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1. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz Cruz has created an emotional wringer of a book as unwavering as its protagonist. With an exquisite voice that is hilarious, bleak, and absolutely formidable, How Not

1. 100 Animals that can F*cking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye Ever wonder how to tell if a moose is about to subtract you? Curious why you should be terrified of cassowaries, the “velociraptor that time forgot?” Questioning whether that

1. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in

1. Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany A look at the history of fandom through the viewpoint of One Direction Stans, Everything I Need I Get From

1. Edible North Carolina by Marcie Cohen Ferris What does food-to-table in North Carolina look like? What does life look like for the farmers? The restaurants? The chefs? Edible North Carolina is edited by Marcie Cohen Ferris, who is a

1. Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn The powerful sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning Legendborn—perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Margaret Rogerson! 2. How To Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow Becky Albertalli meets Casey McQuiston in this

1. Porneia by Eduardo Kac Internationally recognized for his works in telepresence and bioart, Kac presents here, translated into English for the first time, his early political poems and performance texts from his early career in Brazil. 2. Togetherness by

1. Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata, Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori The long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existence. 2.

1. In The Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington From the author of For Black Girls Like Me, which received five starred reviews and multiple accolades, comes a middle-grade novel about first love, loss, and letting go. 2. Paola Santiago

1. Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang Amy Wu does her best to make her new classmate feel welcome in this warmhearted and playfully illustrated follow-up picture book to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao and Amy