Lena Dunham, Maria Semple, Solvej Balle, and more: 22 new books out today!

A new treasure trove of a week: Lena Dunham’s long-awaited second memoir is out today, as well as Maria Semple’s first novel in almost ten years, Go Gentle. Solvej Balle’s viral “On the Calculation of Volume” series continues with Book IV, and Jay McInerney provides a satisfying conclusion to his Calloway saga with See You on the Other Side. Read on for the full list below, and, as ever, happy Tuesday!

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Lena Dunham, Famesick
(Random House)

“[A] rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between.”
–From the publisher

Maria Semple, Go Gentle
(G. P. Putnam)

“Smart, funny, and devastating in a great way.”
–Jennette McCurdy

Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume, Book IV
(New Directions)

“Remarkable … This will leave readers counting down the days to the next installment.”
–Publishers Weekly

Jay McInerney, See You on the Other Side
(Knopf)

“A literary event that will galvanize readers.”
–Booklist

Antony Beevor, Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs
(Viking)

“A meditation on history as well as a masterclass in smooth, judicious prose.”
–Dan Jones

Rainbow Rowell, Cherry Baby
(William Morrow)

“Sexy, messy, raw and funny.”
–The New York Times

Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon, The Future is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land
(Crown)

“If you’ve lost your faith in the future, read this beautiful book by two people who’ve found it.”
–Brian Eno

Gwendoline Riley, The Palm House
(NYRB)

“Outstandingly brilliant.”
–Claire-Louise Bennett

Rosa Campbell, The Book That Taught the World to Orgasm and Then Disappeared: Shere Hite and the Hite Report
(Melville House)

“Readers will find this an essential account of an oft-overlooked feminist pioneer.”
–Publishers Weekly

Nelio Biedermann, trans. by Jamie Bulloch, Lázár
(Summit Books)

“Fabulous is the word for this twisted modern fairytale.”
–The Times

Nicholas Enrich, Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID
(Summit Books)

“A gripping page-turner that doubles as both a warning and an inspiration.”
–Samantha Power

Tolani Akinola, Leave Your Mess at Home
(Pamela Dorman)

“A shimmering, consuming, exuberant debut that is just bursting with life. Tolani Akinola is a born storyteller.”
–Jenny Jackson

Adriana E. Ramírez, The Violence: My Family’s Colombian War
(Scribner)

“Adriana Ramirez has gifted the world an epic, wise and personal book that can clue us into the afterlife of the horrors we are experiencing today.”
–Angie Cruz

Kylie Lee Baker, Japanese Gothic: A Gothic Dual-Timeline Novel of Ghosts, Hauntings and Redemption
(Hanover Square Press)

“A spectacular, thought-provoking, and chilling story about how the past ties itself to the present in ways humans cannot comprehend or explain.”
–Library Journal

Isabel Vincent, RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise
(William Morrow)

“A revelatory portrait of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chronicling his battles with addiction and his astonishing journey.”
–From the publisher

Stephanie Sy-Quia, A Private Man
(Grove)

“The narrative of forbidden romance blossoms into a revelatory meditation on the double bind of faith, showing how the characters’ impossible decision will force a loss either way. This is superb.”
–Publishers Weekly

Peter Jones, Self-Help from the Middle Ages: What the Seven Deadly Sins Can Teach Us About Living
(Doubleday)

“Jones debuts with an illuminating and eclectic survey of how medieval thinkers grappled with perennial psychological challenges through the framework of the seven deadly sins.”
–Publishers Weekly

Violaine Huisman, The Monuments of Paris
(Penguin Press)

“A moving elegy for [Husiman’s] accomplished, mercurial, outrageous father—and a beautiful act of disobedience.”
–Ben Lerner

Melvin Patrick Ely, A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
(Henry Holt)

“Animatedly told and gracefully constructed, this is a vital and unflinching look at slavery’s deepest existential horrors.”
–Publishers Weekly

Fran Fabriczki, Porcupines
(Summit Books)

“A haunting, funny and compulsively readable novel about the intricacies of family, loss and trust.”
–Chloe Caldwell

Anna Dorn, American Spirits
(Simon and Schuster)

“A combustive cocktail of desire and self-destruction.”
–Kate Folk

Hans Ulrich Obrist, trans. by David Watson, Life in Progress
(Crown)

“An unconventional and entertaining memoir by [a] man often credited as the inventor of modern curation.”
–Irish Times