12 new books to keep the quarantine blues at bay.
Back at the Literary Hub office, we would get a dozen donuts whenever we were feeling down, or had something to celebrate, or if we were just hungry. Basically, what I’m saying is: we were always eating donuts. I miss our local Donut Pub a lot. And while there’s no true substitute for that sugar high, I am similarly delighted when new books come into the world every Tuesday. I hope these dozen new books satisfy your hunger.
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Ilana Masad, All My Mother’s Lovers
(Dutton)
“This remarkable portrait of a daughter’s opaque relationship with her mother reflects the strangeness and beauty of coming to see one’s parent fully as a human being.”
–Publishers Weekly
Anna Dorn, Vagablonde
(Unnamed Press)
“Dorn’s narrative is intoxicating, particularly in its depiction of the existential ennui that’s stemmed from our insatiable consumer culture.”
–Kirkus
J.M. Coetzee, The Death of Jesus
(Viking)
“The Death of Jesus is a necessary read, casting a strange new light on one of the world’s greatest and most elusive novelists.”
–Financial Times
Patrik Svensson, The Book of Eels
(Ecco)
“Nature-loving readers will be enthralled by [his] fascinating zoological odyssey.”
–Publishers Weekly
Elliot Ackerman, Red Dress in Black and White
(Knopf)
“An attention-grabbing, cleverly plotted, character-driven yarn.”
–Library Journal
Meredith Talusan, Fairest
(Viking)
” The author examines queer otherness with relentless honesty, and she investigates how accidental whiteness did not automatically lead to the fairest outcomes, either for herself or others. A captivatingly eloquent memoir.”
–Kirkus
Anthony P. Carnevale, The Merit Myth
(New Press)
“A vigorous argument against the entrenchment of elite interests in the nation’s higher-education system.”
–Kirkus
Eileen Alexander, Love in the Blitz
(Harper)
“[It] is a mass of aperçus, jokes, observations and confessions, offered up in a style whose default position is that of a preternaturally brilliant schoolgirl.”
–The Times Literary Supplement
Michael Connelly, Fair Warning
(Little, Brown)
“The Night Fire offers more than a few incendiary surprises.”
–Los Angeles Times
Robert Dallek, How Did We Get Here?
(Harper)
“Informed and passionate words to bring cheers from Never Trumpers.”
–Kirkus
Aya Gruber, The Feminist War on Crime
(University of California Press)
“Gruber’s depth of knowledge, suppleness of mind, and unparalleled vibrancy are on full display in this important and ambitious book, which spotlights the role of feminist debates in the complicated politics of mass incarceration.”
–Jeannie Suk Gersen, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
(Mira Books)
“This is tailor-made for book clubs, and for those looking for character-driven plots with a female ensemble.”
–Library Journal
