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The Zanzibar Chest

“An extraordinary and heartbreaking book, the finest account of a war correspondent’s psychic wracking since Michael Herr’s Dispatches, and the best white writing from Africa in many, many years.” —Rian…

In Ascension

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass…

I Cheerfully Refuse

A career defining tour-de-force from New York Times bestselling, award-winning and “formidably gifted” (Chicago Tribune) novelist Leif Enger….

Umbrella

A history of the entire twentieth-century’s technological searchlight refracted through the dark glass of a long-term mental institution….

Dogleg Madness

“The thrill of the first tee shot of the U.S. Open, the agony of the shank on the muni course–they’re all here in Mike Bryan’s Dogleg Madness, an account of…

The Best of It

“Melancholy lucidity is Ryan’s greatest gift, and it can be heard in all her most successful poems. But her most startling discovery is that melancholy, with its tendency to brood…

Dorian

“The most significant way in which Self’s book differs from its predecessor is in its very freedom and frankness. . . . There’s no denying Self’s novel’s cleverness, best displayed…

Born on a Tuesday

From 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 at the way young men seek…

The Driftless Area

“Drury ties up all the threads (Shane, the fire, Stella) with consummate skill. . . . The bittersweet ending is a perfect mix of light and dark. Drury is a…