Model Home

'Intense, original, and wonderfully unpredictable, those adjectives describe Rivers Solomon as much as this novel. Model Home is a story of a haunted house and haunted people; profound family secrets lie at the heart of this book as well as, surprisingly, blessedly, meaningful touches of love and hope. Rivers Solomon is an astonishingly talented writer.'

author of Lone Women, Victor LaValle

‘A startling reimagination of the haunted-house genre. The twists and turns are carefully drawn, with the tension mounting toward a shocking end … With this exhilarating and unforgettable work, Solomon proves to be a formidable writer.’

Kirkus

'A profoundly haunting work of true horror from one of the greatest writers working today.'

author of Just Like Home and Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey

'Fueled by unreliable narrator Ezri’s grief, Solomon’s (Sorrowland, 2021) lyrical slow burn is a disquieting and disorienting rumination on heavy themes including racism, mental illness, gender dysphoria, and sexual abuse. The ambiguity of Ezri’s reflections will keep readers turning the pages to find out what really happened to the Maxwell siblings, whose traumatic childhoods continue to haunt them long after they leave home. Solomon’s genre-defying achievement subverts and reclaims the tropes of the gothic haunted house to create something wholly original and unforgettable.'

Kaitlin Conner, Booklist

'This is easily one of the best books I’ve read in the last five or so years. Beastly storytelling from page one. Moving. Gnawing. Alive. Complete with claws and a heart and lungs in it. Consider me sucked in! My favorite part of this work doubles as a kind of spoiler: its genius does not, even for the sake of mercy, relent.'

— Eloghosa Osunde

'A stylish, simmering novel about identity, race and family secrets.’

iNews

'A disturbing, brilliantly twisty psychological horror exploring family dynamics, memory, gender identity and sexuality.'

Lisa Tuttle, The Guardian