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Leer Me Alles Wat Je Weet (Teach Me Everything You Know) by Hanna Bervoets (2023)

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Danielle – ‘Daniel’ – de Koster is dead. She died unexpectedly two years ago, an event her younger girlfriend Jodie cannot understand. Daniel had helped patients –particularly women – diagnose…

Spanish Fiction

Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero (2023)

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Told from a first-person voice that rapidly establishes itself as feminine (in Spanish, nouns and adjectives can be masculine or feminine), we follow the story of a girl trapped in…

UK Fiction

Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein (2023)

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In the concise yet intricately woven narrative of Study for Obedience, we are introduced to an enigmatic and unnamed narrator who stands as the central figure of this brief novel.…

UK Fiction

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (2023)

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Eilish Stack, a married generalist microbiologist, is living in Southern Ireland with her husband Larry Stack, e deputy general secretary of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland, and four children when…

UK Fiction

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo (2023)

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The novel is a poignant and deeply moving story set in London, narrated by Gopi, the youngest daughter in a family of three sisters. Gopi reflects on a pivotal period…

Dutch Fiction

De Man met Duizend Gezichten (The Man with a Thousand Faces) by Lex Noteboom (2023)

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The Man with a Thousand Faces is a complex thriller that weaves together three storylines and timelines. In 2034, Sophie discovers a locked laptop belonging to her mother, Noëlla, in…

UK Fiction

My Friends by Hisham Matar (2024)

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In this novel, the narrator, Khaled, is a middle-aged man wandering the streets of London just before the Arab Spring. He is reuniting with his old friend, Hosam Zowa, a…

US fiction

Daughter by Claudia Dey (2023)

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Daughter is a compelling family drama centred around Mona, a twenty-something playwright, and her tumultuous relationship with her father, Paul. The emotional core of the novel resides in the complex…

Icelandic Fiction

Kletturinn (Rockface) by Sverrir Norland (2023)

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“Kletturinn” is a compelling novel that weaves together past and present, secrets and friendships, and the complexities of human relationships. It revolves around Einar, a man who is forced to…

UK Fiction

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (2024)

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The government now has access to time travel technology. The novel is told in the first person from the perspective of an unnamed female civil servant of Cambodian heritage (for…

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