Chris Hewitt
\n\u00a0|\u00a0 Minnesota Star Tribune<\/p>\n
An old literary friend \u2014 Sherlock Holmes \u2014 is back in August. Perhaps you\u2019d like him to join you in an air-conditioned setting?<\/p>\n
Holmes returns to solving cases in Nicholas Meyer\u2019s \u201cSherlock Holmes and the Real Thing,\u201d the latest in his series of supposedly newly discovered adventures of the great detective. But if you\u2019re looking for something a little less sunny, to balance the blazing days, how about a local author\u2019s novel about a possible cannibal? Or a social media-famous psychotherapist\u2019s guide to taking control of your own life?<\/p>\n
They\u2019re all in the list of five August books we at the Minnesota Star Tribune can\u2019t wait to read:<\/p>\n
Are You Mad at Me?, Meg Josephson<\/p>\n
Josephson is the internet\u2019s psychotherapist, with more than 300,000\u00a0Instagram\u00a0followers clinging to her every \u201cTell me more about your relationship with your father.\u201d Her book focuses on people who overextend themselves, who are anxious and who avoid conflict to their detriment. They\u2019re all behaviors she identifies as part of \u201cfawning,\u201d and she wants us to knock it off in this self-help book with a sense of humor, subtitled \u201cHow to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You.\u201d Out Aug. 5.<\/p>\n
People Like Us, Jason Mott<\/p>\n
The latest from the\u00a0author of \u201cHell of a Book\u201d\u00a0sounds like it will appeal to fans of\u00a0Percival Everett\u2019s \u201cErasure.\u201d It\u2019s also a satire that turns on the relationships between Black writers and the publishing world. Mott\u2019s novel finds two writers\u2019 paths converging. One is embarking on a publicity tour for his wildly successful new book and the other is trying to figure out what to say in a speech at a school that is struggling to recover from a shooting. Out Aug. 5.<\/p>\n
Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing, Nicholas Meyer<\/p>\n