

What it’s about: The publisher of the popular NextDraft newsletter takes readers on a cathartic (and funny) trip down memory lane in this real-time ride through the objectively insane 2020 news cycle. “Please Scream Inside Your Heart: Breaking News and Nervous Breakdowns in the Year That Wouldn't End,” by Dave Pell (Hachette Go, nonfiction) The buzz: “Erdrich has crafted a hard-won love letter to readers and to booksellers, as well as a compelling story about how we cope with pain and fear, injustice and illness,” reads a ★★★★ (out of four) review for USA TODAY.Ĥ.

A bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted by its most annoying customer, Flora, who refuses to leave even in death, and bookseller Tookie struggles to get rid of her. What it’s about: The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of “The Night Watchman” returns with a ghost story. "The Sentence," by Louise Erdrich (Harper, fiction) The buzz: “A refreshingly candid, fearless look into a model’s body of work and its impact on her identity and politics,” says Kirkus Reviews.ģ. What it's about: The model, actor and social media influencer goes deep on the subject of the commodification of women in this collection of essays that explores feminism, sexuality and the cultural treatment of women. “My Body,” by Emily Ratajkowski (Metropolitan Books, nonfiction)
