Debutiful’s Most Anticipated of 2025

“Ma is a brilliant mind with a shining voice. His writing is spellbinding… Reading [“These Memories”] was reminiscent of the first time I read Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life.” It made me believe that books can change my brain’s chemistry.”

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Library Journal Review

“A dangerous inheritance upends everything a young man knows in Ma’s timely and impressive debut…Readers of literary dystopian fiction will find much to enjoy in this thought-provoking debut.”

Booklist [Starred Review]

"This novel-in-stories, set in a dystopian future in which memories can be downloaded from one mind to another, asks provocative questions about narrative, humanity, and love… The premise of Ma’s debut novel provides ample opportunity for both metafictional playfulness and deadly serious commentary on our fraught relationship with technology."

Publishers Weekly Review

"A chilling dystopian novel in stories... Ma bravely and lucidly portrays how an authoritarian regime seeks to control people’s minds, and how people’s lives can be commodified by technology. This timely work leaves readers with much to chew on."

Goodreads Most Anticipated Summer Books

"Yiming Ma’s debut sci-fi thriller imagines a future where all citizens are fitted with a skull implant that allows for monitoring, recording, and transferring memories. When one man inherits his mother’s device, he learns some rather upsetting details regarding the new economy known as Memory Capitalism."

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"The design offers a stunning representation of how memory can be fragmented and manipulated."