20 new books to fuel your summer reading.
Summer reading had me a blast
Summer reading happened so fast
I found a book perfect for me
Bought a book new as can be…
Seriously, friends, what else is there to do on these hot summer days besides belt out the lyrics to songs from Grease and enjoy these brand-new books?
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Charlie Kaufman, Antkind
(Random House)
“Kaufman’s debut brims with screwball satire and provocative reflections on how art shapes people’s perception of the world.”
–Publishers Weekly
Lynn Steger Strong, Want
(Henry Holt)
“It’s an odd pleasure — a difficult story that is winningly told. You’ll feel guilty for enjoying it as much as you do.”
–Vulture
Robin Wasserman, Mother Daughter Widow Wife
(Scribner)
“An enthralling, gritty, and altogether unpredictable read that holds nothing back … You will be utterly riveted.”
–Buzzfeed
Sameer Pandya, Members Only
(Houghton Mifflin)
“Pandya’s writing here is smooth, clear, funny, and often subtly beautiful. Members Only is the thoughtful page-turner we need right now.”
–Booklist
Lysley Tenorio, The Son of Good Fortune
(Ecco)
“A masterfully constructed story of identity and ambition and an authentic portrait of one unforgettable Filipino family.”
–Kirkus
Joe Sacco, Paying the Land
(Metropolitan Books)
“…masterful … a startling depiction of an Indigenous people struggling to remain true to their traditions. Yet another triumph for Sacco.”
–Kirkus
Andrew Martin, Cool for America
(FSG)
“Frequently hilarious, Martin’s stories are insightful, and the characters are both truthful and authentic.”
–Kirkus
Virginie Despentes, tr. Frank Wynne, Vernon Subutex 2
(FSG Originals)
“[A] sexed-up epic, an achievement greater than the sum of its wildly colorful parts.”
–Publishers Weekly
Sarah Gerard, True Love
(Harper)
“Nina’s search for love, fulfillment, and demonstrative success becomes a scathing critique of modern hustle culture and the privilege of making art.”
–Booklist
Blake Butler, Alice Knott
(Riverhead)
“An endlessly surprising, funny, and subversive writer.”
–Publishers Weekly
Lee Conell, The Party Upstairs
(Penguin Press)
“A slow-burning debut that keenly dissects privilege, power, and the devastation of unfulfilled expectations.”
–Kirkus
Ben Ehrenreich, Desert Notebooks
(Counterpoint)
“Ehrenreich creates a beautiful meditation on adapting to future cataclysm.”
–Publishers Weekly
Daphne Merkin, 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love
(FSG)
“Merkin’s incisive novel of a woman piloting herself through the wildfire of sexual obsession is as boldly canny as it is cleverly diverting.”
–Booklist
Lacy Crawford, Notes on a Silencing
(Little, Brown and Company)
“Trenchant in its observations about the unspoken—and often criminal—double standards that adhere in elite spaces, Crawford’s courageous book is a bracing reminder of the dangers inherent in unchecked patriarchal power.”
–Kirkus
Anonymous, Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
(Houghton Mifflin)
“In Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, the Duchess’ real-life anonymous creator writes about crafting one of Twitter’s (if not the Internet’s) best accounts and healing herself in the process.”
–RealSimple
Sophie Heawood, The Hungover Games
(Little, Brown and Company)
“Raw and funny, Heawood’s memoir celebrates the messiness of life and motherhood with boldness, panache, and unexpected moments of real poignancy.”
–Booklist
DW Gibson, 14 Miles
(Simon & Schuster)
“An important current affairs book that deserves a wide audience before the 2020 election.”
–Kirkus
Jim Carrey, Memoirs and Misinformation
(Knopf)
“…this is an engaging, fun tale that plays with the public perceptions of celebrities, questions our compulsive need to view, and contains a gloriously off-the-wall conclusion.”
–Booklist
Mark Bowden, The Case of the Vanishing Blonde
(Atlantic Monthly)
“Bowden writes with journalistic efficiency and a matter-of-fact admiration of the investigative work.”
–Booklist
Paul Tremblay, Survivor Song
(William Morrow)
“A cinematic scope, scenarios grounded in the real world, and a breathless pace make this thriller one of the must-read titles of the summer.”
–Kirkus
