You're listening to All the More Books.

I'm Sharifa.

Today is May 29th, 2026, and today I'm recommending two excellent reads.

One of them is a must-read literary thriller that published earlier this year that I cannot

stop thinking about.

The other is a more backlist, high-intensity feminist science fiction read featuring

mechas.

But before we get into the details of my two recommendations today, let's hear from our sponsor.

Today's episode is brought to you by Algonquin Books, publisher of Sisters of a Havd Heart by

Nyantara Roy.

Now, if you want something that's got beautiful prose, but is messy.

Okay, little sister mess with atmospheric detail according to Danny Shapiro.

I got you.

So, Mira Gujuhatakurtha is a poetry editor at a distinguished literary magazine in New York, a dream job that has given

her nearly everything she's always wanted, and then she reconnects with Jack from college. Jack

is kind, funny, smart, all the things. And suddenly, Mira feels as if she might have found her

soulmate. They've woven their lives together so thoroughly.

All that remains is for Jack to meet her family, her beloved father and dear sister Joy.

But then joy gets raggedy.

Okay, lock in.

Joy commits an unthinkable act of betrayal, and suddenly the sisters are impossibly

fractured and their father's heart is broken.

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