An onslaught, as ever, in this bountiful month: today we welcome the brand new speculative work by Emily St. John Mandel, the conclusive end to Leigh Bardugo’s trilogy, and an historical feat by Kate Atkinson. This is to say nothing of the multitudes of amazing nonfiction deposited on our shelves this week, such as work by Ben Macintyre, Naomi Klein, and more.
Read on for the full list below, and happy Tuesday! John Mandel, Exit Party (Knopf) “Both a thrilling read and a virtuoso demonstration of the moral and philosophical possibilities of speculative fiction.” –Kirkus “The highly anticipated, explosive conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy.” –From the publisher Kate Atkinson, Our Noble Selves (Doubleday) “Another exquisitely humane novel from one of contemporary fiction’s finest writers.” –Kirkus Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World (FSG) “The authors’ profoundly insightful analysis delineates concrete, achievable methods for navigating this daunting new territory.” –Booklist Harel Shapira, Basic Pistol: Living and Dying by the Gun in America (Pantheon) “At once page-turning and deeply disquieting, Harel Shapira’s Basic Pistol is a must read.” –Heather Ann Thompson “I loved Fallow. Funny, intelligent and unputdownable, this is the book that everyone will be talking about.” –Olivia Colman Ben Macintyre, Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy (Crown) “I grab each new book by Ben Macintyre and read it as fast as possible … Redwood might be his best.” –John Grisham Cristina Rivera Garza, trans. by Christina MacSweeney, Terrestrial (Hogarth) “These stories, focused on traveling, are absolutely beautiful, written with Rivera Garza’s sparkling and enchanting prose.” –Kirkus Jacob Weisberg, Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era (Penguin Press) “It’s fascinating, and instructive, to see the multiple ways supposedly upstanding titans of the establishment give themselves permission to become creatures of expedience.” –Tina Brown Sebastian Barry, The Newer World (Viking) “Wondrous … A beautiful, sweeping, intimate tale.” –Kirkus Antonio Damasio, Natural Intelligence & the Logic of Consciousness (Pantheon) “A bold reimagination of what makes us sentient.” –Adam Grant Jim Shepard, The Queen of Bad Influences (Knopf) “These magnificent, all-consuming stories of unflinching precision, breathtaking artistry, deep compassion, and lifeline humor pit the merciless might of nature against the transcendence of love.” –Booklist Elizabeth Castellano, Proof of Progress (Harper) “I loved this book, filled with deliciously nutty, bite-sized vignettes that go down so easy.” –Catherine Newman Lawrence Joseph, Precisely Now: Poems (FSG) “With an incisive intelligence, a pervading dignity, and keen sense of humanity and beauty, Joseph writes unsparingly of the detritus of the Trump presidency, the sins of our nation, the horrors of genocide, and the decline of the body.” –From the publisher Casey Gerald, The Great Refusal (Little Brown) “A captivating and sharply insightful blend: deeply imaginative and unerringly practical, intimate and political, hopeful and loving yet unflinchingly honest.” –Imani Perry Lydia Mathis, Desperate Bodies: Stories (Roxane Gay Books) “A thrilling journey through the trials and tribulations of adolescence, one that establishes Mathis as a dynamic voice in fiction.” –Booklist Gabe Bullard, Against Convenience: Embracing Friction in an Age of Endless Ease (Hanover Square Press) “A wake-up call.
Effort and friction aren’t obstacles to a good life—they’re essential to it.” –Jennifer Wallace Madeleine Thien, Simple Recipes: Stories (W. Norton) “Thien packs her deceptively straightforward short stories with raw emotional power.” –TIME Isabel Allende, Story Telling: A Writing Life (Ballantine) “A charming and welcome celebration of the magic and power of literature.” –Booklist Terrence Holt, Soldiers & Sailors (Liveright) “The beauty of the prose is almost painful at times, and Holt’s novel is a gift to us at time when, more than ever, we desperately need to grapple with the roots of human conflict.” –Jay Parini
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