Rainy Day Reads

1. In Memoriam by Alice Winn — A debut historical novel about two British schoolboys turned soldiers during WWI.

2. The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty — Winner of the National Book Award but still flying under many radars, this novel, set in a crumbling apartment complex, is a literary thunderstorm.

3. Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton — A stunning, slow-burning debut about six enslaved women on a Texas plantation.

4. Big Swiss by Jen Beagin — Wickedly funny, strange, and wildly original, this novel follows a transcriptionist who becomes obsessed with a therapy client she’s never met (until she does).

5. A Country You Can Leave by Asale Angel-Ajani — A debut about a biracial Russian-Cuban teen and her hard-edged mother living in a trailer park in the California desert.

6. When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà — A polyphonic novel from Catalonia where voices shift between humans, ghosts, rainclouds, and mushrooms.