Best New Books: Week of June 12, 2018
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Adult Fiction
Broken Ice, by Matt Goldman
The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis, by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata
Fight No More, by Lydia Millet
Harry’s Trees, by Jon Cohen
Lying in Wait, by Liz Nugent
Murder at the Grand Raj Palace, by Vaseem Khan
The Mutual U.F.O. Network, by Lee Martin
The Removes, by Tatjana Soli
The Robots of Gotham, by Todd McAulty
The Shepherd’s Hut, by Tim Winton
Starless, by Jacqueline Carey
A Taste for Vengeance, by Martin Walker
The Verdum Affair, by Nick Dybek
Adult Nonfiction
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, by Eliza Griswold
God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England, by James A. Warren
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth, by Adam Frank
Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World’s Biggest Sports Scandal, by Ken Bensinger
Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for the Simpsons, by Mike Reiss and Mathew Klickstein
Youth Fiction
Heartbeat, by Evan Turk, illus. Evan Turk
A Reaper at the Gates, by Sabaa Tahir
The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Claire, by Amy Makechnie
Youth Nonfiction
House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg, illus. Julie Morstad
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A former Booklist intern and current Booklist reviewer, Ellie is a reader and writer based in Chicago. She holds a BA in writing from Wheaton College (IL) and is the assistant to the president at Browne & Miller Literary Associates.Subscribe
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