20 Novels That Demand a Sequel

by Rufi Thorpe

Terrific characters, rich worldbuilding, deep thoughts about fiction and morality, a love story, and a happy ending. Full review >

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by Catherine Newman

A moving, hilarious reminder that parenthood, just like life, means constant change. Full review >

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by James McBride

An exuberant comic opera set to the music of life. Full review >

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by Kaliane Bradley

This rip-roaring romp pivots between past and present and posits the future-altering power of love, hope, and forgiveness. Full review >

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by Leigh Bardugo

Lush, gorgeous, precise language and propulsive plotting sweep readers into a story as intelligent as it is atmospheric. Full review >

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by Yume Kitasei

Wondrous, new, and altogether alien. Full review >

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by Miranda July

This tender, strange treatise on getting out from the “prefab structures” of a conventional life is quintessentially July. Full review >

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by Percival Everett

One of the noblest characters in American literature gets a novel worthy of him. Full review >

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by Tom Lamont

A great premise, a great story, but most of all, great characters. Full review >

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by Domenica Ruta

A perfectly charming and complex ode to mothers and found families. Full review >

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by V.E. Schwab

A beautiful meditation on queer identity against a supernatural backdrop. Full review >

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by Louise Erdrich

In this tender and capacious story, love and tragedy mingle along the river and into the world. Full review >

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by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Wicked entertainment. Full review >

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by Karissa Chen

Romantic lyricism and hard-edged realism merge in this compelling novel. Full review >

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by Edward St. Aubyn

An elegantly arch but empathetic excursion into impending apocalypse, and some of St. Aubyn’s best work yet. Full review >

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