Info
Your usual guide through new releases, Erica, is out this week, but I’m here to shepherd you through the biggest and most exciting new releases of the moment! We’re coming off the months of the publishing season, but there are still plenty of new books worth keeping on your radar. Today, I have some cozy and comforting reads perfect for these colder months as well as a couple of books that alternate between historical fiction and the present.
 Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreTerry Dactyl is a trans woman raised by lesbian moms who comes of age in the 1980s. She moves from Seattle to New York City and builds a community in the queer and gender-bending club scene, even as it is torn apart by the AIDS epidemic. At her art gallery job, she tries to blend her worlds of elite art and club culture together. 20 years later, Terry moves back to Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic, searching for community once again. —Danika Ellis |
 Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. SutantoI love Jesse Q. Sutanto’s cozy mysteries, Dial A for Aunties and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, so I’m thrilled to see her dipping her metaphorical toes into historical fiction. In Next Time Will Be Our Turn, Sutanto explores complicated family relationships and second chances. When Izzy Chen reluctantly shows up to her family’s annual Chinese New Year Celebration only to see her grandmother walk in with a stunning woman, everything she thought she knew about her family is turned on its head. Izzy’s reaction reminds Magnolia Chen of the girl she once was, prompting her to share her story of being sent to LA from Jakarta and finding herself caught between familial expectations and the girl she loved. —Rachel Brittain |
All Access members, read on for four more of the best new books releases out this week.
This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.