Books
10 Must-Read Books Out This Week
Including new releases from Colson Whitehead, Gayl Jones, and Laurent Binet.
by K.W. Colyard
An Inca emperor conquers Europe in this sweeping, alt-history epic from French author Laurent Binet.
$27
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From the author of The Girl in the Road comes this millennia-spanning sci-fi novel, which explores humanity’s origins and future through three stories, each set 1,000 years apart.
$27.99
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Michelle and Gabriel split up when the latter left the Bronx at 18. Years later, Gabriel — now a successful gym owner, set on expanding his Los Angeles franchise to New York — comes back into Michelle’s life at just the right time.
$15.99
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Three women who were turned into vampires by the same philandering bloodsucker join forces to take him down. But things get complicated when one of them starts to fall in love with his next target.
$17.99
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When two of her siblings disappear in the dangerous woods surrounding their home, Derry realizes that the rest of her family may be in grave danger, too.
$17.99
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'White Smoke' by Tiffany D. Jackson
Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery
When she moves across the country with her mom’s new husband and his daughter, Mari hopes to escape her demons. Too bad their new home on Maple Street is haunted.
$18.98
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A Sri Lankan adoptee’s life is turned upside down when her blackmailer is murdered after threatening to reveal her secret. She calls the police, but the body — and all other evidence of the man’s existence — has vanished. Somehow, though, she feels even less safe with him gone.
$26
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'Palmares' by Gayl Jones
The Lit. Bar
Gayl Jones’ long-awaited new novel follows one girl as she comes of age in a 17th-century quilombo — a settlement of people who escaped from Brazilian plantations.
$27.95
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'You Got Anything Stronger?' by Gabrielle Union
Harriett's Bookshop
In this aptly titled follow-up to 2017’s We’re Going to Need More Wine, actor and activist Gabrielle Union gets even more real about the ups and downs she’s faced.
$27.99
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'Harlem Shuffle' by Colson Whitehead
Revolution Books
A furniture salesman is dragged into the New York underworld when his ne’er-do-well cousin volunteers him to help with his latest heist. Ray has never minded selling a few stolen goods here and there for Freddie, but will this latest job be too much for them both?
$28.95
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