It’s really difficult to deliver a complex blend of the personal and the political in fiction. In FEMALE LIFE ON PLANET EARTH, Laleh Khadivi does it gorgeously. @eccobooks bookpage.com/?p=233953

Emily St. John Mandel’s EXIT PARTY offers comfort, warmth and diverting strangeness through its unsettling vision of the near future. @AAKnopf bookpage.com/?p=233951

Penetrating and sobering, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s END TIMES FASCISM is sure to cause a stir—and that’s the point. @fsgbooks bookpage.com/?p=233949

In EMPIRE, her conclusion to the duology that began with Heir, Sabaa Tahir thoughtfully examines the cost of war and its harsh effects on the most vulnerable. @penguinkids bookpage.com/?p=233947

Author-illustrator Shawn Harris won a Caldecott Medal for his authorial debut, Have You Ever Seen A Flower? in 2022, and his accolades as an artist have been racking up ever since his 2017 illustrative debut, Her Right Foot, written by Dave Eggers. In true Harris fashion, he experimented with a new artistic medium in his upcoming picture book, DUEL, featuring colorful finger-painted, mirrored illustrations of a showdown between two knights. @NealPorterBooks bookpage.com/?p=234218

DOOM & GLOOM marks the start of a zany new graphic series, full of villainy and comic charm personified by a lovable pair of goofball felines. @ bookpage.com/?p=234216

In DODGE CITY, Patrick deWitt admirably captures the conflicted mind of a young man from a dysfunctional family living in an era of unsettling change. @eccobooks bookpage.com/?p=234214

In DEATH OF AN ORDINARY MAN, Sarah Perry recalls the long days of her father-in-law’s death, inviting readers to better understand the journey that awaits us all. @marinerbooks bookpage.com/?p=233941

Emily Ogden’s powerful, transgressive biography of Edgar Allan Poe celebrates the author’s ability to uncover the murky, infrequently acknowledged darkness within us—and invite it to the table. @VikingBooks bookpage.com/?p=233893

Tracy Daugherty’s tremendous biography of CORMAC MCCARTHY traverses the vast, ever-changing landscape in which the author developed his distinctive voice. @stmartinspress bookpage.com/?p=233939

The two-time Newbery medalist for Number the Stars and The Giver has written another sensational middle grade novel that promises to inspire young readers to advocate for themselves and their freedoms. In Lois Lowry’s newest dystopian novel, BUILDING 903, compliance with tyrannical censorship is embedded in the culture. However, 14-year-old Tessa strays from society’s strict rules and learns about the magical powers of books and their link to creativity, individuality and imagination while searching for her missing twin, Theo. bookpage.com/?p=234212

Rioghnach Robinson observes toxic literary culture with incredible precision in BAD WORDS, a romance between a critic and the author whose work she pans. @stmartinspress bookpage.com/?p=234210

Madeline ffitch’s second novel, AVALON, RISE, is a humane and timely work about the turmoil incited when neo-Nazis start gaining power in a fading Appalachian town. @fsgbooks bookpage.com/?p=234208

ATOMIC COFFIN combines the creeping dread of Cold War brinkmanship with the terrifying unknown of cosmic horror. @GalleryBooks bookpage.com/?p=234206

Full of heart and beautifully constructed, Becky Chambers’ AS YOU WAKE, BREAK THE SHELL, is a sapphic love story that will take readers to the stars. @harpervoyagerus bookpage.com/?p=234204

AS WE FALL THROUGH TIME is a compelling story of love and relationships, where the abstract conceit of time travel is grounded by human, heartfelt moments. @orbitbooks bookpage.com/?p=234198

In Min Jin Lee’s AMERICAN HAGWON, the fate of the Koh family is a masterfully composed reflection on the Gordian knot of class, culture and education in South Korea and America. @ bookpage.com/?p=233927

Annalee Newitz charming, thoughtful A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD is continually surprising and delightful as it follows an alien grad student who travels to first-century Pompeii. @torbooks bookpage.com/?p=234202

Food reporter Emily Heil’s debut romance is a delightful, gently magical tale centering on a cookbook and its ghostly author. @readforeverpub bookpage.com/?p=234200

Freida McFadden’s THE WITCH is a gothic haunted house tale for those who like history with their mystery. @pppress bookpage.com/?p=233921