Alissa Nutting‘novela de, Made for Love, is at once an absurd, raunchy comedy and a dazzling, profound meditation marriage, monogamy, and family. Based on her experience as Hunter S. Thompson’s assistant, Cheryl Della Pietra novel Chica Gonzo proves that the road to hell is paved with good intentions–and tequila, guns, and cocaine. Weike Wang’s Chemistry: A Novel is a luminous coming-of-age novel about a young female scientist who must recalibrate her life when her academic career goes off track.