Literary fiction: the best-written recent release is I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

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Sean McNulty

Jul 17, 2023

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BOOKS CONSIDERED

The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Be Mine by Richard Ford

When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton

The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan

Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong

At the Edge of the Woods by Kathryn Bromwich

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

The East Indian by Brinda Charry

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

The best-written of these is

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