"Some weeks in the books world, a headliner or emergent theme happily suggests itself right away. This is not one of those weeks. Below, you'll find quite a variety: memoir, comics journalism and speculative fiction, horror and humor, in climates as disparate as Polynesia and Antarctica. If there is one thread holding them all together besides the fact they're all worth a read, each in their own way the main organizing principle may well be how much competition they had to shoulder aside"
"It brings for me this voraciousness to learn, to gobble up this world that I'm plunging into," Orlean told NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, reflecting on how she prefers to approach every new story. In her latest effort, the journalist responsible for The Library Book, The Orchid Thief and the biography of a canine silent film star has brought the same unabashed curiosity to bear on a more personal subject: herself."
A bumper harvest of new books spans memoir, comics journalism, speculative fiction, horror, and humor across settings from Polynesia to Antarctica. Susan Orlean's Joyride applies investigative curiosity to the author's own life and offers insights into a prolific writing career. Megha Majumdar's A Guardian and a Thief portrays a near-future Kolkata ravaged by climate change and follows a woman seeking safety and the thief who stole her family's escape. The selections balance grim futures with lighter fare. Strong competition characterizes the publishing season and libraries provide convenient access to a wider array of new titles.
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