Each August we take a break from writing The Dipper to rest and refuel for the fall months. However, because there are so many good books coming out in August, we decided we needed to share them with you. Here are the books that have caught our attention. We hope you’ll find the perfect read for August.
August 4 releases
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Guillotine, by Eduardo C. Corral (Graywolf Press)
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The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi (Riverhead)
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Here is the Sweet Hand, by Francine J. Harris (FSG)
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Wandering in Strange Lands, by Morgan Jerkins (Harper)
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Luster, by Raven Leilani (FSG)
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Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron)
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Sometimes I Never Suffered: Poems, by Shane McCrae (FSG)
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Talking Animals, by Joni Murphy (FSG)
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Underworld Lit, by Srikanth Reddy (Wave Books)
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Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House)
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The Fixed Stars, by Molly Wizenberg (Abrams Press)
August 11 releases
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The New Wilderness, by Diane Cook (Harper)
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The Unreality of Memory, by Elissa Gabbert (FSG Originals)
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Difficult Light , by Tomas Gonzalez, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Archipelago)
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The Shame, by Makenna Goodman (Milkweed Editions)
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Finna: Poems, by Nate Marshall (One World)
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Bezoar, by Guadelupe Nettel (Seven Stories Press)
August 15 to 18 releases
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Lecture, by Mary Capello (Transit Books, August 15)
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Northernmost, by Peter Geye (Knopf, August 18)
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Summer, by Ali Smith (Pantheon, August 18)
August 25 releases
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Vesper Flights, by Helen Macdonald (Grove)
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An Inventory of Losses, by Judith Schalansky, translated by Jackie Smith (New Directions)
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Farewell, Ghosts, by Nadia Terranova, translated by Ann Goldstein (Seven Stories Press)