Ice Cream Star is a glorious, flawed heroine, and Newman’s writing about sexuality — its threat, and its power — is astonishing.” — Kamila Shamsie
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The Paying Guests
Image Credit: Amazon “Awesome full-bodied novel. It’s like she’s saying, ‘Hey, dudes, this is how you do it.'” — Stephen King (via Twitter)
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Less Valued Knights
Image Credit: Amazon “Marie Phillips’ knights are big-hearted, hilarious, and better than heroes. How does she do it? Make us laugh, while denting our armour? She’s a comic genius.” — Jessica Grant, author of Come, Thou Tortoise
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The Bees
Image Credit: Amazon “Paull’s clear fascination with her source material brings humanity and warmth to a depiction of the remarkable social world of bees, which is no small achievement.” — The Huffington Post
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The Shore
Image Credit: Amazon “A vivid exploration of the struggle for autonomy and the many meanings of what we call home.” — Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
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The Walk Home
Image Credit: Amazon “An engrossing domestic drama as much about family politics as it is about Northern Irish politics.” — Irish Independent
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Station Eleven
Image Credit: Amazon “[An] ambitious take on a post-apocalyptic world where some strive to preserve art, culture and kindness.” — Kirkus
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Dear Thief
Image Credit: Amazon “Dear Thief is a hypnotic, beautiful and sometimes dark incantation — a letter to an old friend that lures the reader in and doesn’t let go.” — A.M. Homes, author of May We Be Forgiven
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I Am China
Image Credit: Amazon “Guo’s bittersweet tale of love and politics with a soupçon of obsession plays out against the contrast between East and West. This is truly a finely crafted novel whose characters will remain in memory long after reading the final page.” — Booklist
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