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We Need New Names
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We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo’s debut novel is a bittersweet portrayal of life in a ramshackle Zimbabwean shantytown called Paradise
The Spinning Heart
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The Spinning Heart

Donal Ryan captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland in this dark, witty and technically daring portrait of small-town life
The Lighthouse
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The Lighthouse

No matter where you go the past is never far behind, as Futh discovers in Alison Moore’s unsettling debut novel
The Kills
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The Kills

Richard House’s epic novel of crime and conspiracy is a hugely ambitious cross-continental saga told in four volumes
Harvest
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Harvest

Jim Crace’s lyrical historical fiction evokes the tragedy of a land pillaged and communities scattered, as England’s fields are irrevocably enclosed
Marlon James
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A Brief History of Seven Killings

In a dazzling display of masterful storytelling, Marlon James explores the extraordinary backstory to the attempted assassination of Bob Marley
The Year of the Runaways
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The Year of the Runaways

Sunjeev Sahota's brilliant political novel explores the dreams and struggles of an unlikely household in a warm celebration of the human spirit
A Spool of Blue Thread
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A Spool of Blue Thread

Anne Tyler’s narrative spools back through three generations of Whitshanks, revealing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that shape a family
The Illuminations
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The Illuminations

Andrew O’Hagan’s novel is a rich story of war, homecoming and families, a confirmation of the idea that there is no such thing as an ordinary life
Sleeping on Jupiter
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Sleeping on Jupiter

A young woman finds herself chasing shadows when she returns to the city that haunts her dreams, in Anuradha Roy’s vivid evocation of north India