Set in contemporary suburban America, this retelling of Beowulf holds a cracked and questioning mirror up to the original, shifting its focus to a study of motherhood, otherness, PTSD and what makes...

This heartwarming story follows Takako as she overcomes a break up and learns more about love and life while helping run her uncle's store. All book lovers will recognise the vivid descriptions of...

A saga of three generations of Black lives in the South, with the classic drivers of racial hatred and violence, rights campaigns and female survival through inner strength. The flashback format will...

This collection of stories is a ghastly, beautiful tour through a series of apocalypses. However the world ends; with flowers falling from the sky, with families turning to gingerbread or with bands...

This novel is an original take on Frankenstein with two sympathetic queer guys who create their own daughter. A living plant and lots of mystery - what’s not to like? The twists and turns are...

The ethnic clashes of 1980s Sri Lanka are violent and totally divisive. Medical student Sashi's family loyalties are challenged in a heartbreaking way as she loses two brothers and a dear friend. I...

Restlessly inventive, these short-stories offer glimpses into imagined futures: often dystopian, always influenced by now, with the pandemic a feverish influence, and the brutality of industrialisa...

A nameless young narrator seems to be on a quest to strip everything back to the elements and expose herself to nature in all its raw extremity. The first person narrative takes you deep into her...

There are all sorts of elements in these three stories which appeal to me: e.g. absurdism, imagination, humour, deviousness. All three main characters have something that makes them an outcast,...

This eerie and intriguing novel keeps you turning pages with its twists and revelations while deeply immersing you in its beautifully written and atmospheric world. It will especially appeal to fans...

Be drawn in by the dilapidated charm and nostalgia of The Paradise cinema, just like Holly who, desperate to fit in, becomes part of the chaotic group of misfits who work there. Drug use, lust and...

Set in Sudan in the 1890s during the Mahdi uprising, this novel echoes with voices and stories through the ages – and all moved me. But the strongest voice for me is that of the orphan Akuany,...

Forget your expectations of nice short stories to lull you off to sleep, this experience is about as comfortable as sitting on a wasp nest. Each story will only take you five to ten minutes to read,...

Poland, 1907, three Jewish boys set off to walk to Lublin to sell brushes. Such a simple premise for a story that, in a way, matches the innocence of the boys as they begin. Along the way there are...