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Milkman
Graywolf Pr

Milkman

Anna Burns

In an unnamed Northern Irish community, an eighteen-year-old narrator is pursued by a man known as Milkman and becomes trapped in rumor, surveillance, and communal pressure. The novel renders political division, sexual coercion, and silence through a radically distinctive voice.

Autobiography of Death
New Directions

Autobiography of Death

Kim Hyesoon, Fi Jae Lee, Don Mee Choi

An English translation of Kim Hyesoon's poem cycle, treating death as collective grief, ritual, and reverence.

My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel
Doubleday

My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Korede, a nurse in Lagos, has repeatedly cleaned up after her dazzling younger sister Ayoola kills her boyfriends. When the doctor Korede secretly loves becomes drawn to Ayoola, the sisters' bond, guilt, and uneasy silence begin to come apart.

Skin Deep
Penguin Books Ltd

Skin Deep

Liz Nugent

A psychological thriller about Cordelia, who has spent years on the French Riviera passing herself off as an English socialite. Beauty, lies, family wounds, and memories of flight gather beneath a glamorous surface until ruin breaks through.

Pour Moi Seule: Roman (Classic Reprint)
Forgotten Books

Pour Moi Seule: Roman (Classic Reprint)

André Corthis

Pour moi seule is a 1919 French novel that follows a young woman, Alvère, as she confronts family secrets and her own desires while wavering between love and social expectation. Through introspective monologue and conversation, the novel quietly explores domestic pressure, class awareness, and a woman's self-formation.

In Extremis
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

In Extremis

Lindsey Hilsum

A biography of war correspondent Marie Colvin, built from diaries, reporting, and testimony. It follows the courage and cost of a journalist who kept bearing witness in conflict zones, while examining the ethics and danger of war reporting.

Of Death: Minimal Odes
Co Im Pr

Of Death: Minimal Odes

Hilda Hilst, Laura Cesarco Eglin

Built around the idea of death as a lifelong seduction, this minimal poetry collection stares straight at the boundary between life and death. Its concise yet densely charged language carries sensuality, spirituality, and playfulness at once, bringing Hilda Hilst's poetic core vividly into view.

Too Much Lip
Univ of Queensland Pr

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

A sharp, darkly funny novel about a woman returning home to face family wounds, land, and the violence around survival.

Midwinter Break
Vintage Books

Midwinter Break

Bernard Maclaverty

『Midwinter Break』は、熟年の夫婦が旅先で経験する出来事を通じて、結婚生活の距離感や個々の孤独、人生の意味を静謐に描く長編。控えめな筆致が登場人物の内面を浮かび上がらせる。