WhistlerAnn Patchett. Harper, $30 (294p) ISBN 978-0-06-351163-7
Patchett follows 2023’s Tom Lake with another perfectly executed and quietly profound family drama. Daphne, a 53-year-old happily married English teacher, is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with her husband, Jonathan, a retired hospital administrator, when she runs into E... Continue reading »
Nothing on EarthIan MacKenzie. Unnamed Press, $30 (448p) ISBN 978-1-961884-78-6
MacKenzie (Feast Days) delivers an ambitious blend of espionage thriller and metaphysical fiction that spans a decade of geopolitical upheaval and takes readers from the Horn of Africa to Myanmar. After the 9/11 attacks, American spy Anna Hendrix worked for years in counterterrorism before ... Continue reading »
We Dance upon DemonsVaishnavi Patel. Saga, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-6680-6859-5
Bestseller Patel (Kaikeyi) uses fascinating fantastical elements to augment a stirring and timely tale about the progressively volatile status of reproductive rights in the United States. Nisha, who once dreamt of becoming a lawyer, now fights depression and burnout while working at an abor... Continue reading »
The Last PageKatie Holt. Alcove, $19.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 979-8-89242-410-3
Holt (Not in My Book) captivates with this touching workplace rom-com. Avid reader Carmella “Ella” Sanchez has her dream job as manager of New York City’s famous the Last Page bookstore. Its elderly founder, Leo Martin, has even promised to bequeath the store to her in his will. When he die... Continue reading »
The WoodchipperJoe Ollmann. Drawn & Quarterly, $25 trade paper (216p) ISBN 978-1-77046-823-8
Nothing comes easy for the denizens of Hamilton, Ontario, in these wry, bruising, and mordantly funny stories from Ollmann (Fictional Father). In “Nestled All Snug,” a toppled pile of boxes traps a bookstore employee in a dingy staff bathroom. In “Meat,” a security guard at a meat-packing f... Continue reading »
VisitationsJulia Alvarez. Knopf, $27 (112p) ISBN 978-0-593-80503-9
In her prismatic fourth collection, novelist, memoirist, and poet Alvarez (The Woman I Kept to Myself) spins richly detailed micro-narratives of her childhood in the Dominican Republic in the 1950s, her young adulthood in New York City, and beyond. Vivid scenes include reciting poems for he... Continue reading »
The Long March HomeMarcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee. Revell, $26.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-8007-4275-1
In this tour de force from Brotherton (A Bright and Blinding Sun) and Lee (A Single Light), four friends’ lives change irrevocably when America becomes embroiled in WWII. In 1930s Mobile, Ala., preacher’s son Jimmy Propfield shares an idyllic upbringing with childhood sweetheart Cl... Continue reading »
Pizza Before We Die: An Eyewitness Account in GazaHassan Kanafani, with Yasuko Thanh. Arsenal Pulp, $17.95 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-1-83405-032-4
“Read this book,” memoirist Thanh (To the Bridge) implores in her introduction to this nightmarish memoir of everyday life in Gaza. “Hassan Kanafani risked his life to write it.” Drawn from the author’s Reddit posts spanning from December 2024 to July 2025, the diary centers on life in the ... Continue reading »
My Jamaican Table: Vibrant Recipes from a Sun-Drenched IslandAndre Fowles. Artisan, $35 (328) ISBN 978-1-64829-374-0
“I discovered food as a bridge to hope,” writes chef Fowles, three-time Chopped champion, in his bold and flavorful debut. In more than 100 recipes, the Kingston native pays homage to his island roots, drawing particular inspiration from his grandmother’s kitchen. The vibrant flavors of Jam... Continue reading »
Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American RevolutionSarah M.S. Pearsall. Doubleday, $35 (432p) ISBN 978-0-385-54871-7
This sprawling, immersive account from historian Pearsall (Atlantic Families) explores “the effect of the world on the American Revolution” rather than the “too often” emphasized opposite. The book opens with a reflection on colonial militiamen’s powder horns, which were typically carved wi... Continue reading »
The Animals Speak: The Lakota WayS.D. Nelson. Abrams, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-419764-44-8
Lakota creator Nelson (Grandma’s Tipi) kicks off this lively connection-oriented survey of animals and their characteristics with a line describing the Lakota Way: “If you look with your eyes and listen with your ears, our animal relatives will share their ancient wisdom with you. A spirit ... Continue reading »
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