The Benefactors (2025) Wendy Erskine "Books are made of words. And sentences. Of stories and sounds and of voices. The Benefactors is further proof that Erskine is a true master of all the above. There are absolutely loads of words in this book - every single one of them is well chosen - because Wendy Erskine chose them. The clue is in the title - with The Benefactors, Wendy Erskine has given us a gift."
Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good (2024) Eley Williams "There's a frightening type of joy in these stories; erudite and audacious, Williams' work is satisfying in the same way I imagine throwing something delicate and valuable off a cliff must be satisfying."
How to Leave the House (2024) Nathan Newman "Most books that claim to be funny aren't actually all that funny. How to Leave the House is a rare exception - genuinely hilarious, utterly obnoxious, impressively daring."
The Glutton (2023) A K Blakemore "The Glutton contains some of the most striking writing I have read in a very long time. An audacious and humane study of desire, pain and tenderness; a remarkable book about a remarkable subject by a remarkable writer."
Your Driver is Waiting (2023) Priya Guns "Your Driver Is Waiting captures something vital about our contemporary moment, about the millions of lives spent on the margins. It's deft enough to navigate questions of class, precarity, race and economic displacement, while managing to be so full of hope, full of fight, full of heart."
Queen K (2023) Sarah Thomas "A wry, unsettling take on privilege, avarice and corruption. This book pulls back the curtain on the lives of the ultra-rich and reveals a world fatally distorted by greed and arrogance; it navigates questions of class and complicity with a rare deftness."
The End of Nightwork (2023) Aidan Cottrell-Boyce "The End of Nightwork is a rare thing; a novel of ideas that also happens to be deeply moving. There is wit and erudition here, but never at the expense of the book's abiding tenderness, insight and empathy."
Acts of Service (2022) Lillian Fishman "This book asks us to consider what it might mean to truly honour our own desires; however messy they might be. I loved it."
