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Six New Novels Make Up August's Global Fiction Reading List

Six New Novels Make Up August's Global Fiction Reading List
August global fiction: Six new novels for a new month of reading · scroll.in

This news is about six new storybooks, called novels, that people can read in August.

The books are written by authors from different parts of the world.

One book, called Triage, is about two old friends who meet again after many years of silence.

Another book, Sunrise, tells three different stories that happen in the same town at different times in history.

Olenka is a story about a man who falls in love with a woman who then suddenly disappears.

The Infinite State is a space story about a woman who secretly wants to create a fair society called a democracy.

Etna is an adventure told by a dog who walks home after surviving a terrible war.

The House that Eats the Dead is a scary story about a house that gobbles up anything that was once alive.

One of the books was first written in Indonesian and was translated into English by Tiffany Tsao.

These books give readers lots of different adventures to choose from in August.

Key facts

Featured works
Six new novels
Titles
Triage, Sunrise, Olenka, The Infinite State, Etna, The House that Eats the Dead
Authors
Claudia Rankine, Téa Obreht, Budi Darma, Richard Swan, Paul Yoon, Max Doty
Translated work
Olenka, translated from Indonesian by Tiffany Tsao
Genres
Literary fiction, speculative fiction, science fiction, horror
Source
All information sourced from publishers

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