Here are this week's best new releases

Hello, book lovers! Each week, dozens of new releases hit the shelves. These are our favorites.

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–The BuzzFeed Books team

"Junja and her family are haenyeo, deep sea divers looking for seafood to trade. But when Junja witnesses her mother drown on a dive that she was meant to take, she's left heartbroken and abandoned. And as Korea's political climate grows more tumultuous post-WWII, Junja has to learn to face a rapidly changing world all on her own." —Kirby Beaton

Get it from Bookshop for $24.83, or Amazon for $26.99.

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

Copies of ''A Certain Hunger'' stacked in a shipping box

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"A Certain Hunger cuts right to the chase: We meet our ice-cold narrator, food critic Dorothy Daniels, as she flirts with a stranger at a bar, and by the end of the short first chapter she's murdered him with an ice pick to the neck. It's a bloody scene described in precise, evocative detail, recounted with a complete lack of feeling. In this way, author Chelsea G. Summers sets the tone for the novel as a whole — you know what you're in for (well, almost...) and you're excited to get there. Dorothy's story, which she's writing from prison, is a hedonistic journey that begins as soon as she sets out on her own for college and quickly realizes she's different from her peers — and, she suspects, much better than them. What follows is a morbid, witty, and wholly incomparable account of sex and food and other indulgences, marred by just one regret: getting caught." —Arianna Rebolini

Get it from Bookshop for $23.92, or Amazon for $26.

I'll Fly Away by Rudy Francisco

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"Francisco's poetry collection isn't one to miss this year. I'll Fly Away is divided into multiple parts, sprinkled with words that do not currently exist in the English language, but should, setting a thematic tone for the poems that follow. Though many poems are short, they pack a poignant, powerful gut punch of an emotional landing. Intimate, creative, and vulnerable Francisco reflects on topics of identity, race, police brutality, family, and so much more. It's a relevant and unflinchingly honest collection of thoughtful poetry." —Farrah Penn

Get it from Amazon for $16.

Also noteworthy:

Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic by Kenya Hunt — a collection of personal essays and cultural criticism about the intersection of womanhood and Blackness, from London-based journalist Kenya Hunt

An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky, trans. Jackie Smith — a "stunning look at twelve objects, animals, and ruins, lost to the world forever, replete with meditations on memory, nature, and the relentless passage of time — part history, part memoir, and part fiction." (Mark, operations manager at Brazos Bookstore)

The Particulars of Peter: Dance Lessons, DNA Tests, and Other Excuses to Hang Out with My Perfect Dog by Kelly Conaboy — a charming ode to Conaboy's dog that's part memoir, recounting the duo's adventures at Woofstock, classes, and more; and part "infotainment," diving into research about man's best friend.

Now in paperback:

Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok — Amy Lee is young and sheltered, while her older sister, Sylvie, is brilliant and successful. When Sylvie travels to the Netherlands to visit her dying grandmother and vanishes without a trace, Amy breaks out of her shell and goes searching for her.

The Seep by Chana Porter — 51-year-old trans woman Trina Goldberg-Oneka and her wife Deeba happily adjust to life under an alien invasion that has allowed humans to turn their dreams into reality — until Deeba realizes her dream is to be reborn in a new existence, which means abandoning Trina.

The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis — In 1950s New York, the Chelsea Hotel is the hotspot for artists, writers, and performers — but two of those women see their dreams to produce a Broadway show challenged when McCarthyism sweeps the country.