Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint X | 2020 | Alexis Schaitkin | Buy |
| 2 | Elsewhere | 2022 | Alexis Schaitkin | Buy |
Alexis Schaitkin has published two standalone novels that have earned strong critical attention. Saint X (2020), her debut, follows a woman who becomes obsessed with the unsolved death of her sister during a family vacation on a Caribbean island. The novel traces how a single event shapes the lives of everyone connected to it across years and continents.
Elsewhere (2022) takes a different approach, imagining an isolated community where mothers sometimes disappear without explanation. The town accepts this as part of life, and the novel follows a young mother grappling with the possibility that she might be next. Both books explore grief, memory, and the stories communities tell themselves.