20 Fiction Books Getting Major Awards Buzz

by Louise Erdrich ; illustrated by Aza Erdrich Abe

A wise and uncanny roux of Erdrich’s storytelling. Full review >

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by Hannah Lillith Assadi

With a generous vision, Assadi has created an unforgettable character in a multidimensional world. Full review >

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by Edwidge Danticat

A powerful study of motherhood, nationhood, and violence. Full review >

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by Marlon James

Even when it stress-tests your senses, this sprawling depiction of gay life in Jamaica is galvanizing. Full review >

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by Madeline Cash

With comic energy and wild plot twists to spare, a thoroughly charming debut. Full review >

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by Rebecca Perry

Astonishingly layered, this quietly witty and compassionate debut novel will impress even the most jaded readers. Full review >

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by Morgan Thomas

Radically inventive, compassionate, and perspicacious. Compulsively page-turning. Full review >

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by Valeria Luiselli

An offbeat migration story as piercing and artful as any in Luiselli’s oeuvre. Full review >

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by Elizabeth Strout

Vivid characters are set adrift in a “ripped from the headlines” tableau that complicates the story, and the storytelling. Full review >

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by Emma Cline

Unexpected, beautifully controlled, and almost dangerously captivating. Full review >

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by Djamel White

White keeps us balanced on a knife-edge, and the novel’s final revelations churn for days. Full review >

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by Gwendoline Riley

Riley elevates the everyday to exceptional heights. Full review >

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by Avigayl Sharp

Startlingly intimate, nauseatingly effective—a brilliant debut. Full review >

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by Missouri Williams

A flinty, withholding novel, though full of dark intelligence. Full review >

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by Julián Delgado Lopera

A stark portrait of the damage passed from parent to child. Full review >

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