Mar '20 Notable Books: Emily St. John Mandel, Katie M. Flynn, Megan Giddings & More
A monthly series on the most interesting upcoming book releases...
The Companions - Katie M. Flynn (Mar. 3) - Station Eleven meets Never Let Me Go in this debut novel set in an unsettling near future where the dead can be uploaded to machines and kept in service by the living.
The Discomfort of Evening - Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Mar. 5) - I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... and I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.'
The Mountains Sing - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Mar. 17) - Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of the Vietnam War from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.
Some Assembly Required - Neil Shubin (Mar. 17) - In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins of life's immense diversity.
Lakewood - Megan Giddings (Mar. 24) - Provocative and thrilling, Lakewood is a breathtaking novel that takes an unflinching look at the moral dilemmas many working-class families face, and the horror that has been forced on black bodies in the name of science.
The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel (Mar. 24) - From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, a captivating novel of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts, and moral compromise in which a woman disappears from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme implodes in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it.
Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell (Mar. 31) - Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, Hamnet is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
The Companions - Katie M. Flynn (Mar. 3) - Station Eleven meets Never Let Me Go in this debut novel set in an unsettling near future where the dead can be uploaded to machines and kept in service by the living.
The Discomfort of Evening - Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Mar. 5) - I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... and I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.'
The Mountains Sing - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Mar. 17) - Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of the Vietnam War from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.
Some Assembly Required - Neil Shubin (Mar. 17) - In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins of life's immense diversity.
Lakewood - Megan Giddings (Mar. 24) - Provocative and thrilling, Lakewood is a breathtaking novel that takes an unflinching look at the moral dilemmas many working-class families face, and the horror that has been forced on black bodies in the name of science.
The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel (Mar. 24) - From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, a captivating novel of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts, and moral compromise in which a woman disappears from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme implodes in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it.
Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell (Mar. 31) - Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, Hamnet is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
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