Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Straub, and more: 25 new books out today!

We’ve turned a corner in our seasons, in warmth, in attitude, in literature. It’s a great time for fiction lovers, as we welcome in a new Ben Lerner, Emma Straub, and Rachel Khong all in one day. Lest we forget about nonfiction, Patrick Radden Keefe’s astounding London Falling is also available today. Your wallets may be lighter after clicking through the Bookshop links, but your hearts and minds will be full with the plenty on offer today. Read on, and happy Tuesday!

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Ben Lerner, Transcription
(FSG)

“Remarkable … Lerner’s voice is one that interrupts itself, repeats history, and reorders the world.”
–Harpers

Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
(Doubleday)

“[Keefe’s] stylish, suspenseful prose shines a light onto the seedy underworld beneath an international capital.”
–TIME

Emma Straub, American Fantasy
(Riverhead)

“I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy.”
–Ann Patchett

Rachel Khong, My Dear You: Stories
(Knopf)

“Khong’s stories astound and comfort, expanding the form’s possibilities, guiding us through the familiar, and the deeply unknowable, in spectacular form.”
–Bryan Washington

Ada Limón, Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry
(Scribner)

“A graceful, moving tribute, and a gift to readers.”
–Kirkus

Anne Enright, Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
(W. W. Norton)

“I have admired Enright’s writing for a long time, but it struck me that she is one of the best essayists alive.”
–Megan Nolan

Leigh Lucas, Splashed Things
(BOA Editions)

“Lucas alchemizes the memory of grief and the grief of memory, with restraint, irreverence, and a devotion so total that I can only understand it as love.”
–Charif Shanahan

Beverly Gage, This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through US History
(Simon and Schuster)

“Acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.”
–From the publisher

Nancy Lemann, The Oyster Diaries
(NYRB)

“This book is so funny that its poignant, elegiac side kind of sneaks up on you.”
–Kirkus

Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear
(Knopf)

“An absolutely unhinged (in a good way) novel about a lifestyle influencer.”
–Roxane Gay

Noam Scheiber, Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class
(FSG)

“Anyone who wants to understand the rise of a new kind of labor movement should read this book.”
–Michael Kazin

Evelyn Clarke, The Ending Writes Itself
(Harper)

“In the running for the best mystery of 2026.”
–Stephen King

Fortesa Latifi, Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online
(Gallery)

“The most comprehensive, empathetic, and readable investigation into the child influencers who now dominate our culture.”
–Scaachi Koul

Julia Alvarez, Visitations
(Knopf)

“Julia Alvarez conjures the spirits that haunt our histories with luminous precision.”
–Carmen Giménez

Jessica George, Love By the Book
(St. Martin’s Press)

“A beautiful and all-too-rare look at the importance of platonic love.”
–Kirkus

Marie Ndiaye, The Witch
(Vintage)

“NDiaye is one of the greats—her novels are mesmerizing, wholly singular, completely unforgettable.”
–Katie Kitamura

Harrison Hill, The Oracle’s Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult
(Scribner)

“A staggering achievement, synthesizing rigorous reportage, incisive cultural analysis, and a deeply compassionate gaze into a propulsive and unforgettable narrative.”
–Leslie Jamison

Agnieszka Szpila, trans. by Scotia Gilroy, Hexes of the Deadwood Forest
(Pantheon)

“This novel’s energy, humor, and rebel spirit will awaken your mind and change your way of thinking.”
–Olga Tokarczuk

Kate Crane, What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane?
(Hanover Square Press)

“The forms blend seamlessly. A story with jaw-dropping twists told by a writer to watch.”
–Kirkus

Che Yeun, Tailbone
(Bloomsbury)

“Che Yeun has given us an unforgettable debut novel, indelible, knowing, powerful, consuming.”
–Alexander Chee

Eleanor Lerman, King the Wonder Dog: And Other Stories
(She Writes Press)

“The poignant short story collection King the Wonder Dog is infused with retrospective melancholy.”
–Foreword

Connor Martin, The Silver Fish
(Mysterious Press)

“A deftly plotted and paced debut.”
–Booklist

Hallie Cantor, Like This, But Funnier
(Simon and Schuster)

“A transfixing story about the perils of storytelling.”
–Heather Havrilesky

Hanna Johansson, trans. by Kira Josefsson, Body Double
(Catapult)

“A razor sharp novel of exquisite prose and uncanny tension.”
–Antoine Wilson

Giada Scodellaro, Ruins, Child
(New Directions)

“Each piece of the novel’s mosaic is laced with acerbic observation, flashes of insight and voyeuristically overheard speech.”
–Sydney Morning Herald