Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!

We’ve all been reading about it for months, and now finally it’s time to read the thing itself: Life of M by Rachel Cusk is available today! And that’s not all: a long awaited sequel to Big Little Lies hits the shelves, as well as another knockout work of nonfiction and the state of politics today by Jill Lepore. Read on for the full list below; enjoy the bounty.

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Rachel Cusk, Life of M
(FSG)

“A terse, singular meditation on time, fame, innocence and self-creation.”
–The New York Times

Liane Moriarty, Big Little Truths
(Crown)

“A deliciously addictive drama that is equal parts juicy, gripping, and impossible to put down.”
–Freida McFadden

Jill Lepore, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
(Liveright)

“An amazing book—entertaining, revelatory, utterly original, exquisitely researched. It made me rethink everything I thought I knew about our country and this moment.”
–George Saunders

Edwidge Danticat, Dèy
(Knopf)

“Danticat is an author whose work truly captures the Haitian American immigrant experience with prose that is so languid and all-consuming that one never wants to be released from its grasp.”
–NPR

Rozina Ali, Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America
(Crown)

“This a deeply reported tale of hysteria, bigotry, surveillance and persecution, one that is suffused with quiet outrage but observed with a clear eye.”
–Patrick Radden Keefe

Joan Barfoot, Gaining Ground
(Faber & Faber)

“A formidable frontispiece for second-wave feminism and a wildly original novel.”
–Sarah Hall

Wilbert L. Cooper, The Black Shield: An American Memoir of Family and Power
(FSG)

“A revealing, closely observed account of police culture and its discontents.”
–Kirkus

John Manuel Arias, Crocodilopolis
(Bloomsbury)

“A darkly intoxicating novel, at once mythic and wickedly contemporary.”
–Ocean Vuong

Shane White, A Moment in the Sun: Black Manhattan Before the Civil War
(Liveright)

“A book that bustles with a fascinating cast of characters who made the city come alive with art, commerce, music, and literature.”
–Greg Grandin

Andrea Bajani, trans. by Geoffrey Brock, The Anniversary
(Other Press)

“A book that confronts the purity of fact, the tyranny of memory, and the totalitarianism of family like no other.”
–Jhumpa Lahiri

Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, The Ghost of the Mountains
(Riverhead)

“Suryawanshi makes these leopards real, in all their glory, subtle skill and extreme vulnerability, in a book that reads like a classic of conservation.”
–Financial Times

Gaël Faye, trans. by Sarah Ardizzone, Jacaranda
(Hogarth)

“Through the beauty of his style, he speaks humanely and compassionately about the worst atrocities. This book is unforgettable.”
–Leïla Slimani

Annie Lowrey, The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It
(Ecco)

“Excellent.”
–The New Yorker

Siang Lu, Ghost Cities
(Summit)

“Ghost Cities offers everything readers could ask for—historical drama, modern romance, satire-infused dystopia, a reckoning with one’s identity.”
–Booklist

Susan Stryker, Changing Gender
(FSG)

“This is a brave book, written during a moment when such bravery matters more than ever.”
–Library Journal

Andrés Barba, trans. by Lisa Dillman, Last Day of a Prior Life
(HarperVia)

“A terrifying masterpiece … Andrés is a write of extraordinary talent.”
–Omar El Akkad

Kazim Ali, The Man in 119
(Copper Canyon)

“A perfectly fitting introduction to anyone new to Ali’s expansive oeuvre and a must-read for his fans.”
–Booklist

Peter Rock, Makeshift
(Soft Skull)

“From spirits to foraging to shipwrecks, Rock creates a compelling world waiting to be explored.”
–Alta

Anja Meulenbelt, tr. Ann Oosthuizen, The Shame is Over
(Astra)

“An electrifying reminder—raw, vivid, alive to the touch—of the earliest days of Second Wave feminism. As an historical document, it stands with the best.”
–Vivian Gornick

Anya Niewierra, trans. by Eileen Stevens, The Camino
(Simon and Schuster)

“Niewierra’s heady blend of suspense and a soupçon of romance should win her plenty of fans this side of the Atlantic.”
–Publishers Weekly