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Get an advance look at some of the season’s most highly anticipated titles with GalleyCrush, a weekly series featuring cover art, first lines, book notes, and more.

GalleyCrush: A Calling for Charlie Barnes

by Staff

6.11.21

Close-up of the cover of Joshua Ferris’s A Calling for Charlie Barnes. A shiny, emerald-green handset of a corded telephone dangles in the air. The background is a warm orange.

Joshua Ferris’s A Calling for Charlie Barnes, forthcoming from Little, Brown on September 28, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Cloud Cuckoo Land

by Staff

6.4.21

Close-up of the cover of Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land. A delicate white cloud is painted on a soft blue surface. Lines of pale gold extend out from the center of the cloud to the edges of the frame.

Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land, forthcoming from Scribner on September 28, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Poet Warrior

by Staff

5.28.21

Close-up of the cover of Joy Harjo’s Poet Warrior. An intricate piece of beadwork depicts a spider. The body of the spider is rendered in red and gold beads, while its legs are gold and brown.

Joy Harjo’s Poet Warrior, forthcoming from W. W. Norton on September 7, 2021.

GalleyCrush: When the Reckoning Comes

by Staff

5.21.21

Close-up of the cover of LaTanya McQueen’s When the Reckoning Comes. An illustrated solitary bird is perched on a branch against a dull-colored sky. The title text, rendered in a blood-red font, is partially visible.

LaTanya McQueen’s When the Reckoning Comes, forthcoming from Harper Perennial on August 3, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Agatha of Little Neon

by Staff

5.14.21

Close-up of the cover of Claire Luchette’s Agatha of Little Neon. The silhouettes of two nuns appear in front of a 2D neon-green house against a pink background.

Claire Luchette’s Agatha of Little Neon, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux on August 3, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Radiant Fugitives

by Staff

5.7.21

Close-up of the cover of Nawaaz Ahmed’s Radiant Fugitives. Wavy bands of gold and blue run on the vertical axis. Woven between the bands are brilliant red flowers.

Nawaaz Ahmed’s Radiant Fugitives, forthcoming from Counterpoint on August 3, 2021.

GalleyCrush: The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois

by Staff

4.30.21

Close-up of the cover of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’s The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois. A graphic, textured rendering of the sun peeking out from behind a tree.

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’s The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois, forthcoming from Harper on July 27, 2021.

GalleyCrush: The Woman From Uruguay

by Staff

4.23.21

Close-up of the cover of Pedro Mairal’s The Woman From Uruguay, translated by Jennifer Croft. An out-of-focus image of a woman’s lips is pasted on top of an image of calm water cast in pink tones.

Pedro Mairal’s The Woman From Uruguay, translated by Jennifer Croft, forthcoming from Bloomsbury on July 6, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Nightbitch

by Staff

4.16.21

Close-up of the cover of Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch. A pair of hands holds out a piece of paper with three raw beef steaks on top. The fingernails are painted to match the tone of the steaks.

Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch, forthcoming from Doubleday on July 20, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Ghost Forest

by Staff

4.9.21

Close-up of the cover of Pik-Shuen Fung’s Ghost Forest. An illustrated yellow bird perches on a woman’s outstretched arm. The bird and the woman’s arm and black hair are cutouts pasted onto a solid yellow-green background.

Pik-Shuen Fung’s Ghost Forest, forthcoming from One World on July 13, 2021.

Cover Reveal: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy

by Staff

4.2.21

Close-up of the cover of Myriam J. A. Chancy’s What Storm, What Thunder. An illustrated hummingbird hovers above a blue background. The bird has brilliant green body feathers, purple tail feathers, and a streak of blue above its eye.

An exclusive first look at Myriam J. A. Chancy’s What Storm, What Thunder, which is forthcoming from Tin House on October 5, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Seek You

by Staff

3.26.21

Close-up of the cover of Kristen Radtke's Seek You

Kristen Radtke’s Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness, forthcoming from Pantheon on July 6, 2021. Editor’s Note: This book’s publication date has been changed to July 13, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Hard Like Water

by Staff

3.19.21

Close-up of the cover of Yan Lianke's Hard Like Water, translated by Carlos Rojas

Yan Lianke’s Hard Like Water, translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas, forthcoming from Grove Press on June 15, 2021.

Cover Reveal: Pilot Impostor by James Hannaham

by Staff

3.12.21

Close-up of the illustrated cover of James Hannaham’s Pilot Impostor: Two airplane passengers lean forward in their seats as if to prepare for an emergency landing. They are rendered in a clean, 2D style.

An exclusive first look at James Hannaham’s Pilot Impostor, which is forthcoming from Soft Skull Press on November 2, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Somebody’s Daughter

by Staff

3.5.21

Close-up of the cover of Ashley C. Ford’s Somebody’s Daughter

Ashley C. Ford’s Somebody’s Daughter, forthcoming from Flatiron Books on June 1, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Future Feeling

by Staff

2.26.21

Close up of the cover of Future Feeling by Joss Lake

Joss Lake’s Future Feeling, forthcoming from Soft Skull Press on June 1, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Stone Fruit

by Staff

2.19.21

Close-up of the cover of Lee Lai's Stone Fruit

Lee Lai’s Stone Fruit, forthcoming from Fantagraphics on May 11, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Great Circle

by Staff

2.12.21

Close-up of the cover of Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle

Maggie Shipstead’s Great Circle, forthcoming from Knopf on May 4, 2021.

GalleyCrush: The Renunciations

by Staff

2.5.21

Close-up of the cover of Donika Kelly’s The Renunciations

Donika Kelly’s The Renunciations, forthcoming from Graywolf Press on May 4, 2021.

GalleyCrush: The Souvenir Museum

by Staff

1.29.21

Close-up of the cover of Elizabeth McCracken’s The Souvenir Museum

Elizabeth McCracken’s The Souvenir Museum, forthcoming from Ecco on April 13, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Tributary

by Staff

1.22.21

Close-up of the cover art from Carey Salerno’s Tributary

Carey Salerno’s Tributary, forthcoming from Persea Books on April 20, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Double Trio

by Staff

1.15.21

Close-up of the cover of Nathaniel Mackey's Double Trio

Nathaniel Mackey’s Double Trio, forthcoming from New Directions on April 6, 2021.

GalleyCrush: White Magic

by Staff

1.8.21

Close-up of the cover of Elissa Washuta’s White Magic

Elissa Washuta’s White Magic, forthcoming from Tin House on April 27, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Water I Won’t Touch

by Staff

1.1.21

Close-up of the cover of Kayleb Rae Candrilli’s Water I Won’t Touch

Kayleb Rae Candrilli’s Water I Won’t Touch, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press on April 20, 2021.

GalleyCrush: Index of Women

by Staff

12.18.20

Close-up of the cover of Amy Gerstler’s Index of Women

Amy Gerstler’s Index of Women, forthcoming from Penguin Books on April 6, 2021.

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