Leave the World Behind: Gripped by everyday dreadBook Review: Timely novel about a sudden, cataclysmic event that shocks the worldSat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
The Last Good Man: A troubling, uncanny and believable nightmare worldThomas McMullan’s debut novel portrays a vivid dystopia fuelled by sham democracyFri Nov 20 2020 - 06:00
What You Could Have Won: plenty to applaud but easy to get lostGenn is to be commended for choosing two such unlikable leads for her novel about a celebrity singer's toxic relationshipsWed Nov 11 2020 - 06:00
Lost Cat: A beautifully paced treatise on the human need for loveBook review: Mary Gaitskill mines details from her own life in this story of loss and recoverySat Oct 31 2020 - 06:00
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida: Secret lives in JapanSecrets and fabrications are at the heart of Clarissa Goenawan’s intriguing second novelThu Oct 29 2020 - 06:00
Hag: modern feminist fairytales get a new lifeBook review: Carolyne Larrington’s vivid anthology of 10 reimagined folktalesSat Oct 17 2020 - 06:00
Three-Fifths: America’s fractured society past and presentBook review: John Vercher’s debut is a deft exploration of the great racial divideSat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00
Earthlings: Funny, dark and not for the squeamishDark novel about sex abuse from Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience Store WomanFri Oct 9 2020 - 06:00
Sinéad Gleeson: ‘I wanted it to be a mix of canonical and contemporary’Sinéad Gleeson talks about her mammoth new anthology of 100 Irish short storiesSat Oct 3 2020 - 06:00
Pizza Girl: A sharp shock of a novelJean Kyoung Frazier’s debut is a blistering base with all the toppingsMon Sep 28 2020 - 06:00
Indelicacy: An extraordinary feminist fable about women and artAmina Cain’s debut novel on the art monster within is remarkable in its scopeWed Sep 23 2020 - 06:00
The New Wilderness: urgent and inventive look at the climate crisisBook review: Diane Cook’s subtle look at the climate crisis deserves its place on the Booker longlistMon Sep 14 2020 - 06:00
A Ghost in the Throat: Otherworldly, older-worldly hybrid of essay and autofictionDoireann Ní Ghríofa’s unusual prose debut brings art of Caoineadh into the 21st centurySun Sep 6 2020 - 06:00
Here is the Beehive: Fast-paced tale of tragedy and infidelityBook review: Former Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan has written her first novel for adults, a cleverly-conceived story about the end of an affairSat Aug 29 2020 - 06:00
As You Were: A powerful novel about life, death and the bit in betweenElaine Feeney’s debut novel, set on a hospital ward, has a strong state-of-the-nation feelTue Aug 25 2020 - 06:00
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel: An epic tale of family and sexual abuseFlawed but important novel about the legacy of abuse passed down through generationsSat Aug 15 2020 - 06:00
True Story: offbeat debut about an alleged sexual assaultKate Reed Petty’s genre-hopping novel focuses on lives altered by a true-or-false storyMon Aug 10 2020 - 06:00
Saturday Lunch with the Brownings: Capturing tensions of domestic lifeBook review: In Penelope Mortimer’s 12 short stories, the familiar turns monstrousThu Aug 6 2020 - 06:00
A Silent Fury: The ugly truth about the El Bordo mine fireYuri Herrera’s narrative journalism about the 1920 tragedy and cover-up is devastatingWed Jul 29 2020 - 06:00
Olive: Olive branches for women in their 30sBook review: Emma Gannon’s smart debut novel looks at the decision to be childfreeFri Jul 24 2020 - 06:00
Tennis Lessons: clever, odd and intimate tale of Northern childhoodSusannah Dickey’s powerful writing brings a girl’s coming of age into sharp focusTue Jul 14 2020 - 06:00
August: An extraordinary debut novel about ordinary lifeCallan Wink’s coming-of-age novel in the US heartland confirms him as a major talentThu Jul 9 2020 - 06:00
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls: Humanising the story of addictionBook review: An eye-opening debut about codependency from Nina Renata AronFri Jul 3 2020 - 06:00
The Wild Laughter: Moving tale of assisted suicide in time of recessionCaoilinn Hughes deploys poignant prose in a rural setting with prodigal tonesThu Jun 25 2020 - 06:00
This Happy by Niamh Campbell: The end of the affairBook review: An affair continues to haunt in Niamh Campbell’s intricate, deftly written debutSun Jun 14 2020 - 06:00
