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| |  | | If you're a millennial (or if you were just, like, alive in the 2010s), you know just how much John Green's YA novels shaped the generation.
So the news that he's writing his first book for adults feels kind of full-circle. Like we've all grown up and he's still right there with us. | | Quick links: | | | | | | | Bookmarks | Exciting New Releases | | |  | | LITERARY FICTION SPOTLIGHT | | Son of Nobody | | by Yann Martel | | Yann Martel's Life of Pi was a cultural phenomenon—will his new retelling of the Trojan War be one, too? In a starred review, Kirkus certainly thinks so, saying: "A powerful meditation on life, death, and the vanity of human wishes, all illustrated by a poem that would do Homer proud." | | Read the plot | | |  | | HISTORICAL FANTASY SPOTLIGHT | | The Quarter Queen | | by Kayla Hardy | | A spellbinding debut announces a bold new voice: in 1840s New Orleans, a rebellious young Voodoo witch must unravel her mother's dangerous past to save her life—and a city on the brink of darkness—earning early praise as "an edgy, intoxicating novel pulsing with the dark heartbeat of New Orleans" (Sarah Penner). | | Read the plot | | | | | | Together with |  | | |  | | | | Badly Explained Plots: Guess the Book | | A father and son take a heartfelt bonding trip through a burned-out wasteland, surviving on canned food, deep thoughts, and a firm commitment to not becoming someone else's dinner. | | Answer in footer | | | | | | | | | Here are a few more new books out this week that we didn't have room to feature but definitely deserve a spot on your radar.
American Han by Lisa Lee (Contemporary)
Debut. A once "perfect" immigrant family begins to unravel when a son goes missing, exposing the quiet, devastating cost of chasing the American Dream.
Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones (Thriller)
New from the author of Reese's Book Club pick The Other Woman. After a hit-and-run shatters their perfect life, a once-devoted couple turns on each other in a deadly game of blame.
The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín (Short Stories)
New from the NYT bestselling author of Brooklyn. A series of quietly devastating stories explores how love, loss, and family ties linger long after the moments that break them. | | | | | | | | |
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