Explore 38 standout new releases this week including a memoir of a childhood on the run shaped by radical politics in America.
In Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young by Zayd Ayers Dohrn, “A frank and fascinating chronicle…Dohrn goes into great detail about the Weather Underground's history as a militant leftist organization, but anchors the account in his intimate experiences…A powerful blend of personal and political history.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
by Zayd Ayers Dohrn
On sale May 19 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 5.0/5
The son of Weather Underground radicals tells the story of a childhood on the run and a half-century of revolutionary struggle in America.
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Decomposition Book: A Novel
by Sara van Os
Debut Author
On sale May 19 from Hanover Square Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
An emotional, electrifying, and darkly hilarious debut about a woman who finds a dead body and can't give up its ghost, for fans of Mona Awad, Yellowjackets, and weird girl fiction.
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Mare: A Novel
by Emily Haworth-Booth
Debut Author
On sale May 19 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
The story of a horse and the woman who loves her―a lively first novel of not-daughters and non-mothers; animals and animal bodies; and how we find freedom, care, and community in unexpected places.
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Returns and Exchanges: A Novel
by Kayla Rae Whitaker
On sale May 19 from Random House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 432 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A sweeping novel of one Kentucky family's rise and fall throughout the 1980s—a tragicomic tour de force about love and marriage, parents and children, and the perils of mixing family with business, from the acclaimed author of The Animators.
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Tarantula
by Eduardo Halfon
On sale May 19 from Bellevue Literary Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 192 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Dark lessons from a childhood sleepaway camp reverberate in the present.
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A Perfect Hand: A Novel
by Ayelet Waldman
On sale May 19 from Knopf
Genre: Historical Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A richly drawn, captivating, and endlessly amusing novel of love and subterfuge between a lady's maid and her clandestine lover, set in the country estates of nineteenth-century England.
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Inferno: The Nero Trilogy #3
by Conn Iggulden
On sale May 19 from Pegasus Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 464 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From New York Times bestselling author Conn Iggulden, the final novel in the Nero trilogy, as the Roman ruler faces the last challenges in his quest for ultimate dominion over his empire.
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Score: Hollywood Renaissance #2
by Kennedy Ryan
On sale May 19 from Forever
Genre: Romance. 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A scorching second-chance romance between a talented screenwriter and a phenomenal musician from the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Let Go.
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Canon: A Novel
by Paige Lewis
Debut Author
On sale May 19 from Viking
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 480 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Two unlikely heroes embark on quests to win God's favor in this outrageously entertaining, profoundly heartfelt novel that announces an ingenious new voice in the tradition of Chain-Gang All-Stars, No One Is Talking About This, and Martyr!
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How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University
by Theo Baker
Debut Author
On sale May 19 from Penguin Press
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Winner of the George Polk Award for his investigation that brought down Stanford's president, Theo Baker offers a revelatory and gripping account of Silicon Valley hubris.
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