Paperback Fiction

Elsewhere

by Alexis Schaitkin

available in July, paperback, Celadon

Fans of weird and at times unsettling books gather round. This is one of those book’s where you never quite know whats going on, but you stay for the thrill and great writing. I found this to be such a unique story with a very mind-blowing ending that stayed with me long after I put down the book. –Kiana

Romance Love, Theoretically

by Ali Hazelwood

available in June, paperback, Berkley

Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain. “It would be so easy to hate Ali—who is brilliant and funny and the most delightful writer...but it’s far more productive to create a shrine I can worship at, praying for her to finish another book quickly. LOVED. IT.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult.

Romance Kiss The Sky

by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie

available now, paperback, Berkley Books

A return to the Addicted To You universe that follows Rose Calloway and Conner Cobalt in their academic rivals-to-lovers story. Follow them as Rose goes to extreme lengths to save her fashion company with the help of her family as an increasingly pushy producer pushes the limits of the Calloways strength. Funny, dramatic, and addicting, you’ll find yourself ready glued to the pages to see where their lives take the Calloway sisters next. –Sydney

Red Dust, White Snow

by Pan Huiting

available in August, paperback, Fairlight Books

Moon and the Mars

by Kia Corthron

available in July, paperback, Seven Stories Press

A vivid account of life in New York City for the Black and Irish communities and the events that precipitated—and decided—the Civil War, from the Draft Riots and the the decisive entry of Black soldiers into the Union Army, told through the perspective of a mixed-race orphan.

Not Anywhere, Just Not

by Ken Sparling

available in June, paperback, Coach House Books

I love this book! In this bizarre world, people are disappearing. Just, gone. And then sometimes they come back, but without any idea of what or why or how. One day, the girl’s boy disappears after many years of marriage. The vignette style in which the story is told is gorgeous and dream-like. Peeling back the layers of the girl and her relationship to the boy is page-turning. And, perhaps my favorite bit, God lives in the garage. –Erin

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

by Akwaeke Emezi

available now, paperback, Atria

It’s been five years since the accident that killed Feyi’s love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career. She’s even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the overwhelming desire Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person who is most definitely off-limits—his father.

When an office worker receives a mysterious device promising to transport her to a parallel universe, she assumes it is just another marketing stunt. That night, she visits a fantastical place in her dreams; on waking she returns to her normal life, only to return to the same dream the following night. At first she finds the ongoing dreams bizarre, but the more time she spends in the dream world, the less she wants to wake up. Yet as her fantasy begins to encroach on her waking life, dream and reality collide with drastic consequences.