fiction
Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: 'Deliciously good'
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: 'Deliciously good'
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: 'Dreamlike and unsettling'
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: 'Dreamlike and unsettling'
A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity
A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity
Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we're more connected than ever
An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we're more connected than ever
Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond
Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond
Otessa Moshfegh's Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
Otessa Moshfegh's Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city
