We break down our first reading list for 2021 – all the books we read in January 2021 – some backlist reads and some new releases, including from Lori Gottlieb, Caleb Azumah Nelson and Becky Cooper. The full reviews are available here. …
REVIEW: Real Life – Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor’s astonishing debut novel tells the tale of Wallace, a black laboratory student, and his interactions with his white colleagues. The novel earned a spot on the 2020 Booker Prize shortlist, and rightly so, the book is uncomfortable, unsettling and most…