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Earlier this month, the Georgia state senate made national headlines by passing SB 390, a bill that seeks to bar the expenditure of state funds on programs or materials involving [...]

The Great State of West Florida Kent Wascom. Black Cat, $17 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6284-7 The wacky and wild fourth adventure for the Woolsack clan (after The New Inheritors) [...]

* Faraway the Southern Sky Joseph Andras, trans, from the French by Simon Leser. Verso, $17.95 trade paper (112p) ISBN 978-1-80429-171-9 In this eloquent and impassioned novella, Andras (Tomorrow They [...]

Canadaigua Donald Revell. Alice James, $18.95 trade paper (100p) ISBN 978-1-949944-62-4 In these intellectual and precise poems, Revell (White Campion) explores the darker side of human progress with inventive language [...]

Holy Winter Maria Stepanova, trans, from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale. New Directions, $14.95 trade paper (80p) ISBN 978-0-8112-3514-3 This moving, polyvocal volume from Stepanova (War of the Beasts and [...]

Bird Suit Sydney Hegele. Invisible Publishing, $16.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-77843-042-8 Mythological creatures and strange relationships shape this beguiling debut novel from Hegele (after the collection The Pump). Georgia [...]

* Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space Catherine Barnett. Graywolf, $17 trade paper (96p) ISBN 978-1-64445-287-5 The stunning latest from Barnett (Human Hours) blends the witty and the [...]

* Ward Toward Cindy Juyoung Ok. Yale Univ., $20 trade paper (100p) ISBN 978-0-300-27392-2 Winner of the 2023 Yale Younger Poets Prize, Ok in her refreshing debut uses language to [...]

* Black Bell Alison C. Rollins. Copper Canyon, $22 trade paper (136p) ISBN 978-1-55659-700-8 The astute second collection from Rollins (Library of Small Catastrophes) delivers an unsettling encounter with American [...]

The Paris Affair Maureen Marshall. Grand Central, $19.99 trade paper (412p) ISBN 978-1-5387-5780-2 A young engineer in 1880s Paris weathers romance and danger while helping to build the Eiffel Tower [...]

Still Waters Matt Goldman. Forge, $18.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-32569-3 In this brisk and enjoyable mystery from bestseller Goldman (A Good Family), estranged siblings reunite to solve their brother's [...]

* North Wind Alexandria Warwick. Simon & Schuster, $19.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-66806-516-7 Pairing an ice-cold god in exile with an alcoholic heroine possessed of a minor martyr complex, [...]

The Wolf's Eye Luanne G. Smith. 47North, $16.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-66251-017-5 Smith's undeniable gift for description saves the day in her immersive if uneven second Order of Seven [...]

* How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying Django Wexler. Orbit, $19.99 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-316-39220-4 By turning the themes of chosen-one fantasy on their head, this [...]

The Silverblood Promise James Logan. Tor, $19.99 trade paper (528p) ISBN 978-1-250-34580-6 Positioned squarely in the tradition of fantasy caper novels, the winning debut and Last Legacy series launch from [...]

* Look on the Bright Side Kristan Higgins. Berkley, $19 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-593-54765-6 Bestseller Higgins (Pack Up the Moon) proves her mastery of the romance genre in this [...]

The Belt Dale E. Lehman. Red Tales, $14.95 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-958906-04-0 In this jam-packed science fiction thriller from Lehman (The Realm of Tiny Giants), ambitious Mars colony exobiologist [...]

* Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie Jackie Lau. Atria/Bestler, $17.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-66803-076-9 Lau (The Stand-Up Groomsman) delivers a heartfelt and hilarious rom-com about a woman whose insecurities [...]

* Exile in Guyville Amy Lee Lillard. BOA Editions, $18 trade paper (138p) ISBN 978-1-960145-20-8 Each of these six enthralling speculative shorts from Lillard {Dig Me Out) explores female agency [...]

Summer Punchline Betty Corrello. Avon, $18.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-332958-4 Set in the world of stand-up comedy, Corrello's debut rom-com delivers a sturdy second-chance love story but lacks true [...]

Second Night Stand Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters. Forever, $16.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-5387-5611-9 Karelia Stetz-Waters (Behind the Scenes) and her wife, debut author Fay Stetz-Waters, lay out their mission [...]

Seven Summers Paige Toon. Putnam, $18 trade paper (448p) ISBN 978-0-593-54435-8 This heart-wrenching romance from Toon (Only Love Can Hurt Like This) jumps between seven summers in the life of [...]

Earls Trip Jenny Holiday. Kensington, $17.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-4967-4507-1 Holiday (Canadian Boyfriend) makes the playfully anachronistic tone clear from the very first line of this fun Regency series [...]

Savor It Tarah DeWitt. Griffin, $18 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-32942-4 DeWitt (Funny Feelings) pairs a smalltown teacher with a burned-out chef from the big city in this thoroughly enjoyable [...]

Living a Conscious Life: How to Find Peace, Wholeness, and Freedom in a Chaotic World Donald E. Johnson. Select, $17.95 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-59079-562-0 Leadership consultant Johnson debuts with [...]

Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life Nicholas D. Kristof. Knopf, $32 (480p) ISBN 978-0-593-53656-8 In this impassioned memoir, New York Times journalist Kristof (coauthor with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of Tightrope) [...]

College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight Shawn Cohen. Sourcebooks, $17.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-7282-7299-3 Former Westchester, N.Y., Journal News crime [...]

The Ex-Human: Science Fiction and the Fate of Our Species Michael Berube. Columbia Univ., $26 trade paper (296p) ISBN 978-0-231-21505-3 Berube (It's Not Free Speech), an English professor at Penn [...]

Growing Up in the Gutter: Diaspora and Comics Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo. Univ. of Arizona, $26.95 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-0-8165-5331-0 In this dry monograph, Quintana-Vallejo (Children of Globalization), an English professor [...]

The Pain Project: A Couple's Story of Confronting Chronic Pain Kara Stanley, with Simon Paradis. Greystone, $19.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-77164-840-0 Stanley's 2015 memoir, Fallen, chronicled how she and [...]

Empowered to Repair: Becoming People Who Mend Broken Systems and Heal Our Communities Brenda Salter McNeil. Brazos, $19.99 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-58743-448-8 McNeil (Becoming Brave), an associate professor of [...]

The Tale of a Thousand Faces (Rune #1) Carlos Sanchez. Flying Eye, $15.99 paper (144p) ISBN 978-1-83874-121-1 After fleeing from bullies at their orphanage in Little Valley, besties Chiri and [...]

Wolfpitch Balazs Lorinczi.Top Shelf, $19.99 paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-603-09539-6 A bass-playing werewolf with a temper, a milkshake-loving ghost keyboardist, and a disgruntled human drummer team up to compete in a [...]

The Case of the Golden Bone (Detective Sweet Pea #1) Sara Varan. First Second, $22.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-250-23637-1; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-34840-1 Blue-hued pooch Sweet Pea lives a carefree life [...]

MYSTERY/THRILLER [??]EDITOR PICX Killing Johnny Miracle J.K. Franko | Rum House Publishing 440p, hardcover, $19.99, ISBN 978-1-8382759-4-5 Franko follows up the Roy Cruise Series with a pleasurably mean Texas thriller [...]

Wonder where you've wandered into--and why there's a looming statue of an Ewok? How are comics shops different from general bookstores? If you're asking that question, you definitely haven't browsed [...]

The first time Sara B. Franklin met storied Knopf editor Judith Jones, she was 26 years old and terrified. It was a cold January morning in 2013, and Franklin had [...]

Akmaral Judith Lindbergh. Regal House, $19.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-64603-469-7 Lindbergh (The Thrall's Tale) draws on Herodotus's Histories for a crackling novel focused on the lives of ancient Central [...]

* Cecilia K-Ming Chang. Coffee House, $14.95 trade paper (144p) ISBN 9784-5668-9707-5 A 24-year-old woman is flooded with fraught memories of her early teen years after encountering an estranged friend [...]

* Pages of Mourning Diego Gerard Morrison. Two Dollar Radio, $19.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-953387-40-0 In the inventive and thrilling latest from Mexican writer Gerard Morrison (Myth of Pterygium), [...]

All Our Lies Are True Lisa Manterfield. Steel Rose, $17.99 trade paper (284p) ISBN 978-1-7373048-3-8 Manterfield follows up The Smallest Thing with the gut-wrenching story of a young woman grappling [...]

* Road to Ruin Hana Lee. Simon & Schuster, $18.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-6680-3561-0 Savage, sexy, and deliciously screwed up, Lee's apocalyptic fantasy debut is sure to draw comparisons [...]

Dreadful Caitlin Rozakis. Titan, $17.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-80336-547-3 Rozakis's amusing debut opens on a bewildered amnesiac waking up "with no eyebrows and no idea how he'd gotten into [...]

The House That Horror Built Christina Henry. Berkley, $18 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-63821-7 Henry (Good Girls Don't Die) spins an eerie haunted house tale set in the home of [...]

Dry Lands Elizabeth Anne Martins. FlameTree, $16.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-78758-905-6 The tense first outing from Martins makes a woman's desperate struggle for survival in a postapocalyptic setting plausible, [...]

Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places Claire Kann. Berkley, $18 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-33665-6 Lucky Hart, the protagonist of this endearing rom-com from Kann (The Romantic Agenda), [...]

One Last Shot Betty Cayouette. Griffin, $18 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-29110-3 Cayouette makes a memorable debut with a second-chance love story that is equal parts heart-wrenching and inspiring. As [...]

* You Should Be So Lucky Cat Sebastian. Avon, $18.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-327280-4 Sebastian delivers another irresistible period romance in this poignant spin-off of We Could Be So [...]

* Mother Knows Best Edited by Lindy Ryan. Black Spot, $15.95 trade paper (268p) ISBN 978-1-64548-139-3 Twisted caregiving and inescapably tainted love abound in this intimate and visceral anthology from [...]

In 1960 New York City, a curmudgeonly reporter falls for the shortstop he's been assigned to cover in Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky (Avon, May; reviewed on p. 44). [...]