What Your Astrological Sign Needs to Read This Month

Taurus, you share a sign with Queen Elizabeth II, as well as a taste for the more royal things in life. Plus, you love to get the inside story of any saga. Brown picks up where The Diana Chronicles left off, with the ways in which the House of Windsor chose to reinvent itself post-Diana. You’ll get the scoop on all the drama of the last twenty-five years, from the tension between William and Harry, to Kate Middleton’s rise, Prince Andrew’s fall, and Harry and Meghan’s step back. A fabulous beach read to end the summer.

Gemini, this is an inventive and curious take on the romance genre. Florence Day’s problem is that she’s a ghostwriter for a romance novelist who, after her recent breakup, isn’t feeling too romantic. Add to that a handsome new editor who won’t give her a break to extend her deadline, and her career might be as dead as her love life. But a phone call brings her back to her Southern hometown, where she must bury her father and learn lessons from an unexpected visitor.

Cancer, a brilliant new poet explores the lives of generations of women in her family through this volume. From the unnamed Black women forgotten in historical records, to her enslaved foremother Amy in Tennessee, to her great-grandmother Gentry who was married at fourteen, and down to her own mother and herself, Young tells this saga, weaving together stories of women connected by blood.

Leo, this historical novel follows larger-than-life characters through the Haitian and French revolutions as they navigate ideals and romantic drama. Sylvie de Rosiers enjoys the privileges of elite life in Saint-Domingue, but because of her race, she is not fully accepted into the elite society of 1791. She flees when the Revolution begins, to Paris, where she meets the revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre and his mistress, Cornélie Duplay. The time comes when she must make a life-altering decision, as a new empire rises in France.

Virgo, enjoy Quan Barry’s lyrical prose and inventive storytelling. Her latest novel follows two twin brothers, Chuluun and Mun, through Mongolia on a search for the reincarnation of a great spiritual teacher. The brothers have been estranged since Mun left the monastery, but they remain telepathic. Their relationship is tested, as are their questions of faith, through their journey across the large and varied landscape.

Libra, enjoy the glitz and glamour of Old Hollywood through Melanie Benjamin’s historical novel. The true story of screenwriter Frances Marion and star actress Mary Pickford is told in a lively narrative, through dramas of ambition, professional competition, and romance. These two women shaped the fledgling movie industry in the early twentieth century, navigating a man’s world and the vagaries of friendship as they pursued career success with determination.

Scorpio, from the grisly to the political, this literary mystery will hold your attention. Nobel Prize-winner Soyinka delivers a story about stolen body parts sold on the black market, a Yoruba royal who is poised for a coveted position in the United Nations, and the enemy who wants to prevent his rise to power. You’ll devour this story from a committed activist and literary giant.

If you’re a nature-loving Sagittarius, and especially if you enjoyed Richard Powers’ The Overstory, you will love Michael Christie’s intricately forested novel. Four generations of Greenwoods navigate work, activism, belief, secrets, and love in this story. From Jake Greenwood guiding tourists through one of the last remaining forests in 2038, to the ancestor who got caught up in a web of betrayal in 1934 that follows the family for decades, Christie weaves a powerful narrative.

Capricorn, Oyebanji has crafted a riveting world and interesting story in this sci-fi epic. It’s almost Braking Day for three ships that escaped Earth over a century ago — the day they will finally land in their new home, a distant planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Ravi is looking forward to the landing, and to his promised promotion to Officer. But when he begins to see a girl floating out in space without a helmet, he risks his future to solve the mystery.

Aquarius, you’ll love the interesting and rebellious arguments in this philosophical volume. Goldenberg believes curiosity has become rare, as we live in a culture that values knowledge over questions and action more than thought. Through seven lenses — Learning, Cohesion, Time, Youth, Aliveness, Nature, and Value — he unpacks current narratives and displays the type of questioning he is asking of his readers. His practice of Radical Curiosity may forever change the way you think and ask questions.

Pisces, as a sensitive water sign who is intimately familiar with the whole range of emotions, you’ll appreciate Susan Cain’s approach to what she calls a bittersweet state of mind. The experience of sorrow, of longing, grief, and intensity, is undervalued in a society that prioritizes happiness sometimes to the exclusion of feeling anything else. Just as she revolutionized the way we see introversion, Cain shows how acknowledging heartache can help us move through pain.