Obreht's Fourth Novel Weaves Three Narratives Around a Mysterious Great Plains Spot Across Different Eras, Sparked by Traveler Anton Vargas

Obreht's fourth novel weaves three narratives around a mysterious Great Plains spot across different eras, sparked by traveler Anton Vargas. Yoon's "Etna" reimagines Odysseus as a war-scarred dog on an epic journey home. Lee's seventh book follows 10-year-old Jeon-Gi, a Korean immigrant's son navigating identity, first romance, and summer camp.

Russo's latest features a musician lured back to his blue-collar hometown, echoing his Pulitzer-winning "Empire Falls. Moriarty revisits Celeste, Jane, and Madeline a decade after "Big Little Lies, now facing new problems including a severed finger. Cusk's new novel, sparking tabloid speculation, explores a writer's relationship with a famous actress.

Another tale follows sisters Ari, Heiko, and CeCe, sole survivors of a massacre, living on an island called Makeshift in a quietly apocalyptic world. Lepore, a Harvard professor and New Yorker writer, also has a new history of the U.S. out this month.