This month’s must-read literary fiction

Don't miss the best recent literary fiction from the past month, hand-picked by our editors!  [BookBub](  [.](  This Month’s Best New Literary Fiction Our goal at BookBub is to help you find amazing new books to read every day. We’re testing out new monthly emails that will highlight the best recent releases in your favorite genres. If you’d like to continue receiving this email, you don’t need to do anything. If you’re not interested, you can opt out by clicking [here](. Finally, if you have any feedback about this new offering, please reply to this email — we’d love to hear from you! The Cemetery of Untold Stories The Cemetery of Untold Stories The Cemetery of Untold Stories By Julia Alvarez New Release The trailblazing author of In the Time of the Butterflies “brings the magic” (Booklist) with this “warm and graceful” book (Los Angeles Times) highly anticipated by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Today Show. When a writer buries the manuscripts she can’t finish, her characters come to life. “Brims with the intoxicating power of storytelling” (Publishers Weekly). [Amazon]( Table for Two Table for Two Table for Two By Amor Towles New Release From the wildly popular author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway comes a story collection highly anticipated by the New York Times Book Review, Time, Reader’s Digest, and more! Set in Golden Age Hollywood and New York City, these dazzling tales explore marriage, fateful encounters, and more. “Superb… This may be Towles’s best book yet” (Los Angeles Times). [Amazon]( I Cheerfully Refuse I Cheerfully Refuse I Cheerfully Refuse By Leif Enger New Release The New York Times bestselling author of Peace Like a River delivers a wholly original stunner that “feels like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reconceived by Cormac McCarthy” (The Washington Post). In search of his bookseller wife, Rainy sets sail on a small boat — one that will go on to weather violent storms, travel to unfamiliar islands, and house new companions… “A rare, remarkable book to be kept and reread” (Minneapolis Star Tribune). [Amazon]( Lucky Lucky Lucky By Jane Smiley New Release In her latest “spellbinding” novel, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author who penned the contemporary classic A Thousand Acres “orchestrates a seismic twist of staggering magnitude” (Booklist starred review)! Carrying her through an idyllic childhood in Missouri and a star-studded, globe-spanning career, luck has always been on Jodie Rattler’s side. But she still feels that something is missing… From a “master storyteller” (Los Angeles Times). [Amazon]( The Audacity The Audacity The Audacity By Ryan Chapman New Release Serving up “delicious satire” (Vanity Fair), this highly anticipated April release “promises some good, hard laughs” (The Millions)! In 72 hours, an exposé will reveal that Victoria Stevens’s billion-dollar start-up is a fraud. But then she disappears — leaving her husband in the lurch… Fans of The White Lotus will love this “pithy send-up of one of Silicon Valley’s most intriguing crimes” (Publishers Weekly). [Amazon]( Honey Honey Honey By Victor Lodato New Release A perfect pick for fans of Olive Kitteridge: Meet 82-year-old Honey Fasinga, an “irresistible character who is as complex as she is charming” (The Washington Post), in this “stunning novel” (Booklist) about the feisty octogenarian’s reluctant return to her hometown after decades away. “I’ll not soon forget [this] extraordinary heroine or her captivating life story” (Wally Lamb). [Amazon]( The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers By Samuel Burr New Release Take it from Alexander McCall Smith: “There is abundant pleasure on offer here.” Abandoned as a child, Clayton Stumper was raised by the eccentric members of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers. Follow along as he solves one final mind-boggler that promises to reveal the mystery of his parentage and prepare him for life beyond the walls of the commune… “A literary mood boost about friendship and found family” (Real Simple). [Amazon]( The Limits The Limits The Limits By Nell Freudenberger New Release With stamps of approval from celebrated authors like Katie Kitamura, Claire Messud, and Rumaan Alam, this “lambent, deeply sympathetic, and thought-provoking” new release (Booklist starred review) has the literary world buzzing. Over the course of a single year in New York City, the lives of teenagers Pia and Athyna transform in very different ways… [Amazon]( A Kind of Madness A Kind of Madness A Kind of Madness By Uche Okonkwo New Release One of Oprah Daily’s most anticipated releases of 2024, this “surprising, illuminating, and deeply human” debut short story collection (Booklist) follows characters navigating complex relationships and societal pressures in modern-day Nigeria. “Steady-handed and gut-punching. I’m in awe of this mad collection, this necessary writer” (NoViolet Bulawayo). [Amazon]( A Great Country A Great Country A Great Country By Shilpi Somaya Gowda New Release Book clubs, rejoice: This family drama is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser that Ashley Audrain hails as “deeply moving” and Therese Anne Fowler calls “truly worthwhile.” When the Shahs move to a wealthy neighborhood in Southern California, a heartbreaking turn of events threatens to tear the family of five apart… “Readers won’t want to put this down” (Publishers Weekly starred review). [Amazon](   You are receiving this email because {EMAIL} is signed up for updates highlighting the best recent releases from the past month in your categories. If you'd like to change the type of content you see you can [update your preferences](. If you don’t want to receive emails like this, please [unsubscribe here](. BookBub · 1 Broadway 14th floor · Cambridge, MA 02142 · United States  [.](