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Six New Novels Make Up August's Global Fiction Reading List
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.
Six new novels from global authors are highlighted as August's fiction reading picks.
Claudia Rankine's 'Triage' follows two estranged friends reuniting at an art gallery after decades.
Téa Obreht's 'Sunrise' spans 1902, 2003 and 2024 in a Wyoming frontier town with buried secrets.
Richard Swan's 'The Infinite State' follows a widow secretly working to build a democracy in a fascist empire.
The list includes Budi Darma's 'Olenka,' translated from Indonesian by Tiffany Tsao.
- Who
- Authors Claudia Rankine, Téa Obreht, Budi Darma, Richard Swan, Paul Yoon and Max Doty, plus translator Tiffany Tsao.
- What
- A roundup of six new fiction novels recommended for August reading.
- Where
- Global — the list spans international authors, including an Indonesian novel translated into English.
- When
- August (exact year not stated in the article).
- Why
- To offer readers a selection of new fiction for the new month of reading.
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





