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Katie Kitamura
An actress meets a young man who may be her son, and the story then restarts with the same people in a different configuration. A short, unsettling novel about identity and performance.
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Katie Kitamura
An actress meets a young man who may be her son, and the story then restarts with the same people in a different configuration. A short, unsettling novel about identity and performance.

Susan Choi
A family drama that begins with a girl found half-dead on a Japanese beach and her father vanished, then unspools across decades and three countries. Good for readers who like layered, character-led mysteries.

Percival Everett
Huckleberry Finn retold from Jim's point of view, where he hides his intelligence behind a performed dialect. Pick it for suspense, wit and a fresh look at a classic.

Paul Harding
A fictionalised version of the 1912 eviction of an interracial island community off Maine, told in long, rolling sentences. It rewards readers who like historical fiction with a lyrical, almost mythic voice.

Claire Keegan
A coal merchant in 1985 New Ross, in the run-up to Christmas, has to decide what a small act of decency will cost him. It is spare, quiet and can be read in an evening.

Kazuo Ishiguro
Kathy, now a carer, remembers her childhood at Hailsham, a boarding school that is not quite what it seems. It is for readers who like to be told as little as possible and feel it all the more.