New Arrivals for the Week of December 2

A reluctant spy is drawn into the shadows of Cold War espionage and obsession in the new novel from the acclaimed author of Any Human Heart. "No scene is flat, no sentence is flabby... If you want to enjoy a gripping ride—and who doesn't?—you could do much worse than Gabriel's Moon," declared the New Statesman.

In this “suspenseful, dark satire of memory and nation,” four Palestinian journalists at a Jordanian newspaper are assigned to profile one of the few remaining survivors of the Nakba - the 1948 expulsion of native Palestinians from the nascent state of Israel. But things take a complicated turn when the old man refuses to talk in a book The Millions called a must-read for “anyone seeking insight—tinged with grim humor—into the years leading up to the current Middle East crisis.”

The Joan Is Okay author returns with a witty novel about a marriage as seen through the lens of two family vacations. Esquire praises it as “sharply observed and compulsively readable,” that “reminds us that we are all products of our upbringings, for better or worse.”

This one-of-a-kind anthology brings together 113 powerhouse poets, including the 23rd US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Pulitzer Prize winner Diane Seuss, and bestselling poet Maggie Smith, all crafting original poems inspired by Taylor Swift’s songs. Booklist called it, "meditative, varied, and visceral... an indelible, beautiful collection."

As a conceptual artist prepares for a pivotal exhibition, she spirals into obsession, seeking validation from her rational chef husband, devoted TikTok followers, and a mysterious stalker. Accompanied by bizarre alter egos, she navigates voyeurism and online performance, leading to a surreal climax in a mesmerizing romp praised by The Millions as a must-read for fans of Sheena Patel’s I’m a Fan and Chris Kraus’s I Love Dick.

Take a dive into a high-stakes comic revival where creativity clashes with betrayal, in the latest from the LA Times Book Prize-winning author of Secret Identity. As an iconic artist confronts dark secrets and shadowy figures, the line between passion and profit begins to blur.

Vulture says you won’t want to miss this queer end-of-the-world story from the Our Wives Under the Sea author. “Inspired by King Lear, Armfield’s new novel depicts a city on the brink, slipping from the tight, frantic perspectives of the sisters into a larger understanding of the city itself, which is slowly being flooded by a never-ending rain. As the city sinks, people still find time for sex, familial bickering … and of course, cults.”

In the latest suspenseful novel from the author of A Beautiful Crime, an elderly widow at a decaying Nile hotel meddles in the lives of a young mother and her unsettling son, setting off a gripping Hitchcockian tale of obsession, manipulation, and dark secrets that “keeps readers hooked to its lingering, unsettling resolution, capturing the spirit of Hitchcock's best stories,” according to CrimeReads.

"Henry David Thoreau meets Home Improvement in Hutchison's charming debut,” declared Publishers Weekly of this “sturdy ode to self-discovery" that follows the author’s journey from a dull office job to restoring a dilapidated cabin in the Pacific Northwest, learning carpentry along the way, and finding new meaning in the process of renovation and self-reinvention.

In 1968, a young woman joins the Black Panther Party’s Free Health Clinics and becomes deeply involved in a passionate affair with a prominent party leader. As they move to help expand the movement, they become targets of covert government operations, and she discovers that fighting for justice doesn’t always mean equality for women.