The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo’s brilliant second novel charts the destiny of five seemingly unrelated people as they contemplate the supernatural thread that links them all together.
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A supernatural tale that was selected at the revival of Oprah’s infamous Book Club, this fantasy-fiction tale is engaging and unputdownable.
The Institute by Stephen King
This is being touted as the scariest book the prolific Stephen King has ever written, and we would be hardpressed to argue. Chilling and terrifying, it shows that monsters are not always what, or who, we expect them to be.
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
A sequel to the grim and dystopian The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments takes place 15 years after the events of the first novel. It was the joint winner of the Man Booker Prize 2019.
Grand Union by Zadie Smith
Divisive, frantic and somewhat erratic — this collection of stories from one of the most exciting female writers today takes us through modern life in unexpected ways.
Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li
All at once heartbreaking and hopeful, this tenderly written novel of a fictional conversation between a mother and her son, whom she lost to suicide, is a stark reminder of the importance of mental health awareness.
