Archive - Books on GIF

'The Nickel Boys' by Colson Whitehead

'The world had whispered its rules to him for his whole life and he refused to listen, hearing instead a higher order.'—Review #251

Mar 2

February 2025

Reader's Choice: Books Introduced by Merve Emre

Your Choices: 'I Am Alien to Life' by Djuna Barnes, 'Waiting For the Fear' by Oğuz Atay and 'Texas: The Great Theft' by Carmen Boullosa

Feb 23

'James' by Percival Everett

'Maybe you won't be a slave, but you won't be free.'—Review #250

Feb 16

What book surprised you?

Feb 9

'A Lesson Before Dying' by Ernest J. Gaines

'My eyes have been closed all my life. Yes, we all need you. Every last one of us.'—Review #249

Feb 2

January 2025

Reader's Choice: Books on My TBR For Years

Your options: 'The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante, 'In Memory of Memory' by Maria Stepanova and 'The Actual Star' by Monica Byrne

Jan 26

'Sister Deborah' by Scholastique Mukasonga

'If they answered to the calls of men and the hopes of women, there would be no more hope. I know this now, the spirit will never come.'—Review #248

Jan 19

What books are you excited to read in 2025?

Jan 12

'The Book of Form and Emptiness' by Ruth Ozeki

'What makes a person want so much? What gives things the power to enchant, and is there a limit to the desire for more?—Review #247

Jan 5

December 2024

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