July Fiction Continues: Julie Buntin’s highly anticipated follow-up marlena Sigrid Nunez’s new collection with Jem Calder is released today i want to be happy. There’s also a ton of non-fiction, like Pamela Colloff’s true crime investigation and Lucy Schiller’s in-depth look at aging in America. Have a great reading week!
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Sigrid Nunez, It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
(Riverhead)
“Nunez injects deep tenderness and satirical humor into these stories, while also challenging our notions of what it means to live a normal life.”
-Harper’s Bazaar
Julie Buntin, famous men
(random House)
“Satna and the knife-shinerfamous men Presents womanhood with unsettling clarity and captures the full agony of becoming.”
–kylie reed
Pamela Colloff, Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
(knopf)
“Incendiary, emotionally devastating. (It’s) a feat of tenacious reporting, bold storytelling and a clear moral conscience.”
–patrick radden keefe
jame calder, i want to be happy
(FSG)
“A unique novel that asks complex questions about contemporary life and refuses to give easy answers. I couldn’t stop reading.”
–sally rooney
Katherine Osler, The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War, and Betrayal
(atria)
“Deeply moving…with thorough skill and impressive research, Ostler tells the story.”
-daily Mail
Nathaniel Rich, cloud thief
(MCD)
“(A) furious, thoroughly entertaining heist novel.”
-Harpers
lucy schiller, Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old
(Flatiron)
“A dazzling work of non-fiction reportage woven into spiritual autobiography – a meditation on time, loss, and love.”
–richard preston
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, conspiracy
(Del Rey)
“A pulpy noir-telenovela mashup that would make James M. Cain jealous.”
-Los Angeles Times
Alyssa Shelasky, Sex Diaries: Real Life Stories of Non-Monogamy and Polyamory
(random House)
“A perfect gift – not just for the polycurious, but for anyone interested in the raw beauty of relationships, desire, and human vulnerability.”
–Molly Roden Winter
Katherine Cho, Dedicated
(Washington Square Press)
“Cho’s writing is sensual, with a transportive quality that instantly draws readers into the world of her characters.”
-Library Journal
nephi craig, Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches from a White Mountain Apache Chef
(Penguin Press)
“A poignant account of reclaiming our culture.”
-Publishers Weekly
Ryan Efgen, make good
(knopf)
“Charming and charming, perfect for your own summer vacation.”
–elin hilderbrand
Lauren Collins, They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and Families Living with Its Legacy
(Penguin Press)
“An excellent new history this summer that considers how the past lives on in the present.”
-Harper’s Bazaar
Stephanie Soileau, Should the water carry us?
(Doubleday)
“Filled with unforgettable characters, breathtaking scenery, fascinating time jumps, and a setting so accurately rendered it’s palpable.”
–patrick ryan
dan verb, Our wild acquaintances: how animals are adapting to cities and reshaping the natural world
(Crown)
“The cohabitants’ amazing insights into our daily lives.”
-Kirkus
Emily Doyle, please do not touch the body
(Bloomsbury)
“Doyle blends humor and horror with more emotionally serious stories in his first collection.”
-Alta
Elizabeth H. Winthrop, strong belief
(grove)
“Winthrop’s narrative conveys domestic as well as global suffering with equal seriousness. A particularly discussion-worthy and brutal revelation.”
-Kirkus
imogen willets, Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife
(grove)
“Brilliantly packed and deliciously entertaining…full of thrills and spectacle, history and lots of wonderful nighttime stories.”
-book list
Ona Aristide, Astronaut!
(WW Norton)
“Ona Aristide’s skill as a storyteller shines through in every deftly executed twist and turn, introducing us to remarkable characters in the grip of weary totalitarianism. (they hope) “Finally able to relax.”
–jennifer croft
Christian Kracht, trans. By Daniel Bowles, Air
(Liveright)
“You read Kraut for the experience of reading him. You read him and are surprised.”
–nail zinc
