Amitav Ghosh, Joyce Carol Oates, Isabel Waidner, and more: 20 new books out today!

It was an undeniably awesome weekend. Speaking from a New York angle, it simply couldn’t get better: warm evenings, Pride events galore, and last but not least, the Knicks won. We keep up the good vibes with this week’s selection of new books: a slew of offerings from literary superstars like Amitav Ghosh and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as a healthy selection of debut novels, and a myriad collection of nonfiction. Read on for the full list below, and happy Tuesday!

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Amitav Ghosh, Ghost-Eye
(FSG)

“A marvel that will ignite a reader’s sense of wonder—a masterful novel, at once simple and capacious.”
–Rabih Alameddine

Joyce Carol Oates, The Frenzy: Stories
(Hogarth)

“Oates’s best work is simmering and remorseless.”
–Vogue

Isabel Waidner, As If
(FSG)

“A spectacular and surreal story of doppelgängers trading places in modern-day London.”
–Publishers Weekly

Bobby Finger, We Are Gathered Here Today
(Putnam)

“Reading Finger’s book is like listening to a once-in-a-lifetime wedding speech: the only thing that will stop you from laughing are your tears.”
–Grant Ginder

Samuel Moyn, Gerontocracy in America: How the Old are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It
(FSG)

“With his usual (and also unusual) blend of dazzling knowledge, intellectual courage, and clear, forceful prose, Samuel Moyn has taken on one of our most urgent issues.”
–Nicholas Lemann

Kimberly McReight, Someone Else’s Husband
(Knopf)

“McCreight’s delicious, character-driven thriller will have you guessing to the end.”
–People

Raphael G. Warnock, The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America
(Penguin Press)

“Raphael Warnock—at once pastor and public servant—demonstrates why he is one of our nation’s most dynamic moral leaders.”
–Stacey Abrams

Meg Charlton, Voyagers
(Harper)

“A finely written and propulsive novel about the enduring power of friendship.”
–Joshua Henkin

Simon Pare-Poupart, trans. by Pablo Strauss, Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story
(Melville House)

“It’s been a long time since I’ve read so good and rowdy a memoir about blue-collar work.”
–Dwight Garner

Heather Abel, The Emilys
(Random House)

“The Emilys is a smart, soulful novel brimming with wonder, grace, and mystery.”
–Claire Vaye Watkins

Lauren Hough, Monster of a Land
(Pantheon)

“A brilliant hand-whittled portrait of America. Full of hardship but also, incredibly, of hope and empathy.”
–Andrew Sean Greer

Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvelous Ways
(Putnam)

“Winman has a poet’s eye for nature and writes a beautiful line.”
–The Daily Mail

Nicole Carr, The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation
(Dey Street Books)

“A profoundly moving testament to the courageous Black doctors who fought against institutionalized racism.”
–Kirkus

Kate Christensen, Good Company
(Harper)

“Christensen delivers a bracing meditation on trust, aging, and the wreckage violent men leave in their wake.”
–Library Journal

Justin Ellis, The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis is the Story of America
(Harper)

“In a sobering blend of family memoir and urban exposé, journalist Ellis reveals the contradiction between Minnesota’s reputation for niceness and its consistent acceptance of anti-Black racism.”
–Booklist

John Berger, G
(NYRB)

“A fine, humane and challenging book.”
–The New Republic

Sarah J. Jackson, A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom
(Mariner)

“The book we need right now for its incisive critique, narrative innovations, and illumination of spirit in these dark times.”
–Ralina L. Joseph

Abir Mukherjee, The Pinnacle
(Little Brown)

“An immersive mystery rich in place and character.”
–Publishers Weekly

Erin Maglaque, Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body
(Astra)

“A richly textured, revelatory history.”
–Kirkus

Danielle Allen, Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
(Liveright)

“With impressive scholarly sleuthing and a storyteller’s eloquence, Danielle Allen has written a landmark book about the people and the ideas that changed the world.”
–Jon Meacham