Chances Are . . .

by Richard Russo

reviewed by Erik Hage

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

reviewed by E. M. Tran

Exhalation

by Ted Chiang

reviewed by Patrick Lohier

Late in the Day

by Tessa Hadley

reviewed by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy

America Was Hard to Find

by Kathleen Alcott

reviewed by Jessica Vestuto

A King Alone

by Jean Giono, translated by Alyson Waters

reviewed by Bailey Trela

The Golden State

by Lydia Kiesling

reviewed by Walker Rutter-Bowman

Better Times

by Sara Batkie

reviewed by Leah Marsh

Heads of the Colored People

by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

reviewed by Patrick Lohier

The Science of Lost Futures

by Ryan Habermeyer

reviewed by Eric Stinton

The Cloister

by James Carroll

reviewed by Yun Ni

Whiskey When We’re Dry

by John Larison

reviewed by Henry Hughes

Last Night in Nuuk

by Niviaq Korneliussen, translated by Anna Halagar

reviewed by Erica X Eisen

Friday Black

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

reviewed by Patrick Lohier

The Garden Party

by Grace Dane Mazur

reviewed by Hannah Rosefield

You Think It, I'll Say It

by Curtis Sittenfeld

reviewed by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy

Some Trick

by Helen DeWitt

reviewed by Greg Chase

The King is Always Above the People

by Daniel Alarcón

reviewed by Alexandra Méndez

Certain American States

by Catherine Lacey

reviewed by Chelsea Bingham

Florida

by Lauren Groff

reviewed by Darren Huang