60+ Books You Need to Read in 2021

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

Some people say that all stories are about either love or war. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Korea, Kim’s epic debut novel is about both. As children, an orphan boy and a girl sold by her family to a courtesan school form a deep friendship—but as they grow older and get swept up in the fight for Korean independence, the two must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice for one another.

Monster in the Middle by Tiphanie Yanique

7 years after releasing her debut novel, Land of Love and Drowning, Yanique is back with a sweeping new novel for the ages—a multigenerational love story spanning New York City, Ghana, and the Virgin Islands across decades.

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

When a National Book Award-nominated poet decides to venture into fiction, it’s an understatement to say that the bar is set pretty high. Even so, it seems Jeffers has cleared that bar with ease: the acclaimed writer’s debut novel follows the story of one American family from early white settlers’ appropriation of Native lands, through the African slave trade and Civil War, all the way into today’s tumultuous times.

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

G.P. Putnam’s Sons

From gymnastics to cheerleading, Abbott is a master at exploring the sinister underbelly of stereotypically feminine pursuits, and her latest—a psycho-thriller about a family-run ballet school whose ecosystem is upended by the arrival of a stranger—is no exception.

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

Hoang’s latest romance puts readers through the wringer, but the happy ending is well worth it. After accidentally going viral, violinist Anna Sun should be celebrating her success; instead, she’s wrestling with burnout. When her boyfriend suggests they see other people, Anna sees it as a chance to figure out who she is apart from others’ expectations of her—but at what cost?

I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins

In Watkins’ hotly anticipated new novel, a writer struggling from postpartum depression boards a flight to a professional engagement in Reno that turns into a rambling journey of reckoning. A mother separated from the demands of motherhood, she plumbs the depths of her past and traverses the Mojave in search of an ever-elusive sense of closure.

Palmares by Gayle Jones

After 20 years of silence, Toni Morrison’s protégée returns this fall with the story of Almeyda, an enslaved Black girl who flees the plantations of Brazil and escapes to a fugitive settlement called Palmares – a safe haven for Black Brazilians fleeing captivity. Of course, reaching Palmares marks only the beginning of Almeyda’s journey. Soon after, she sets off across colonial Brazil in search of her lost husband.

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

Let’s face it: there’s something kind of sinister about the Alexas and Siris and Google Home Maxes of the world. We’ve entrusted them with our homes, our families, and our most private information, all in hopes that they’ll make our lives a bit easier—but at what cost? Moreno explores the answer to that question in this gripping thriller, which follows a widower tormented by the smart speaker his late wife left behind.

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Card-carrying members of Bachelor Nation, look alive! Cochrun’s swoon-worthy debut follows a producer on a Bachelor-esque reality show whose idealistic view of romance gets upended when he starts to develop feelings for the show’s lead, a handsome—and very awkward—tech genius who’s taken the job to rehabilitate his image.

Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel

When it premiered on HBO last year at the height of the pandemic, Coel’s groundbreaking series I May Destroy You may indeed have destroyed more than a few viewers—but it saved a lot of them, too. This fall, the writer embraces that legacy with her new book, which serves as an impassioned ode to never fitting in.

Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel

Flatiron Books

If you like stories about families coming to terms with long-held secrets, Patel’s self-assured debut should be on your radar. As the one-year anniversary of her husband’s death approaches, seemingly perfect Renu questions whether she chose the wrong life; in Los Angeles, her commitment-phobic son Akash is still waiting for his to begin. When Akash returns to Illinois to help Renu sell the family house, both mother and son come face to face with their past regrets.

What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy

An ensemble cast of Haitians must contend with the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Clancy’s unmissable first novel, which has already earned praise from writers such as Edwidge Danticat and Zinzi Clemmons. Across Port-au-Prince—Haiti’s capital—produce sellers, NGO architects, and wealthy expats alike navigate the fallout from the disaster.

Fight Night by Miriam Toews

Fight Club for girls, this isn’t. The bestselling Women Talking author’s new book follows three generations of women—irrepressible Grandma, her nine-year-old granddaughter Swiv, and Swiv’s pregnant mother—as they fight to survive in Toronto.

Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed edited by Saraciea J. Fennell

With a standout roster of authors that includes Naima Coster, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is the kind of anthology we’d gladly wait all year for. In fifteen works of poetry and essays—from tales of the supernatural to takedowns of anti-Blackness—this collection offers something for just about every kind of reader.

Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu

Growing up biracial between New Jersey and Upstate New York, Willa Chen got used to never fitting in. But when she begins nannying for the Adriens, a wealthy white family living in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, Willa suddenly becomes acutely aware of all the things she never had as a girl. Winsome and tender, Wu’s debut novel is about a girl who must confront her out-of-place childhood in her search for a solid sense of self.

God of Mercy by Okezie Nwoka

Forget what you think you know about the divine and let Nwoka’s bewitching novel introduce you to the Igbo village of Ichulu—home to Ijeoma, a girl who can fly. As the people of Ichulu and the surrounding villages wrestle with their gods, Ijeoma is forced into exile, where she must reckon with her growing powers while navigating a hostile world.

Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow

Grand Central Publishing

A veteran journalist and podcaster (she co-founded NPR’s Code Switch), Chow turns her incisive gaze inward for her first book. Chronicling the aftereffects of her mother’s unexpected death from cancer, Chow’s memoir traces her extended family’s path across the globe to draw a startlingly intimate portrait of grief.

The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate

Atria Books

What if you could access the memories of those around you? That’s the premise of Westgate’s dystopian first novel, which follows Lucien and Sophie to a Los Angeles rehab center dedicated to treating abusers of a powerful new drug called Memoroxin. The two have no memory of each other, but are inexplicably drawn to one another all the same, in this Eternal Sunshine

for a new era.

The President and the Frog by Carolina de Robertis

De Robertis has carved out a niche for herself as a writer of playful, inventive novels that challenge our understanding of society, and her latest is no exception. A journalist visits a former Latin-American president in the lush gardens of the president’s modest home to discuss his life and legacy. Once a revolutionary who was jailed for inciting insurrection, the former president claims to have survived solitary confinement with the help of an unexpected companion: a deeply philosophical frog.

We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

Ever since they met as children, Black TV anchor Riley and her white best friend Jen have been closer than sisters. Even as adults, they can’t imagine anything ever coming between them—until Jen’s police officer husband shoots an unarmed Black teenager, and Riley is tasked with covering the story. Bestselling author Piazza and debut novelist Pride join forces for this deeply urgent novel about a heartbreakingly American phenomenon.

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

It’s the early 20th century, and the Barclays, an upper-crust white household with an all-Black staff, are teetering on the edge of financial ruin. In a last-ditch effort to save the family, Mr. Barclay decides to mass-market their cook Miss Mamie’s delicious rib sauce, complete with an illustration of their groundskeeper, August Sitwell, on the label—without offering either employee a dime of the proceeds. The result: a searing exploration of racial exploitation and betrayal. 

The Divines by Ellie Eaton

Decades after her teenage boarding school days in the English countryside, Josephine—now a married career woman in Los Angeles—feels compelled to return to the now-shuttered institution where she lived out her adolescence. But as she revisits the final weeks leading up to the scandal that shut down the school, Josephine’s present-day life begins to unravel. 

The Removed by Brandon Hobson

Every year, the Echotas commemorate their teenage son Ray-Ray’s death by police shooting with a family bonfire. Now, with both remaining children grown and each grappling with their own addiction, their mother, Maria, attempts to call the family together once more. Blurring the boundaries between the tangible and the spiritual, Brandon Hobson’s latest novel draws on Cherokee folklore to offer a moving meditation on family, home, and ancestral trauma.  

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

From the author of The Pisces, a novel about a woman who channels her self-loathing into a romance with a merman, comes a read about a woman who, in an effort to stop channeling her self-loathing into calorie counting, channels it instead into a fascination with an Orthodox Jewish frozen yogurt shop worker. According to the publisher, the burgeoning relationship between the two women is “marked by mirrors, mysticism, mothers, milk, and honey.” Color us intrigued. 

Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy by Rachel Ricketts

Let’s face it: The brutality of 2020 has left a lot of us craving spiritual guidance. At the same time, we’ve also been through a racial reckoning that has led us to divest from beloved thought leaders, brands, and other erstwhile sources of solace. What’s a guru-seeking girl to do? Enter Rachel Ricketts’s ultimate how-to manual, subtitled Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy, which tackles fighting against injustice while staying spiritually grounded. FYI, Mandy Moore and Elizabeth Gilbert are already fans. 

Kink: Stories by Multiple Authors

Now 12% off

Just in time for Valentine’s Day comes a can’t-miss collection of short stories about love and desire. If the idea of reading a kink-themed anthology scares you, consider the fact that the list of contributors is a veritable who’s who of the literary world: Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, Chris Kraus, and Brandon Taylor are all represented in this volume. 

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

The title is a bit of a misnomer: Everyone is bound to be talking about this first novel from Patricia Lockwood, the poet and author of the memoir Priestdaddy. In it, a social media superstar travels the world meeting her fans—until two urgent texts from her mother pierce the delicate bubble of her online life. 

Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro

In Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest book, the titular Klara is an Artificial Friend who sits on a store shelf and waits for someone to purchase her. The resulting meditation on loneliness and the meaning of love is sure to be yet another tour de force from the award-winning Never Let Me Go author. 

Mona by Pola Oloixarac

Bored of the awestruck, exotic-pet quality of her status as an acclaimed woman writer of color at an elite university, Mona seizes the chance to escape to an isolated Swedish village to vie for “the most important literary award in Europe.” But when she gets there, she soon realizes that her inner demons have followed her across the globe. We can’t wait to get our hands on Pola Oloixarac’s sly, unnerving new novel.  

Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

In Harper’s BAZAAR features director Kaitlyn Greenidge’s captivating new novel, title character Libertie Sampson is the free-born daughter of a Reconstruction-era Black female physician—but Libertie would rather pursue music than follow in her mother’s footsteps. When a suitor promises to whisk her away to a life of true equity in Haiti, Libertie finds herself bumping up against the confines of her namesake. In this book, Greenidge invites her readers to explore a central question: What kinds of freedom are actually available to Black women? 

Lurkers by Sandi Tan

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In this new title by the director of the genre-defying documentary Shirkers, the inhabitants of a suburban Los Angeles neighborhood grapple with anger, loneliness, and a creepy drama teacher over the course of several decades. If that seems vague, perhaps it would help to know that writers as disparate as Kevin Kwan, Megan Abbott, and Elif Batuman count themselves among the novel’s biggest fans. 

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

When Jeanette agrees to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE, she is suddenly forced to reckon with her complicated ties to her mother—herself an immigrant—and her grandmother who still lives in Cuba. Following three generations of Cuban women from Mexico to Miami, Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel promises to be a sweeping tour de force about addiction, displacement, and the legacy of trauma. 

Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins

You don’t get to be a New York Times best-selling author and preeminent cultural critic by accident: Morgan Jerkins’s first two books, her debut essay collection, This Will Be My Undoing, and the memoir Wandering in Strange Lands, challenged us to rethink the way we talk about race and gender. Now, the author’s fiction debut—an otherworldly tale about Black motherhood, magic, and gentrification—is poised to do the same. 

We Are Watching Eliza Bright by A.E. Osworth

Is Eliza Bright a brilliant self-taught video game coder or an existential threat to the entire gaming industry? It depends on who you ask. After going public with an instance of harassment at her workplace, Fancy Dog Games, Eliza becomes a champion to women everywhere—and public enemy number one to the subreddit of male gamers narrating A.E. Osworth’s unputdownable Gamergate-inspired debut novel. 

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri

The boundary-pushing author’s first new novel in nearly a decade—and her first book originally written in Italian and then translated into English—charts a year in its main character’s life as she wavers between attachment and alienation. A loner living in an unspecified Italian city, the unnamed woman observes her surroundings and relationships as if from a remove. The result: a lyrical meditation on language and solitude. 

Pop Song: Adventures in Art & Intimacy by Larissa Pham

Artist and lit world phenom Larissa Pham’s debut essay collection is like a literary mixtape, which makes its title all the more apt. In her pieces about travel, sex, loss, and inner work, Pham builds a magpie-like nest out of cultural references. The works Anne Carson, Frank Ocean, and James Turrell all feature in these pages, culminating in a volume that feels comfortingly worn-in and relatably restless. 

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

With an adaptation at Hulu already in the works, Zakiya Dalila Harris’s upcoming debut is a can’t-miss title for 2021. When Nella Rogers, an editorial assistant at Wagner Books, meets new employee Hazel, she’s thrilled to no longer be the only Black girl at work. But before long, Hazel catapults to the position of office favorite, and Nella is receiving threatening messages: “LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.” 

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

After a year rife with NXIVM exposés and QAnon conspiracy theories, it’s safe to say that many of us have cults on the brain. How do we spot them? How do we avoid them? According to Wordslut author Amanda Montell, we may already be too late: From our workout classes to our Instagram feeds, the language of fanatical groups is all around us. In this juicy read, Montell breaks down linguistic and verbal techniques used by the cultish communities that influence our behaviors every day. 

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Name a writer more essential to the recent landscape of contemporary fiction—and more prolific—than Akwaeke Emezi has been over the last five years. (Seriously, I’ll wait.) Now, the author of Freshwater and The Death of Vivek Oji is coming out with a sure-to-stun memoir, subtitled A Black Spirit Memoir, about navigating success, gender, and self. 

Impostor Syndrome: A Novel by Kathy Wang

With Family Trust, her debut novel, Wang established herself as a skilled satirist of the Northern Californian dream. This year, Wang’s sophomore effort sees those same tendencies take a turn for the sinister in this cat-and-mouse story about Alice, a low-level Silicon Valley employee who stumbles upon a company secret—and the upper-level employee who may be exploiting it.  

Filthy Animals: Stories by Brandon Taylor

A self-described short story writer at heart, the author of last year’s acclaimed Real Life returns to his creative home turf with this volume of linked tales about young Midwestern creatives struggling to find their way in the face of cancer, polyamory, and other dilemmas of varying severity. Even if you’re not usually a reader of short stories, this is a collection you won’t want to miss. 

The Atmospherians by Alex McElroy

From the onslaught of QAnon tell-all media to the Scientology-heavy testimony at Danny Masterson’s ongoing rape trial, real-life cult stories are currently dominating the airwaves. If you need a break from the real thing but still want to sate your curiosity about fanatical groups, try this novel about a “rehabilitation community” designed to rid men of their toxic masculinity.

Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer by Jamie Figueroa

In an “exotic” tourist town, two siblings reeling from the death of their mother make a bet: If they can make enough money by the end of the weekend to leave this place behind, brother Rafa must promise not to kill himself; otherwise, sister Rufina must make peace with Rafa’s own plans for the future. The result is a tropical ghost story about the ways in which Brown lives are railroaded by white excess.

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

In 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery as it was known in the United States. But what happened to the many artifacts of the enslavement-based American economy? Some, like former plantations that have since become museums, attempt to reckon with the past. Others, like the Louisiana State Penitentiary, obscure their origins. In How the Word Is Passed, Clint Smith examines these and other cultural artifacts—and unravels what they have to tell us about the legacy of slavery in America.

In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo

Two boys set out from their West African village to hunt bats in a nearby forest; within a month, they are dead. As their mysterious disease ripples through the locals, an ancient baobab tree stands watch, mourning the losses while looking toward the future. A gripping story about the West African Ebola epidemic of 2014, Véronique Tadjo’s book is an all-too-resonant parable for our time.

The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

Thirty-three-year-old Amadeo Padilla is preparing to play the role of Jesus in his town’s Good Friday procession when his 15-year-old daughter, Angel, flees her mother’s house and shows up, very pregnant, on his doorstep. In the year after, Angel’s baby is born, relatives from across five generations of Amadeo’s family drift in and out of his orbit, and he is confronted with their expectations of him—expectations that Amadeo doesn’t know if he can live up to.

With Teeth by Kristen Arnett

As a writer, Kristen Arnett excels at the “sublimely weird” and extremely gay, and her new novel is no exception. Sammie Lucas is a happily married queer woman who works out of her home in Florida, and to be honest, she’s scared of her toddler, Samson. As Sammie’s son grows into a teenager, his hostility reaches a tipping point, and Sammie must confront her role in the destruction of their family.

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

In The Hague, an unnamed woman looking for an escape from her life arrives to work as an interpreter. Before long, she’s embroiled in an affair with a married man, an investigation into war crimes perpetrated by a former West African president, and a random act of violence that takes place across town.

Out July 20

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Two years after putting a flourishing art career on hold to raise her newborn son, a housewife and mother begins to notice strange changes in her body. Convinced she’s turning into a dog, the woman sets out to find a cure. Along the way, she stumbles upon a group of MLM mommies who may be more than meets the eye.

Out July 20

Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So

With his debut collection of stories about Cambodian Americans grappling with inherited trauma coming out this year, Anthony Veasna So was an acclaimed young writer poised to skyrocket to literary stardom. So passed away in December 2020, but his work lives on. And with Brit Bennett, George Saunders, and Mary Karr—among others—singing its praises, Afterparties has staked its claim as a 2021 title not to be missed.

Out August 3

Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman

If you haven’t read any of Alexandra Kleeman’s work—such as her standout debut, You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine—imagine an Ottessa Moshfegh story, except less morbid and more anxious. In her new novel, an East Coast novelist heads to Hollywood to oversee a film adaptation of his book. Instead, he and the film’s star join forces to investigate the source of a series of disasters sweeping the city.

Out August 3

Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

Ash Davidson’s debut novel tells the story of the Gundersens, a logging family that has spent generations working among the redwoods of the California coast. When a nearby grove goes up for sale, Rich Gundersen rustles up the family’s life savings to buy it. But Rich’s wife, Colleen, who has suffered several miscarriages and believes the local logging company’s herbicides may be to blame, embarks on a search for answers that threatens to undermine his plans.

Out August 3

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

The queen of crime behind the high school cheerleader thriller Dare Me and gymnastics-focused murder mystery You Will Know Me turns her insidious eye to the high-stakes world of ballet in her latest novel. The Durant sisters have run the Durant School of Dance ever since their mother’s tragic death more than a decade ago. But a suspicious accident occurs just before the school’s annual performance of The Nutcracker, disrupting the delicate balance of the sisters’ relationship.

Out August 3

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

LaTanya McQueen’s haunting first novel follows a Black woman named Mira who returns to her Southern hometown for her white best friend Celine’s plantation wedding. When the Woodsman plantation’s bloody legacy encroaches upon the big day, Mira, Celine, and Mira’s first love, Jesse, must reckon with their history in order to save themselves.

Out August 3

Paris Is a Party, Paris Is a Ghost by David Hoon Kim

Following the death of his girlfriend, aspiring translator Henrik begins to see her—or someone who looks like her—all over Paris. Henrik sets out to discover the truth behind her death, and before long, he finds himself reexamining his past as a Japanese adoptee to Danish parents. The result is a “darkly comic” debut novel about the way our pasts can haunt us.

Out August 3

Savage Tongues by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

When Iranian-American teenager Arezu travels to Spain for the summer, she expects to begin building a relationship with her estranged father. Instead, she inherits a months-long stay in his empty apartment, a weekly allowance, and a fraught, traumatic affair with 40-year-old Omar. Twenty years later, Arezu inherits the apartment, and she returns there to excavate the ghosts of that fateful summer.

Out August 3

The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

In 17th-century England, Puritanism rules the day—and in Manningtree, a town where men have been scarce ever since the wars began, that means a life of uneventful drudgery for Rebecca West. But when a man who identifies himself as the Witchfinder General takes over the local inn, the quiet town’s pace of life begins to quicken. Billed as “Wolf Hall meets The Favourite,The Manningtree Witches is for anyone who likes their historical fiction to feel thrillingly contemporary.

Out August 10

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

After publishing Normal People, Sally Rooney mused about the ” data-vars-ga-product-id=”931ca5dd-756d-4e88-9e7e-99ed81a2e819″ data-vars-ga-product-price=”0.00″ data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand=”” data-vars-ga-product-sem3-category data-vars-ga-product-sem3-id data-affiliate-network>possibility of becoming “one of those people who writes two novels in their 20s then never writes anything else again.” Fortunately for all of us, it seems that she’s changed her mind. Out this year, the lauded novelist’s third novel follows (what else?) several young people in Ireland with uncertain futures as they navigate their personal lives against a precarious socioeconomic backdrop. As much as she resists the title, Rooney’s new book may just cement her status as a leading voice of the millennial generation.

Out September 7

L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón

When Oscar and Keila Alvarado announce their plans to divorce after 40 years of marriage, their daughters—TV chef Claudia; Olivia, a self-loathing architect of new buildings in gentrifying neighborhoods; and social media maven Patricia—have their world turned upside down. As the Alvarados wrestle with what comes next, secrets come to light, and tough decisions must be made.

Out September 7

Matrix by Lauren Groff

As the author of Fates and Furies, Florida, and several other novels and story collections, Lauren Groff has drawn acclaim as a chronicler of intimacy, Floridian weirdness, and utopian ideals. This fall, she’s adding “life in a nunnery” to the list of her areas of literary expertise. Following a young woman who gets cast out of the royal court at the height of the Middle Ages, Matrix takes the stuff of stilted historical fiction and spins it into a mesmerizing study of faith, passion, and violence.

Out September 7

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Mere months after the debut of The Underground Railroad, the magnificent Amazon series adapted by Barry Jenkins from Whitehead’s novel of the same name, the author is turning his singular perspective to a new era of history. The result is a “gloriously entertaining” family saga-meets-crime novel set in 1960s Harlem.

Out September 14

A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria

The author of You Had Me at Hola is back with a second-chance romance about childhood crushes Gabriel and Michelle, who are thrust back together after 13 years of silence when Michelle is hired to spearhead the marketing campaign of Gabriel’s celebrity gym. If you’re in the mood for a swoon-worthy new read, this one’s for you.

Out September 14

Reprieve by James Han Mattson

Fusing the claustrophobic nausea of a locked-room thriller with the social critique of novels by authors like Steph Cha, James Han Mattson’s Reprieve investigates the aftermath of a murder that took place at a Lincoln, Nebraska, escape room in 1997. As the three survivors from that night reckon with their actions, an unsettling story of deceit and complicity begins to emerge.

Out October 5

Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

Separated from her husband and no longer responsible for her adult daughter, Anna—a mixed-race woman raised in England by a white single mother—is adrift in the world. So when she stumbles upon some information about the African father she never knew, she embarks on a search that takes her to a small West African country where her father is a political leader. But is he the nation’s president or its dictator?

Out October 5

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by Margaret Verble

Set in 1920s Nashville, Two Feathers follows its titular character, a Cherokee horse diver determined to untangle a centuries-spanning mystery. When disaster strikes during a show, strange happenings begin to besiege the zoo where Two Feathers and her fellow performers work, and Two must join forces with her colleagues to unearth the truth at the bottom of it all.

Out October 12

Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Coming out just in time for Halloween, Dreaming of You is a novel in verse about a lonely Latinx poet who embarks on a quest to bring pop star Selena Quintanilla back from the dead. What follows is a macabre love story that casts an inquisitive eye on Latinidad, womanhood, and celebrity worship.

Out October 26

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