Tag Archives: Coming of Age
Brother Alive
by Zain KhalidFrom a New York Times Writer to Watch, an astonishing debut novel about family, sexuality, and capitalist systems of control, following three adopted brothers…
Ocean State
by Stewart O'NanSet in a working-class town on the Rhode Island coast, O’Nan’s latest is a crushing, beautifully written, and profoundly compelling novel about sisters, mothers,…
Young Mungo
by Douglas StuartA story of queer love and working-class families, Young Mungo is the brilliant second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain…
Love in the Big City
by Sang Young ParkA funny, transporting, surprising, and poignant novel that was one of the highest selling debuts of recent years in Korea, Love in the Big City tells the story of a young gay man searching for happiness in the lonely city of Seoul…
Earthlings
by Sayaka MurataFrom the beloved author of cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, which has now sold more than a million copies worldwide, comes a spellbinding and otherworldly novel about a young girl who believes she is an alien…
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas StuartA stunning debut novel by a masterful writer telling the heartwrenching story of a young boy and his alcoholic mother, whose love is only…
The Club
by Takis WuergerA runaway international bestseller from a brilliant young German writer, set in the hallowed halls of Cambridge University, The Club is a smoldering story…
Kamchatka
by Marcelo FiguerasA man recalls his experience as a ten-year-old boy hiding in a safe house during Argentina’s “Dirty War” in this commanding and spellbinding novel…
Born on a Tuesday
by Elnathan JohnFrom a two-time Caine Prize finalist and Nigerian novelist, an exceptional coming-of-age story about a Muslim boy in remote Nigeria and an intimate look…
Annabel
by Kathleen WinterAward-winning Canadian author Kathleen Winter’s Annabel is a stunning debut novel about the family of a mixed-gendered child born into a rural hunting community…
