Dec 3, 2023
Rachel
I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times by Taylor Byas (and here's
the interview I mentioned: https://chireviewofbooks.com/2023/08/24/navigating-form-and-structure-in-i-done-clicked-my-heels-three-times/)
Brother & Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella (and
here's the essay I mentioned: https://chireviewofbooks.com/2023/03/29/writing-my-novel-wasnt-therapy/)
Solito by Javier Zamora
A Country You Can Leave by Asale Angel-Ajani
The In-Betweens by Davon Loeb
Company by Shannon Sanders
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (and here's
the interview I mentioned: https://chireviewofbooks.com/2023/03/02/getting-into-the-gray-area-in-i-have-some-questions-for-you/)
Michael
Who is the City For? By Blair Kamin
I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times by Taylor Byas
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Enough to Lose by R.S. Deeren
The Quail Who Wears the Shirt by Jeremy T. Wilson
Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
And then a few I didn't get to talk about but want to throw
out there:
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Dr. No By Percival Everett
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Greg
Wellness, by Nathan Hill
I Could Live Here Forever, by Hannah Halperin
Bliss Montage, by Ling Ma
Sun House, by David James Duncan
From Dust To Stardust, by Kathleen Rooney
Here are two more Chicago novels I loved this year:
Good Night, Irene, by Luis Alberto Urrea
Hot Springs Drive, by Lindsay Hunter