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Claire Kohda’s debut novel “Woman Eating” was released on April 12 and follows Lydia, a 23-year-old recent art school graduate, who has a secret: she is an insatiable vampire on the hunt for a meal that will finally satisfy her cravings.
“Sea of Tranquility” was released on April 5 and is Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel that is part time travel, part speculative fiction, and part mystery that asks: how do we handle knowing our lives might be an illusion?
Rebecca Scherm’s second novel, “A House Between Earth and the Moon,” follows residents of Parallaxis I, a luxury space station owned by tech conglomerate Sensus, designed for the ultra-wealthy as a means to escape the disastrous state of the earth.
Released March 22, Elaine Hsieh Chou’s debut novel “Disorientation” follows 29-year-old Taiwanese American Ingrid Yang in the eighth year of her doctoral dissertation on the late Chinese American poet, Xiao-Wen Chou. Pushed by her advisor into researching a man she has little interest in, Ingrid makes a shocking discovery that could save her academic career—while also threatening to destroy it.
Stewart O’Nan’s latest novel, “Ocean State,” released on March 15, begins at the end: “When I was in eighth grade, my sister helped kill another girl.”
Lee Cole’s debut novel “Groundskeeping,” was released on March 1. Set against the backdrop of the 2016 Presidential election, the novel is narrated by Owen Callahan, a Kentucky native who begins a job as a groundskeeper at Ashby College. There, he takes free writing classes and falls in love with Alma Hadzic, a Muslim immigrant from Bosnia and a writer-in-residence.
Released a decade after her last book on Feb. 22, Julie Otsuka’s “The Swimmers” follows a tight-knit group of pool-goers as they drift apart when their beloved pool is shut down after mysterious cracks begin to form at the bottom.
Julia May Jonas’ debut novel, “Vladimir,” was released on Feb. 1. Narrated by an unnamed English professor in her late fifties, “Vladimir” follows as her life begins to unravel when her husband, John, an English professor, is accused of inappropriate relationships with former students at their small liberal arts college in New York.
Nothing is better than cozying up to read a heartfelt romance. Here are my recommendations for romance novels to celebrate this Valentine’s Day with.
Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel, “Olga Dies Dreaming,” released Jan. 4, follows 40-year-old wedding planner Olga Acevedo as she navigates a quickly gentrifying Brooklyn, the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and her absent mother’s reappearance after 30 years.
Originally published in 1942, Jean-Patrick Manchette’s novel “The Mad and The Bad” received an English translation by Donald Nicholson-Smith in 2014. Manchette is a genre-defining French crime novelist whose work examines questions of morality and critiques the evils of capitalism and greed. I have not read anything in the noir genre before, but this one drew my attention for its absurd summary and small page count.
Jean Chen Ho’s debut novel, “Fiona and Jane,” released Jan. 4, follows the titular Fiona and Jane as they navigate friendship, identity, love, and heartbreak, from childhood to adulthood.
Best-selling author Amanda Gorman’s recitation of her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” had listeners across the country in rapt attention as she spoke at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration. Described as a “celebrity poet,” her words have reached people who were unfamiliar with—or didn’t enjoy—the poetry genre prior to her reading. She released her newly anticipated poetry collection, “Call Us What We Carry,” on December 7, 2021.
Hiromi Kawakami’s “People From my Neighborhood,” originally published in Japanese, received an English translation by Ted Goossen on Nov. 30.
Originally published in French on Aug. 20, 2020, Hervé Le Tellier’s “The Anomaly” received an English translation by Adriana Hunter on Nov. 23. The novel is the recipient of the Goncourt prize and is a blend of science fiction, mystery and romance.
Long-time novelist Lily King released a collection of ten short stories on Nov. 9. “Five Tuesdays in Winter” offers a glimpse into the spectrum of human longing—longing for love, acceptance, and understanding.
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Louise Erdrich released her latest novel, “The Sentence” on Nov. 9.
Kyle Lucia Wu’s debut novel, “Win Me Something,” released Nov. 2, traces from childhood to young adulthood twenty-four-year-old Willa Chen’s desperation to be seen when she takes on a part-time job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York.
“Nothing but Blackened Teeth,” released on Oct.19, and is Cassandra Khaw’s newest horror novella and classic ghost story based on Japanese folklore. It follows five protagonists as they navigate a Heian house that is rumored to be haunted.
“Cloud Cuckoo Land,” released Sept. 28, is Anthony Doerr’s latest novel. A literary epic spanning nearly six centuries that follows the lives of five characters who are connected by their love for a single book: “Cloud Cuckoo Land.”
