Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Ruth Ozecki and more: 21 new books out today!

June, already, at last. The first official month of summer begins, and with a bang: new Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Ruth Ozecki, Deborah Levy, Josh Weil, Courtney Maum, and more arrive today. An endless bounty of great fiction and nonfiction awaits below: read on, and happy Tuesday!

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Ann Patchett, Whistler
(Harper)

“A moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.”
–From the publisher

Maggie O’Farrell, Land
(Knopf)

“A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural spaces, operating on timescales both intimate and geological.”
–Daniel Mason

Ruth Ozeki, The Typing Lady
(Viking)

“A book of love stories of every kind. It is a book of great treasures.”
–Lily King

Deborah Levy, My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein
(FSG)

“It is as indomitable and earthy as Stein, yet elegant and piercing as only Levy can be.”
–Times Literary Supplement

Courtney Maum, Alan Opts Out
(Little Brown)

“Maum delivers wry humor without sacrificing compassion, offering what is both a sharp satire and also a surprisingly tender portrayal of people who are way, way over their heads, and just trying to be free.”
–Elizabeth Gilbert

Thomas W. Laquer, The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History
(Penguin Press)

“In this beautiful book, Laqueur shows that dogs are everywhere in our lives and our art.”
–Sally Mann

Josh Weil, What Came West
(Doubleday)

“A beautiful, ruminative, bloody, terrifying and brilliant book about a chapter in the life of one man and in the life of our country.”
–Andrew Sean Greer

Caroline Hallemann, The Kennedy’s and Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made
(Putnam)

“Hallemann’s deeply researched and engaging debut book intertwines the histories of the iconic Kennedy and Windsor dynasties and captivates with its literary quality.”
–Library Journal

Sonia Feldman, Girl’s Girl
(Dial Press)

“Sonia Feldman has crafted a stunningly precise and tender novel, one whose characters you’ll fall in love with and whose discoveries and yearnings will thrum inside of you as they unfurl.”
–Lynn Steger Strong

Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran
(Doubleday)

“A must-read for anyone seeking an honest appraisal of revolutionary Iran and the bloody twists and turns of its theocratic regime.”
–Jon Lee Anderson

Amy Bloom, Blunt Instrument
(The Mysterious Press)

“This entertaining, sexy adventure in not-so-dark academia checks all the classic detective-story boxes. Keep ’em coming.”
–Kirkus

Justine van der Leun, Unreasonable Women: Three Stories of Violence, Imprisonment, and Extraordinary Survival
(Ecco)

“A masterful deep dive into the keen survival instincts of three women who were pushed far past the edge.”
–Roxanna Asgarian

P. C. Verrone, Rabbit, Fox, Tar
(Catapult)

“Verrone’s sparkling reworking of American folklore’s tar baby tale compels, haunts and delights all at once—a remarkable debut!”
–Claire Messud

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me
(37 Ink)

“A moving reflection on family, belonging, and language’s power to wound and heal.”
–Kirkus

Daniel M. Lavery, Meeting New People
(HarperVia)

“Wry and empathetic … Thanks to Lavery’s sharp-tongued heroine, this one leaves a mark.”
–Publishers Weekly

Alexander Starritt, Drayton and Mackenzie
(Atlantic Monthly Press)

“Will have you hooked … An ode to the enduring power of male friendship.”
–The Times

Melissa Albert, The Children
(William Morrow)

“Profound, beguiling, and terrifying, Melissa Albert’s first novel for adults is dangerous witchcraft of the highest order.”
–Mona Awad

Jane Healey, Crescendo
(Bloomsbury)

“Jane Healey renders ambition and rivalry with remarkable psychological acuity.”
–Lara Prescott

Morgan Thomas, Mad Eden
(MCD)

“Radically inventive, compassionate, and perspicacious. Compulsively page-turning.”
–Kirkus

Randall Sullivan, The First All-Star Game: Babe Ruth, FDR, and America at the Crossroads
(Atlantic Monthly Press)

“An excellent account that even diehard fans might not have realized they were missing.”
–Booklist

Allie Rowbottom, Lovers XXX
(Soho Press)

“Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy, and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness.”
–Madeline Cash