Paperback Picks<\/h2>\n
Those who hang out in literary circles know that March always delivers the first real bangers of the year.<\/p>\n
You might find a hidden gem or two in January\u2019s post-holiday releases, and February is a sneakily good month for fans of genre fiction. But March is when publishers are preparing to hook your attention and reel you back into bookstores for the spring book season.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a list of a few of the paperback releases that will wow you this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cKate & Frida\u201d<\/strong> by Kim Fay (G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons, $18). For certain Seattle literary die-hards \u2014 I\u2019m referring here to those who used to shop at Elliott Bay Book Company when it was in Pioneer Square and still refer to the Capitol Hill store as \u201cthe new location\u201d \u2014 this epistolary romance written by Fay, a former Elliott Bay employee, serves as a love letter to the good old days. \u201cKate & Frida\u201d documents a very 1990s correspondence between a young bookseller at the Puget Sound Book Company (a very obvious Elliott Bay stand-in) and an aspiring journalist looking to document the war in Sarajevo.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Beginning Comes After the End\u201d<\/strong> by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books, $16.95). From establishing the word \u201cmansplaining\u201d to writing \u201cHope in the Dark,\u201d one of the best nonfiction books about political action in the 21st century, Solnit has become one of the leading interpreters of the world as we know it. Her latest book looks at the regressive political forces that have taken power around the globe and analyzes why nostalgia for a past that never was is such a potent rallying cry for so many.<\/p>\n \u201cSuspicion\u201d<\/strong> by Seicho Matsumoto, translated by Jesse Kirkwood (Modern Library, $17). The Sunday Times famously dubbed mystery author Matsumoto as \u201cJapan\u2019s Agatha Christie,\u201d but that comparison is a bit reductive. The woman accused of killing her husband in this new English translation is based on a true crime story that made headlines in Japan, and the portrayal of the sleazy journalist who is dead set on framing the protagonist for murder is a darker, creepier creation than Christie was capable of summoning.<\/p>\n \u201cDeep Cuts\u201d<\/strong> by Holly Brickley (Crown, $18). Set in the indie rock world of the early 2000s, Brickley\u2019s novel tells the story of a partnership between a pedantic music lover and an aspiring songwriter that transforms both their lives. A film adaptation of \u201cDeep Cuts,\u201d written by Brickley and produced by uber-hip studio A24, is on the way, so pick up your copy before the inevitable movie tie-in cover reveals you as hopelessly behind the times.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Demon of Unrest\u201d<\/strong> by Erik Larson (Crown, $22). Larson, one of our finest historical writers, has written a deep and compelling exploration of the five months of unrest and agitation between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the first shots fired in the Civil War. Why did Larson choose now to write a chronicle of an America on the brink of chaos, violence and fragmentation? Who can say? It\u2019s one of life\u2019s great mysteries.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Natural Way of Things\u201d<\/strong> by Charlotte Wood (Riverhead Books, $18). In this tense and mysterious novel, a group of women awaken in the middle of a desert with no memory of how they came to be imprisoned, or by whom. While performing hard labor, they learn that they have all crossed paths with powerful, misogynistic men in their pasts. Can they escape and make their jailers pay for what they\u2019ve done?<\/p>\n \u201cHarriet Tubman: Live in Concert”<\/strong> by Bob the Drag Queen (Gallery Books, $17.99). In this debut novel from the popular drag queen and TV host, famous deceased historical figures come back to life in modern-day. Harriet Tubman decides to make the most of her second chance by cutting a hip-hop album and going on tour.<\/p>\n \u201cThe King of Diamonds\u201d<\/strong> by Rena Pederson (Pegasus Crime, $19.95). In the 1960s, a jewel thief, dubbed \u201cThe King of Diamonds,\u201d targeted households in wealthy Dallas neighborhoods. Pederson\u2019s account of the unsolved crime wave digs deep into the kinds of unbelievable twists and turns that only a real-life case could deliver.<\/p>\n \u201cNesting\u201d<\/strong> by Rois\u00edn O\u2019Donnell (Algonquin Books, $19.99). Up-and-coming Irish novelist O\u2019Donnell\u2019s latest is about a pregnant mother of two daughters who, seemingly without any forethought, packs her kids in the car and flees their home. As she struggles to build a new life with the help of the social safety net, her husband relentlessly tries to win her back.<\/p>\n \u201cThere Is No Place for Us\u201d<\/strong> by Brian Goldstone (Crown, $20). Subtitled \u201cWorking and Homeless in America,\u201d Goldstone\u2019s nonfiction narrative tracking five Atlanta families in and out of homelessness was celebrated as one of the ten best books of the year by both The New York Times and The Atlantic. Barack Obama called it one of his favorite books of the year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yakimaherald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paperback Picks Those who hang out in literary circles know that March always delivers the first real bangers of the year. 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