The Details by Ia Genberg is a quiet, introspective novel about memory, relationships and the people from our past who continue to shape who we are.
Literary Fiction
She Who Remains
She Who Remains by Rene Karabash is a lyrical and moving story of love, patriarchy and sacrifice, set in an Albanian community where the ancient laws of the Kanun continue to shape people’s lives.
The White Book
Han Kang’s The White Book is a poetic and meditative work about white objects, grief, memory, loss, healing, and the sister she never met.
Orbital
Samantha Harvey’s Orbital is a reflective literary novel set aboard a space station, where astronauts observe Earth and think about humanity, nature, memory, and the fragility of life.
Human Acts
Han Kang’s Human Acts is a powerful novel about the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea, state violence, grief, trauma, memory, and survival.
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar follows Esther Greenwood, a promising young woman whose life slowly gives way to alienation, depression, and a crisis of identity.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny explores loneliness, relationships, family dynamics, and literary realism across India and America, along with thoughts on pacing, class, and detailed storytelling.
Greek Lessons
Han Kang’s Greek Lessons is a quiet, unsettling novel about silence, language, loss, memory, and the fragile ways human beings try to reach one another.
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending is a quiet, beautifully written novel about memory, remorse, ageing, friendship, and how we reshape the story of our own lives.
Poonachi
A heartwarming story by Perumal Murugan, of a black goat whose struggle for survival becomes a powerful reflection on human society.