SuperstarsAnn Scott, trans. from the French by Jonathan Woollen. Astra House, $22 (304p) ISBN 978-1-66260-347-1
A wild music scene and an illicit affair propel Scott’s entrancing English-language debut, which was originally published in France in 2000. In 1990s Paris, 31-year-old Louise has spent a year hanging out with a group of queer 20-something women who are fixtures in the city’s techno scene, including... Continue reading »
The Model PatientLucy Ashe. Union Square, $18.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4549-6077-5
Ashe (The Sleeping Beauties) draws readers in with this seductive story of obsession centered on a young wife and her enigmatic therapist in 1960s London. Evelyn Westbrook has felt lost ever since her marriage brought an abrupt end to her modeling career. She’s spent recent months plagued b... Continue reading »
The Faith of BeastsJames S.A. Corey. Orbit, $32 (448p) ISBN 978-0-316525-67-1
In this stellar second entry in the Captive’s War series, bestselling author duo Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing as Corey, ingeniously expand on the worldbuilding of The Mercy of Gods. The arthropodlike Carryx aliens are bent on subjugating all other intelligent life forms, including ... Continue reading »
Darling Daffodils FarmBrittanée Nicole. Putnam, $20 trade paper (416p) ISBN 979-8-217-17976-3
Kicking off the Hope Harbor series, this sweet and steamy contemporary from Nicole (the Boston Bolts series) sends aspiring chef Tally Darling home to her family’s New England daffodil farm to help with the spring season after her father’s death. Upon arrival, she’s shocked to find an incredibly han... Continue reading »
Everything in Color: A Love StoryStephanie Stalvey. 23rd St, $29.99 (528p) ISBN 978-1-250-34780-0
In her luminous debut, Stalvey meditates on her separation from fundamentalist Christianity and how she found love despite questioning her faith. Born into a “lineage of preachers and teachers,” young Stephanie and her sister grow up so conservative that they’re discouraged from looking at “unnecess... Continue reading »
The Distance of a ShoutMichael Ondaatje. Knopf, $35 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593-80501-5
Ondaatje (A Year of Last Things) presents a superb and comprehensive collection of selected works, or “condensary of time,” that crystallizes for devotees and new readers alike the poet’s lifelong devotion to place. “From now on I will drink my landscapes,” he writes, “here, pour me a cup o... 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 »
True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc PinkKory Stamper. Knopf, $32 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3303-2
Lexicographer Stamper (Word by Word) takes readers on an uproarious journey into Merriam-Webster’s somber early-20th-century office and the decades-long, behind-the-scenes kerfuffle over the seemingly simple task of defining colors. Stamper tracks the “earnest and painstaking” editorial rel... Continue reading »
99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid ThemAshely Alker. St. Martin’s, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-35964-3
Emergency medicine doctor Alker (Goodnight Grandma Angel) explores in this witty yet indispensable guide 99 of the “most terrifying, interesting, and unfortunate ways to die.” Drawing on her experience as a “board-certified death escapologist,” Alker assumes the role of a medical translator... Continue reading »
We Mend with Gold: An Immigrant Daughter’s Reckoning with American ChristianityKristin T. Lee. Broadleaf, $27.99 (256p) ISBN 979-8-88983-502-8
In her penetrating debut, physician Lee uses the Japanese art of kintsugi, the practice of mending broken pottery with gold lacquer, to illustrate how she repaired a faith fractured by a childhood steeped in Western theology. Lee grew up in an immigrant church in Iowa that practiced Chinese customs ... Continue reading »
To Steal a ThroneGabi Burton. Bloomsbury, $20.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-5476-1727-2
A teen magician contemplates vengeance in this empowering series opener from Burton (the Sing Me to Sleep duology). Most Virdei citizens believe the country is ruled by Virdeian-born men, and that all the republic’s magic users, or aikkari, have been conscripted into military service. In truth, some... Continue reading »
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