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Hogarth; Riverhead Books; Liveright; Atria Books; Ecco

She arrives in the citys theater scene and meets an endlessly entertaining group of artists.

I thought, Oh my God, New York City in the 1940s?

I want to write about that!

City of Girls (2019)Author: Elizabeth Gilbert

Riverhead Books

But no coming-home is complete without family resentments and secrets boiling to the surface.

(June 4)

Patsyby Nicole Dennis-Benn

What does it mean to leave a child behind?

Now Ellroy is at work on a prequel quartet, taking place during World War II.

The Electric Hotel by Dominic SmithPublisher: Sarah Crichton Books

Sarah Crichton Books

“I despise the minimal, I despise the small, the picayune,” the author tells EW.

“And that’s why I write these big books.”

A surreal, darkly funny take on art, power, and female friendships.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

There are single sentences in the book that could be an entire season of television, Crouch tells EW.

ONeill spent 20 years wrestling with that question, andChaosis his final answer.

Magic for Liars by Sarah GaileyPublisher: Tor Books

Tor Books

Mostly Dead Things (2019)Author: Kristen Arnett

Tin House Books

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly GorgeousCredit: Penguin Press

Penguin Press

Patsy (2019)Author: Nicole Dennis-Benn

Liveright

James Ellroy, This StormPublisher: Knopf

Knopf

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Viking

Title (2019)Author: TK

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Honestly We Meant Well by Grant GinderPublisher: Flatiron Books

Flatiron Books

Mrs. Everything (2019)Author: Jennifer Weiner

Atria Books

Recursion (2019)Author: Blake Crouch

Crown

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Random House

The Tenth Muse (2019)Author: Catherine Chung

Ecco

The Travelers (2019)Author: Regina Porter

Hogarth

Chaos (2019)Author: Tom O’Neill

Little, Brown and Company

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Ballantine Books

Emily-Nussbaum

Random House

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire LombardoPublisher: Doubleday

Doubleday