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Literary fiction

This Is How You Lose The Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

One of my favourite books from the last few years. It won the BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction, the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2019, and the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novella. If you’re only going to read one book this year, read this one. The story Read more…

By sophie, 3 yearsMarch 16, 2022 ago

Literary fiction

If I had your face, by Frances Cha

An impressive debut novel about four young women battling to hold their own in the ultramodern, image-obsessed city of modern day Seoul. Frances Cha, a former journalist, has lived and worked across the US, Hong Kong and South Korea, giving her a unique perspective on the plight of women at Read more…

By sophie, 3 yearsFebruary 1, 2022 ago