Michael Welch Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Michael Welch

A family epic to remember... Dust Child brings together an unforgettable cast of characters whose lives have forever been changed by past violence. Spanning decades and disparate lives, the book deftly explores the ways we both inherit trauma and redefine our own paths forward.

Michael Welch

Hunter is at the top of her game in Hot Springs Drive, as she weaves a dark and consistently compelling tale about desire and the fragility of suburban idealism.

Michael Welch

A brilliant work of historical recreation and imagination. Álvaro Enrigue’s latest perfectly subverts the colonial narrative to create a thrilling revenge tale that carefully builds its tension to a startling conclusion. This is a marvel in both its storytelling and its translation.

Michael Welch

If you’re like us, you have an appetite for unsettling short stories. Drawing from everyday life in Mexico and abroad, Mothers and Dogs tears at the distinctions between sanity and madness, life and death, and safety and danger.

Michael Welch

Monumental adventures...We are Green and Trembling is a sharp historical epic that is both heavily researched and light in its lyricism. This is a novel that will show you the world as you savor its captivating story.

Michael Welch

Pulling from the tradition of Brothers Grimm... these seven new short stories reinvent classic fairy tales for the modern age. Perfect for readers who enjoy being surprised with every passing page, Link combines realism and the speculative to captivating results.

Michael Welch

Sensuous and sharp in its critique, Land of Milk and Honey delivers a powerful rebuke of how far the privileged will go to retain a level of comfort amid climate catastrophe... A knotty read from start to finish, C Pam Zhang's latest is sure to stay with you for a long time

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Michael Welch

Kurkov, a longtime satirical commentator on his adopted country of Ukraine, collects his searing dispatches from the country and chronicles the sleepless nights of continuous bombardment of his city. An important work that should be on everyone’s radar.

Michael Welch

Juan Gabriel Vásquez has created a remarkable family saga that spans from the Spanish Civil War to the global upheaval of the 1960s while maintaining the intimacy that comes with a family caught in the center of a world turned upside down.

Michael Welch

Ocean Vuong is uniquely talented at capturing the tender and wrought feelings of loss. His novels are live wires of emotion, crackling at each page with possibility. The Emperor of Gladness is no different.