20 new books publishing today, day 723 at home.
The future may be uncertain, but one thing we can always count on is the bunch of new books that come into the world every Tuesday. Welcome, friends.
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Emma Straub, All Adults Here
(Riverhead)
“Straub cements her status as a master of the domestic ensemble drama.”
–TIME
Percival Everett, Telephone
(Graywolf)
“A spellbinding, heartbreaking tale.”
–Publishers Weekly
Samanta Schweblin, Little Eyes
(Riverhead)
“Ingenious … what’s most impressive is the way she foregrounds her characters’ inner hopes and fears.”
–The Guardian (UK)
Paek Nam-Nyong, tr. by Immanuel Kim, Friend
(Columbia University Press)
“A rare glimpse into an insular world.”
–Kirkus
Amy Jo Burns, Shiner
(Riverhead)
“This memorable first novel is exceptional in its power and imagination.”
–Booklist
Eimear McBride, Strange Hotel
(FSG)
“A load-bearing beam of a book carrying a whole mansion (or possibly hotel) of meaning.”
–The Guardian (UK)
María Fernanda Ampuero, tr. by Frances Riddle, Cockfight
(Feminist Press)
“Ampuero leads the international wave of Ecuadorian writers.”
–The New York Times
Jennifer Weiner, Big Summer
(Atria)
“It’s the beach read to end all beach reads.”
–Entertainment Weekly
Tori Amos, Resistance
(Atria)
“Thoughtful . . . [Resistance] will sing to anyone with an artistic soul.”
–Booklist
François Clemmons, Officer Clemmons
(Catapult)
“Clemmons’s thoroughly delightful, inspiring story will speak particularly to artists in marginalized communities.”
–Publishers Weekly
Anne Raeff, Only the River
(Counterpoint)
“A haunting, intricately layered novel.”
–Kirkus
Wayne Koestenbaum, Figure It Out
(Soft Skull)
“The quality of Koestenbaum’s attention and his ability to delight and surprise is unmatched by any writers I have read.”
–The Rumpus
Anna Solomon, The Book of V.
(Henry Holt)
“A bold, fertile work lit by powerful images.”
–Kirkus
Kathryn Harkup, Death by Shakespeare
(Bloomsbury)
“A fascinating, thorough examination and scientific analysis of notable deaths that pervade the stage works of William Shakespeare.”
–Shelf Awareness
James Gardner, The Louvre
(Atlantic Monthly)
“A richly detailed journey through a palimpsest of the past.”
–Kirkus
Cody Cassidy, Who Ate the First Oyster?
(Penguin Books)
“Cassidy humanizes prehistory with wit and a firm grasp of the science behind these anthropological case studies.”
–Publishers Weekly
Clare Carlisle, Philosopher of the Heart
(FSG)
“A perceptive portrait of an enigmatic thinker.”
–Kirkus
Laura Lam, Goldilocks
(Orbit)
“If you’ve been looking for your next favorite science fiction novel, this is it.”
–Book Riot
Natasha Gregson Wagner, More Than Love
(Scribner)
“Vivid and heartbreaking… fascinating… [a] personal account that fans of old Hollywood will savor.”
–Booklist
Susan Berfield, The Hour of Fate
(Bloomsbury)
“An engaging historical work involving truly larger-than-life American characters.”
–Kirkus
