The best new books out this week 📚
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 Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi
This series of lyrical vignettes unveils a British South Asian girl's coming of age amid her mother's mental illness. Ruby talked as a toddler, interpreting her older sister Rania's constant stream of dialogue for her mother, but once she begins school she stops talking. She becomes an observer, and her startling observations are both comedic and melancholic, from comparing her father to a canary to describing her sister's predilection for blood and her mother's episodic torpor and mental anguish. These brief stories from Ruby's life capture her child's perspective while also depicting realities Ruby experiences but hasn't yet grasped, like her neighbor's racism and her mother's mental health. It's a beautifully written and heartbreaking novel that blends autobiography with fiction and poetry with prose. —Margaret Kingsbury
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 All the Feels by Olivia Dade
After Alexander Woodroe — known for playing Cupid in TV's biggest hit, God of the Gates — makes headlines for getting into a bar fight, the showrunners hire a minder to keep him in line. Enter Lauren Clegg — an ER therapist and self-proclaimed harpy. Lauren moves into Alex's guest house, eats all his meals with him, and goes wherever he goes to keep him from getting into trouble. At first, 24 hours together is just a way to make a paycheck. But the more time they spend together, the more blurred the lines between professional and platonic — and eventually, romantic — become. —Shyla Watson
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Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday
Maximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon is the heir to a Dukedom he has absolutely zero interest in. When he's sent to New York to find a bride, he shirks his responsibilities and lands on the doorstep of Dani Martinez — a woman he met at a royal wedding who he's wanted to befriend. Fresh on the heels of a breakup, Dani has all but sworn off men. With neither of them interested in romance, they decide to become friends. But as they grow close and their attraction grows, they find themselves in bed together...only Dani is family-approved and she isn't sure she can handle the pressures of royal life. They'll have to decide if they're willing to risk it all for a life together, or play it safe for one apart. —Shyla Watson
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The Singles Table by Sara Desai
Most people love weddings for the emotional ceremony, the dance floor, or the open bar. For aspiring entertainment lawyer Zara Patel, it's all about the singles' table. There, she can work her matchmaking magic and help unsuspecting singles find love. She's never met someone she couldn't match...until she meets former military security specialist, Jay Donovan, who is all but married to his job. The two are as opposite as they come, but when they realize they'll be stuck together for the entire wedding season, they strike a deal: he'll give her access to his celebrity clients if she helps him find his perfect girl...who's the last person he'd expect. —Shyla Watson
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 Journey to the Heart of the Abyss by London Shah
Leyla has reunited with her father, but in the process has lost Ari. Though she's been labeled the number-one enemy of the nation, she's determined not only to track down Ari, but also to discover and dismantle the future plans of the authorities behind her father's abduction and arrest. And with tensions between Anthropoid and non-Anthropoid communities reaching an all-time high, it will take a whole lot of courage to make it through the darkness. This magnificent sequel caps off one of the most inventive and thrilling science fiction series in all of YA history. —Rachel Strolle
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A Rush of Wings by Laura E. Weymouth
A stormy night in the Scottish highlands brings about two big events in Rowenna's life: her rescue of a stranger named Gawen from a shipwreck, and the miraculous return from the dead of Rowenna's late mother, Mairead. But things aren't as peachy as they might seem, as her reanimated mother turns Rowenna's brothers (and Gawen) into swans and robs her of her voice. This 1746 set retelling of The Wild Swans is a lyrical delight of a book. —Rachel Strolle
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Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells
Sleeping Beauty gets a lovely and magical Sapphic spin in Wells's standalone reimagining that places a curse upon Lena, a girl who's spent her life secluded near the deadly forest called the Silence. When a girl named Miranda emerges from those very woods and asks Lena's help to accompany her on a journey in exchange for breaking the curse, there's no way Lena can turn it down. But the further they travel, the more Lena learns about her family's past and the lies that have built her life...and may still be building it. —Dahlia Adler
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Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor explores the hazards of capitalism and its effects on technology and population control in this slim yet searing Africanfuturist novel set in a near-future Nigeria. AO (which stands for Artificial Organism) was born with a physical disability, and then a car accident years later took away even more of her mobility. She chooses to alter herself with biotech modifications; the more modifications she makes, the stronger and more alert she is. However, many people hate those who use biotech modifications. After AO is attacked for being half-human, she flees into the desert and finds another escaping just like her, DNA. DNA and his two cows have also survived a heinous attack, this one politically motivated, and the two must flee to a hidden city within the stormy Red Eye to save themselves. —Margaret Kingsbury
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Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
Science fiction master Neal Stephenson is back with this sprawling epic set in a near-future Earth decimated by climate change and ravaged by wild pigs. The novel follows several groups of people as they navigate their crumbling world. Rufus is determined to kill the giant pig responsible for his daughter's death. Saskia, queen of the Netherlands, leads the way in a secret meeting to address the political ramifications of climate change. Laks is a Punjabi Canadian martial artist who's wrestling with his religion. Stephenson plunges readers deeply into the lives of his characters while depicting a horrifying possible future. It's an enthralling and thought-provoking read. —Margaret Kingsbury
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Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders
This inspired collection of 19 short stories from the author of All the Birds in the Sky depicts apocalypses and fairy tales, clairvoyants and zombie vampires, bookstores and space. In "As Good as New," a housecleaner and aspiring playwright manages to be the only survivor of an apocalypse. Then she finds a theater critic turned genie in a bottle and has the chance to set things right with her three wishes if she's clever. "A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime" is a hilarious space opera about two space travelers who need to eliminate the threat of a superweapon so they can open a restaurant. At turns funny, thought-provoking, and emotional, these stories depict the breadth of Ander's imagination. —Margaret Kingsbury
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You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo
This action-packed space opera is loads of fun with an engaging cast of characters. Niko Larson, former admiral in the Grand Military of the Hive Mind and current chef and restaurant owner, wants the prestigious Nikkelin Orb (like a Michelin Star) to solidify her restaurant's prosperity. When the station housing her restaurant is attacked, she and her former crew turned restaurant employees flee to the ship You Sexy Thing. You Sexy Thing is a one-of-a-kind bio-ship, and the longer the crew stays aboard, the more the ship learns and begins to enjoy their company. Then pirates take the ship and imprison Niko and her crew, but Niko has secretly yearned to return to the pirates and rescue the woman she once loved. This might just be the chance she needs. —Margaret Kingsbury
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 The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
In the final book of Lee's sweeping historical YA series, we meet the youngest Montague, Adrian, a budding political writer who's engaged to an activist and is the sole heir to his father's estate. Adrian should have a bright future, but he lives with debilitating anxiety — and the even deeper fear that people will discover his mental illness. When Adrian's mother unexpectedly dies, one of her prized possessions sends Adrian on a journey to unravel the mysteries of his family's past. With the siblings he never knew he had by his side, Adrian sets course for pirate courts, Portuguese islands, and Arctic waters on a journey of self-discovery, sibling love, and self-acceptance. —Kirby Beaton
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Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
In the highly anticipated sequel to her debut, Gong resolves her historical fantasy that's full of deception, intrigue, and passion. In 1927 Shanghai, Juliette is still reeling from sacrificing her relationship with Roma to save him from the blood feud. The only way for him to be safe — and for her to avoid being usurped from her role as gangleader — is for Roma to want her dead for murdering his best friend. But when a new danger threatens their city, they'll once again have to put their differences aside to save it. Monsters and civil war simmer beneath the surface of this Romeo and Juliet retelling, but its biggest draw is the white-hot romance between its main characters as they struggle to hate each other, and fail. —Kirby Beaton
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