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Tag: Novel

Review: The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili (translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin)

Epic family saga, surprisingly queer.

Authoritarianism, Contemporary, Europe, Family saga, Fiction, Georgia, Historical, International Booker Prize, Novel, Russia, Soviet Union

Review: The Orphan Gunner by Sara Knox

This queer WWII novel soars.

Australian, British, Classics, Fiction, Historical, lesbian, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer, War, World War II

Review: Lola In The Mirror by Trent Dalton

Fairytale Australia.

Australian, Brisbane, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel

Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A ride we can’t get off.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker prize, Novel, Space, US

Review: Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn

Tough love.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, Tonga, Western Sydney

Review: Host City by David Owen Kelly

Electrifying alternate history.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, HIV/AIDS, LGBTIQ, Novel, Sydney

Review: A Language Of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle

Sliding Doors with a queer Australian twist.

Australian, Fiction, Historical, LGBTIQ, Newcastle, Novel, Sydney

Review: Dancer From The Dance by Andrew Holleran

No queen is left unstoned.

Classics, Fiction, gay, LGBTIQ, New York, Novel

Best books I’ve read 2024

Books to prevent enshittification.

Australian, Classics, Colonialism, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, Historical, Indigenous writers, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Novel, Poetry, Stella Prize, Year in review

Review: Anam by André Dao

History as speculative fiction.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Novel, Refugees, Vietnam, War

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