One question darts through many of this week's terrific reading recommendations: Who am I? The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan is a fictional memoir about one woman's life lived under three names, resulting in "a captivating, heartfelt novel bursting at the seams with love in all its incredible, messy forms." And How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris puts social loyalties to the test "in the most scintillating and witheringly funny ways possible" for her debut about how far personal values can be stretched in politics and journalism. Plus, young readers are sure to enjoy the "punchy and empowering" middle-grade novel Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy, in which a 12-year-old's anonymous sci-fi webcomic suddenly goes viral
And for The Writer's Life, acclaimed novelist Adam Haslett considers the importance of writing about social isolation and its relationship to being overworked, while offering insight into the hard-won ending and difficult creative decisions involved in crafting Mothers & Sons.