Agatha: Feelgood novel about a lonely psychiatristBook review: Anne Cathrine Bomann's charming debut is packed with insightSat Dec 28 2019 - 06:00
The Honjin Murders: Classic Japanese murder mysteryBook review: Seishi Yokomizo’s ‘locked room’ thriller is translated into EnglishSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:00
Some mother’s son: A beautiful, memorable novel about love and neglectBook review: Hanne Ørstavik brings us remarkably close to her characters in such a short timeSat Dec 14 2019 - 06:00
Best debuts of 2019: despite perennial difficulties, talent has emergedA look at the brightest debuts and collections from this year's emerging authorsWed Dec 11 2019 - 06:00
The God Child: Intriguing debut about life as a Ghanaian immigrantBook review: Nana Oforiatta Ayim explores themes of cultural appropriationSat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
The Taiga Syndrome: A beguiling story of betrayal and pursuitBook review: Cristina Rivera Garza’s latest novel follows a woman in search of lost loveSat Nov 23 2019 - 06:00
The Tenth Muse review: A brilliantly balanced equationThere’s no painting by numbers in Catherine Chung’s deft novel set in the world of mathsSat Nov 16 2019 - 06:00
Lake Like a Mirror: Surreal but real stories of women in MalaysiaBook review: Ho Sok Fong has written an inventive, troubling second collectionSat Nov 9 2019 - 06:00
It Would Be Night in Caracas review: Dystopian nightmare in VenezuelaKarina Sainz Borgo’s journalistic training is on show in a story of loss and survivalSat Nov 2 2019 - 06:00
The Crossed-Out Notebook: A comic debut with plenty of twistsBook review: Nicolas Giacobone’s first novel is about a screenwriter held captive in a basementFri Nov 1 2019 - 06:00
Fleishman is in Trouble: a tour de force teeming with insights and humourTaffy Brodesser-Akner delves deep into the gender inequalities of sex, marriage, divorce and online dating in modern day New YorkFri Oct 25 2019 - 06:00
Filter This: Timely, terrifying look at the dangers of an Instagram lifeBook review: Sophie White has written a clever, entertaining debutFri Oct 18 2019 - 06:00
A Drop of Patience: Insight into US and race by original woke writerBlack identity and disability are examined in William Melvin Kelley’s rediscovered classicSat Oct 5 2019 - 06:00
Daughter of the Storm: Irish horror for brave young readersTina Callaghan’s gothic mystery set on an island off Ireland heaps drama upon dramaFri Oct 4 2019 - 06:00
Paris Syndrome: Pushing boundaries to document experienceLucy Sweeney Byrne’s debut is gripping and entertaining with a strong feminist bentSat Sep 21 2019 - 06:00
Follow Me to Ground: Innovative and unsettling debut novelReview: Sue Rainsford explores themes of sex, death and the female bodyWed Sep 11 2019 - 06:00
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood: Master sculptor recasts a masterpieceReview: Aunt Lydia’s story is a highlight of the long-awaited Handmaid’s Tale sequelTue Sep 10 2019 - 00:00
The Ditch: A meandering trip through an ageing mindHerman Koch’s tale of a man’s descent into paranoia is entertaining if a bit long-windedThu Sep 5 2019 - 06:00
Baby review: Sharing a boat with a memorable psychopathAnnaleese Jochems unleashes an original debut set in cramped quarters in New ZealandSat Aug 24 2019 - 07:00
The Truants: ‘So this is desire. I want to f**king eat him’Book review: Kate Weinberg’s intelligent debut is set in a vividly rendered English universityFri Aug 23 2019 - 06:00
Skin by EM Reapy: An evocative depiction of the backpacking lifeBook review: EM Reapy, from Mayo, has a lot to live up to after her award-winning debutSat Aug 10 2019 - 06:00
Expectation: Sharp, Sally Rooney-style insights into female friendshipBook review: Anna Hope’s novel looks at the intersecting lives of three friends in LondonMon Aug 5 2019 - 06:00
Dolores review: Short and potent story of a young woman in troubleLauren Aimee Curtis’s original take on teenage pregnancy makes for a vibrant debut novelWed Jul 31 2019 - 06:00
Fake Like Me review: Enjoyable art world murder mysteryBarbara Bourland’s colourful takedown of the New York art world has plenty to say for itselfSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
Call Him Mine: Dial M for murderous proseReview: Tim MacGabhann’s debut is billed as a literary crime novel but lacks killer writingThu Jul 18 2019 - 06:00
