buzzfeedbooks:1. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi Keys are a recurring theme in Hel
buzzfeedbooks: 1. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi Keys are a recurring theme in Helen Oyeyemi’s highly imaginative short story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours — keys both metaphorical and literal that unlock magical diaries and clues and hearts. Every story in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours feels like its own enchanting, intoxicating world; you’ll certainly get lost in them. Publication date: March 8 2. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman Robin Wasserman’s novel Girls on Fire will utterly terrify you — in the best way possible. After the mysterious death of a high school basketball star one Halloween in the ’90s, two girls form an intense friendship, but soon spiral into danger. A dark, chilling story of secrets, violence, and female friendship, Girls on Fire will burn in the mind long after you finish reading. Publication date: May 17 3. The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan With deep compassion, Karan Mahajan’s The Association of Small Bombs explores what happens to both the victims and perpetrators of terrorism in its aftermath. When a series of small bombs detonate in a South Delhi marketplace, two young boys are killed and their surviving friend is forever traumatized. Thought-provoking and devastating, The Association of Small Bombs is a rumination on humanity, loss, grief, guilt, and redemption. Publication date: March 2 4. Zero K by Don DeLillo Set in a future where humans can control death, Don DeLillo’s new novel Zero Kcenters around a secret scientific compound that preserves bodies indefinitely until technological and medical advances can heal and revive them. With humor and wisdom, DeLillo reflects on our relationship with death (and life), and our choices to preserve or leave behind those we love. Publication date: May 3 5. Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett A. Igoni Barrett’s brilliant novel Blackass is a provocative, contemporary reworking of Kafka’s Metamorphosis — but set in the bustling metropolis of Lagos and starring a Nigerian man who wakes up one day as a white man. A searing satire about race and identity in modern-day Nigeria, Blackass will make you both laugh and marvel at its insight. Publication date: March 1 6. The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s debut novel The Nest follows the dysfunctional Plumb family as they wait to finally receive their joint trust fund in hopes of it solving all of their problems, but when the oldest sibling gets into a car accident, he suddenly endangers everything. A witty, tender portrait of a very peculiar family, The Nest is a testament to the consequences of our past choices and the ways in which expected inheritance can intimately change relationships. Publication date: March 22 7. We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge (Your reading list needs the rest of them too, tbh.) -- source link
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