Allegra Goodman, Ej Dickson, Chris Jennings, and more: 22 new books out today!

Five more weeks of winter, says Punxsutawney Phil, but who’s counting? As the week eases into Valentine’s Day, I can’t say there’s a huge selection of romance in this week’s batch, but romance is in the eyes of the beholder. If you find treatises on “bad mothers,” or young Tennyson, or mathematical theories of the mind romantic, then disregard the above. No matter what, you will find them sharp and eye-opening. In terms of fiction, we welcome a new novel by Allegra Goodman, a debut by Kenan Orhan, and the delightfully titled Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novak. Happy reading, everyone!

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Allegra Goodman, This is Not About Us
(Dial Press)

“Goodman offers an unsparingly frank, wryly funny take on a multigenerational American family.”
–Kirkus

Ej Dickson, One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho Housewives, Stage Parents, Momfluencers, and Other Women We Love to Hate
(Simon and Schuster)

“This laugh-out-loud hilarious and timely book takes its readers on a memorable romp through pop cultural history.”
–Emily Gould

Chris Jennings, End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America
(Little Brown)

“Chris Jennings has given us an absorbing portrait of a moment whose implications still shape American life and politics. This is an important story, beautifully told.”
–Jon Meacham

Helle Helle, trans. by Martin Aitken, They
(New Directions)

“Helle is an exquisite stylist who details both the sensory surfaces of life and the intimacy inherent in any interaction.”
–Shelf Awareness

Richie Hofmann, The Bronze Arms
(Knopf)

“Timeless and utterly contemporary, The Bronze Arms brings the obscure gods of desire and time into the light of perfect form.”
–Seán Hewitt

Karen Parkman, The Jills
(Ballantine)

“Surprisingly grim and psychologically complex.”
–Kirkus

Urszula Honek, trans. by Kate Webster, White Nights
(Two Lines Press)

“Akin to reading an account of a haunted place – one that is beautiful and devastating in equal measure.”
–Jennifer Brough

Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences
(Verso)

“Jäger offers an incisive analysis of the contemporary political moment. It’s an urgent and clarifying call to log off and show up.”
–Publishers Weekly

Richard Holmes, The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
(Pantheon)

“Holmes presents Tennyson as more interesting, more clever, more elusive and downright peculiar than modern readers may imagine.”
–Observer

Kenan Orhan, The Renovation
(FSG)

“Truly original, this debut novel grips from start to finish.”
–Elle

David J. Silverman, The Chosen and the Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States
(Bloomsbury)

“An eye-opening and masterfully crafted book.”
–Andrew Lipman

Rebecca Novack, Murder Bimbo
(Avid Reader Press)

“An engrossing, hilarious revenge novel that perfectly captures our paranoid political moment.”
–Isle McElroy

Paul Fischer, The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
(Celadon)

“An entertaining, informative, and necessary book for all fans of contemporary cinema.”
–Library Journal

Anne Fadiman, Frog: And Other Essays
(FSG)

“I’d be hard-pressed to name another writer whose work is so humane, penetrating, and gorgeously wrought.”
–Michael Cunningham

Tom Griffiths, The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind
(Henry Holt)

“With delightful story-telling and memorable examples you’ll want to share with friends, Griffiths provides an essential guide for understanding the history of cognitive science.”
–Laurie Santos

Jonathan Miles, Eradication: A Fable
(Doubleday)

“An instant classic.”
–The Washington Post

Ed. by Susan Abulhawa and Huzama Habayeb, Every Moment is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide
(Atria)

“It is impossible to read this anthology and not come away rearranged.”
–Omar El-Akkad

Bsrat Mezghebe, I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For
(Liveright)

“A gorgeous exploration of family, identity, and the complex meanings of home.”
–Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Charlie Smith, I Am Your Lifeguard
(W. W. Norton)

“[Smith’s] poems do more than reflect on our lives as imperfect creatures; they articulate and celebrate our very existence.”
–Dorianne Laux

Wil Haygood, The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
(Knopf)

“A searing history of the Black experience in Vietnam.”
–Kirkus

Yosha Gunasekera, The Midnight Taxi
(Berkley)

“A richly detailed, well-crafted debut mystery led by an appealing amateur detective duo in Siri and Amaya.”
–Library Journal

Maya Rupert, The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic
(Dutton)

“A timely and provocative study about the hidden gatekeeping power of authenticity.”
–Kirkus