Best New Books: Week of September 24, 2019

The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist!

Adult Fiction

★ Bomber’s Moon, by Archer Mayor

★ The Bone Ships, by RJ Barker

★ The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett

★ The Future of Another Timeline, by Annalee Newitz

★ Invisible as Air, by Zoe Fishman

★ Lethal Agent, by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills

★ The Liar, by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

★ Rusty Brown, by Chris Ware

★ The Shadow King, by Maaza Mengiste

★ Violet, by Scott Thomas

★ The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

★ The World That We Knew, by Alice Hoffman

Adult Nonfiction

★ The Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater, and Lifelong Outsider, by Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying

★ Year of the Monkey, by Patti Smith

Youth Fiction

★ Beverly, Right Here, by Kate DiCamillo

★ The Bone Houses, by Emily Lloyd-Jones

★ A Dream So Dark, by L. L. McKinney

★ Exile from Eden, by Andrew Smith

★ Explorers, by Matthew Cordell

★ The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages, by Trenton Lee Stewart

★ SLAY, by Brittney Morris

★ Who Put This Song On?, by Morgan Parker

Youth Nonfiction

★ Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race across America, by Steve Sheinkin and illustrated by Bijou Karman

★ Dinosaur Feathers: An Epic Rhyme, by Dennis Nolan

★ Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist, by Julie Leung and illustrated by Chris Sasaki