The Wedding People ~ Alison Espach

 

Margo's Got Money Troubles ~ Rufi Thorpe

 

The Guest ~ Emma Cline

 DNF

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store ~ James McBride

 

DNF

The Book Of The Goose ~ Yiyun Li

  A ** read for me

I took a gander and I know who the Goose is!  Me!

Just not me! (And that's a good thing) Very Meh

Olga Dies Dreaming ~ Xochitl Gonzalez

 ****

Not a pageturner, but keen to know what happened in the many subplots

Many subplots, well differentiated characters, great political background

Babel ~ R. F. Kuang

 

Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow ~ Gabrielle Zelvin

 

Luster ~ Raven Leilani

 

Interior Chinatown ~ Charles Yu

 

The Vanishing Half ~ Brit Bennett

 

Sharks In The Time Of Saviors ~ Kawai Strong Washburn

 

Piranesi ~ Susanna Clarke

 

Girl Woman Other ~ Bernadine Evaristo

The Water Dancer ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates

** OK **

Magical Realism lacking magic
Nebulous storytelling

Golden State ~ Ben H Winters

Lost Children Archive ~ Valeria Luiselli

The Testaments ~ Margaret Atwood

Normal People ~ Sally Rooney

The House Of Broken Angles ~ Luis Alberto Urrea