Best Books of June | Starred Reviews

Starred titles reviewed in our June 2023 print issue, spanning mystery and suspense, SF/fantasy, romance, graphic novels, and more.

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Ware, Ruth. Zero Days. Gallery.

Wilding, Rose. Speak of the Devil. Minotaur: St. Martin’s.

SF/FANTASY

Malan, Violette. The Court War. DAW.

Soria, D.L. Thief Liar Lady. Del Rey: Ballantine.

Valdes, Valerie. Where Peace Is Lost. Harper Voyager.

HORROR

Due, Tananarive. The Reformatory. Gallery/Saga.

Tingle, Chuck. Camp Damascus. Tor Nightfire.

Tremblay, Paul. The Beast You Are: Stories. Morrow.

ROMANCE

Desai, Sara. To Have and To Heist. Berkley.

Kae, Courtney. In the Case of Heartbreak. Kensington.

Levine, Jenna. My Roommate Is a Vampire. Berkley.

Long, Julie Anne. How To Tame a Wild Rogue. Avon.

Lyon, J. Vanessa. Lush Lives. Roxane Gay: Grove Atlantic.

Moher, Laura. Curves for Days. Sourcebooks Casablanca.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Chast, Roz. I Must Be Dreaming. Bloomsbury.

de Campi, Alex (text) & Erica Henderson (illus.). Parasocial. Image Comics.

Scioli, Tom. I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee. Ten Speed: Crown.

Tamaki, Jillian & Mariko Tamaki. Roaming. Drawn & Quarterly.

FICTION

Dent, Lizzy. The Sweetest Revenge. Putnam.

Shin, Kyung-Sook. I Went To See My Father. Astra House.

Smith, Zadie. The Fraud. Penguin Pr.

Wiggs, Susan. Welcome to Beach Town. Morrow.

Williams, Beatriz. The Beach at Summerly. Morrow.

ARTS & HUMANITIES

Brown, Tim. The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game. Twelve: Grand Central.

Byrne, Christopher. A Man of Much Importance: The Art and Life of Terrence McNally. Applause Bks.

Giacomazzo, Bernadette. The Golden Girls: A Cultural History. Rowman & Littlefield.

McCartney, Paul. 1964: Eyes of the Storm. Liveright: Norton.

Murphy-Gill, Meghan. The Sacred Life of Bread: Uncovering the Mystery of an Ordinary Loaf. Broadleaf.

Vermeer. Thames & Hudson.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Leach, Samantha. The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia. Legacy Lit.

Linton, David E. Crushed: How Student Debt Has Impaired a Generation and What To Do About It. J. Ross.

Neiwert, David. The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy. Melville House.

Nguyen, Beth. Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir. Scribner.

Nuwer, Rachel. I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World. Bloomsbury.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cohen, Benyamin. The Einstein Effect: How the World’s Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds. Sourcebooks.

Gleick, Peter. The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future. PublicAffairs: Perseus.

Setareh, Saghar. Pomegranates and Artichokes: A Food Journey from Iran to Italy. Interlink.

Skomal, Greg & Ret Talbot. Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark. Morrow.

REFERENCE

Critical Insights: A Raisin in the Sun. Salem Pr.

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