If you'd been feeling a little too optimistic about the state of things these days, let Stephen Markley's climate fiction (Cli-Fi, in the parlance of our times) The Deluge quickly (well, maybe not that quickly, it's 900 pages after all) disabuse you of that optimism. I Have Some Questions For You, by Rebecca Makkai - Also, a leader in the clubhouse for a favorite of 2023 (though I read this last November). The Deluge, by Stephen Markley - Sure to be a favorite of 2023.Ģ. I'll Take Everything You Have, by James Klise - Sorry, cheating a little here - I read this back in December, but it comes out today, and if you're into great YA coming of age stories, this is it!ġ. What a talent! This is her debut novel, and like everyone else, I'm very excited to see what she does next.ġ. But Gunty's prose and imagination are the stars of this show. There are some serious Winesberg, Ohio vibes here. But maybe outright brilliant? This story of a dying Indiana town won the National Book Award last year. The Rabbit Hutch, by Tess Gunty - Sad, and weird. As a white distance runner, this is an uncomfortable read, for sure. This is basically a book-length expansion of that essay, exploring how and why the distance running community is too white, and how she is working to change that. Running While Black, by Alison Desir Mariella - You may know Alison from her much-read and discussed essay in Outside published not long after Ahmaud Arbery's murder.
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