Contemporary Fiction

A devastating, emotionally intelligent novel about obsession, loneliness, and female self-erasure that lingers long after the final page.

This is a small novel carrying very heavy questions about how well we know people we live with, about personal autonomy, and most importantly whether love alone is enough to truly understand another person.

What impressed me most about this novella was the way Backman describes dementia. Rather than turning it into a frightening medical condition, he translates it into images readers can immediately understand.

If you enjoy character-driven literary fiction that explores family dynamics, addiction, motherhood, grief, and emotional survival [...] Blue Sisters is absolutely worth reading.

A story about first love, memory, timing, and the lives we build even when part of us remains somewhere else.

A reflective YA novel about survival guilt, exile, love during war, and what it means to leave home behind!

A memoir showing what it's like to live with a quiet sadness, the kind that doesn’t look dramatic from the outside but stays with you every single day.

Normal People by Sally Rooney is a quiet yet devastatingly beautiful exploration of first love. It was published in 2018....

When Haru Was Here by Dustin Thao is a touching exploration of grief, denial, and emotional survival told through the eyes of Eric, a teenage boy....

Annie Bot is about an AI robot trapped in a toxic relationship. Greer exposes misogyny and abuse women face in society along with the moral and ethical implications of human-robot relationships.