New Book Releases: September 29, 2020

Each week, I’ll catalog the biggest and most exciting adult and YA fiction — and the occasional nonfiction — coming out that Tuesday.

A DEADLY EDUCATION, Naomi Novik. From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver, a new fantasy about a young magician with a talent for mass destruction must ingratiate herself to powerful other classmates at her magical school. In a starred review, Bookpage wrote, “A Deadly Education will cement Naomi Novik’s place as one of the greatest and most versatile fantasy writers of our time.” Bookshop.

BURNING ROSES, S. L. Huang. Now middle-aged, Red Riding Hood and The Archer are tired and done with fairy tales, but when deadly sunbirds begin decimating the countryside where they live, they must take up arms together once again. Bookshop.

BESTIARY, K-Ming Chang. In this multi-generational fabulist epic, a girl wakes up with the tiger’s tail after her mother tells her the story of a tiger spirit who takes refuge in women’s bodies. “The novel’s portrait of motherhood stayed with me long after I put it down,” writes The New York Times. Longlisted for the Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Aggregated critical reviews, Bookshop.