One of the most enjoyable books I''ve read so far in 2025 is Swedish writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri''s The Sisters. This is a must-read for fans of Jonathan Franzen or Paul Murray''s The Bee Sting . It tells the story of the Mikkolas sisters, three Swedish-Tunisian siblings, and the mysterious curse they believe hangs over their family. Even at over 600 pages, the book feels like a page-turner , due in part to Khemiri''s use of in-built mystery and short pacy chapters normally found in a thriller, but mostly due to the captivating characters which populate this epic family drama. Khemiri is a literary superstar in his native Sweden - this is his first novel that he has written in English. If you are looking for one to put aside for long winter nights, this is it.

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Jonas Hassen Khemiri is the author of six novels, including The Family Clause and Everything I Don't Remember, seven plays, and a collection of short stories and essays. Khemiri is the recipient of a Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and numerous other publications. The Sisters is his first book to be written in English. He lives in Brooklyn with his family and teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.

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'It's been a while since we were stunned by an ambitious family saga'
The Times
**SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

'One of the best novels I've ever read about the complexities of mixed heritage'
New Yorker

'One gawps at its breadth and ambition'
New York Times

'If you are looking for one to put aside for long winter nights, this is it'
The Gloss

MEET THE MIKKOLA SISTERS: INA, EVELYN, AND ANASTASIA.
Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. And Anastasia is moody, chaotic, quick to anger.

Following them from afar is Jonas. Like the sisters, he's Swedish Tunisian, raised in Stockholm but yearning for so much more. His life intersects with theirs across decades and continents, from Tunis to Berlin and New York. And when Evelyn goes missing, it's Jonas who tracks her down - and helps break the curse that has loomed over the Mikkolas for years.

'One of this summer's most buzzed-about novels'
***Financial Times

***'Superb . . . one of those books you live inside and miss when it's over'
Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost

'A moving appraisal of family, language, and the spiritual developments that accrue over a life'
Raven Leilani, author of Luster

'A thoroughly fascinating story about sibling rivalry, loyalty, and love'
Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove

'If you welcome this novel into your mind, it will warm and transform you'
Tess Gunty, author of the Rabbit Hutch

'Astonishing . . . every character - every sentence - is startlingly, indubitably alive'
Katie Kitamura, author of Audition

'His masterpiece . . . life overflows its pages'
Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing