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Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade
Wednesday Books

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade

Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes uses wit and resourcefulness to help a runaway young woman while dodging the expectations of Victorian society and the shadow of her famous brother. The book keeps the series’ brisk adventure tone while emphasizing independence and female agency.

Mummy Eaters (African Poetry Book)
Univ of Nebraska Pr

Mummy Eaters (African Poetry Book)

Sherry Shenoda, Kwame Dawes

Following in the footsteps of an imagined ancestor, one of the daughters of the house of Akhenaten in the Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt, Sherry Shenoda forges an imagined path through her ancestor’s mummification and journey to the afterlife.

After the Sun
Penguin Publishing Group

After the Sun

Jonas Eika, Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg

After the Sun is a story collection where cities, resort economies, finance, bodies, and desire collide. Realistic surfaces open into fantasy and violence as isolated people search for connection in a globalized world.

Peformance
Grasset and Fasquelle

Peformance

Simon Liberati

A novel that overlays the Rolling Stones' early years with the precarious comeback of an aging writer. Its scandalous premise and dark humor stand out, while it also looks coldly at the emptiness of fame and desire.