by Emma Schneider

Integrity – Anna Borgeryd

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Rather than falling into conventional narratives, eco-fiction needs to underscore the need for traditional environmentalism to question its own positions of privilege and provide a space for imagining non-normative paths to sustainability if it is to inspire genuine social justice.

The Man Who Spoke Snakish – Andrus Kivirähk

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Deeply anti-religious, the novel questions society’s ability to believe one set of mystical explanations while rejecting behaviors as primitive that have directly enabled their survival for generations.

Bats of the Republic – Zachary Thomas Dodson

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Dodson seems to ask: why have we left the pages of books so dry when we can do so much?

Seveneves – Neal Stephenson

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Seveneves reflects on the destruction of life on Earth, the construction of a human habitat in space, and the eventual revival of and return to planet.

Viper Wine – Hermione Eyre

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Viper Wine whispers beyond its pages, reappearing in glossy advertisements of Elle and in strange-tasting rouged lips.

The Tusk That Did the Damage – Tania James

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The elephant carries what would otherwise be a thoughtful narrative of an American twenty-something.

Black Diamond – Zakes Mda

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Unlike many Apartheid novels that stick to one location or group, Black Diamond depicts a South Africa where every group is present and no powerful white man is in sight.

By Night the Mountain Burns – Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

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It is a melodic text rife with images of hollowed canoes and mist-enveloped mountains.

Into the Go-Slow – Bridgett M. Davis

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Into the Go-Slow highlights the difficulty of understanding the world’s many contrasts and contradictions.

Marta Oulie – Sigrid Undset

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Marta Oulie provides a stark, yet personal addition to the conversations of early 20th century Western women writers such as Virginia Woolf and Kate Chopin.