
The Dutch House: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020

For so long, she could see now, she had made her daughter live by her whim: moving on anytime she needed new ideas; anytime she had felt stuck or uneasy.
Celeste Ng • Little Fires Everywhere: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller
Instead, after a year, the twins scattered, their lives splitting as evenly as their shared egg. Stella became white and Desiree married the darkest man she could find.
Brit Bennett • The Vanishing Half: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2021
Who would I be today if I was raised by married parents, if our little family wasn’t weighed down by a secret? I envied Madame Lapierre and her sons, and their clean conscience. And yet, was it terrible to admit that I’d also loved the travails of our life, the inconsistency of Father’s affection, the hardness of Anouk’s hands when they pulled on m
... See moreSanaë Lemoine • The Margot Affair: A Novel
she’d been in such a hurry to succeed, which she’d believed required an ambitious husband and a house that she owned outright.