The Nacullians: Families as another brick in the wallCraig Jordan-Baker explores a migrant Irish bricklayer and his clan with metafictional flairWed Jun 10 2020 - 06:00
Wretchedness: Exposing Sweden’s sad underbellyAndrzej Tichý rages over injustices in a searing novel about Sweden’s marginalisedFri Jun 5 2020 - 06:00
Latitudes of Longing: history, culture and the importance of connectednessBook review: Swarup explores in an original way love for each other and the planet at largeSat May 23 2020 - 06:00
Almost the Same Blue: Captivating, high-octane debut collectionThe detail of Irish author John O’Donnell’s writing is what makes the stories singWed May 13 2020 - 06:00
Rainbow Milk: Bracing debut on racism, rent boys and religionBook review: Paul Mendez’s semi-autobiographical novel is vibrant and original but sometimes a little uneven in its tellingSat May 2 2020 - 06:00
Barn 8: dazzling depiction of contemporary carnageBook review: Deb Olin Unferth’s novel looks at the role of activism in 21st-century societyThu Apr 30 2020 - 06:00
Exciting Times review: Whipsmart debut heralds a new star of Irish writingExciting book from Irish author Naoise Dolan has echoes of Sally RooneySun Apr 12 2020 - 06:00
Anne Tyler: ‘You want to be someone else if you’re writing fiction’The Baltimore-based writer on interviews, multiple drafts and cultural appropriationSat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
Redhead at the Side of the Road: Isolating yourself one step too farAnne Tyler is famous for writing extraordinary novels about ordinary people. Her latest is no differentSat Apr 4 2020 - 06:00
You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here: Lively debut novelBook review: Frances Macken explores female friendship and ambitionWed Apr 1 2020 - 06:00
A Quiet Tide review: Poignant novel of missed opportunitiesMarianne Lee’s charming debut fictionalises the life of an 18th-century Irish botanistSat Mar 21 2020 - 06:00
Oona: One woman’s journey to find herself – without the letter OBook review: Debut from Alice Lyons an intriguing, innovative story of loss and acceptanceFri Mar 20 2020 - 06:00
The Inland Sea: A woman’s search for sanity in a teetering worldReview: Madeleine Watts’s gripping debut sets mental decline against ecological disasterWed Mar 11 2020 - 06:00
Winter in Sokcho: Enigmatic examination of a woman in stasisReview: Élisa Shua Dusapin’s beguiling debut charts interior and exterior landscapes in South KoreaFri Mar 6 2020 - 06:00
New Irish Writing: The Number by Sarah Gilmartin is February 2020’s winning storyKath's fertility journey is a mean, teasing kind of loneliness, shared with another person, and not shared at allSat Feb 29 2020 - 06:00
Big Girl, Small Town: Post-Troubles tale of a damaged womanBook review: The protagonist of Michelle Gallen’s captivating debut is an isolated woman with agencySat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00
Weather: Profound, hilarious yarn leaves you wanting moreJenny Offill’s latest novel of ideas draws deeply on conversations, media and emailsMon Feb 17 2020 - 06:00
The Illness Lesson: Strange symptoms – and treatmentsBook review: Claire Beams has written a memorable story about women’s minds and bodiesThu Feb 13 2020 - 06:00
The Island Child: Vibrant writing on a primitive lifeMolly Aitken’s evocative prose immerses us in island life and motherhoodSat Feb 1 2020 - 06:00
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line: Lost stories of India’s street childrenBook review: Deepa Anappara shifts skilfully between different narrative voicesThu Jan 30 2020 - 06:00
Pine: Memorable debut with a touch of the supernaturalBook review: Francine Toon explores themes of parental negligence and childhood loneliness in story set in a small village in the Scottish highlandsSat Jan 18 2020 - 06:00
Your House Will Pay: The deadly consequences of race conflictBook review: Steph Cha’s deftly written novel explores Los Angeles in 1991 and 2019Wed Jan 15 2020 - 06:00
Agatha: Feelgood novel about a lonely psychiatristBook review: Anne Cathrine Bomann's charming debut is packed with insightSat Dec 28 2019 - 06:00
The Honjin Murders: Classic Japanese murder mysteryBook review: Seishi Yokomizo’s ‘locked room’ thriller is translated into EnglishSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:00
Some mother’s son: A beautiful, memorable novel about love and neglectBook review: Hanne Ørstavik brings us remarkably close to her characters in such a short timeSat Dec 14 2019 - 06:00