This month, we’re reading two novels by Asian American authors that interrogate the promise and perils of starting over in the United States. New Skin: A Novel Sarah Wang (Little, Brown and Company, 320 pp., $29, May 2026) The cover of the novel New Skin by Sarah Wang features a vibrant blue background. In the center, a stylized graphic of a pink-and-black ribbon spirals downward. The ribbon is printed with fragments of a person’s face, including a pair of eyes and a mouth. The title "NEW SKIN"