New releases we can’t wait to read by Brandi Carlile, Seth Rogen and more

Spring books guide:

“Libertie”

The Whiting Award-winning author of “We Love You, Charlie Freeman” returns with the story of a young Black girl coming of age in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, New York, inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the U.S.

by Kaitlyn Greenidge

“The Five Wounds”

This debut novel from the National Book Critics Circle Award winner is set in a small New Mexico town, where Amadeo Padilla’s daughter Angel shows up unannounced, and pregnant, during Holy Week.

by Kirstin Valdez Quade

“Caul Baby”

Jenkins makes her fiction debut with a novel about the Melancon, a powerful Harlem, New York, family of female healers known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the source of their power.

by Morgan Jerkins

“The Son of Mr. Suleman”

The author’s final novel following his death in January, about Black professor Pi Suleman, whose career is threatened when a white colleague threatens to claim he assaulted her.

by Eric Jerome Dickey

“Yearbook”

A collection of personal essays and funny, true-life stories from the “Long Shot” and "This is the End" actor. “I hope you enjoy the book should you buy it, and if you don’t enjoy it, I’m sorry,” Rogen writes.

by Seth Rogen

“Billie Eilish”

The musician takes readers on a visual narrative journey through her life, on stage and off, in a book featuring hundreds of never-before-seen photos.

by Billie Eilish

“Raft of Stars”

In the summer of 1994, two young Wisconsin boys, mistakenly believing they’ve committed a deadly crime, flee into the woods in this nostalgic coming-of-age story.

by Andrew J. Graff

“Good Company”

“Good Company”

Sweeney returns with a tender, bighearted story of the bonds of marriage and friendship. Everything Flora thought she knew about her life is upset when she stumbles across an envelope containing her husband’s wedding ring, which he claimed he lost.

by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

“The Souvenir Museum”

The author of “The Giant’s House” and “Bowlaway” releases a powerfully written new collection of short fiction that explores the mysterious bonds of family.

by Elizabeth McCracken

“With Teeth”

From the author of “Mostly Dead Things” comes this queer, dysfunctional family drama. Sammie Lucas is increasingly scared of her son, whose unruly behavior turns into physical aggression she must confront.

by Kristen Arnett

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