@bookstodon Notable new book releases in the U.S. for October 3, 2023, many of which are horror titles:
Death Valley, Melissa Broder. [One woman's quest to process loss, leads her to a desert odyssey. You wouldn't think this would be as funny as it is.]
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, Jordan Peele, ed.
The Quiet Room, Terry Miles. [No one told me that there was a sequel to Rabbits?!? Also, you should totally read Rabbits. It's amazing.]
Beholder, Ryan La Sala. [Horror which plays into all the fears we have about the reflection in the mirror.]
Edenville, Sam Rebelein. [This equal parts humor and horror story, taps into our tendency to see what we want, instead of what's there.]
Starling House, Alix E. Harrow. [Small town Southern Gothic by a wicked good storyteller.]
Before the Devil Knows You're Here, Autumn Krause. [Forest folk tale (Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed) horror, a Faustian bargain, and a Mexican-American poet with a missing brother. This sounds amazing!]
Knock Knock, Open Wide, Neil Sharpson. [Horror blended with Celtic folklore. Very frightening.]
Gone Wolf, Amber McBride. [Too powerful to be just for younger readers. What it means to be Black and young in America.]
Monica, Daniel Clowes. [Superb graphic novel offers a multilayered deep dive into a complex life.]
Brooklyn Crime Novel, Jonathan Lethem. [In one neighborhood, over time, the good guys and the bad guys are hard to tell apart.]
The House on Sun Street, Mojgan Ghazirad. [The 1979 Iran revolution, as seen by a young girl.]
Company: Stories, Shannon Sanders. [Intriguing interconnected stories, each connected by family, and by a guest who enters each story, examining different meanings of company. ]
One Puzzling Afternoon, Emily Critchley. [What if you kept a secret so long, you can't remember what it was, and it involves a long ago missing girl?]
After The Forest, Kell Woods. [Think you know your Fairy Tales? Clever reimagining of several tales at once.]
@bookstodon Notable new book releases in the U.S. for September 26, 2023. It took forever to wade through everything this week and try to narrow/compile the best list I could. Please be aware that there's also a lot of great teen, YA, and especially nonfiction released today.
Black River Orchard, Chuck Wendig. [An apple a day won't keep the horror away.] ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Furies, Margaret Atwood, et al. [Feminist tales aim to reclaim slurs used for centuries vs. strong independent female characters.]
Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang. [Examination of the seductive nature of consumption, in a clever allegory about Climate Change.]
The Golem of Brooklyn, Adam Mansbach. [Surprisingly funny and affecting story about faith, group identity, bigotry, and vengeance.]
People Collide, Isle McElroy. [Gender swap premise remade with sharp intelligence and thoughtful questions about sexuality/identity.]
And Then She Fell, Alicia Elliott. [First Nations new mother in Toronto feels her belonging and her sanity unraveling, and cannot determine how much she's being gaslit.]
The Caretaker, Ron Rash. [A small town, in which each character thinks they know what really matters, until dramatic events make them see more clearly.]
The Witches of Bone Hill, Ava Morgyn. [Dark twists and turns abound in this creepy house of horror thriller.]
Enlightened, Sachi Ediriweera. [Graphic novel about the origin of Buddhism: Siddhartha. Told through the prince on a journey.]
The Navigating Fox, Christopher Rowe. [Intriguing speculative/alt history fiction about the Roman Empire expanding into some of North America and, happily, all of the Indigenous Nations still thrive.]
Undiscovered, Gabriela Weiner, Julia Sanchez, translator. [Partially based on actual history, about the emotional
struggle to reconcile the colonial past with modern identity.]
Blackward, Lawrence Lindell. [Fantastic title, right? A graphic novel for all of us who felt like we didn't belong to the cool club in school, with special love for Black, queer, nerdy, "weird" folks.]
The Out Side: Trans and Nonbinary Comics, The Kao, ed. [I enjoyed this graphic novel. You rarely see comics about the experiences of coming out, collected all in one place.] ⭐⭐⭐⭐
We are about one month away from one of my favorite times of the year…fall reading! But we still have a couple more weeks before that begins, so let us enjoy the remaining days of summer with great book releases!