What You Need to Read This Month
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The best new reads we can't wait to get our hands on
The Coast Road
Alan Murrin
The whole town is talking about the return of Colette Crowley – and with good reason. After leaving her home (and family) in County Donegal, Ireland to pursue a married man in Dublin, she’s back in town for good and no one knows why. As she tries to reclaim her old life, Colette quickly realises that her space in the community has gone, and she must reckon with her longing for family and her need for freedom.
Long Island
Colm Tóibín
The exhilarating, romantic sequel to Colm’s award-winning novel Brooklyn, Eilis has built a stable and happy home for herself and her family with a marriage spanning 20 years, but when a stranger knocks at her door everything begins to come undone and for the first time in years she finds herself longing for her Irish home. Did she make the right decision to leave her homeland behind? And is it too late to take a different path?
Going Home
Tom Lamont
On the surface, Téo Erksine has turned his life around after his wild youth, and has a stable job and nice home to show for it. But underneath it all, Téo is the same troubled boy he’s always been, chasing his complicated father’s approval and fawning over the enigmatic Lia. When tragedy strikes, Lia’s young son is left to Téo’s care and he must navigate the strange and shifting relationships of his life to find this young boy a place to call home.
The Gentleman from Peru
André Aciman
From the author of Call Me By Your Name comes a new novel following a group of friends who find themselves temporarily stranded in a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi coast while their boat is repaired. Boredom sets in, and soon they become obsessed with another guest whose strange abilities and incredible stories change their lives forever. An achingly touching story of life-long love and regret.
You Like It Darker
Stephen King
A brand new collection of delightfully wicked short stories from one of our best modern storytellers, these 12 tales explore the darker side of life. In Rattlesnakes (the sequel to Cujo) a grieving widower receives an unexpected inheritance with major consequences, and in The Dreamers a veteran of the Vietnam War answers a job ad that was better left alone.
All Fours
Miranda July
Thirty minutes after leaving for what was meant to be a solo cross-country road trip from LA to New York, our main character (a semi-famous artist with a husband and child at home) pulls into a rundown motel and begins to completely reinvent herself. Equal parts hilarious and touching, this is a grand tale of one woman’s quest for freedom, whatever the cost.
