“Daddy,” by Emma Cline (Random House, fiction, on sale Sept. The buzz: “This entertaining and surprisingly poignant story is a charmer,” says Publishers Weekly.ĥ. One such android, a dentist named Jared, begins to develop feelings.

North Korea has nuked New Zealand, Elon Musk has incinerated the moon and robots live alongside humans. “Set My Heart to Five,” by Simon Stephenson (Hanover Square Press, fiction, on sale Sept. Operation Block Ivanka: 'Melania & Me' excerpts reveal battle between first lady, president's daughterĤ. 'Decolonize your bookshelf': Little libraries, book boxes promote conversation about race in America The buzz: “Clarke is writing about dying, but also, eloquently, about living,” says The Guardian, calling the book “heart-wrenchingly tender and candid.”

What it’s about: A palliative care specialist shares her professional and personal journey to understand death and dying as she worked to improve the quality of her patients’ final days. “Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss,” by Rachel Clarke (Thomas Dunne, nonfiction, on sale Sept. The buzz: “Integrating science, history, philosophy, and religion, Marchant’s epic account is one for readers to savor,” says a starred review in Publishers Weekly.ģ. What it's about: Marchant charts the history of humanity’s fascination with the night sky and explores the way the stars have shaped art, faith, science and society, and what our modern disconnect from the stars has cost us.

“The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars,” by Jo Marchant (Dutton, nonfiction, on sale Sept.

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