Everything the Light Touches, Janice Pariat
Drawn richly from scientific and botanical ideas, Everything the Light Touches is a swirl of ever-expanding themes: the contrasts between modern India and its colonial … Read more
Category Archives: Historical
Bellevue, Allison Booth
From CultureFly: People often ask me about the inspiration for my novels. For Bellevue, my response is simple: green bans, strong women, and the Blue … Read more
Heavy Weather, Kevan Manwaring et al.
Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes: Since Odysseus’ curious crew first unleashed the bag of winds gifted him by Aeolus, the God of Winds, … Read more
Limberlost, Robbie Arnott
The third novel by the award-winning author of Flames and The Rain Heron, Limberlost is an extraordinary chronicle of life and land: of carnage and … Read more
King of Hope, Kim Conklin
In her debut novel, King of Hope, Michigan native Kim Conklin writes about a small community in southern Ontario facing the looming threat of environmental … Read more
Salt and Skin, Eliza Henry-Jones
Drawing on records of the witch trials and folk tales of the northern isles, Salt and Skin is full of tenderness, magic, and yearning. It’s a … Read more
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
A re-imagined Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield story, set in the Appalachian Mountains, this large book (over 600 pages) explores the life of a boy born … Read more
The Last Quarter of the Moon, Zijian Chi
Translated by Bruce Humes, this novel, first published in 2005, is being re-released by Penguin Random House, re-categorized in the genre of eco-fiction. In The … Read more
All the Horses of Iceland, Sarah Tolmie
Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but few have heard their story. All the Horses of Iceland tells the … Read more
Valli, Sheela Tomy
Originally published in Malayalam, in June 2021, Valli is Sheela Tomy’s debut novel. It’s being translated into English by Jayasree Kalathil. According to Financial Express, … Read more
Thrust, Lydia Yuknavitch
As rising waters–and an encroaching police state–endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a carrier travels through water and time to … Read more
Mahanadi, Anita Agnihotri
Translated by Nivedita Sen, with the subtitle: A novel about the river. In this novel, the tale of the river is entwined with the people … Read more
Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
In Cloud Cuckoo Land, the world may be falling apart but everything and everyone must come together…This novel of performative storytelling that is also a … Read more
Matrix, Lauren Groff
Pandemics recur in her stories, as do natural landscapes ravaged by climate change, as do women who are quietly incandescent with rage. –The Atlantic
Read moreThe Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak
In The Island of Missing Trees, prizewinning author Elif Shafak brings us a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, memory and … Read more