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While some readers have been diving headfirst intotrendy divorce memoirs or thelatest dragon smut(no judgment!)
a wave of deeply personal and thought-provoking releases has made it to bookshelves.
Narrowing down where to start isnt easy, but we have some suggestions.
Books are listed by U.S. publishing date with the newest titles up top.
Its a landmark of horror and historical fiction alike, perhaps the closest thing we have to horrorsMoby-Dick.
The book contains three short stories and the titular novel.
Read Grace Byronsreview ofStag Danceand Andrea Long Chuschat with author Torrey Peters.
After allowing her crew to go swimming without her, they return with one more crew member.
Navarro is an expert at navigating the surreal, fatalistic way the captain thinks of herself.
This is a haunting, unpredictable novel thats hard to shake after reading.
The Unworthy, by Agustina Bazterrica
Agustina Bazterrica is not afraid of an extreme dystopia.
Its honesty is invigorating.
But Markham has no interest in subverting this feeling.
Markham tries to use her grief as the raw material for creation.
you could feel her elation on the page.
Emma Alpern
Read Emma Alpernsreview ofThe Harder I Fight the More I Love You.
Im at an age when writers are supposed to say finally what mattered most to them, he writes.
For me it would be thousands of sex partners.
I fell in love ten times a day.
Read Robert Rubsamsreview ofWe Do Not Part.
The nation falls to a mass epidemic of demonic possession spread through the viral messaging of right-wing media.
The result is an apocalyptic allegory for our digitally siloed reality.
N.M.
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