New Books Newsletter - August 3, 2026Like this list

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• Take What You Can

  a Novel

  Coster, Naima, 1986-

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  Val and Milly fell in love with France at the same time they fell in love with each other and became immediate best friends. Then, they bonded as the only Black students on a study-abroad trip. Now they are in their thirties, each married and with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Amateur

  a Novel

  Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-

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  When a young woman, a golf prodigy, kills a caddy with a stray ball at the country club, the investigation of this freak accident reveals a dark and shocking tale of secret affairs, predatory men, and a teenager on trial.

• When Lemons Give You Life

  a Novel

  Johnston, Anna, 1983-

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  From the author of the beloved international bestseller The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife comes a heart-stirring novel about family, second chances, and the lengths we go for those we love, following a woman fighting to hold onto life and her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Trade of Blood

  Bennett, Robert Jackson

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  Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man's innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the bestselling author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy awards.

• Etna

  Yoon, Paul,

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  Set in a fictional country in the present day, this is a story told through the eyes of an ex-military dog, Etna. After surviving years of a devastating war, Etna decides one night to leave the men he has fought alongside for years and return…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything

  Jezer-Morton, Kathryn

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  Over the past two decades, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have revolutionized how we document and share our lives. We once archived our experiences in photo albums, and now we capture our most significant moments in reels and photo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sometime This Century

  a Regency Rom-com

  Silva, Samantha,

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  A riotous rom-com meets a swoon-worthy Regency comedy of manners in this heartfelt time-travel story about sisters, love, identity--and how Jane Austen just might change your life.

• How Simi Got Her Groom Back

  a Novel

  Dev, Sonali,

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  Two sisters. One fake marriage. Zero chance of keeping the truth hidden.

• The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

  Lepore, Jill, 1966-

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  Building on an essay in The New Yorker in 2024, Lepore’s clarion call traces our increasing dependence on and strangulation by data. Political campaigns, awash in an avalanche of fake bots, have been reduced to attention-mining algorithms, while…Read moreRead more of this annotation