Review: Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

Sin and salvation in 1930s Harlem.

Review: Only Sound Remains by Hossein Asgari

Intrigue in pre-Revolution Iran.

Review: Hospital by Sanya Rushdi (translated by Arunava Sinha)

‘Can people hear me think? Let them.’

Review: The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende (translated by Magda Bogin)

A haunted house of a country.

Review: Beloved by Toni Morrison

The power of words.

Review: Feast by Emily O’Grady

Grotesque and decadent.

Review: Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor

The lesbian answer to Ned Kelly.

Review: Body Friend by Katherine Brabon

A meticulous study of pain.

Review: The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

The big climate book.

Review: The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright

The limits and possibilities of empathy.