Here’s another overly-optimistic list to see me through the dark winter months.

by Claire Vaye Watkins
‘A darkly funny, soul-rending novel of love in an epoch of collapse–one woman’s furious revisiting of family, marriage, work, sex, and motherhood.’

by Anthony Marra
‘A brilliant debut novel that brings to life an abandoned hospital where a tough-minded doctor decides to harbor a hunted young girl, with powerful consequences.’

by Richard Powers
‘With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?’

by Ted Chiang
‘In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.’

by Katie Kitamura
‘A novel from the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths.’

by Damon Galgut
‘The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. In this story of a diminished family, sharp and tender emotional truths hit home. Confident, deft and quietly powerful, The Promise is literary fiction at its finest.’

by Wendy Pearlman
‘Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight.’

by Virginia Woolf
‘Between these points of time unfolds the private world – the anguish, the triumph, the creative vision – of one of the great writers of our century.’

by Hanya Yanagihara
‘From the author of the classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.’

by Caroline Criado Pérez
‘Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.’
Descriptions taken from Goodreads. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Great list! I’ve also got Exhalation and To Paradise on my TBR and I’m incredibly excited for both! I hope you enjoy all these books 🙂
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Ahh great!! I have such high expectations for To Paradise, fingers crossed…
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Oooh The constellation of Vital Phenomena looks really interesting! I may add that to my audible library 🙂
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I love the name! I hope it’s good & that you enjoy also!
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