Here are some good books I’ve read recently: Lucy by the Sea and Oh William!, by Elizabeth Strout; Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders; Kindred, by Octavia Butler; Songs for the Missing and Ocean State, by Stewart O’Nan; Marrying the Ketchups, by Jennifer Close; Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters; How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, by Angie Cruz; Gravel, by Abdulrazak Gurnah; and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, by Erika L. Sanchez.