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New Books in Literature
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- New Books in Literature
A Bunch of Fives with William Kely McClung (Falling Up Publishing, 2026)
Danny Bradigan survived brutal fighting in Afghanistan and fought as a professional boxer, but a bullet finally puts him in a coma. Part of his recovery…
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How to Date A Fanatic with Aruni Kashyap (HarperVia, 2026)
In How to Date a Fanatic (HarperVia, 2026), a novel by Aruni Kashyap, a young professor searches for connection and love during a time of political and…
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A Real Animal with Emeline Atwood (Catapult, 2026)
Her clothes shredded and disrobed by her own teeth, Lucy finds herself draped over a high tree branch in the quad of her college, naked but unafraid, a wild…
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Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's March 1917 with Marian Schwartz and Dan Mahoney (U Notre Dame Press, 2017)
In this latest Books for Better Understanding video from Notre Dame Press, David Carlson facilitates a conversation between Marian Schwartz and Dan Mahoney…
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Butter Road with Jaclyn Gilbert (Acre Books, 2026)
Jaclyn Gilbert's Butter Road (Acre Books, 2026) is a searing novel about a community irrevocably transformed by gun violence. In 2006, a gunman entered a…
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Samantha: The Next Chapter with Fiona Davis (American Girl Publishing, 2026)
Samantha: The Next Chapter (American Girl Publishing, 2026). From American Girl and New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis comes the next chapter of…
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Dish with Nancy Jo Cullen (Wolsak & Wynn, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with award-winning author Nancy Jo Cullen about her new novel, Dish (Wolsak & Wynn, 2026).In this smart, sexy…
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Mistranslation with Madeleine Moss (U Iowa Press, 2026)
In upstate New York in 2001, nine-year-old twins Sabina and Camilla spend the summer weathering the moods of their erratic mother while finding themselves…
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11.1 Indie Presses and the Literary Ecosystem: Meg Reid and Will Evans
Meg Reid and Will Evans join Mesha Maren to consider what makes up a literary ecosystem. As leaders of two nonprofit independent presses,Hub City Writers…
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The Art of Conjuring with SL Carroll (Terrazzo Editions, 2026)
“I hear whispers: Have you seen her? The woman who is not a woman, she is a walking museum. Have you seen her wares?”The narrator of SL Carroll’s radiant debut…
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If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories with Malon Edwards (Fireside Fiction Company, 2023)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Malon Edwards about his book, If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes (Fireside Fiction Company, 2023). “Electric…
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The Stitches Between Us with Taylor D Lott (Hawes & Jenkins, 2025)
Taylor D. Lott's The Stitches Between Us (Hawes & Jenkins, 2025) tells the story of Theo, a quiet, imaginative boy growing up in a home where sensitivity is…
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Still with Joanna Cockerline (The Porcupine's Quill, 2025)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Joanna Cockerline about her acclaimed novel, Still (The Porcupine's Quill, 2025).Longlisted for the Giller…
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The Immortal Woman with Su Chang (House of Anansi Press, 2025)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Su Chang, author of The Immortal Woman (House of Anansi, 2025). A sweeping generational story of…
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River of Dreams with Robin Blackburn McBride (Guernica Editions, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Robin Blackburn McBride about her novel, River of Dreams (Guernica Editions, 2026).A near-tragic accident…
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Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself with Jill Rosenberg (Black Lawrence Press, 2026)
Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself (Black Lawrence Press, 2026) is a collection of ten playfully strange and unsettling stories, some…
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The Fall-Down Effect with Liz Johnston (Book*hug, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Liz Johnston about her eagerly anticipated debut novel, The Fall-Down Effect (Book*hug, 2026). The…
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Wastelands and Wonderlands: Utopias and Dystopias in Film and Literature with Matthew Leggatt (SUNY Press, 2026)
Wastelands and Wonderlands: Utopias and Dystopias in Film and Literature with Matthew Leggatt (SUNY Press, 2026) is an edited collection exploring utopias ad…
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Just Another Dead Boy with Kelly McCaughrain (Walker Books, 2026)
DON’T FALL IN LOVE.That’s the only rule. In this world, everyone knows their death date. If you’re rich, you can check in to a resort to have the greatest…
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"Ex Situ" From The Common Issue 31
