{
  "id": 14164538,
  "title": "Bonnie Garmus, Yiyun Li, Joy Harjo, and more: 20 new books out today!",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/bonnie-garmus-yiyun-li-joy-harjo-and-more-20-new-books-out-today",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Literary Hub",
    "slug": "literary-hub",
    "url": "https://lithub.com/bonnie-garmus-yiyun-li-joy-harjo-and-more-20-new-books-out-today/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today, a plethora of talented authors are releasing their latest novels and nonfiction works. Among them are Yiyun Li, Bonnie Garmus, M. John Harrison, and Will Maclean, to name a few. These writers have captivated readers with their unique storytelling styles and thought-provoking themes.\n\nYiyun Li's novel, \"Music Against the Night,\" is hailed as a \"perfectly constructed, moving, and beautiful\" story that \"may well be the most perfectly constructed, moving, and beautiful novel I’ve ever read.\" Author Ann Patchett echoes this sentiment, calling the novel \"the best of all of us.\"\n\nBonnie Garmus's \"Peck & Peck\" offers a love story, a workplace romp, and a satire with a soft heart for fonts. Oprah Daily praises the novel for its \"soft heart for fonts\" and \"ode to poetry and the people who can’t live without it.\"\n\nM. John Harrison's \"The End of Everything\" is described as feeling more like \"dreaming\" than just reading. The Telegraph commends Harrison for not being \"weirder than most other writers, just better.\"\n\nLauren Michele Jackson's collection of essays, \"Back: Essays on the Soul and Spine of America,\" is a \"collection of immense breadth—somatic, surprising, and cinematic in its scope.\" Raven Leilani praises Jackson's work for its \"immense breadth.\"\n\nNonfiction authors like Adam Grant, Lauren Michele Jackson, and Wendy S. Walters are also releasing new titles today. Readers are encouraged to explore the full list of releases and dive into these captivating stories.",
  "summary": "Yiyun Li, Bonnie Garmus, M. John Harrison, Will Maclean, and so many more apt and intelligent writers are releasing novels today. Adam Grant, Lauren Michele Jackson, and Wendy S. Walters all number among the plentiful nonfiction authors also releasing new",
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      {
        "outlet": "Literary Hub",
        "title": "Bonnie Garmus on Writing a Coming-of-Age Novel of Poets and Poetry",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/bonnie-garmus-on-writing-a-coming-of-age-novel-of-poets-and-poetry",
        "published": "2026-10-13T09:09:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}