If you’re a fan of Haruki Murakami, you’re in luck. The Japanese novelist has announced that he will be releasing his first book in three years. In true Murakami fashion, it takes place in a surreal world that a woman protagonist must find her way out of. The Tale of KAHO will be out July 3rd.
When it comes to books out sooner, there are a couple nonfiction titles that should be on your radar. The first, Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History by Linford D. Fisher, details how there were around three to six million Indigenous people who were enslaved shortly after Europeans hit the shores of the Americas in 1492. The second, The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present by Steve Brusatte, I mention as an extension of what Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz has described as our audience’s obsession with bird watching.
The rest of the best books out today include a South Korean workplace horror, a dual timeline mystery set in London, a high-pressure foodie memoir, and more.
Molka by Monika KimJunyoung is an IT technician who controls all of the cameras in his Seoul workplace. The women there dismiss him, not realizing the trove of images he has of their most private moments. Dahye is a woman who has grown up in the shadow of a perfect older sister. When her boyfriend leaves her in the aftermath of a hidden camera scandal, she begins to lose her grip on reality, and Junyoung’s obsession with her only grows… —Alex Luppens-Dale |
 How to Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen PerrinI read the first of the Castle Knoll series, How to Solve Your Own Murder, back when it came out in 2024, and had a grand ole time listening to the audiobook switch between the 1965 and modern-day settings, as amateur sleuth Annie used her great aunt Frances’ diary to solve her murder. With the latest in the series, we see a young Aunt Frances living it up in a glamorous 1968 London, while Annie tries to solve the murder of her artist mother’s protégée in the 2020s. Funny thing is, she was murdered in the same way as great aunt Frances’ friend, Vera, was decades ago. —Erica Ezeifedi All access members continue below for more of the best books out this week. |
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