Thursday, July 25, 2024

Readworthy: This month’s best literary fiction

 
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This Month's Best New Literary Fiction
Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know.
 
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Book cover for The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
People raves about this 'page-turning delight' from a fresh new literary voice
In New York City, a young Palestinian woman who works as a schoolteacher and moonlights as a criminal finds her senses of morality, belonging, and identity uprooted.
IN THE MEDIA
Time Magazine, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, People, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Vogue
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Book cover for How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard
Find out why this multigenerational saga has won the hearts of Jodi Picoult, Richard Russo, and Wally Lamb!
Fifty-four-year-old Eleanor moves back into the New Hampshire farmhouse where she raised her now-adult children. Under the weight of the past, will it ever feel like home again?
IN THE MEDIA
NPR, People, Harper's Bazaar, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş
'The Anthropologists is both a bright light and a map for how to be. A massively heartening achievement'
– Bryan Washington
Follow Asya and Manu as they search for an apartment that's exactly right for them in a foreign city far from their respective homelands.
IN THE MEDIA
The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Critics are raving about this breathtaking read from the author of Long Bright River
When 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar vanishes from the bunk of an Adirondack summer camp, it's a disturbing echo of her brother's disappearance 14 years earlier…
IN THE MEDIA
Book of the Month, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Vogue, Bustle, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
'A big, juicy, wickedly funny social satire… probably the funniest book ever about generational family trauma'
– Oprah Daily
From the author of Fleishman Is in Trouble: Forty years ago, wealthy Carl Fletcher was kidnapped and held for ransom — and his family is still dealing with the aftermath. But what happens when they learn their fortune has practically disappeared?
IN THE MEDIA
The New Yorker, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Slate, Vogue, The Guardian, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg
'Let State of Paradise into your life and its sticky, humid setting and twisty mystery will consume you'
– Marie Claire
While apocalyptic weather bears down on a sleepy Florida town, a ghostwriter becomes increasingly concerned as its residents, obsessed with a mysterious virtual reality device, begin to disappear one by one.
IN THE MEDIA
Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Esquire, Elle, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Liars by Sarah Manguso
An unflinching exploration of marriage and motherhood, with acclaim from NPR, the Los Angeles Times, and more
When aspiring writer Jane meets filmmaker John, they both want the same things: a flourishing family and creative life. But a few years will send their marriage spiraling…
IN THE MEDIA
Time Magazine, NPR, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Fans of Elif Batuman shouldn't miss this buzzy release that Ira Glass calls 'diabolically charming and magnetic'
After escaping death in Ecuador and growing up in New York under the care of her grandparents, Catalina enrolls at Harvard. As she approaches graduation, she grapples with the future's uncertainties and shimmering possibilities in this coming-of-age novel.
IN THE MEDIA
The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe
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Book cover for Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal
'Will draw you in and demand — with a warm smile — that you embrace island life and stay a while'
– Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
London veterinarian Charlotte claims she's moving to the island of Tuga to study endangered tortoises — but she's also looking to uncover her mysterious connection to the community. Among warmly eccentric locals, will she find what she's looking for?
IN THE MEDIA
Good Housekeeping, Parade, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
Geraldine Brooks says this 'exquisitely crafted' collection 'places Ben Shattuck firmly among the very finest of our storytellers'
Set in New England — from the lush forests of Maine to the insular island of Nantucket — these 12 tales of misunderstandings, secrets, and human connection intertwine across centuries.
IN THE MEDIA
The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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