In Detransition, Baby, the lives of three women—transgender and cisgender—collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires. Reese almost had it all, but then her girlfriend, Amy, detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart. Ames isn’t happy either. He thought detransitioning would make life easier, but that decision cost him his relationship—and his only family. When Ames’s boss and lover, Katrina, reveals that she’s pregnant—Ames wonders whether the three of them could form some kind of unconventional family and raise the baby together. The other lovely thing about paperbacks is that by the time they come out, many of them have already been tried and tested as hardbacks and well reviewed, giving book clubs an excellent array of choices that are bound to mystify, delight and thrill in equal measure. This list represents some of the best releases from the last few months — and a look forward to the next few weeks. It should be simple to pick a fresh book club pick with this list, running the gamut from magic realism, literary fiction and folklore retellings — with some nifty nonfiction added into the mix. Spoiled for choice!
