10 Must-Read New Books Out This Week

Three siblings — Noreen, Aisha, and Kausar — find themselves pulled apart following their parents’ untimely deaths in this new novel from the author of If They Come for Us.

This debut collection from transgender astrologer and creative writing instructor Luke Dani Blue comprises 10 short stories that ruminate on bodily autonomy and dysphoria.

All nine issues of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2016-18 Black Panther run are collected together in this hardcover omnibus, which hits stores shelves this week — just in time for the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Readers just can’t get over Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us, thanks (in part) to the novel’s popularity on BookTok. Now, this long-awaited sequel will reveal Atlas’ side of the story.

Barbara Kingsolver’s David Copperfield retelling centers on the eponymous Demon Copperhead, a child who finds himself in the foster care system when his mother and stepfather become victims of the opioid epidemic.

Government whistleblower Chelsea Manning finally gets the chance to tell her complete story in README.txt, which releases this week.

At 36, Mira just wants a boring guy to settle down with, and straitlaced Naveen looks to be the perfect candidate. But when Naveen is accidentally pulled into Mira’s latest adventure — one that involves a Las Vegas heist — will he think she’s not boring enough?

April Ryan examines the impact Black women have had on on U.S. history and contemporary politics in this new genre-bending new book, which blends memoir, biography, and pop history.

Seven Empty Houses made Samanta Schweblin (Little Eyes, Fever Dream) a household name in the Spanish-language market. This week, English-language readers can finally pick up the short-story collection.

Dani Shapiro’s Signal Fires examines how a 1985 car crash forever changes the lives of two siblings, their father, and their neighbors.