11 of the Best New Books of May

The New York Times had me doing a double take last week with the release of their Best Books of the Year So Far list. I mean, on the one hand, I get releasing their midway list a month or so before everyone else. But still, it’s not making my sense of time any less fraught. As far as the list goes, though, there are some givens—like Tayari Jones’ Kin, Namwali Serpell’s Read Entire Article