Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum is a sci-fi time travel novel centred around the Chernobyl nuclear accident. 1986: Anna Berkova, an esteemed nuclear scientist..
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What We Both Know by Fawn Parker
What We Both Know explores the MeToo movement and how power imbalances can shift. With her father’s health condition deteriorating, Hillary Greene recently…
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel is a retelling of the life of the eponymous queen from the Ramayana, an Indian epic poem. In the kingdom of Kekaya, Kaikeyi is…
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
The Children on the Hill caught me off guard with one big twist. It’s 1978, and when Vi and Eric complete their homeschool assignments, they spend their free…
An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher
An Honest Lie is a tense and addictive psychological thriller. A year ago, Rainy moved to Tiger Mountain with her boyfriend Grant. She spends her time…
An Unthinkable Thing by Nicole Lundrigan
An Unthinkable Thing fully held my rapt attention from start to finish. In 1958, after someone brutally murders his aunt, eleven-year-old Tommie moves in wi..,
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek
Little Foxes Took Up Matches is a sometimes dark, sometimes sweet coming-of-age tale. Mitya was just two when he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle…
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
The Younger Wife drips with domestic suspense and manipulation tactics. Thirty-somethings, Tully and Rachel feel floored when their father Stephen announces…
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility will transport the reader throughout time. Emily St. John Mandel’s latest release loosely connects to her previous books…
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones has quickly made it to one of my top books of the year. This memoir is about Chloé Cooper Jones’ life as a disabled woman…
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