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_In the Unlikely Event_ is iconic children's book author Judy Blume's highly anticipated first novel for adults in over 15 years. Set in New Jersey, where Blume witnessed a bizarre series of plane crashes during her childhood, _In the Unlikely Event_ is an imaginative story spanning three generations of characters, and a charming portrait of the mid-20th century.  
Publication date: [June 2, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/248821/in-the-unlikely-event-by-judy-blume/)

_In the Unlikely Event_ by Judy Blume

Brimming with wit and vibrant characters, Jami Attenberg's _Saint Mazie_ is set in Jazz Age New York City, where large-hearted Mazie Phillips runs the famed movie theater The Venice. When the Great Depression rattles the city, Mazie, whose childhood was marked by poverty, opens her doors to those in need in the Bowery and thus rises to "sainthood."   
Publication date: [June 2, 2015](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jami-attenberg/saint-mazie/9781455599899/)

_Saint Mazie_ by Jami Attenberg

Kathleen Alcott's _Infinite Home_ is the story of Edith, a widowed landlady, and her beautifully flawed tenants, each relentlessly searching for a sense of family, of love, of home. When Edith's son threatens eviction, the tenants, each broken in their own way, must work together to overcome the challenges and crises of modern human existence.  
Publication date: [August 4, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317433/infinite-home-by-alcott-kathleen/)

_Infinite Home_ by Kathleen Alcott

Helen Phillips' thrilling debut novel _The Beautiful Bureaucrat_ follows a young woman named Josephine who, after a lengthy unemployment, does not question her new job entering numbers into something called "The Database." But as her feelings of unease and anxiety grow, she begins to figure out just what the numbers mean and must make a terrifying decision.  
Publication date: [August 11, 2015](http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627793766)

_The Beautiful Bureaucrat_ by Helen Phillips

Mia Alvar's _In the Country_ is a moving collection of stories about the men and women uprooted by the Filipino diaspora. Spanning multiple countries and time periods, Alvar's illuminating, heartbreaking stories reveal just how universal loss and displacement can be.  
Publication date: [June 16, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/237106/in-the-country-by-mia-alvar/)

_In the Country_ by Mia Alvar

Anna North's _The Life and Death of Sophie Stark_ is an elegant, intimate portrait of an exceptionally talented woman and her rise to fame. Elusive cult filmmaker Sophie Stark may be brilliant, but her desire to capture truth in her art has consequences. Bold and enthralling, _The Life and Death of Sophie Stark_ speaks to the costs of creating art and the sacrifices we must make in pursuit of artistic integrity.  
Publication date: [May 19, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317576/the-life-and-death-of-sophie-stark-by-anna-north/)

_The Life and Death of Sophie Stark_ by Anna North

Alexandra Kleeman's brilliant debut novel _You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine_ is at once eerie and strange and beautiful, an incisive commentary on contemporary culture and womanhood. _You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine_ revolves around three characters, named A, B, and C, who each in their own way have fallen prey to modern society's obsession with consumption.  
Publication date: [August 25, 2015](http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062388674/you-too-can-have-a-body-like-mine)

_You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine_ by Alexandra Kleeman

Maggie Nelson's _The Argonauts_ is a fearless memoir that challenges how we think about memoir, fluidly blending critical theory with Nelson's personal experiences. At the heart of _The Argonauts_ is a love story and a pregnancy, and Nelson's exploration of both critically sheds new light on sexuality, identity, marriage, and family-making.  
Publication date: [May 5, 2015](https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/argonauts)

_The Argonauts_ by Maggie Nelson

_Go Set a Watchman_ is Pulitzer Prize–winning author Harper Lee's follow-up to _To Kill a Mockingbird_, and one of the most anticipated books this summer. Set in the mid-1950s, _Go Set a Watchman_ follows the beloved characters from _To Kill a Mockingbird_ as they struggle with both personal and political problems two decades later.  
Publication date: [July 14, 2015](http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062409850/go-set-a-watchman)

_Go Set a Watchman_ by Harper Lee

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