8 Must-Read New Books Out This Week

From the author of All the Birds in the Sky and Victories Greater Than Death comes Even Greater Mistakes, a new collection of speculative short stories.

In Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert follow-up, Alex — who plays Cupid on God of the Gates, and writes fanfiction about his character in his spare time — sees his reputation tarnished after he gets into a fight at a bar. Can Lauren, his new handler, keep him in line?

A matchmaking lawyer sees a chance to further her career by teaming up with Jay: a celebrity bodyguard who promises to hook her up with famous clients — if she finds him a girlfriend, first. As it turns out, The One might be closer than he thinks.

In this sequel to These Violent Delights, an unspeakable new threat comes to Shanghai, forcing Juliette and Roma to reunite — however reluctantly — in order to save the city.

The expanded, book-length version of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project is out this week. With dozens of essays, poems, and works of short fiction, The 1619 Project tackles the history and legacy of U.S. slavery from every conceivable angle.

After she kills her attackers in self-defense, AO — a woman whose life depends on cybernetic implants — sets off across Nigeria in search of shelter.

Once a high-ranking member of the Grand Military of the Hive Mind, Niko now runs The Last Chance restaurant on TwiceFar station with her ex-military crew. But when trouble comes to their door, these restaurateurs will have to do one last job to save their business.

A young woman studying for her MCAT becomes increasingly convinced that an ancient medical tradition — a theorem built around the balance of blood, bile, choler, and phlegm in the body — explains her mysterious symptoms.