The Other Valley
Scott Alexander Howard
A town bordered by the same valley twenty years in the past and twenty years ahead, and a girl who has to guard the line. Haunting premise, beautifully done.
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A girl who's pretty sure she's an alien faxes her observations about Earth back home. Weird, funny, and it completely won me over.
★ 5The Husbands
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Every time a husband goes up to the attic, a new one comes down, with a whole new life attached. A wildly clever premise that's secretly about choice.
★ 5My Murder
Katie Williams
A murdered woman is brought back as a clone and starts investigating her own death. A propulsive, weird little thriller with real ideas.
★ 5The School for Good Mothers
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A mother has one bad day and gets sent to a government institution to prove she deserves her child. Chilling, and a little too plausible.
★ 5Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
A strange, beautiful novel about a man who lives alone in a labyrinthine house filled with statues and tidal halls… and slowly comes to realize he doesn’t know who he is or how he got there. It’s unlike anything else, and somehow both deeply weird and deeply moving.