Literary Fiction

An honest, spoiler-free review of John of John by Douglas Stuart, the Booker-winner's third novel set on the Isle of Harris. Three generations, one croft, and the things a community agrees not to say.

An honest, spoiler-free review of The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout. A close look at her quiet new novel about a beloved teacher, a long marriage, and the things people never tell each other.

Kathryn Stockett's long-awaited return, The Calamity Club, follows three women in 1933 Oxford, Mississippi who refuse to take what life has handed them: an eleven-year-old orphan with a sharp mouth, a chinless small-town spinster, and a desperate mother running on fumes. Funny, occasionally baggy, and full of women you do not forget after the last page.

Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell is a witty, emotionally honest novel about a woman navigating divorce, body image, and a Hollywood movie based on her marriage. Read our full spoiler-free review.

Love by the Book by Jessica George follows two very different women, a struggling novelist and a guarded schoolteacher, as they find each other in a London bookshop. This honest, spoiler-free review covers what the book gets right, where it falls short, and why this friendship novel might be exactly what you read next.