Quizlit’s Book of the Month Selection
Quizlit’s Book of the Month February 2024 is So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan. Her latest collection of short fiction features a a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month January 2024 is The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Thanks to a sparkling translation from Lara Vergnaud, we can now enjoy Sarr’s wonderful novel, winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt, France’s top literary prize.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month December 2023 is Western Lane by Chetna Maroo. Her debut novel has been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. Western Lane is a beautiful, evocative novel about grief, adolescence and family.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month November 2023 is Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson. Set over the course of three summers, from South London to Ghana and back again, Small worlds is a exhilarating novel about the worlds we build for ourselves. The worlds we live, dance and love within.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month October 2023 is The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. From the author of The Gift of Rain comes a characteristically elegant and atmospheric meditation on creativity, empire and public facades as W. Somerset Maugham wrestles with writer’s block in 1920s Penang.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month September 2023 is August Blue by Deborah Levy. A new novel from the Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy, the celebrated author of The Man Who Saw Everything and The Cost of Living.
British author Salman Rushdie has just published his new novel Victory City, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city. It’s a really entertaining read and Quizlit’s Book of the Month August 2023
Quizlit’s Book of the Month July 2023 is Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. It’s her fifth Novel and the first outside the Fantasy Genre.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month June 2023 is Greek Lessons by Han Kang. Originally published in Korean in 2011 it has finally been released in early 2023 in English with a beautiful translation from Deborah Smith.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month May 2023 is Liberation Day by George Saunders. Saunders is back with a masterful collection exploring ideas of power, ethics, and justice
