I’m really looking forward to reading Claire Messud’s new novel, The Burning Girl (August 29). I loved her book The Emperor’s Children and have a weakness for stories about female friendship, so it’s right up my alley. —Patricia Garcia, Contributing Culture Writer

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I’m reading Megan Hunter’s extraordinary debut, The End We Start From (November 7), this fall. It’s a spare, futuristic fable about a brand-new mother navigating a flooded world. While it’s written with poetic reticence, it paints an expansive and moving portrait of the struggles and celebrations that any new parent faces against a backdrop that feels at once like a distant nightmare and an all-too-probable consequence of climate change.

I also got my paws on advance copies of two outstanding memoirs, forthcoming this spring: Tara Westover’s Educated (February 20) and Leslie Jamison’s The Recovering (April 3)—both of which I highly recommend. —Chloe Schama, Senior Editor

I am now reading the Washington Post every day, having finally subscribed—since I kept hitting the paywall—with their really excellent reportage out of Washington. I am also addicted to a website called Messy Nessy Chic, which is based in Paris, details mysterious architectural and historical relics, and is endlessly fascinating. And, I’m rereading (for the millionth time) Luc Sante’s The Other Paris, in anticipation of my trip there in late September. —Lynn Yaeger, Contributing Editor