Another Tuesday, another great haul. Today we have a ton of hotly anticipated titles, such as Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett, as well as The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers (check out the epic back cover of that book, by the way) and Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen.
Numerous celebrity authors and their works of either fiction or nonfiction are out today as well: there’s John Grisham, there’s Harper Lee, there’s Malala Yousafzai, there’s John Updike. I could go on, but instead I’ll leave you to the full list below. Happy reading, everyone!
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Claire-Louise Bennett, Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
(Riverhead)
“A work of extraordinary subtlety … Visceral and unerringly convincing.”
–Financial Times
Erin Somers, The Ten Year Affair
(Simon & Schuster)
“Somers explores the fantasy and reality of an affair simultaneously in a masterful sophomore novel that is as scathingly critical of millennial malaise as it is empathetic. At its heart, this book believes in love.”
–Bustle
John Grisham, The Widow
(Doubleday)
“A classic, compulsive, taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of our time.”
–Chris Whitaker
Gish Jen, Bad Bad Girl
(Knopf)
“A great novelist distills the truth of her mother’s life, and her own … As portraits of tough mother-daughter relationships go, it’s as moving as they come.”
–Kirkus
Harper Lee, The Land of Sweet Forever
(Harper)
“Her short fiction shows Lee experimenting with characters and themes she later explored so memorably in To Kill a Mockingbird.”
–The New York Times
Joyce Vance, Giving Up is Unforgiveable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
(Dutton)
“This is a shining tutorial and a reminder that we the people still have the power. This book is essential reading.”
–Preet Bharara
Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way
(Atria)
“This is Malala unfiltered, and she makes courage feel like something we can all reach for.”
–Oprah Daily
Yaron Weitzman, A Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers
(Doubleday)
“Weitzman cinematically portrays the high-stakes drama behind the pairing of a living legend and an iconic sports team. This is a must-read for pro hoops fans.”
–Publishers Weekly
Sue Monk Kidd, Writing Creativity and Soul
(Knopf)
“A lyrical read and a generous companion for writers, especially those seeking depth in the process.”
–Booklist
John Updike, ed. by James Schiff, Selected Letters of John Updike
(Knopf)
“[Updike’s letters] have the repleteness of his fiction, the springy, unexpected notice of the smallest particulars. This huge volume is readable in a way that too many collections of writers’ letters, however useful to scholarly research, simply are not.”
–Wall Street Journal
Mattia Filice, trans. by Jacques Houis, Driver
(NYRB)
“He takes you on a spirited ride into the universe of rails, leaving one with an indelible vision of the contemporary condition of the working class.”
–La tribune de Genève
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
(Knopf)
“It will take years to unfurl the tentacles Epstein wrapped around finance, law, media and politics. But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy. The devastation is in the details.”
–New York Times
Julia Ioffe, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
(Ecco)
“Offers a fresh take on Russia’s turbulent 20th century and the shifting gender politics of its present.”
–New York Times
Max Delsohn, Crawl: Stories
(Graywolf)
“Delsohn, a wildly talented, very bold, very funny new writer, has the rare gift of knowing how to (wryly) celebrate life, love, and desire in all their forms.”
–George Saunders
Jeff Pearlman, Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur
(Mariner)
“An endlessly captivating portrait of a singular artist.”
–Publishers Weekly
Marie Kondo, with Marie Iida, Letter From Japan
(Crown)
“Kondo’s compendium will delight those hoping to appreciate Japanese cultural touchstones that they’ve encountered more deeply. A thoughtful, personal celebration of many meaningful aspects of Japanese life.”
–Kirkus
Amanda Vaill, Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution
(FSG)
“Amanda Vaill has given the Schuyler sisters their long-overdue retrieval from the footnote pages of Alexander Hamilton’s story … This is biography as it should be—unsparing, elegant, and utterly enthralling.”
–Amanda Foreman
Jaquira Díaz, This is the Only Kingdom
(Algonquin)
“Díaz writes beautifully about grief, identity, addiction, family, and the blurry line between myth, truth, and history. A sweeping and touching debut about love, generational trauma, and complex mother-daughter relationships.”
–Kirkus
Tochi Onyebuchi, Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet
(Roxane Gay Books)
“Starkly original, provocative and brilliantly executed, Racebook warrants our undivided attention. Onyebuchi is a sage observer of this fractured moment and among the internet’s keenest interlocutors.”
–Jelani Cobb
Damion Searls, Analog Days
(Coffee House Press)
“A stimulating attempt at making sense of a gloomy world.”
–Publishers Weekly
Charlie Porter, Nova Scotia House
(Nightboat Books)
“A book made out of conversation, internal and external, dropping punctuation as if you are slowly rushing to a train, incantatory … A softly inspiring book about lived history and time and, always, love.”
–Eileen Myles
Serhii Plokhy, The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival
(W. W. Norton)
“A well-documented history of the effort to control nuclear weapons.”
–Kirkus
Ha Jin, Looking For Tank Man
(Other Press)
“A timely cautionary tale about authoritarian rule and a sensitive portrayal of the power of knowledge and the challenges of academia.”
–Booklist