Readworthy: This month’s best literary fiction

Don’t miss the best new literary fiction from the past month, hand-picked by our editors!  [Readworthy by BookBub] [This Month’s Best New Literary Fiction] Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? [Let us know](.  [.](  [Book cover for The Coin by Yasmin Zaher]( [Book cover for The Coin by Yasmin Zaher]( IN THE MEDIA [Time Magazine, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, People, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Vogue] People raves about this ‘page-turning delight’ from a fresh new literary voice In New York City, a young Palestinian woman who works as a schoolteacher and moonlights as a criminal finds her senses of morality, belonging, and identity uprooted. IN THE MEDIA [Time Magazine, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, People, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Vogue] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard]( [Book cover for How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard]( IN THE MEDIA [NPR, People, Harper's Bazaar, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist] Find out why this multigenerational saga has won the hearts of Jodi Picoult, Richard Russo, and Wally Lamb! Fifty-four-year-old Eleanor moves back into the New Hampshire farmhouse where she raised her now-adult children. Under the weight of the past, will it ever feel like home again? IN THE MEDIA [NPR, People, Harper's Bazaar, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş]( [Book cover for The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş]( IN THE MEDIA [The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Booklist] ‘The Anthropologists is both a bright light and a map for how to be. A massively heartening achievement’ – Bryan Washington Follow Asya and Manu as they search for an apartment that’s exactly right for them in a foreign city far from their respective homelands. IN THE MEDIA [The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Booklist] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for The God of the Woods by Liz Moore]( [Book cover for The God of the Woods by Liz Moore]( IN THE MEDIA [Book of the Month, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Vogue, Bustle, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Literary Hub] Critics are raving about this breathtaking read from the author of Long Bright River When 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar vanishes from the bunk of an Adirondack summer camp, it’s a disturbing echo of her brother’s disappearance 14 years earlier… IN THE MEDIA [Book of the Month, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Vogue, Bustle, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Literary Hub] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner]( [Book cover for Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner]( IN THE MEDIA [The New Yorker, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Slate, Vogue, The Guardian, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist] ‘A big, juicy, wickedly funny social satire… probably the funniest book ever about generational family trauma’ – Oprah Daily From the author of Fleishman Is in Trouble: Forty years ago, wealthy Carl Fletcher was kidnapped and held for ransom — and his family is still dealing with the aftermath. But what happens when they learn their fortune has practically disappeared? IN THE MEDIA [The New Yorker, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Slate, Vogue, The Guardian, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg]( [Book cover for State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg]( IN THE MEDIA [Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Esquire, Elle, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Electric Literature, Literary Hub] ‘Let State of Paradise into your life and its sticky, humid setting and twisty mystery will consume you’ – Marie Claire While apocalyptic weather bears down on a sleepy Florida town, a ghostwriter becomes increasingly concerned as its residents, obsessed with a mysterious virtual reality device, begin to disappear one by one. IN THE MEDIA [Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Esquire, Elle, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Electric Literature, Literary Hub] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for Liars by Sarah Manguso]( [Book cover for Liars by Sarah Manguso]( IN THE MEDIA [Time Magazine, NPR, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly] An unflinching exploration of marriage and motherhood, with acclaim from NPR, the Los Angeles Times, and more When aspiring writer Jane meets filmmaker John, they both want the same things: a flourishing family and creative life. But a few years will send their marriage spiraling… IN THE MEDIA [Time Magazine, NPR, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio]( [Book cover for Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio]( IN THE MEDIA [The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe] Fans of Elif Batuman shouldn’t miss this buzzy release that Ira Glass calls ‘diabolically charming and magnetic’ After escaping death in Ecuador and growing up in New York under the care of her grandparents, Catalina enrolls at Harvard. As she approaches graduation, she grapples with the future’s uncertainties and shimmering possibilities in this coming-of-age novel. IN THE MEDIA [The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal]( [Book cover for Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal]( IN THE MEDIA [Good Housekeeping, Parade, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist] ‘Will draw you in and demand — with a warm smile — that you embrace island life and stay a while’ – Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures London veterinarian Charlotte claims she’s moving to the island of Tuga to study endangered tortoises — but she’s also looking to uncover her mysterious connection to the community. Among warmly eccentric locals, will she find what she’s looking for? IN THE MEDIA [Good Housekeeping, Parade, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...]( [Book cover for The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck]( [Book cover for The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck]( IN THE MEDIA [The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub] Geraldine Brooks says this ‘exquisitely crafted’ collection ‘places Ben Shattuck firmly among the very finest of our storytellers’ Set in New England — from the lush forests of Maine to the insular island of Nantucket — these 12 tales of misunderstandings, secrets, and human connection intertwine across centuries. IN THE MEDIA [The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub] [Get on Amazon]( or [Learn more...](   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  [.](