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The Underground Railroad
Through Colson Whitehead’s imagination, one woman’s attempt to escape the horrors of bondage becomes a shatteringly powerful meditation on history
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The Schooldays of Jesus
In this mesmerising allegorical tale, J.M. Coetzee deftly grapples with the big questions of growing up, and what it means to be a ‘parent’
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The North Water
In Ian McGuire’s sharp and original thriller, a violent confrontation between two men plays out in the freezing darkness of an Arctic winter
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Serious Sweet
A.L. Kennedy’s unusual, unbearably moving love story about two decent, damaged people trying to make moral choices in an immoral world
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Hot Milk
Deborah Levy explores the strange and monstrous nature of motherhood in this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power
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Hystopia
David Means offers an alternative, destabilised version of recent American history, through the disturbing vision of a 22-year-old Vietnam veteran
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The Many
Wyl Menmuir explores the impact of loss in this unsettling tale, as an outsider in an isolated fishing village is forced to confront a painful truth
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Normal People
Sally Rooney’s love story about how one person can change another’s life - a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully
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In Our Mad and Furious City
Guy Gunaratne’s blistering debut follows three young men on a London council estate over 48 mad hours, when nowhere is safe and everything is at stake
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From a Low and Quiet Sea
Donal Ryan’s three carefully crafted portraits of three differently damaged men, tied together with tender skill and compassion