Hamnet was my favorite read of 2020, so glad you loved it! And the movie, incredibly, is its own glorious work of art- so rare but wonderful when the movie lives up to the book. As for your next read: I really enjoyed Sonia & Sunny without loving it. Emily Nemens teaches in my MFA program and I'm excited to read Clutch, so if/when you read that, I'll be curious to hear what you think. I'm almost scared to read it because it sounds very close to the most recent novel I was working on (which I've basically abandoned, three drafts in).
As a fan of Wuthering Heights, I recommend Layne Fargo's "The Favorites," which is a rewrite of Wuthering Heights with a love/friendship triangle in the world of professional ice skating, with a Tonya Harding-like protagonist. I thought of this novel as a guilty pleasure, because it's cheesy but really enjoyable. My most recent can't-put-down read was Marie Bostwick's "The Book Club for Troublesome Women." I also loved "Culpability" and "What Kind of Paradise."
Hamnet was my favorite read of 2020, so glad you loved it! And the movie, incredibly, is its own glorious work of art- so rare but wonderful when the movie lives up to the book. As for your next read: I really enjoyed Sonia & Sunny without loving it. Emily Nemens teaches in my MFA program and I'm excited to read Clutch, so if/when you read that, I'll be curious to hear what you think. I'm almost scared to read it because it sounds very close to the most recent novel I was working on (which I've basically abandoned, three drafts in).
Very cool about Nemans…hope you’re abandoning the novel bc you’re crazy inspired by something else!
As a fan of Wuthering Heights, I recommend Layne Fargo's "The Favorites," which is a rewrite of Wuthering Heights with a love/friendship triangle in the world of professional ice skating, with a Tonya Harding-like protagonist. I thought of this novel as a guilty pleasure, because it's cheesy but really enjoyable. My most recent can't-put-down read was Marie Bostwick's "The Book Club for Troublesome Women." I also loved "Culpability" and "What Kind of Paradise."
Thank you, these sound great…adding them now! I’ve been wondering about Culpability and will now check it out.