VigilGeorge Saunders. Random House, $28 (192p) ISBN 978-0-525-50962-2
A ghost attempts to guide an unrepentant oil executive toward redemption and the afterlife in the staggering latest from Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo). The story takes place over the course of one night, when the spirit of Jill Blaine descends to Earth and takes on human form at the home ... Continue reading »
The CyclistTim Sullivan. Atlantic Crime, $17 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6777-4
Sullivan’s shrewd second procedural featuring neurodivergent detective sergeant George Cross (after The Dentist) opens with Cross being called to the site of a Somerset demolition crew’s grisly discovery. When the crew leads Cross to the male corpse wrapped in polythene that they found in a... Continue reading »
The Book of Blood and RosesAnnie Summerlee. Del Rey, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-97596-1
A vampire hunter goes undercover at a vampire university that’s recently begun accepting humans in Summerlee’s sexy and exhilarating debut. After Rebecca Charity’s parents were killed by vampires, she was recruited by the shadowy anti-vampire organization Callisto. Four years later, they send Rebecc... Continue reading »
Female FantasyIman Hariri-Kia. Cosmo Reads, $18.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-72827-064-7
A devoted romantasy fan embarks on an outrageous quest to find her soulmate in this hilarious and intelligent romp from Hariri-Kia (The Most Famous Girl in the World). A dutiful copywriter by day and beloved fan fiction writer by night, Joonie Saboonchi credits A Tale of Salt Water and ... Continue reading »
Fela: The Music Is the WeaponJibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery. Amistad, $48 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-305879-8
This rousing celebration of Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti (1938–1977)—Afrobeat star, truth-teller, commune leader, and frequent “rascal”—blends brisk biographical storytelling with urgent cultural and political history, gorgeous evocations of the power of music and dance, and bursts of bloody violence both fa... Continue reading »
Lola the InterpreterLyn Hejinian. Wesleyan Univ, $18.95 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-8195-0197-4
The wry and sprawling final offering from the late, great Hejinian (Fall Creek) comprises a book-length prose poem in which the speaker moves through the motions and emotions of the “every day,” engaging with a cast of local characters. By doing so, Hejinian and her narrator explore a centr... 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 »
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself, and ChinaJung Chang. Harper, $35 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-348004-9
Historian Chang (Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister) parallels China’s political upheavals with the evolution of her and her mother’s relationship in this powerful memoir. Born in 1952 Yibin to an influential Communist couple who were frequently imprisoned for speaking out against Mao Ze... Continue reading »
Indian Block Printing: An Inspirational Project BookTess Grace and Holly Jones. Herbert, $25 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-1-78994-341-2
This stellar debut from Grace and Jones, cofounders of the U.K.’s Indian Block Print Co., teaches readers the art of block printing, a centuries-old method of using wooden blocks carved with intricate patterns to hand-print designs onto fabric and paper. The 14 projects vary in difficulty, with some... Continue reading »
Beard: A Memoir of a MarriageKelly Foster Lundquist. Eerdmans, $28.99 (250p) ISBN 978-0-80288-473-2
Lundquist, an English professor at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota, debuts with a wrenching account of the breakup of her marriage to a gay man. Lundquist met her future husband in the late 1990s at a Christian camp, where the two bonded over their love of TV soaps and off-kilter humor... Continue reading »
The Moon Without StarsChanel Miller. Philomel, $17.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-593-62455-5
A seventh grader jeopardizes everything she likes about herself for a chance at popularity in this sensitive novel by Miller (Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All). Luna believes in “language as a balm for emotional wounds” and frequently lends her classmates books that she believes will help allevia... Continue reading »
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