We can't argue with Chris Power, who describes Fuccboi as "a book to argue and laugh with be appalled and impressed by." What happens when a fuccboi writer gets sick and self-reflective, thinking equally through hip-hop and Wittgenstein? Exhilarating. This "resplendent debut" (Publisher's Weekly) will hit home after the holiday season, as gay songwriter Akash finds himself steeped in secrets, lies and the possibility of truth, when he returns to help his mother pack up his childhood home. As is Flora, the ghost that haunts her and Birchbark Books, (a version of) Erdrich's own Minneapolis bookstore, as the seasons turn through COVID and the US's reckoning after the murder of George Floyd. Tookie – accidental murder accomplice-turned-avid reader and bookseller – is one of the most memorable characters in contemporary literature. Olivia Sudjic calls Savas's debut " Deeply humane, quietly devastating, mesmerisingly beautiful." White on White is a meditation on art, the human figure and the narratives behind the canvas, told in glimpses and gasps.
Brilliant if bleak comfort, a compelling and eye-opening read, a fractured form for a fractured world.
How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia NagamatsuĪmbitious novel-in-stories about a near-future of devastating climate crisis and an ancient alien plague melted from the permafrost. Here comes wahala – in the shape of the dazzling, slippery Isobel, who will turn the lives of friends Ronke, Simi and Boo deliciously upside-down… Read it avidly now, get a copy for all your besties, and get ready for the BBC adaptation by Rocks' screenwriter Theresa Ikoko. Du Bois, Honorée Fanonne Jeffersįinalist for the National Book Awards and Kirkus, Oprah's Book Club Choice, this hotly-anticipated debut by poet Jeffers finally makes it to the UK! Epic, inventive, deeply-felt and absorbing, this multi-generational tale of a Black Southern family is the perfect January read Speculative fiction at its most heartfelt and brilliant, " executed with enough deftness and lush detail that you just about fall through it, like a knife through layer cake." (Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic).Ī hot property already on its way to Hulu in an adaptation by the author, and starring Jesse Williams and Aubrey Plaza, this is a "warm hearted and tough minded" (Kirkus) family drama set in Brooklyn in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. 10% off these titles all month.Įveryone's fave delivers massive genius just when we need it most.
A chance to shut the world out & get deeper into it at the same time, stay under the covers with these absolute stunners this January.
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