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Rachel Connolly recommends

The Four Spent the Day Together (2025)
Chris Kraus
"What a truly unique, brilliant, surprising and bold book this is... Kraus matches the elegance of Capote's In Cold Blood and his refusal of narrative or moral simplicity. She similarly paints a rich, honest picture of social class in America, and the ways in which class and circumstance constrain a life... Each story feels frank, humane and revelatory. Each life is detailed with so much compassion. I really loved the honesty of this book. I couldn't stop reading it and I will recommend it to everyone."

Brat (2024)
Gabriel Smith
"Gabriel Smith has written a truly unique and surprising book. He is the rarest thing: a distinctive stylist on the line and structure level. Brat is so strange and so funny. I laughed a lot while reading."