YAY, NEW BOOK DAY! It’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means there’s a HUGE amount of new titles out today. I’ve got a big, sexy list for you below. And you can hear about several of these books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about a few amazing books we loved, such as She Rides Shotgun, The Art of Living, and Magpie Murders.
This week’s newsletter is sponsored by The Possible by Tara Altebrando.
From the author of The Leaving comes another twisty psychological suspense thriller. It’s been thirteen years since Kaylee’s biological mother, Crystal, once infamous for her supposed telekinetic ability, got a life sentence for killing Kaylee’s little brother in a fit of telekinetic rage. Today, Kaylee’s living a normal life with her adoptive parents until a woman shows up on Kaylee’s doorstep, asking to interview her for a podcast. Was the whole telekinesis thing a hoax, or does Crystal have some kind of special powers? Is it possible that Kaylee has them, too?
Cockfosters: Stories by Helen Simpson
The Lake and the Lost Girl by Jacquelyn Vincenta
City Mouse by Stacey Lender
Small Treasons by Mark Powell
A Boy of China: In Search of Mao’s Lost Son by Richard Loseby
A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride
It’s Always About the Food by Monday Morning Cooking Club
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman
The Owl Always Hunts at Night: A Novel by Samuel Bjork
How to Be a Muslim: An American Story by Haroon Moghul
In Darwin’s Room (Penguin Poets) by Debora Greger
Marlene Dietrich: The Life by Maria Riva
Disasters in the First World: Stories by Olivia Clare
DIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates
Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink by Delia Cabe
Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou, Helen Stevenson (Translator)
How to Survive a Summer by Nick White
Liberty: The Spy Who (Kind of) Liked Me by Andrea Portes
Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser
He Said / She Said by Erin Kelly
Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas by Jenny Allen
The Possible by Tara Altebrando
The Party by Robyn Harding
Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy
This Impossible Light by Lily Myers
Camino Island by John Grisham
Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans by Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.)
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
You’ll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron
Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang by Max Décharné
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Weird in a World That’s Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures by Jennifer Romolini
If Found…Please Return to Elise Gravel by Elise Gravel
Final Demand by Deborah Moggach
Alexander Outland: Space Pirate by Gini Koch
Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload by Julia Hobsbawm
I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
Fly Me by Daniel Riley
Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
She Rides Shotgun: A Novel Jordan Harper
The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack
The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green
The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, Annie Wu (Illustrator)
Once and For All by Sarah Dessen
Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau
The Himalayan Codex: An R. J. MacCready Novel by Bill Schutt, J. R. Finch
Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim
The Last Kid Left by Rosecrans Baldwin
Twist: Creative Ideas to Reinvent Your Baking by Martha Collison
Indecent Exposure (A Stone Barrington Novel) by Stuart Woods
The Moment of Truth by Damian McNicholl
Shiver Hitch by Linda Greenlaw
The Kill Society: A Sandman Slim Novel by Richard Kadrey
Quickening Fields (Penguin Poets) by Pattiann Rogers
Crown of Stars: Book II of the Night Song Trilogy by Sophie Jaff
Lonesome Lies Before Us by Don Lee
The Answers by Catherine Lacey
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
You Belong to Me by Colin Harrison
Wolf on a String by Benjamin Black
Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords by Steve Tribe
Good Karma by Christina Kelly
Making Rent in Bed-Stuy: A Memoir of Trying to Make It in New York City by Brandon Harris
Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash
Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford
Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler! by Olivia Koski and Jana Grcevich
Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill
Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth by David Gessner
Slow Boat by Hideo Furukawa, David Boyd (Translator)
In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea by Danny Goldberg
The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hanh
Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren
The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro
Adventures in Starry Kitchen: 88 Asian-Inspired Recipes from America’s Most Famous Underground Restaurant by Nguyen Tran
Grim Expectations by KW Jeter
The Rebellion’s Last Traitor by Nik Korpon
The Broken Ones: (Prequel to the Malediction Trilogy) by Danielle L. Jensen
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing by Bernadette Jiwa
Small Treasons by Mark Powell
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami (Author), Allison Markin Powell (Translator)
Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed by Daniel McGinn
The Chase: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (The Icon Trilogy) by Vanessa Fewings
The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy
The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor
Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination by Herb Boyd
Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker
The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder
Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights by Steven Levingston
A Fugitive in Walden Woods by Norman Lock
The Whole Way Home: A Novel by Sarah Creech
Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World by Mitch Prinstein
Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar
Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin
The Crime Writer by Jill Lawson
Perennials by Mandy Berman
ME by Tomoyuki Hoshino (Author), Charles De Wolf (Translator)
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly (paperback)
These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories by Luke Mogelson (paperback)
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn (paperback)
Rich and Pretty by Ruman Alam (paperback)
Siricusa by Delia Ephron (paperback)
Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith
The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
That’s it for me today – time to get back to reading! If you want to learn more about books new and old (and see lots of pictures of my cats, Millay and Steinbeck), or tell me about books you’re reading, or books you think I should read (I HEART RECOMMENDATIONS!), you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!
Stay rad,
Liberty