A Doubter's Almanac
Ethan Canin
A sweeping novel about a genius mathematician and the wreckage he leaves behind. Ambitious and completely absorbing.
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★ 5Unlikely Animals
Annie Hartnett
A young woman comes home to care for her dying father, narrated by the town's cemetery dead. Odd, tender, and full of heart.
★ 5Rabbit Cake
Annie Hartnett
Narrated by a grief-stricken, wonderfully odd little girl after her mother drowns sleepwalking. Funny and sad in the same breath, and Hartnett never puts a foot wrong.
Unmarriageable
Soniah Kamal
What a charming book! If you're a fan of Pride and Prejudice, you'll appreciate Unmarriageable. All of the recognizable characters and plot points are there, but they've been transformed into Pakistani equivalents. Even the names are refracted versions of Austen's: Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia Bennet become Alys, Jena, Mari, Qitty, and Lady Binat; Charlotte Lucas becomes Sherry Looclus,