Best Fictional Gender Benders of 2014

by Tom Rachman

Brilliantly structured, beautifully written and profoundly sad. Full review >

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by Nuruddin Farah

An unassuming triumph of straightforward, topical storytelling that both adds to and augments a body of work worthy of a... Full review >

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by Colm Tóibín

A novel of mourning, healing and awakening; its plainspoken eloquence never succumbs to the sentimentality its heroine would... Full review >

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by Ian McEwan

McEwan, always a smart, engaging writer, here takes more than one familiar situation and creates at every turn something new... Full review >

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by Ha Jin

Subtle, masterful and bittersweet storytelling that operates on a number of different levels. Full review >

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by Porochista Khakpour

Plot summary fails to convey the spirit of this creative flight of fancy; farce meets disaster in a novel that illuminates... Full review >

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by Lily King

A small gem, disturbing and haunting. Full review >

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by Laila Lalami

Adding a new spin to a familiar story, Lalami offers an utterly believable, entertainingly told alternative to the... Full review >

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by Yasushi Inoue ; translated by Michael Emmerich

This slight but elegant and moving novella is a lovely introduction to a prolific Japanese writer (1907-1991) largely... Full review >

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by Brian Morton

Always a pleasure to read for his well-drawn characters, quiet insight and dialogue that crackles with wit, Morton here... Full review >

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by Kathy Page

Page doesn't sentimentalize the cruelty of life in a prison system but manages to transcend it through Simon, who writes his... Full review >

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by Rabih Alameddine

A gemlike and surprisingly lively study of an interior life. Full review >

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by Judith Frank

Strong storytelling driven by emotionally complex characters: first-rate commercial fiction. Full review >

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