The Magicians by Lev Grossman

I genuinely hate Quentin.

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

A major WTF wrapped in a nice juicy slice of Oh, shit and baked until it’s a sloppy soup of Who the hell knows?

Nutshell, by Ian McEwan

Supremely literary; each sentence is its own masterpiece: a mentally floating journey along the lazy river (one or two rapids, maybe) of baby’s spatially void existence

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Slow and fast at turns, the book feels a bit like a summer even though it’s the dead of winter

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

An epic (if predictable) video game/space opera/virtual reality book obsessed with the 80s

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

Sweetbitter: a novel of contradiction and difference.

Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart

A fun PI romp with some arson, gun lessons, extortion, waiting with guns, missing people, and matter-of-fact feminism.

The Girls, by Emma Cline

Beautifully written and disturbingly nostalgic (about a murderous cult).

Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi

A heartwrenching and emotional book which is vital in its scope.