january

• interpreter of maladies, jhumpa lahiri
• six of crows, leigh bardugo
• the dry heart, natalia ginzburg
• crooked kingdom, leigh bardugo
• in the café of lost youth, patrick modiano
• not now, not ever, ed. julia gillard
• between the world and me, ta-nehisi coates ⭑
• self-help, lorrie moore
• new waves, kevin nguyen ⭑
• one of the girls, lucy clarke
• cold enough for snow, jessica au
• look closer, david ellis
• a field guide to getting lost, rebecca solnit
• when i dare to be powerful, audre lorde ⭑
• interior chinatown, charles yu ⭑

february

• the pact, sharon bolton
• machines behaving badly, toby walsh
• you are eating an orange. you are naked., sheung-king
• sorry please thank you, charles yu
• a flicker in the dark, stacy willingham
• nostalgia has ruined my life, zarah butcher-mcgunnigle
• confabulations, john berger

march

• territory of light, yuko tsushima
• a certain hunger, chelsea g. summers

may

• two serious ladies, jane bowles

june

• a fleeting sorrow, françoise sagan
• the door, magda szabó
• the grand babylon hotel, arnold bennett
• 20 fragments of a ravenous youth, guo xiaolu
• hood feminism, mikki kendall

july

• elsewhere, yan ge
• clash of civilisations over an elevator in piazza vittorio, amara lakhous
• the writing retreat, julia bartz
• the office of historical corrections, danielle evans

august

• now you see me, sharon bolton
• swimming home, deborah levy
• tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, gabrielle zevin
• arrangements in blue, amy key

september

• dead scared, sharon bolton
• mild vertigo, mieko kanai
• not that bad, ed. roxane gay ⭑
• mother night, kurt vonnegut jr.
• in these hallowed halls, ed. marie o'reagan
• a small place, jamaica kincaid
• the voice to parliament handbook, thomas mayo ⭑
• the best strangers in the world, ari shapiro
• the secret history, donna tartt

october

• love in the big city, park sang young ⭑
• god bless you, mr rosewater, kurt vonnegut jr.
• the broken shore, peter temple

november

• stay true, hua hsu ⭑
• the ballad of songbirds & snakes, suzanne collins
• sagittarius, natalia ginzburg
• small steps towards a theory of the visible, john berger
• before the coffee gets cold, toshikazu kawaguchi