Liz DeWolf speaks to Emily Everett about her story “Ex Situ,” which appear in The Common’s spring issue. The story follows an American living in Istanbul…
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Ed Seaward, "London Gothic" (Dark Winter Press, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Ed Seaward about his thrilling novel, London Gothic (Dark Winter Press, 2026). In 1975, John Caine and his…
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Terri Lewis, "When They Came Home" (Miami UP, 2026)
It seems likely that most listeners to this podcast channel have heard of “shell shock,” the old name for what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder…
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Daisy Rockwell, "Alice Sees Ghosts" (Galiot Press, 2026)
In Alice Sees Ghosts (Galiot Press, 2026), Daisy Rockwell tells an unforgettable story of love, grief and wanting closure. A profound exploration of people…
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Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive, The Book Proposal Book…
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Sarah Meehan O'Callaghan, "Psychoanalysing Mind-Body Narratives Through Beckett and Artaud: The Trauma of the Body" (Routledge, 2026)
Psychoanalysing Mind-Body Narratives Through Beckett and Artaud: The Trauma of the Body (Routledge, 2026) provides an epistemology of the body as it relates to…
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths, "The Flower Bearers" (Random House, 2026)
On September 24, 2021, Rachel Eliza Griffiths married her husband, the novelist Salman Rushdie. On the same day, hundreds of miles away, Griffiths’ closest…
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Rod Carley, "The Great Catsby by Hilton" (Smart House Books, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with award-winning author Rod Carley about The Great Catsby by Hilton, published by Canadian publisher Smart…
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Mubanga Kalimamukwento, "The Shipikisha Club" (Cassava Republic Press, 2026)
Kabwe, Zambia: Sali, a working mother of three, stands trial for the murder of her husband, Kasunga. The prosecutor claims Sali shot him after a heated fight…
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Tom Lin, "Babylon, South Dakota" (Little Brown and Co, 2026)
When Saul Keng Hsiu and his wife, Mei Lee, move from China to the United States to take possession of a 160-acre homestead bequeathed to them by a distant…
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Ellen Prentiss Campbell, "Vanishing Point" (Apprentice House Press, 2026)
Beginning in the 1880s and spanning three generations through the 1980s, Vanishing Point (Apprentice House Press, 2026) explores the life and family of…
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Lucas L. Johnson II, "Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World" (Broadleaf Books, 2026)
As we approach the 50th anniversaries of Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots (1976) and its landmark television adaptation (1977), journalist and…
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Stef Ferrari, "Pining for You" (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
In Pining for You (Simon & Schuster, 2026) the classic Hallmark holiday movie gets turned upside down when a teen leaves her small-town Christmas tree farm in…
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Jonathan Swift and David Womersley ed., "Gulliver's Travels: Cambridge Anniversary Edition" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Gulliver's Travels is one of the landmarks of world literature. Gulliver's adventures with the tiny but spirited Lilliputians, the giant inhabitants of…
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Téa Obreht, "Sunrise" (Random House, 2026)
In 2024, Nina’s small-engine plane crashes into a lake in the Wyoming mountains. Her boyfriend Ben, who was flying it, is nowhere to be found. Lost and…
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Darlene Madott, "Closing Ceremonies and Dying Times" (Guernica Editions, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with retired lawyer and award-winning author of 10 books, Darlene Madott about her new book, Closing Ceremonies…
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Rebecca Ruth Gould, "Strangers" (Serving House Books, 2025)
In this episode, Rebecca Ruth Gould, Distinguished Professor, Comparative Poetics & Global Politics at SOAS University of London, and University of Puerto Rico…
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David Lagercrantz, "Post Mortem: A Mystery" (Knopf, 2026)
Post Mortem: A Mystery (Knopf, 2026) is the third book in David Lagercrantz's mystery series following detective duo Rekke and Vargas: this time, their hunt…
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Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, "The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois" (HarperCollins, 2021)
In 2021, the NAACP Image Award-winning poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers made her fiction debut with The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois, a magisterial epic of African…
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Ed Park, "Three Tenses" (Random House, 2026)
Three Tenses (Random House, 2026) by Ed Park is not quite a memoir, not quite fiction, not quite poetry and not quite prose—and yet it transcends the sum of…
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A Hosts' Special: Ferry and Plotz Choose Books in Dark Times (EF, JP)
