We’re adding fourteen new titles to Peak Picks over the next several weeks!
In fiction, In fiction, Danzy Senza delivers a brilliant dark comedy with Colored Television, about love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial- identity-industrial complex; from Rachel Kushner comes Creation Lake, about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France–a propulsive page-turner of glittering insights and dark humor; Olga Tokarczuk’s latest masterwork, The Empusium, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas in; Ruuman Alam, author of Leave the World Behind, returns with Entitlement a taut and unsettling novel of money and morality; from Matt Haig, author of the mega bestseller The Midnight Library, comes The Life Impossible, a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning; Longlisted for the Booker Prize, Playgroundis a magisterial new novel set in the world’s largest ocean by Richard Powers; and from Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club Series, comes We Solve Murders, a brand new mystery, with an iconic new detective duo and a thrilling new murder to solve.
In nonfiction, Elyse Graham tells the untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spy craft, and helped turn the tide of World War II in Book and Dagger; Seattle-based science journalist Lynne Peeples reveals how the groundbreaking science of circadian rhythms can help you sleep better, feel happier, and improve your overall health with The Inner Clock; in Lovely One, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story In her inspiring, intimate memoir; Sharon McMahon, America’s favorite government teacher, debuts with The Small and the Mighty, a heartfelt, inspiring portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country; KEXP DJ Eva Walker and music writer Jake Uitti explore the musical evolution of Seattle through the lens of 101 songs spanning 80 years in The Sound of Seattle; James Beard Award-winning chef and co-owner of numerous Seattle restaurants Renee Erickson explores the surprising wonder and satisfaction you can find in making everyday food, inspiring us all to cook creatively, in Sunlight and Breadcrumbs; and Gillian Anderson curated a collection of confessions from women around the world with Want, a revelatory, sensational and game-changing exploration of women’s sexuality that asks, and answers: How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous
~posted by Frank
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