10 Must-Read New Books Out This Week

A Lebanese doctor bonds with her patient, a Syrian refugee who insists on keeping her cancer diagnosis a secret, in this new novel from the author of An Unnecessary Woman.

After beginning in 2019 with The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi’s Belle Époque-set tale of daring heists and magical mysteries reaches its dazzling conclusion in this week’s The Bronzed Beasts.

Jay Coles’ new novel is a touching coming-of-age story about a bi Black teen navigating the treacherous waters of high school, sports, and first love — just as his estranged mother comes returns from a years-long absence.

In a world powered by magic, a magician and her partner take on a high-profile kidnapping case that will put them toe-to-toe with one of the kingdom’s powerful mage guilds.

Wallace Price is having some trouble crossing over. He used to be in denial about being dead, but he’s over that now. What he can’t move past, or doesn’t want to, is Hugo — the handsome ferryman who’ll cart him into the afterlife.

Ruth Ozeki’s latest centers on Benny: a 14-year-old boy who begins hearing voices emanate from inanimate objects following the death of his father.

From Little Fish author Casey Plett comes A Dream of a Woman, a collection of stories that center on modern-day trans women searching for security and belonging.

Jason Sanford’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel follows Crista, a young woman who transforms herself into one of the titular guardians — humans symbiotically fused with artificial intelligences — to protect the people she loves the most.

The nation of Huaxia sends man-and-woman pairs of pilots to fight beyond the Great Wall, knowing that the process will kill the woman inside each Chrysalis mech. After losing her sister in this way, Zetian is out for blood. She won’t die in the Chrysalis... but her male co-pilots will.