Four of the Hottest New Books You Can Read Starting On March 19, 2024
Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir, Percival Everett’s latest novel, and more
What are the hottest new books hitting shelves this week?
There’s an imaginative new thriller, a highly anticipated literary novel, and Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir. We cover these books and more below.
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James by Percival Everett
In Percival Everett’s latest novel, James, we’re thrown into Jim’s adventures in a retelling of Mark Twain’s classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Jim devises an escape to avoid being sold into slavery.
Enter Huck Finn — no stranger to drama himself — who’s just pulled a Houdini to duck his dear dad’s right hook. Together, they ride down the Mississippi, chasing the dream of freedom with more twists than a pretzel.
This isn’t just another float trip. Everett tells a refreshing tale with fresh humor and sharp insight, from dodging floods and finding unexpected cash (and corpses) to running into con artists fancy enough to be mistaken…
