Best New Books: Week of March 24, 2020

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Adult Fiction

★ A Bond Undone, by Jin Yong and translated by Gigi Chang

★ The City We Became, by N. K. Jemisin

★ The Empress of Salt and Fortune, by Nghi Vo

★ The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel

★ Grown-Up Pose, by Sonya Lalli

★ The Last Tourist, by Olen Steinhauer

★ Then the Fish Swallowed Him, by Amir Ahmadi Arian

★ Who Rescued Who, by Victoria Schade

Adult Nonfiction

★ House Lessons: Renovating a Life, by Erica Bauermeister

★ Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown, by Anne Glenconner

Youth Fiction

★ The Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstarts a Team, by Kit Rosewater and illustrated by Sophie Escabasse

★ In My Garden, by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Philip Stead

★ Letters from Bear, by Gauthier David and illustrated by Marie Caudry

★ Salma the Syrian Chef, by Danny Ramadan and illustrated by Anna Bron

★ Tigers, Not Daughters, by Samantha Mabry

★ A Wish in the Dark, by Christina Soontornvat

Youth Nonfiction

★ The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents, by Kate Messner and illustrated by Adam Rex