Three fantastic titles grace our doors this week: the long-awaited final book in Colson Whitehead’s trilogy, a memoir on craft by Michael Cunningham, and a new release by Claire Way Watkins. From there, we have a healthy mix of both fantasy and non-fiction to keep us satiated throughout this fine week of July. Read the full list below, and have a happy Tuesday!
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Colson Whitehead, great machine
(Doubleday)
“This is the greatest New York novel in years.”
-Publishers Weekly
Michael Cunningham, Unsaid: A Life in Writing
(random House)
“unsayable Inspired me to live (really live) and write (really write) – not by glamorizing either, but by taking such mesmerizing care with the ins and outs, passions, accidents, and subtleties of both.
–miranda july
Claire Way Watkins, yellow pine
(Riverhead)
“yellow pine It is a wild desert noise of celebration and dirge.”
–karen russell
Kimberly Phillips-Finn, Country of Lords: Neo-Elites, Social Darwinists, Technological Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America
(WW Norton)
“An encouraging and worrying counter-history of a distinctively American strain of anti-democratic political thought.”
-Publishers Weekly
Justin Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld, mortons
(Pamela Dorman)
“mortons is a tour de force: funny, thrilling and deliciously brutal. Enjoy it with a stiff cocktail.”
–lev grossman
Matthew Schnipper, Rise Up: A Memoir
(random House)
“Surprisingly intimate, generous and tender, rise above It is both a balm to despair and a bridge to hope.”
–coco mailers
Imogen Crimp, give me everything you’ve got
(Holt)
“A psychologically rich and captivatingly bleak look at the cost of women’s artistic ambition.”
-People
Keith Ridgway, Duneen
(new Directions)
“Clear and impressive, charmingly labyrinthine.”
-The Guardian
Andrea Uptmore, new people
(small brown)
“With a sharp sense of humor and satirical insight, the myth of the American Dream leaves behind victims in many ways. new people This is a carefully crafted story of what makes a house a home.”
-Shelf Awareness
Sarah Minor, carousel
(Yale University Press)
“The indelible and specific details…add intimacy and humanity to Miner’s insight. It is powerful.”
-Publishers Weekly
Jayamohan, trans. By Priyamvada Ramkumar, white elephant
(FSG)
“Apostle…Jayamohan presents a wonderful portrayal of human suffering.”
Publishers Weekly
Emily Akin, The Frenchman: Or, My Life in Theory
(Penguin Press)
“A playful intellectual history blends neatly with memoir a study of modern literary theory.”
-Kirkus
Karin Jade, Dahlia Suite
(atria)
“A perfect escapist mystery with three fascinating women at the center of a spellbinding story that will have you running from page to page.”
–vanessa lily
Brenda Shaughnessy, Sensorium X: An Opera in Verse
(knopf)
“In this dystopian story of a near-future society increasingly threatened by all-consuming AI, a scientist mother and her disabled son rebel against corporate theft of their own.”
–from the publisher
Rowan Baird, softness
(Flatiron)
“A brilliant, atmospheric look at privilege, love and what we do for inner peace.”
-Chicago Magazine
Matthew Quick, Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir
(Eager Reader Press)
“A masterpiece: funny and devastating, heartbreaking and hopeful, and surprisingly honest about the legacy of pain.”
–Lori Gottlieb
chloe lotter, angry man
(soft skull)
“It’s everything you want in a literary horror novel.”
-Chicago Review of Books
Shawn Hotchkiss, Hating Women: A Memoir of Male Rage and Recovery
(Simon & Schuster)
“A harrowing and revealing self-portrait of familial psychological trauma and the difficult road to recovery.”
-Kirkus
Hannah Lucinda Smith, Hinterlands: A new Cold War is brewing on the periphery of the West
(Liveright)
“An important book that provides a compelling reminder of Europe’s half-forgotten border conflicts, each of them capable of erupting into war once again.”
–Sam Miller
Kohei Saito, tr. Brian Bergstrom, zero capital
(Astra House)
“A reading guide, a manifesto, a revision, and a revival of the foundational work of Marx’s political theory.”
–from the publisher
