Several exciting novels have gone around the sun enough to wind up in new paperback editions. Tilt (Scribner) by Emma Pattee features an expectant mother returning home from the labyrinth of an IKEA, after a harrowing earthquake. "Tilt may sound like a nightmare..." our reviewer wrote, "yet Pattee's surprisingly tender portrait of motherhood is enough to buoy even the most fearful reader."
Private Rites (Flatiron Books) by Julia Armfield explores in prose "as mesmerizing as it is cathartic" the existential dread of staying afloat in a drowning world with Shakespearean overtones. And Such a Bad Influence (Quirk Books) by Olivia Muenter delves into the machinations of the influencer economy when a social media star goes missing, for a riveting thriller sure to leave readers' heads spinning.
Read on for even more great recommendations! --Dave Wheeler, senior editor, Shelf Awareness