Three characters from distinct eras - 1700s Ohio, the latter half of the 21st century and a millennium from now - confront their roles in a disordered world (and eventually, an environmental apocalypse) but find some traces of hope, too. Spiegel & Grau, July 6 ‘ Appleseed,' by Matt Bell It’s a real-life friendship that mirrors the one between Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince and his fox, full of tenderness and understanding.

in biology, deeply alone in rural Montana - until she is visited by a persistent fox. Is she behind the threatening notes left at Nella’s desk?Ītria, June 1 ‘ Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship,’ by Catherine Ravenįeeling lonely? Raven’s memoir might help, which finds her after she completed a Ph.D. But Hazel - charming, confident and immediately successful in a way that Nella was not - doesn’t turn out to be the ally Nella had hoped for. In this debut novel, Nella is delighted when another Black woman is hired at the publishing house where she works: someone who can commiserate about microaggressions and awkward company seminars about diversity, and help elevate authors who may not otherwise get published. Someone knows Jake’s secret, though, and spares nothing to make his life miserable.Ĭeladon, May 11 ‘ The Other Black Girl,’ by Zakiya Dalila Harris So when Jake learns that that too-good-to-waste plot is up for grabs, he takes it - and finds all the success the other writer predicted for himself years earlier. He meets a young, outrageously self-assured writer who is certain the premise of his manuscript is destined to make him famous. Korelitz’s latest novel features a fellow writer, Jake Bonner, whose career has sputtered: After modest success with his first book, he can’t sell his next novel and is teaching at a no-name M.F.A.

The Sound of the Sea by Cynthia Barnett