Happy Tuesday, book friends!!! I hope you had a lovely weekend and are ready for all the amazing books I am about to shout into your brain. It’s an especially big day for fans of U2 and/or Friends, with memoirs from Bono and Matthew Perry now available. At the top of my list of today’s books to buy are My Pinup by Hilton Als, Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart, and I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee. Also how is it NOVEMBER already?!? It boggles the mind. What book do you absolutely want to read before the end of the year? For me, it’s Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell), the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize.
Now, today’s books: I do these first Tuesday megalists because the first Tuesday of each month has so many new releases, and it’s fun to round some of them up. Below, you’ll find titles (loosely) broken up into several categories, to make it easier for your browsing convenience. I hope you have fun with it! And as with each first Tuesday newsletter, I am putting asterisks *** next to the books that I have had the chance to read and loved.
And speaking of today’s great books, for this week’s episode of All the Books! Danika and I discussed some of the wonderful books that we’ve read, such as White Horse, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, and more.
Biography and Memoir
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: A Memoir by Baek Sehee, Anton Hur (translator)
The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World by Paul Fisher
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
My Pinup by Hilton Als
Fiction
Little by David Treuer
We Are the Light by Matthew Quick
A Cat At the End of the World by Robert Perišic, Vesna Maric (translator)
Saha by Cho Nam-Joo, Jamie Chang (translator)
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander
When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
Artist by Yeong-shin Ma and Janet Hong
Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
Foster by Claire Keegan
The Islands: Stories by Dionne Irving
Days Come and Go by Hemley Boum, Nchanji Njamnsi (Translator)
To Fill a Yellow House by Sussie Anie
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
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Toad by Katherine Dunn***
The Best American Short Stories 2022 by Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor
Dr. No by Percival Everett
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History
Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by RJ Young
Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo
Middle Grade
The Wondrous Wonders by Camille Jourdy***
Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends: (A Graphic Novel) by Nicole Andelfinger (Adapter), Francine Pascal (Author), Claudia Aguirre (Illustrator)
Mystery and Thriller
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White Horse by Erika T. Wurth***
The Prisoner by B.A. Paris
The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Small Game by Blair Braverman***
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter, Steph Cha
Nonfiction
Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night by Jerry Saltz
No F*cks Given: Naughty Words to Live By by Sarah Knight
Cyclettes by Tree Abraham
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022 by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Jaime Green
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The Best American Essays 2022 edited by Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan
The Best American Food Writing 2022 by Sohla El-Waylly, Silvia Killingsworth
Poetry
Concentrate: Poems by Courtney Faye Taylor
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi
Romance
Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble (Winner Bakes All Book 2) by Alexis Hall
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun***
Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror
Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
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A Restless Truth (The Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske***
The World We Make (The Great Cities) by N. K. Jemisin
Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón
The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2022 by Rebecca Roanhorse, John Joseph Adams
Young Adult
Seasparrow (Graceling Realm) by Kristin Cashore
This is Our Place by Vitor Martins
Sugaring Off by Gillian French
Salt and Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho
Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win by Susan Azim Boyer
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
DPS Only! by Velinxi
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This week: I’m currently reading The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent and The Between by Tananarive Due. Outside of books, I have been watching a lot of NBA basketball games (and reading a few pages during the commercials.) The song stuck in my head is “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” by Broken Social Scene. And of course, there’s a cat photo: Farrokh is making such a funny face in this picture. Pretty sure I caught him just as he was saying a bad word.
Thank you, as always, for joining me each week as I rave about books! I am wishing the best for all of you in whatever situation you find yourself in now. And yay, books! – XO, Liberty ❤️