The Best New Books Out in August, According to Indie Booksellers

Here’s another book you’ll hear me recommend on All the Books in about a week! It’s a thought-provoking, melancholic exploration of a “rental person” who pretends to be a child’s father one day a week for years at a time. Here’s the bookseller recommendation:

“A completely modern look at the way we live, regarding hurt, protection, and connection. As the protagonist tries to make himself into a blank slate so he can rent himself to strangers, the faded outline of his real self keeps threatening to peek through.”

—James Crossley, Leviathan Bookstore, St. Louis, MO