For our pandemic-era Books in Dark Times (our first ever Special Series!) Elizabeth and John discussed books that were keeping us afloat, barely afloat, way…
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Angelica Cheng, "The Fast Track" (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
Angelica Cheng's YA rom-com, The Fast Track (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2026) brings readers into the world of F1 racing. Justine Kwong has…
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Paul Yoon, "Etna" (Scribner, 2026)
Beloved author and winner of The Story Prize, Paul Yoon, is back with the unforgettable story of a working dog, Etna, who, after a devastating war, embarks on…
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Robyn Gigl, "All We Hide" (Soho Crime 2026)
In All We Hide (Soho Crime 2026), after Lauren Kelly transitions to female in a small-town District Attorney’s Office, her bosses do whatever they can to push…
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Caroline Bicks, "Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King" (Hogarth, 2026)
After Caroline Bicks was named the University of Maineʼs inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, she became the first scholar to be granted extended…
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Lauren Delapenha, "Supermarketing" (Spring, 2026)
Lauren Delapenha speaks to Emily Everett about her poems “Supermarketing” and “If You Are Learning English,” which appear in The Common’s spring issue. Lauren…
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Rhys Bowen, "The Castle in the Glen" (Lake Union Publishing, 2026)
I love Rhys Bowen’s historical mystery series, especially Her Royal Spyness books, which feature Lady Georgiana Rannoch. The Castle in the Glen (Lake Union…
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Huang Chongkai, "The Formosa Exchange" (Honford Star, 2026)
In this episode of the New Books Network, we talk with Jeremy Tiang about his English translation of The Formosa Exchange (Honford Star, 2026)—which will be…
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Christopher R. Rogers, "My City Need Something" (Common Notions, 2026)
Moving between word and image, the call-and-response collaboration between writer Christopher R. Rogers and photographer karim brown improvises a contemporary…
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M. H. Ayinde, "A Song of Legends Lost" (Saga Press, 2025)
A Song of Legends Lost (Saga Press, 2025) is the first, highly praised instalment in the Invoker Series. Set in a world offering an unique combination of an…
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Seamus O’Reilly, "Prestige Drama" (Cardinal, 2026)
A dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus--and nobody's version is the same. In Derry, the locals…
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Tsering Döndrup, "The Red Wind Howls" (Columbia UP, 2025)
The Red Wind Howls (Columbia UP, 2025) is an unsettling, gripping, and darkly funny novel by Tsering Döndrup, one of modern Tibet’s most celebrated writers…
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Amy B. Scher, "The Unexpected Afterlife of Salon Rose" (Tiny Ghost Press, 2026)
In Amy B. Scher's The Unexpected Afterlife of Salon Rose (Tiny Ghost Press, 2026) college hopeful Salon Rose arrives to the Nowhere in Between, a way-station…
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Tom Lin, "Babylon, South Dakota" (Little, Brown and Co, 2026)
Today, we’re welcoming novelist Tom Lin back to the show, whose new novel Babylon, South Dakota (Little, Brown and Company: 2026) moves his fascination with…
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Emily McBride, "Queen Mab" (FSG, 2026)
There is a changeling in this story—but who?Madeleine is young for motherhood, a promising grad student in Victorian and Modernist literature, twenty-three…
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Tracy Borman, "The House of Boleyn" (Hachette, 2026)
When nobleman Thomas Boleyn, lord of Hever Castle, is called to London in 1509 to present himself to a newly anointed King Henry VIII, he sets in train events…
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J.J. Crayhill, "Raleigh and the Pirates" (Raconteur Press, 2026)
J.J. Crayhill's Raleigh and the Pirates (Raconteur Press, 2026) is the launch of The Adventures of Midshipman Raleigh — a science fiction adventure series…
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Meryl Branch-McTiernan, "What You Should Worry About" (Akashic Books, 2026)
Tune in to this interview with Meryl Branch-McTiernan about her new book What You Should Worry About (Akashic Books, 2026). It's January of 2020 and…
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Abdelwahab Meddeb, "Returns to Marrakesh / Retour à Marrakech" (Syracuse UP, 2026)
Abdelwahab Meddeb’s Returns to Marrakesh, co-translated by Claudia Esposito and Laura Reeck and published by Syracuse University Press in 2026, chronicles…
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City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong with Simon Elegant
John chats with writer and journalist Simon Elegant about his third novel, a crime thriller set during the Hong Kong protests of 2019. City on Fire is…
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Jacqueline West, "Black Point" (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2026)
Black Point (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2026) is an insular small town steeped in Norse traditions, a teen’s developing romance with a newcomer becomes…