Book reviews of mainly modern & contemporary fiction

Six Degrees of Separation: From ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ to ‘The Tie That Binds’

‘What Are You Going Through’ by Sigrid Nunez

‘The Silence’ by Don DeLillo

Book pairings: fiction & non-fiction titles that complement each other

‘Black Water’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘This Mournable Body’ by Tsitsi Dangarembga

7 books for NAIDOC week

‘Red at the Bone’ by Jacqueline Woodson

Six Degrees of Separation (wild card): from ‘Academy Street’ to ‘The Dinner Guest’

‘The Language of Birds’ by Jill Dawson

Elizabeth Tan wins the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2020

‘A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing’ by Jessie Tu

‘You Belong Here’ by Laurie Steed

‘The Hunter’ by Julia Leigh

‘The Dinner Guest’ by Gabriela Ybarra

‘Snow’ by John Banville

‘Lucky Ticket’ by Joey Bui

Six Degrees of Separation: From ‘The Turn of the Screw’ to ‘Shadowplay’

‘The Survivors’ by Jane Harper

3 Recommended Reads: Alan Carter, Kristina Olsson and Bernhard Schlink