Reviews of the best new books, and previews of dozens of books publishing soon

Ordinary Girls
Jaquira Díaz
Published 10/29/19

With a story reminiscent of Tara Westover's Educate and Roxane Gay's Hunger, celebrated writer Jaquira Díaz triumphantly maps a way out of despair toward love and hope and delivers a memoir that reads as electrically as a novel.

The Seine
Elaine Sciolino
Published 10/29/19

A vibrant, enchanting tour of the Seine from longtime New York Times foreign correspondent and best-selling author Elaine Sciolino.

The In-Betweens
Mira Ptacin
Published 10/29/19

A young writer travels to Maine to tell the unusual story of America's longest-running camp devoted to mysticism and the world beyond.

All This Could Be Yours
Jami Attenberg
Published 10/22/19

From critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer.

Famous in Cedarville
Erica Wright
Published 10/22/19

From one of the most original writers in crime fiction comes a diabolical mystery wrapped in Hollywood tinsel.

I Hope You Get This Message
Farah Naz Rishi
Published 10/22/19

In this high concept YA novel debut that's We All Looked Up meets The Sun Is Also a Star, three teens must face down the mistakes of their past after they learn that life on Earth might end in less than a week.

A Castle in Wartime
Catherine Bailey
Published 10/29/19

An enthralling story of one family's extraordinary courage and resistance amidst the horrors of war from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Rooms.

Dread of Winter
Susan Bickford
Published 10/29/19

The remote town of Oriska, New York, hasn't been home for Sydney Lucerno for thirteen years. She's escaped the creeping addictions and long-simmering anger that are as much a part of the landscape as the bitter cold. But when she gets the call that ...

Find Me
André Aciman
Published 10/29/19

In this spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting.

Your House Will Pay
Steph Cha
Published 10/15/19

In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it's been since the unrest of the early 1990s.

Divide Me By Zero
Lara Vapnyar
Published 10/15/19

As a young girl, Katya Geller learned from her mother that math was the answer to everything. Now, approaching forty, she finds this wisdom tested.

Fireborne
Rosaria Munda
Published 10/15/19

Game of Thrones meets Red Rising in a debut young adult fantasy that's full of rivalry, romance...and dragons.

A Mind Unraveled
Kurt Eichenwald
Published 10/15/19

The compelling story of an acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author's ongoing struggle with epilepsy—his torturous decision to keep his condition a secret to avoid discrimination, and his ensuing decades-long battle to not only...

Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver
Published 10/15/19

A timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.

Sugar Run
Mesha Maren
Published 10/8/19

Set within the charged insularity of rural West Virginia, Sugar Run is a searing and gritty debut about making a run for another life.

The Winemaker's Wife
Kristin Harmel
Published 8/13/19

A moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II.

Marilou Is Everywhere
Sarah Elaine Smith
Published 7/30/19

Consumed by the longing for a different life, a teenager flees her family and carefully slips into another -- replacing a girl whose own sudden disappearance still haunts the town.

America for Beginners
Leah Franqui
Published 7/30/19

Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a funny, poignant, and insightful debut novel that explores the complexities of family, immigration, prejudice, and the American Dream ...