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Tag Archives: books
Book Review: Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga (Albania)
A Booker-nominated novel by an Albanian writer
TBR for January 2026
My TBR for January 2026
Book Review: Inside Story by Martin Amis (England)
Autobiographical novel by Martin Amis
Book Review: Audition by Katie Kitamura (USA)
Recently Booker-longlisted experimental novel of acting and identity
Book Review: Red Water by Jurica Pavicic (Croatia)
A crime thriller that also becomes a meditation on the post-communist history of Croatia
Book Review: The Possession by Annie Ernaux (France)
Unapologetic and raw short account of the fall-out from the break up of a relationship
Book Review: The Dragons, The Giant, The Women by Wayetu Moore (Liberia)
A gripping memoir of living through the first Liberian civil conflict, and flight to the USA
20 Books of Summer 2025
My 20 books of summer 2025
Book Review: Flesh by David Szalay (Hungary)
Compulsively readable story of a life