POSTSCRIPT Books
Come and Get It
Kiley Reid (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) Reid’s debut novel, “Such a Fun Age,” was a bestseller and longlisted for the Booker Prize. Her highly anticipated followup is set on the University of Arkansas campus in 2017 where an ambitious resident assistant, a visiting professor and three rebellious students become entangled.
The Excitements: A Novel
CJ Wray (Orion) Two nonagenarian, World War II-veteran sisters travel from Britain to France to receive yet another award and end up embarking on an adventure to settle old scores and reveal juicy secrets. Like its two heroines, this is a fun, spritely read.
House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury Publishing) The third book in Maas’s phenomenally popular “Crescent City” fantasy series finds halfhuman, half-Fae Bryce Quinlan stranded in a strange new world and desperate to return home. Hunt Athalar wants to help her, but first he must escape Asteri’s dungeons.
Martyr! A Novel
Kaveh Akbar (Knopf ) This acclaimed, delightfully strange debut finds the young orphaned son of Iranian immigrants searching for meaning and struggling to understand his family’s past. His quest leads him to New York City, where a painting in a Brooklyn art gallery holds clues about the women his mother — who died when her plane was shot down by a US Navy warship — really was.
Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
Noah Kagan with Tahl Raz (Portfolio) Kagan, the founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, advises readers on how to find the courage to strike out on their own to successfully launch their own business and find financial freedom.
The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness
Tim MacMahon (Grand Central Publishing) Basketball fans will get an inside look at Doncic’s path from top European teen prospect to NBA star — and all the drama along the way.