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We Want So Much to Be Ourselves: A Novel
By Stephen O’Connor
In prewar Berlin, ordinary citizens confront (or ignore) rising fascism.
Culpability
By Bruce Holsinger
Unnervingly relevant moral dilemmas ignite this AI-propelled family drama.
Carryout: Stories
By Hasan Dudar
Palestinian refugees settle in Toledo, Ohio, and struggle to adapt to their new culture.
Ghost-Eye: A Novel
By Amitav Ghosh
An expansive tale of myth and modernity in India.
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness
By Irene Solà; translated by Mara Faye Lethem
Women confront the devil, the perversity of war, and their own capacity for malice.
The Rarest Fruit
By Gaëlle Bélem; translated by Hildegarde Serle
An enslaved boy’s cuisine-altering innovation is credited to his white “father.”
Red Sheet: A Novel
By James Ellroy
Freddy Otash returns, although he probably shouldn’t have.
Cool Machine: A Novel
By Colson Whitehead
The author’s much-lauded Harlem Trilogy finishes with ferocity.
