Next Read ClubHidden gems
Not bestseller-list famous, but they should be. Ask any of their readers and you'll get the same reaction: 'wait, why isn't everyone talking about this one?'
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. Strange, beautiful, and unlike almost anything else you've read.
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. Science fiction used to genuinely interrogate what gender even is.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. A war novel that centers the people history books usually skip.
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. Old-school gothic horror with a sharp, modern point of view.
The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. Dense but short — a genuine philosophical argument, not a summary of one.
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. For when you want a book that refuses to fully explain itself.
In the Woods
Tana French
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. A mystery that cares more about psychology than tidy answers.
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
Less mainstream than most on this site, and better for it. Cool, detached prose hiding a lot of real feeling underneath.
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