Rachel, a quirky middle-aged woman, leaves her dull life in London after she inherits the Bristol house of her deceased great-aunt. As she tries to reinvent herself, we hear her growing slowly but steadily crazy. Hear her, because the whole story is told from her point of view. A disturbing novel but a must-read, because we can all recognise parts of ourselves in her and her needs of living a better life, even if that means creating it altogether.

Meghan Daum's memoir is one of ideals: To find the ideal house to start living a perfect life. She's been hunting for the perfect place her whole life. Her parents did the same during her childhood, and as soon as she moved out, she tried to find the apartment that would feel like home. Unsuccessfully, over and over again. Funny, quick-witted and sharp, you will laugh at her and with her in her quest to fulfil an unreachable dream.

America's most talented and incisive writer alive is back with the sequel to Less Than Zero, published 25 years ago. His characters are all grown-ups, but their promising lives have not taken such a promising turn. Even more desperate and sharp than before, Ellis' portrayal of middle-aged Los-Angeles people is merciless, lucid, sometimes cruel but always causticly funny.

Hamann's first novel, originally self-published, gives life to an incredibly vivid portrayal of the evolution of a young, creative, smart teenage girl into a woman at the beginning of the 80s. It tells the story of a whole generation, while seemingly talking about a young woman's preoccupations. At times self-absorbed and cliched, the story's weaknesses are made up for by Hamann's strongly literary writing. A promising new voice in American literature.

Quick-witted, charming, elegant and, sometimes slightly provocative but always glamorous, these new adventures of Autie Mame will take you on an exciting trip around the world. This classic of American literature, that has just been translated into French for the first time, will delight you.