Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Enchanted | 2014 | Rene Denfeld | Buy |
| 2 | Sleeping Giants | 2024 | Rene Denfeld | Buy |
Rene Denfeld’s standalone novels show her range as a writer who combines literary style with dark subject matter. The Enchanted (2014), her debut, takes place on death row and uses elements of magical realism to explore life, death, and the possibility of redemption inside a maximum-security prison. It was widely praised by critics and compared to the work of Cormac McCarthy.
Sleeping Giants (2024) is her more recent standalone novel, continuing Denfeld’s interest in stories about people on the margins of society. Her fiction draws heavily on her professional experience as a death penalty investigator and her personal history as a foster and adoptive parent.