A scintillating allegory of anthropomorphic uprising with echoes of Animal Farm, the second novel from the author of We Need New Names incisively captures the destructive cycle of corrupting power and relentless tyranny.

A series of murders in rural Mississippi carry echoes of harrowing events from 65 years ago in Everett’s powerful novel that combines a page-turning detective narrative with a searing critique of racism and police violence.

A young boy strikes up an unlikely friendship with an enigmatic, wandering healer in Garner’s gorgeously crafted novel that blends myth and folklore with a moving tale about memory and things that give meaning to life.

Mordantly funny and utterly unique, Karunatilaka’s maverick novel dissects the painful truths of a brutal and dark chapter in Sri Lanka’s recent history through the titular protagonist’s afterlife quest to find out who murdered him.

Set in a small Irish town and following a coal and timber merchant confronted by the past, this magnetic tale of determination and quiet heroism from the author of Foster is as hopeful as it is haunting.

A chance encounter reunites newly widowed Lucy Barton with her first husband in this stunningly intricate portrait of love, loss and a decades-long partnership from Elizabeth Strout’s masterly pen.