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Krys Malcolm Belc’s obsession with food bloggers helps him explore the meaning of queer domesticity and family making in his distinctive memoir, WHAT I MADE FOR DINNER. @catapultstory bookpage.com/?p=227374

Readers will relish the many grand, goofy, adventures found in VILLA COCO, an enchantingly comic, poignant novel from Andrew Sean Greer. @doubledaybooks bookpage.com/?p=227372

In THE YAHOO BOYS, Carlos Barrag&aacuten profiles four Nigerian romance scammers, and they're more complex than you might think. @fsgbooks bookpage.com/?p=227366

Fay Bound-Alberti’s cultural history of the face is a thought-provoking, often moving read perfect for anyone who wishes to look inward as they put their best face forward. @grandcentralpub bookpage.com/?p=227349

In her stunning, vulnerable essay collection, FREEDOM, Zinzi Clemmons works through grief, skewers Western democracy and reenvisions the concept of freedom. @VikingBooks bookpage.com/?p=227278

In this subversive and witty novella, author Jedediah Berry blends a swashbuckling sword-and-sorcery adventure with an Austen-like novel of manners—and the results are endlessly entertaining. @TorDotComPub bookpage.com/?p=227298

In I’ll Take the Fire, Prix Goncourt winner Leila Slimani engages in both emotional intimacy and historical reflection by way of her alter ego, Mia. @PenguinBooks bookpage.com/?p=227293

CONTRAPPOSTO, like the technique it’s named for, is subtle and expressive. Fans of intelligent novels about art are in for a treat. @AAKnopf bookpage.com/?p=227272

In CHILDREN OF THE WILD, Kevin Powers imbues even small objects and moments with poignant significance, making the reader inhabit the intensity of war and the bonds it forges and severs. @harperbooks bookpage.com/?p=227270

While readers may shudder at the thought of sending their child to the tempestuous summer camp in SUMMER’S NEVER OVER, it’s an entertaining place to experience some summer reading thrills and chills. @berkleypub bookpage.com/?p=227337

Required reading for anyone who cares about women and justice, UNREASONABLE WOMEN aims a powerful spotlight on our country’s continued failure to protect its most vulnerable. @eccobooks bookpage.com/?p=227254

THE MISSED CONNECTION, Tia Williams’ second-chance romance about an anxious casting director and the one who got away is a rollicking good time. @grandcentralpub bookpage.com/?p=227355

By documenting Juneteenth celebrations throughout history, Blair LM Kelley’s BLACK FREEDOM strips emancipation of its “archival silence” and replaces it with Black joy. @bdlpub bookpage.com/?p=227268

WHISTLER is exceptional: a reminder of how people in your life may cause you pain but you love them, and they love you, and that’s enough. @harperbooks bookpage.com/?p=227376

Always a good time at the @Belcourt. 🪵

Another Twin Peaks Wednesday — tonight at 9pm, Season 2, Episodes 6-7 — with an intro from author, @bookpage editor Erica Ciccarone + Pie Rewind themed mini-pies > bit.ly/Twin-Peaks-Sea…

From @BookPage here’s my review of @matthaig1’s latest novel, THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN: bookpage.com/reviews/the-mi…

The slow-burn love square in THEY ALL FALL IN LOVE AT THE END crackles into a roaring, uncontrollable fire as four characters face the question of how to thrive in the bleak landscape of contemporary dating. @scribnerbooks bookpage.com/?p=227368

THE TYPING LADY, a collection of 11 stories published over the past two decades, is a welcome addition to Ruth Ozeki’s playful, inimitable oeuvre. @VikingBooks bookpage.com/?p=227364

Nayantara Roy delivers a powerful and gorgeously written second novel, with a luminous, funny and complicated protagonist making dubious choices. @AlgonquinBooks bookpage.com/?p=227332