Maggie Haberman, Eve Babitz, Daniel Kraus, and more: 21 new books out today!

The most perfect day in June, as in: my birthday! Happy June 23rd to all, and especially the authors and readers of the below collection of new titles. There’s a comprehensive, insiders’ account of the presidency of he-who-shall-not-be-named-on-my-birthday, as well as a treasure trove of both sent and unsent letters from Eve Babitz. There’s a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Kraus, and many fun works of fiction otherwise: by Cay Kim, Elisa Faison, and even Danny McBride. Read on for the full list, and happy Tuesday!

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Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
(Simon and Schuster)

“A riveting, intimate, and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.”
–From the publisher

Eve Babitz, Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent
(NYRB)

“On the page, Babitz is pure pleasure—a perpetual-motion machine of no-stakes elation and champagne fizz.”
–The New Yorker

Daniel Kraus, The Sixth Nik
(Saga Press)

“A bold, utterly propulsive masterpiece.”
–Eric LaRocca

Elisa Faison, Skin Contact
(Cardinal)

“Sexy and self-assured, Skin Contact is irresistible.”
–Ada Calhoun

Matthew Wolfe, Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage
(Viking)

“Masterful reporting. As riveting as any thriller.”
–Seth Harp

Monica Datta, Nebraska
(Astra)

“A sharp, cross-continental tale of heartbreak and identity.”
–Kirkus

Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery
(Crown)

“I’m never inspired; this book inspired me. It touched my soft spot for amateur sleuths, obsessive page-turning, and the outer limits of facticity.”
–Harpers

Cay Kim, The Future Perfect
(Riverhead)

“Each line sings, each page transports you.”
–Debutiful

Hannah Murray, The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness
(The Dial Press)

“Beautifully written, harrowing, unexpectedly funny in parts and genuinely jaw-dropping throughout.”
–Vogue

Hallie Elizabeth Newton, Agnes Lives!
(Bloomsbury)

“It’s dark but also funny, disturbing yet identifiable, and while it goes off the rails toward the end, it’s a trip worth taking.”
–Booklist

Jamison R. Firestone, Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin’s Russia
(Harper)

“A thrilling first-hand expose of the political and financial gangsterism of the Putin regime.”
–Peter Tatchell

Kangkang Li Kovacs, Nothing to My Name
(Viking)

“Lyrical, haunting, and profoundly moving, Nothing to My Name is a story of survival, identity, and the fragile hope that passes from mother to daughter.”
–Jean Kwok

Isaac Butler, The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America’s Culture Wars
(Bloomsbury)

“Scrupulously researched and blissfully told, this gonzo history of American art and attrition proves that Butler is one of the most exciting writers of non-fiction today.”
–Ethan Hawke

Clare Cavenagh, Tillinghast
(Viking)

“Dripping in lush gothic atmosphere, this understated, slow-burning literary horror novel is sure to win fans.”
–Publishers Weekly

Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It’s Too Late
(MCD)

“Consider this one to be mandatory reading. It’s lively, entertaining, angry, wry, passionate, and vastly informative.”
–Booklist

T Clark, All This Want (And I Can’t Get None): Stories
(One World)

“A sharp, wily, finely etched debut so bittersweet you can taste it.”
–Jami Attenberg

Valérie Perrin, trans. by Hildegarde Serle, Tata
(Europa)

“A bewitching novel about found family and the transformative power of love.”
–Foreword Reviews

Ariel Delgado Dixon, Sourland
(Random House)

“Deliciously written and compulsively readable, Sourland captures the dying days of a band of outlaws ensnared in a web of pleasure, labor, and loss.”
–Carmen Maria Machado

Danny McBride, Thrilling Tales of Modern Men: Stories
(Random House)

“Imagine your ideal version of a short story collection written by the legendary Danny McBride. You’re in luck, because that is precisely what this book is.”
–Judd Apatow

Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Names Have Been Changed
(Tiny Reparations)

“This picaresque is off to a rocking start, the first-person narration is charmingly self-effacing, and the story promises depth as well, exploring the emotional toll of being a fugitive.”
–NPR

Serene Chopra, A Catalog of Future Mercies: Poems
(Graywolf)

“Swelling with sumptuous eros, Serena Chopra’s poems offer us a new way to understand the queer, femme body coming into gorgeous, gristled collision with familial history.”
–Divya Victor