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! [Come and Get It] [Come and Get It] Come & Get It By Kiley Reid New Release Emily Henry couldn’t put down this Good Morning America Book Club Pick from the acclaimed author of Such a Fun Age! In this “blistering send-up of academia” (Publishers Weekly), a strange assignment from a professor sends Millie’s life into a tailspin. “Sure to get tongues wagging” (Elle). [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple Books]( [Kobo]( [Google Play]( [Martyr!] [Martyr!] Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar New Release One of the year’s most anticipated debuts is “coming straight for your heart” (People) with rave reviews from Lauren Groff, Tommy Orange, and Mary Karr! Cyrus, the orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, unravels his family's secrets in this wholly original novel that's “nothing short of miraculous” (The New York Times Book Review). [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple Books]( [Kobo]( [Google Play]( [The Waters] [The Waters] The Waters By Bonnie Jo Campbell New Release A must-read for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing: Three generations grapple with secrets, desires, and the hardships of rural life on a swampy island in Michigan. This Read with Jenna Book Club pick from a National Book Award finalist is “a verdant, gripping, and clarion saga of home, family, and womanhood” (Booklist starred review). [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple Books]( [Kobo]( [Google Play]( [Good Material] [Good Material] Good Material By Dolly Alderton New Release Read along with the Today Show’s book club this month and see why Dolly Alderton is “one of the foremost ‘it’ writers of our time” (Lisa Taddeo)! Heartbroken Andy doesn’t understand why Jen dumped him, but he’s determined to figure it out in this “wise and relatable and pee-your-pants funny” novel (Lena Dunham). [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple Books]( [Kobo]( [Google Play]( [Hard by a Great Forest] [Hard by a Great Forest] Hard by a Great Forest By Leo Vardiashvili New Release One of Oprah Daily’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024, this debut “blows open the heart of the past” and “introduces a fine new voice in contemporary fiction” (Colum McCann). After fleeing post-Soviet Georgia as a child, Saba returns to his homeland to find his missing father. Khaled Hosseini “gasped, laughed, and wept [his] way through” this profound meditation on war, family, and hope. [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple Books]( [Kobo]( [Google Play]( [Beautyland] [Beautyland] Beautyland By Marie-Helene Bertino New Release “A monumental accomplishment, a shimmering masterpiece” (The Boston Globe) recommended by The Millions, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more: Tasked with explaining life on Earth to her extraterrestrial relatives, young Adina explores humanity’s failures, beauty, and resilience. “Your heart needs it. Trust me” (Mira Jacob). [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple Books]( [Kobo]( [Google Play]( [The Fetishist] [The Fetishist] The Fetishist By Katherine Min New Release A “wild delight” (People): Named one of 2024’s most anticipated releases by Entertainment Weekly, Nylon, and Book Riot, this provocative novel “plunges headfirst into the depths of objectification and sexualization” (Elle). Revel in the searing final novel by the late Katherine Min, whose “sentences will provoke you and wind their way around your heart” (Lisa Ko). [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple Books]( [Kobo]( [Google Play]( [The Bullet Swallower] [The Bullet Swallower] The Bullet Swallower By Elizabeth Gonzalez James New Release One of January’s most talked-about releases! Seventy years after a notorious bandido is scarred in a shootout, his grandson unearths centuries of Sonoro family history. But who must pay for his ancestors’ mistakes? “Bringing both Texas and Mexico to the page with a mix of blood and magic” (The Boston Globe), this rip-roaring western with echoes of Gabriel García Márquez is “mesmerizing” (Kirkus Reviews). 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