MARIANA, published in 1940, is a hilarious coming-of-age novel by Monica Dickens, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. It follows Mary Shannon’s path to adulthood in the 1930s, but opens in a much more haunting moment- Mary, now an adult, is…

Another powerful nominee for the International Booker Prize: PERFECTION by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes. PERFECTION is one of those quietly lingering books. Slim in size, but razor-sharp in its exploration of the millennial dream turned into disillusionment. Anna…

I’m this close to finishing THE NAMES - just a few pages to go! Normally, I’d have read it much quicker, but I’ve recently gotten back into my daily walks (trying to hit those 10,000 steps! 🚶‍♀️), and I think…