Two recent(ish) ones:
Disoriental (2018) by Negar Djavadi. "Kimia Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimia is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. A high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, blending key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture with stories of family drama and triumph."
A bit dry for me, overambitious and humourless. It also reminded me of the commentary on Spinal Tap – every little thing is the most IMPORTANT TURNING POINT in her life. Would not recommend.
The Beautiful Bureaucrat (2018) by Helen Phillips. I got this from
this list of weird books. The list seems to have been written by Quinn Morgendorffer but I like a lot of the books mentioned (Bear vs Shark, You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine etc). This one is excellent, very strange but nice and compact and well paced, I’d recommend it.