Bennett, a British writer who makes his home in Ireland, burst onto the scene with his 2015 debut novel, "Pond." His second book has all the dark wit and linguistic artifice of the first but is even more delightful.
Checkout 19, by Claire-Louise Bennett
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Kingsolver's new powerful novel, though its larger focus is increasingly on the question of how an artist's consciousness is formed.
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
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After losing her brother at age 12, one of the narrators in Serpel's second novel continues to come across men who resemble her as she works through her trauma long into her adulthood.
The Furrows, by Namwali Serpell
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Diaz unravels the mystery of an American fortune in the early 20th century, detailing the astonishing rise of a New York financier and the mysterious genius of his wife.
Trust, by Hernan Diaz
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Young certainly set himself a difficult task with this book—to get people to step outside their "intelligent bubbles" and consider how nonhuman animals experience the world.
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, by Ed Yong
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You don't need to read 'A Visit from the Goon Squad', the first episode of this highly anticipated sequel. But for nostalgic New Yorkers, lovers of cerebral beauty and laser-sharp modernism, the 2010 book, 'The Candy House' is like a homecoming.
The Candy House, by Jennifer Egan
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In this quietly poignant memoir, Hsu recalls starting out at Berklee in the mid-1990s as a vigilant music snob, doggedly reforming his tastes and mercilessly judging the tastes of others. Then she meets Ken, a Japanese American frat boy.
Stay True: A Memoir, by Hua Hsu
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In this rich and concise book, Aviv writes about people in extreme emotional pain, starting with his own experience of being told he had anorexia at the age of 6.
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us, by Rachel Aviv
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Through case history as well as independent reporting, Villarosa's third book traces the effects of slavery's legacy—and the anti-Blackness doctrine that arose to justify it philosophically: reproductive, environmental, psychological, and more.
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, by Linda Villarosa
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O'Toole, a noted essayist and critic, calls this inventive narrative "a personal history of modern Ireland"—an ambitious project, but one he pulls off with elan.