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Roxane Gay is the author of Bad Feminist, Hunger, and Difficult Women, and a widely read cultural critic. She runs The Audacious Book Club, picking one book a month and hosting a conversation with the author, and writes the Substack newsletter The Audacity. Picks below come from her club.
“Homeseeking is an ambitious, expansive book, an engrossing example of the best kind of historical fiction, the kind that roots us authentically in time and place but also features nuanced, interesting characters whose successes and mistakes are presented with a clear-eyed empathy.” source
“Bite by Bite is a beautiful, meditative book, one that allows us to examine family and legacy through an original lens.” source
“Cuckoo is, like Felker-Martin's previous novel Manhunt, absolutely masterful. It is gory and horrifying and brash. This book will leave you gasping and yearning, and it will stay on your mind long after you turn the last page.” source
“Real Americans is a compelling and ambitious novel, filled with astute insights into the cultures of both China and America.” source
“Raboteau's collection is a sobering read, but there are distinct moments of beauty and joy in these essays.” source
“It's rare that I like a second book more than the first. But I loved the follow up.” source
“Martyr!, Akbar's debut novel, picks up Akbar's thread of addiction, distress tolerance, and distorted reality.” source
“Chef Sohla El-Waylly is becoming well-known for her culinary wisdom, but one of her most enduring talents is the ability to offer not just the what of a dish, but the why.” source
“I loved the ambitious, almost too ambitious, narrative structure of the novel.” source
“My No. 1 go-to book is The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton.” source
“The history of this world is a bloody wound.” source
“It is devastating and infuriating and a necessary read.” source
“That was a great book, DRAMA for days.” source
