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In this gleefully grisly cultural history, Rachel McCarthy James focuses not on a single incident, but on an instrument of murder: the axe. It’s a bit of macabre fun.

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★ Lidia Yuknavitch approaches her past “not as facts, but as fictions” in this stunning self-portrait. With a fiercely feminist outlook and moody, evocative prose that never tilts into preciousness, Yuknavitch delivers a gorgeous ode to the grunt work of self-discovery.

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In Adelaide Faith’s witty and irreverent debut, a British woman develops an unshakable obsession with her therapist. Readers will fall in love with this meditative and heartfelt novel.

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This brilliant interlocking diptych from Mathias Énard begins with a soldier emerging from a battlefield into a nightmarish future. It’s a masterpiece.

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“Transgender people are nothing new,” according to this brilliant survey of “forgotten” trans lives. The fascinating conclusion Eli Erlick draws is that there’s no such thing as a “trans first”—only instances of first official acceptance. It’s an essential and eye-opening paradigm shift.

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This pulsating, blood-soaked slow-burn romance from Gerry Duggan and Gary Brown joyfully remixes tropes from the samurai and western genres. It's a gritty-but-heartfelt genre mash-up that embraces the medium’s freedoms and possibilities without pretension.

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★ Florence Knapp’s intriguing and nuanced debut comprises three alternate story lines for a British family. Readers won’t be able to stop talking about this intelligent exploration of a single choice’s long tail of repercussions.

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This spirited volume is filled with surprises that only Amy Gerstler could conceive of. Readers will be delighted and entranced. @penguinusa.bsky.social

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In Rob Franklin’s radiant debut, a queer Black man reckons with his class privilege and drug use in the aftermath of his best friend’s mysterious death. Readers will be rapt.

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Cannibalistic body horror meets cosmic terror in this juicy feast of fear from Landry Q. Walker and Justin Greenwood. Deep shadows and close-ups of meat and teeth create a menacing mood from the start. Readers with an appetite for splatter will be satisfied.

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★ John Lisle offers new insight into the CIA’s notorious MKULTRA program in this enthralling account. It’s a stark portrait of horrifying government abuse.

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Cartoonist Becky Barnicoat wrings hard-earned laughs from her experiences with motherhood in her wry graphic novel debut. Parents will find much to identify with, and expectant parents would do well to heed Barnicoat’s warnings.

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★ Novice Ukrainian police investigator Samson Kolechko scrambles to track down his missing fiancée in Andrey Kurkov’s extraordinary sequel to 'The Silver Bone.'

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Paige Hender debuts with a sly tale of guilt and manipulation. The art mixes gothic details with a charming, lithe Art Nouveau style and a muted palette of blue, pinks, and then a bloodier red. It’s a playful mix of raunch and gore that readers will enjoy sinking their teeth into.

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★ 'Frasier' actor Kelsey Grammer stuns with this devastating memoir about the murder of his younger sister, Karen. It's a gift to readers who’ve struggled with their own grief.

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★ Hanne Ørstavik unspools a fascinating metafictional story of fear, love, and the desire to make art from life. It’s an intriguing literary double act.

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★ In this self-deprecating and delightful graphic novel from Alison Bechdel, an archly fictionalized Alison finds herself flummoxed by commercial success. For Bechdel’s fans, it’s a dream to see her skewer fame with such hilarious precision.

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Bestseller Ron Chernow (Grant) again proves himself among his generation’s finest biographers with this magisterial account of the life of Mark Twain (1835–1910). this stands as the new definitive biography of the revered author.

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★ This spectacular graphic adaptation of Paul Auster’s postmodern trilogy, cowritten by Paul Karasik, unites three tales of lonely men seeking meaning into a distilled portrait of the haunted urban soul. This long-anticipated volume was well worth the wait.

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Linda Epstein, Ally Malinenko, and Liz Parker sparkle in this delightful feminist retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s 'Little Women.' This is a treat.

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Novelist Lidia Yuknavitch approaches her past “not as facts, but as fictions” in this stunning, genre-bending self-portrait. It’s a major achievement. @riverheadbooks.bsky.social

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★ This magisterial family saga by Chaim Grade, which was originally serialized in the 1960s and ’70s in New York City’s Yiddish newspapers, chronicles the erosion of a small Polish village shortly before the outbreak of WWII. It’s an enormous achievement.

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★ Raw emotion and unfettered sensuality animate Kennedy Ryan’s intoxicating third Skyland romance. Ryan’s ability to blend steamy forbidden romance, strong female friendships, and frank explorations of misogynoir remains unparalleled.

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“The way societies support families is critical to how women experience motherhood,” journalist Abigail Leonard asserts in this by turns piercing and poignant debut. This is an enthralling and kaleidoscopic view of modern motherhood. @hachetteus.bsky.social

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Chris Condon adapts the 1992 story collection by Barry Gifford into a scabrous, booze- and vengeance-fueled ride on the wild side. Fans of Southern gothic will rejoice.

