Publishing This Week: New Nonfiction from Kate Moore and a First Novel from the cocreator of Deadpool

Publishing This Week

Hello,

It's a quiet week for new and notable books. I suggest you enjoy the lull as we have 11 on our radar so far for next week and a whopping 20 for the week after.

Enjoy!

Davina, BookBrowse Publisher

This Week's New and Notable Books

There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. For more about our process, see “Picking Books” and “Rating Books”.

The Blue Line Down
by Maris Lawyer

Debut Author
On sale Jun 22 from Hub City Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 268 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From debut novelist Maris Lawyer, The Blue Line Down is a breakneck tale of betrayal, loyalty, and unexpected homecoming.

Suburban Dicks
by Fabian Nicieza

Debut Author
On sale Jun 22 from G.P. Putnam's Sons
Genre: Mysteries. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the cocreator of Deadpool comes a hilariously entertaining debut featuring two unlikely and unforgettable amateur sleuths. An engrossing and entertaining murder mystery full of skewering social commentary, Suburban Dicks examines the racial tensions exposed in a New Jersey suburb after the murder of a gas station attendant.

The Queen of the Cicadas
by V. Castro

On sale Jun 22 from Flame Tree Press
Genre: Thrillers. 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas.

Blackout
by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson , et al

On sale Jun 22 from Quill Tree Books
Genre: Romance (Young Adult). 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark.

The Woman They Could Not Silence : One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
by Kate Moore

On sale Jun 22 from Sourcebooks
Genre: Biography. 560 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today.

Geniuses at War : Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age
by David A. Price

On sale Jun 22 from Knopf
Genre: History & Science. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

The dramatic, untold story of a brilliant team, the world's first digital electronic computer, and the race to decrypt the Nazis' toughest code.

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