Denise S. Robbins’ The Unmapping (Bindery Books) is described in Madison Magazine as an imaginative ecofiction novel. New York City residents wake to find the power grid is down, their neighbors are missing and Manhattan’s Empire State Building in Brooklyn. There is no flash of light, no crumbling, no quaking. Each […]
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Private Rites, Julia Armfield
From the beloved, award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world. “One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years.” -Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation Read more […]
Read MoreBriefly Very Beautiful, Roz Dineen
A spellbinding dystopian novel about the lengths one will go to for their children in a world teetering on the edge of apocalypse. See more about Bloomsbury.
Read MoreAnd So I Roar, Abi Daré
When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades. “Within these pages there is […]
Read MoreElegy, Southwest, by Madeleine Watts
“This book is a fever dream, a mood, a spell, an entire climate filled with a particular kind of desert winter light— harsh, unsparing, and beautiful. Honestly, I feel that part of me is still actually living in the book. Tremendously moving.” -Leslie Jamison, New York Times bestselling author of […]
Read MoreWild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy
“At once a gripping mystery, an exquisitely written ode to the natural world, and a taut, psychological thriller, Wild Dark Shore is a triumph. Charlotte McConaghy is masterful in her ability to show the intricate connections between place and the human heart, and Wild Dark Shore shows her at the […]
Read MoreGliff, Ali Smith
“An ingenious speculative novel … Smith makes the most of her protagonists’ youthful perspectives to bring a sense of wonder, inquisitiveness, and pathos to the story. The lush narrative doubles as an anthem of resistance, in this case against tyranny and the destruction of the environment. Inspired references to Charles […]
Read MoreIbis, Justin Haynes
“Justin Haynes delivers an evocative coastal world where the tide and the sky have as much power as governments and borders. Ibis moves the reader through Caribbean history and nature, driven by a compelling ensemble, some looking for truth and some hiding it. Striking in its language and imagery, this […]
Read MoreHappy Land, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Editor’s note: I’m interested in this book because it’s based on the historical reality of a Black kingdom in Appalachia; the book seems to connect people to a beautiful land where they can independently sustain themselves. “Picture a time when a kingdom existed inside the confines of the Carolinas—a time […]
Read MoreJuice, Tim Winton
An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as you’ve never read him before. Two fugitives, a man and a child, drive all night across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. From the vehicle […]
Read MoreYou Will Speak for the Dead, R.A. Busby
From Stelliform Press: Paul Simard’s life is a mess. When his mother dies, and his boyfriend moves out, the only thing Paul has left is his hoarder house cleaning business, and that’s not exactly a recipe for dating success. But after Paul gets a call to clean out the home […]
Read MoreDusk – Robbie Arnott
Dusk continues Arnott’s tradition of exploring myth, human relationships and the natural world. Set sometime in the early 19th-century, Dusk is a Western of a different sort: reflective and understated. It is marked by the twins’ relentless yet quiet struggle to prove they are unlike their parents, prove they are […]
Read MoreMetamorphosis, Sheree Renée Thomas, et al.
Edited by Sheree Renée Thomas and curated by Grist, this anthology of innovated and visionary stories are winners of the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest. These stories are grounded in soul, a deep communion with the belief that we can—and must—rebuild our relationship with the planet. -Omar El Akkad, author […]
Read MoreCreation Lake, Rachel Kushner
“Part espionage and part existential thriller, Creation Lake dives deep into the world of ideology, environmental activism, and ultimately, the nature of identity itself.” See more at TypeBooks.
Read MorePlayground, Richard Powers
Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard […]
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