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★ In Aaron John Curtis’s electrifying debut, a restless and gravely ill Miami bookseller takes stock of his life and his Mohawk heritage. This astonishes.

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The melancholy antihero of this searing indictment of colonialism from World Fantasy Award winner Onyebuchi walks the mean streets of an unnamed West African city that’s trembling on the verge of an election between a charismatic indigenous rebel leader and a corrupt puppet of the French occupation.

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★ Jonathan Payne follows 'Citizen Orlov' with a superb sequel that continues the humorous exploits of fishmonger Orlov, who’s thrust into the center of an unnamed Central European country’s political turmoil. It’s another hugely enjoyable espionage satire from Payne.

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★ The irony of Robert Crumb, per this alternately rollicking and perceptive biography, is that the cartoonist most identified with 1960s counterculture was no hippie. Frank and incisive, it’s a revealing portrait of a little understood American artist.

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Cultural critic Amanda Hess’s fierce and funny debut memoir is an astute document of pregnancy and parenting in the internet era. Parents will feel especially seen by this incisive and refreshing account.

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Owen King, Jesse Kellerman, and Marianna Ignazzi deliver a fizzy neo-noir that revels in its excess. Fans of crime comics ought to snap this up.

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★ Annabel Monaghan charms with this bingeable beachy contemporary. This is an addictive romp.

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★ This adrenaline-pumping thriller from Chris Pavone delivers a lacerating, Tom Wolfe–worthy dissection of Manhattan society in the post-Covid era. Pavone’s provocative look at the city that never sleeps will keep readers up well into the wee hours.

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★ In the smashing sophomore novel from Maud Ventura, an amoral singer reflects on her tortured past and trouble with stardom. This is unforgettable.

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★ Paula Bomer tracks the increasingly threatening behavior of a sociopath in her excellent and shocking latest novel. This is dark and twisted fun.

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★ Carl Zimmer delivers an invigorating chronicle of how humanity’s understanding of airborne microbes has evolved from the 19th century through the Covid pandemic. This astute history of the scientific debates that shaped the Covid crisis will take readers’ breath away.

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Samuel Marquis, a descendant of the notorious pirate Captain Kidd, argues that his ancestor was scapegoated by a greedy English Crown in this riveting revisionist history. The result is a caustic takedown of a centuries-old hit job. @diversionbooks.bsky.social

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★ Justin Haynes debuts with a spectacular centuries-spanning novel about slavery and human trafficking in Trinidad and Venezuela. Evoking the themes of Ovid, the language of Toni Morrison, and the genre-blending of Octavia Butler, Haynes scales the heights of his ambition.

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★ In this edifying treatise, Andrea Barrett argues that while getting the facts right is important, historical novelists' paramount concern should be capturing the intangible feeling of what it was like to live through a particular era.

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Editor André M. Carrington sets out to “remind” Black readers and authors that “we have the power to define ourselves and redefine our worlds”—and he succeeds with aplomb. This is essential reading.

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The vibrant first volume of selected works by Tove Ditlevsen to be published in English showcases her clever and emotionally resonant poetry. This is sure to find an appreciative new audience for her stark and captivating observations of love, loss, and disillusion.

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'American Idol' and 'Shark Tank' are significantly influencing how Americans think about the economy, according to this eye-opening study from Eunji Kim. It's a troubling assessment of propaganda in pop culture.

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★ This clever and captivating fantasy from Caitlin Rozakis puts a unique twist on the magical school trope by focusing on the harried, out of their depths unmagical parents of a magically gifted child. Often funny and always empathetic, this delights.

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New Yorker contributor Manvir Singh brilliantly traces the evolution of shamanism across history. Combining meticulous research and an excellent grasp of psychological and sociocultural theories, Singh paints a panoramic portrait of a little-understood subject. @aaknopf.bsky.social

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★ The histories of North and South America have been shaped by the continents’ relationship to one another, according to this scintillating study. It’s a monumental new view of the New World. buff.ly/41a4fgV

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★ Sayaka Murata delivers an intimate and disturbing speculative tale in which social isolation and population control are taken to extremes. This nightmarish fable is impossible to shake. buff.ly/4hLwAkY

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Donald Trump doubled down on belligerence and bombast in clawing back the presidency, according to this raucous campaign narrative. This is a singular and penetrating diagnosis of the president’s character and managerial style. @crownpublishing.bsky.social

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★ The bracing latest poetry collection from Gwyneth Lewis traces an arc from the trauma of maternal abuse through aftershocks of chronic illness, self-harm, and shame to recovery. Readers will enjoy discovering this writer of extraordinary gifts. @BloodaxeBooks

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★ Emily Everett debuts with an exquisite retelling of 'Pride and Prejudice,' about an American tutor in contemporary Europe. This erudite romance is deeply satisfying.

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