Something to Live For review: Meaningful end for all the lonely peopleRichard Roper has crafted a compelling mystery in this clever and uplifting debutSat Jul 6 2019 - 06:00
Upperdown review: Murder, mayhem and maths in TipperaryDavid Brennan’s clever Irish debut presents a deeply unsettling worldSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:30
The Sun on My Head review: Fleeting snapshots of favela lifeGeovani Martins, a new literary star from Rio, doesn’t shine as brightly as the hypeSat Jun 22 2019 - 06:10
The Paper Wasp review: Obsessive female friendship turned sourLauren Acampora’s debut novel, set in the Holywood bubble, is gripping and nuancedSat Jun 15 2019 - 06:00
The Rapture: A cult story with overtones of The Handmaid’s TaleBook review: Claire McGlasson’s debut novel maps out the intriguing world of the Panacea SocietyThu Jun 13 2019 - 23:20
She Would Be King: Sarah Jessica Parker and the New York Times love this book. I don’tBook review: Wayétu Moore's imaginative debut gets lost in plodding proseFri Jun 7 2019 - 05:47
Caravan of the Lost and Left Behind review: a Traveller world barely revealedWell-written debut novel raises questions about cultural appropriationMon May 27 2019 - 09:00
Saltwater review: A coming-of-age novel and a fluid and crisp love note to a motherJessica Andrew’s debut novel marks her as a writer to watchSat May 18 2019 - 06:00
The Clothesline Swing review: Striking account of growing up gay in SyriaAhmad Danny Ramadan’s uneven debut novel reflects troubles of a beleaguered minoritySat May 11 2019 - 06:00
Crossing review: Thought-provoking look at gender identity, home and warPajtim Statovci’s second novel tells the story of two Albanian boys struggling with shameSat May 4 2019 - 06:00
Cape May review: Desire and betrayal in 1950s New JerseyChip Creek’s vibrant debut puts two innocent newly-weds in a place where anything goesSat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
The Old Man and the Sea and the BoyAn off-shore wind farm in the near future grounds this tale of loss and survivalSat Apr 20 2019 - 06:00
Love Notes from a German Building Site: A captivating debutAdrian Duncan’s quietly reflective novel brings to life an engineer’s work in BerlinSat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00
The Fire Starters review: A blazing tale in east BelfastJan Carson’s captivating novel should hopefully earn her international recognitionSat Apr 6 2019 - 06:00
The Confessions of Frannie Langton: From the Caribbean to the courthouseBook review: A captivating historical debut about a slave girl on trial for a double murderSat Mar 30 2019 - 06:00
The Ghost Factory review: A first novel that haunts for the wrong reasonsJenny McCartney’s debut about a friendship in Northern Ireland is let down by the writingSat Mar 23 2019 - 06:00
The Red Word review: provocative treatise on rape cultureSarah Henstra has an acerbic style that works well for her takedown of campus frat cultureSat Mar 16 2019 - 06:00
Last Ones Left Alive review: Survival thriller in dystopian IrelandSarah Davis Goff excels in describing macabre detail in clear and visual proseSat Mar 9 2019 - 06:00
Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery: A bright new Irish voiceDebut collection from Mullingar author has great wit, depth and momentumSat Mar 2 2019 - 06:00
Permission review: Compelling take on sex and power in LASaskia Vogel’s debut novel is told through the eyes of an actor grieving her fatherSat Feb 23 2019 - 06:00
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li: Full of flavourA captivating debut novel gives a flavour of life in the American service industrySat Feb 16 2019 - 06:00
You Know You Want This review: sex, shame and desire exploredCat Person author Kristen Roupenian’s short stories chronicle modern sexual politicsSat Feb 9 2019 - 06:00
The Familiars review: Trials and tribulations in a bewitching debut novelDark arts and a dark patriarchy in 17th-century Lancashire from Stacey HallsSat Feb 2 2019 - 06:00
Something Like Breathing review: a breath of fresh airA charming, offbeat debut about two teenage girls living on a remote Scottish islandSat Jan 26 2019 - 06:00
Golden Child review: A book with the Midas touchA beautifully written debut from Claire Adam about sacrifice and violence in contemporary TrinidadSat Jan 19 2019 - 06:00