New Arrivals for the Week of September 30

The new novel by this Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author is a “captivating tale of love and everyday life amid environmental upheaval and the 2008 financial crisis,” according to a starred review from Publishers Weekly. “Erdrich excels at the slow simmer, and once again she delivers a deliciously seductive masterwork.”

The world-renowned gastronome gives readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into her audacious choices, career milestones, and life lessons she learned on the path to becoming one of the food world’s biggest stars.

In “a rallying cry and a love letter to writing itself,” the National Book Award winner and MacArthur "Genius" takes readers to three conflict zones in an "earnest and intimate exploration of locations of extreme injustice, and of the power of writing to render a more compassionate--and more honest--future,” according to Oprah Daily.

In the latest from the acclaimed My Struggle author, a mysterious star appears over Norway, unleashing a wave of unsettling events. A painter descends into a creative frenzy, a policeman hides a chilling secret, and a young woman is drawn into a perilous romance. Most disturbingly, an undertaker realizes that since the star's arrival, no one has died, compelling the characters to confront the unsettling implications of their reality.

In this “sublime” second installment of the acclaimed Japanese author’s proposed trilogy, the band of friends convene in Copenhagen for more strange, mind-bending adventures in their climate-ravaged world. Publishers Weekly raves in its starred review, “Tawada finds a subtly different voice for each character, adding to the linguistic stew, which simmers into a captivating Decameron-like tale.”

The acclaimed author of The Man Who Saw Everything covers a wide range of topics with her unique style in this charming collection of musings that the Chicago Tribune likened to “lunch with an especially sharp, scattered pal, with brief (often one or two pages total) thoughts on celebrity death, Collette, female friendships, lemons..."

The first novel by the author of the memoir The Bridge Ladies follows two very different sisters, one grounded and rational and the other charismatic and beautiful but struggling with mental illness. Musician and author Patti Smith was enthralled by this story of sisterhood, girlhood and loss, "I love this book. It moves like a souped-up pickup truck."

In the Lambda Award winner’s latest supernatural thriller, three Black siblings return to the white Dallas suburb where they grew up in the aftermath of their parents' unusual deaths. “In evocative prose, Solomon harnesses and recasts classic horror tropes to tell an original story of race and class, family, trauma, and grief,” observed Kirkus in its starred review. “With this exhilarating and unforgettable work, Solomon proves to be a formidable writer."

In this “unforgettable tour through the life and mind of a homicidal protagonist," a dead novelist’s cold-blooded widow becomes enmeshed in a web of literary deception that the Wall Street Journal praised for mixing “dark wit with coldblooded suspense.”

Twenty five years after his blockbuster debut The Tipping Point ignited a global conversation about everything from petty crime to the spread of epidemics, the longtime New Yorker staff writer returns with a new volume that “deftly demonstrates how attention to statistics and data points can shape a business, school, or community," according to Booklist.