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Brand-new novels, nonfiction, and all things in between to satisfy every reading urge

Vanities / Books

Keziah Weir

DEEP DIVE nonfiction How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler: In expansive essays, a conservation journalist explores her own identity through the lens of deep ocean life. (Little, Brown)

TASTER PLATE excerpts Pathetic Literature edited by Eileen Myles: bits and bobs to make you feel, excerpted from poems, plays, and prose, from Franz Kafka to Porochista Khakpour. (Grove Press)

SMART SNOOP nonfiction A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carre edited by Tim Cornwell: correspondence of the beloved novelist and former member of both MI5 and MI6. (Viking)

ROMANTIC ROMP fiction Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman: After getting frisky on her roof, lawyer Jane Morgan is put under house arrest—but so is one of her neighbors. (Harper)

DANCE DRAMA fiction They're Going to Love You by Meg Howrey: For the daughter of ballet dancers, the saga of a familial rift and a Greenwich home inheritance come together in an elegant assemblee. (Doubleday)

FAMILY TIES fiction Scatterlings by Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe: In South Africa, tragedy strikes a young family— the mother Black, the father white—in this family history told on an epic scale. (HarperVia)

LOVE & TEARS nonfiction A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney: The comedian's memoir confronts the most devastating of all parental experiences, the grief of losing a child. (Spiegel & Grau)

ARS POETICA poetry Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light by Joy Harjo: From the

former poet laureate of the US, a collection brimming with imagery of Oklahoma, horses, hope. (W.W. Norton)

'90S NOSTALGIA fiction No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte: In 1993 Manhattan, an aspiring rock god tracks his AWOL bandmate (and beloved bass guitar); East Village high jinks ensue. (Simon & Schuster)

ART BIO nonfiction Piet Mondrian: A Life by Hans Janssen: a rich study of the Dutch De Stijl founder's work and legacy. (Ridinghouse)

ALMOST HISTORY fiction A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley: Edgar Allen Poe meets California gold country, as a sex worker turned amateur detective tries to solve the mystery of a string of dead women. (Knopf)