We’ve awaited this moment for quite a while, and today the long-anticipated work makes its appearance in full: Life of M by Rachel Cusk is now on readers’ desks. And there’s more to celebrate: a awaited sequel to Big Little Lies lands on the shelves, together with another compelling nonfiction title and Jill Lepore’s examination of present-day politics. The complete lineup awaits below; may your reading be richly rewarded.
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Rachel Cusk, Life of M (FSG)
“A spare, concentrated meditation on time, fame, naiveté and the art of self-creation.” –The New York Times
Liane Moriarty, Big Little Truths (Crown)
“A delectably addictive drama that is equal parts sultry, suspenseful, and impossible to put down.” –Freida McFadden
Jill Lepore, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (Liveright)
“An astonishing book—entertaining, revelatory, utterly original, meticulously researched. It challenged my assumptions about our nation and the present moment.” –George Saunders
Edwidge Danticat, Dèy (Knopf)
“Danticat captures the Haitian American immigrant experience with prose that drags you in and never lets go.” –NPR
Rozina Ali, Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America (Crown)
“This is a deeply reported account of hysteria, prejudice, surveillance, and persecution, infused with restrained indignation but observed with clear insight.” –Patrick Radden Keefe
Joan Barfoot, Gaining Ground (Faber & Faber)
“A formidable introduction to second-wave feminism and a wildly original novel.” –Sarah Hall
Wilbert L. Cooper, The Black Shield: An American Memoir of Family and Power (FSG)
“A revealing, deeply observed account of police culture and its discontents.” –Kirkus
John Manuel Arias, Crocodilopolis (Bloomsbury)
“A darkly intoxicating tale, at once mythic and sharply contemporary.” –Ocean Vuong
Shane White, A Moment in the Sun: Black Manhattan Before the Civil War (Liveright)
“A work that buzzes with a vivid cast of figures who brought art, commerce, music and literature to life in the city.” –Greg Grandin
Andrea Bajani, trans. by Geoffrey Brock, The Anniversary (Other Press)
“A book that confronts the purity of fact, the tyranny of memory, and the totalitarianism of family in a way no other work does.” –Jhumpa Lahiri
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, The Ghost of the Mountains (Riverhead)
“Suryawanshi brings these leopards to life—magnificent, perilous, and profoundly human—in a book that reads like a conservation classic.” –Financial Times
Gaël Faye, trans. by Sarah Ardizzone, Jacaranda (Hogarth)
“Through the beauty of his prose, he writes about humanity with empathy and compassion, even when confronted with atrocity.” –Leïla Slimani
Annie Lowrey, The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It (Ecco)
“Excellent.”–The New Yorker
Siang Lu, Ghost Cities (Summit)
“Ghost Cities delivers everything a reader might crave—historical drama, contemporary romance, satiric dystopia, and a reckoning with personal identity.” –Booklist
Susan Stryker, Changing Gender (FSG)
“A courageous work, produced at a moment when courage matters more than ever.” –Library Journal
Andrés Barba, trans. by Lisa Dillman, Last Day of a Prior Life (HarperVia)
“A terrifying masterpiece… Barba writes with extraordinary talent.” –Omar El Akkad
Kazim Ali, The Man in 119 (Copper Canyon)
“A perfectly fitting entryway to Ali’s broad body of work and a must-read for his followers.” –Booklist
Peter Rock, Makeshift (Soft Skull)
“From spirits to foraging to shipwrecks, Rock crafts a vivid cosmos waiting to be explored.” –Alta
Anja Meulenbelt, tr. Ann Oosthuizen, The Shame is Over (Astra)
“An electrifying reminder—raw, vivid, and alive to the touch—of the earliest days of Second Wave feminism. As a historical document, it stands with the best.” –Vivian Gornick
Anya Niewierra, trans. by Eileen Stevens, The Camino (Simon and Schuster)
“Niewierra’s intoxicating blend of suspense and a dash of romance should win her many admirers on this side of the Atlantic.” –Publishers Weekly
