Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
A first-person fiction ride, Yellowface is about a young white woman, June Hayward, whose friend, Athena Liu, is excelling as an author while June’s writing career is stalling. Something happens to Athena (no spoilers here), and June steals Athena’s novel and makes it her own—a white woman now sharing an Asian-American story. It is phenomenal, transfixing and the dark humor is outstanding.
The Postcard
by Anne Berest
The Postcard is a novelization of an actual family. The Berest family receives a postcard in 2003—on the front is a photo of the Paris Opera House, on the back are the names of Anne’s great-grandparents who died at Auschwitz. This is about generational grief and finding the story of her lost family members from the holocaust. An important story now because of recent antisemitism. It will open peoples’ eyes. Anne did her homework—she knows what she’s talking about.
The Edge of Sleep
by Jake Emanuel and Willie Block
This new thriller is based on a podcast series by the two authors—which became a television show, which became the book. The premise: if you go to sleep, you die. The main character, Dave Torres, a night watchman, realizes at the end of his shift that everyone has dropped dead around him because they fell asleep. He and his ex-girlfriend are trying to remain awake and solve the mystery of “how do we wake up.” Keep your eyes open for this one!
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