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Non-1001 Book Reviews

Find a selection from our non-1001 book reviews here.  We do have eclectic tastes but you’ll see that some genres are represented more than others. We’re planning to add guest contributors to post reviews for genres that we read less frequently (non-fiction, science-fiction, etc).

Reviews for books on this page will be focused on books for adults. Some books review cover mature topics not appropriate for children. No spoilers in any reviews unless explicitly stated at the top of the review. Reviews are presented in alphabetical order by author last name.

A
Chain Gang All Starrs by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

B
Boulder by Eva Baltasar
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
The Sisterhood by Katherine Bradley
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
Water by John Boyne
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre
Waking the Witch by Rachel Burge

C
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Americanah by Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi
Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
The Flight by Julie Clark
The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Conde
Parade by Rachel Cusk

D
The Saint of Lost Things by Tish Delaney

E
The Blind Light by Stuart Evers
Mary of the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
First Lie Wins by Ashely Elston
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
James by Percival Everett

F
How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney

G
Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Galloway
Standing Heavy by Guaz
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Calico by Lee Goldberg
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
Dogboy v Catfish by Luke Gracias
The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant
Promise by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman

H
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Pearl by Sian Hughes

I
The Mantis by Kotoro Isaka 
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

J
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

K
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

L
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
August Blue by Deborah Levy
All the Little Bird Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

M
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
One Year of Ugly by Caroline Mackenzie
The Association of Small Bombs by Karen Mahajan
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Relight my Fire by C.K. McDonnel
The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Slade House by David Mitchell
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Beholders by Hester Musson
Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan

N
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel

O
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
There There by Tommy Orange
Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
A History of Burning by Janika Oza

P
Among Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

R
The Caretaker by Ron Rash
Go As a River by Shelley Read
Two Years, Eight Months, Twenty-Eight Days by Salman Rushdie

S
Blindness by Saramago
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

T
The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
The Color of our Sky by Amita Trasi

W
The Truants by Kate Weinberg
To the Dogs by Louise Welsh
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

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