Publishing This Week: David Grann, Don Winslow, Margarita Engle, Susan Meissner, and many more

Publishing This Week

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann is one of a dozen new and notable nonfiction books in this week's lineup; amd it comes recommended by BookBrowse members who reviewed it favorably for our early reader program, First Impressions.

We also highlight 20 fiction offerings, of which half a dozen are debuts, including Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina, in which a young Native girl searches for answers about the women disappearing from her tribe's reservation.

Other authors to look out for in this week's particularly expansive lineup are Don Winslow, C.S. Harris, Margarita Engle and Susan Meissner.

As always, I've included brief details on 10 books below, and you'll find more information on all 32 (including early reviews) in our New This Week section (under the "New" tab in our main menu). Our "New" section is also home to our Publishing by Month lists. So, this is the place to be if you want to see what's coming soon or look back to previous months; you can sort each month by publication date, genre and title.

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. You can see them all in our “What’s New” section.

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Sisters of the Lost Nation
by Nick Medina

Debut Author
On sale Apr 18 from Berkley Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
Members' Rating: 3.8/5

A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's reservation lead her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself, in this atmospheric and stunningly poignant debut.

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Greek Lessons: A Novel
by Han Kang

On sale Apr 18 from Hogarth Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 192 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An intimate, dazzling novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the "visionary" (New York Times Book Review) author of the International Booker Prize winner The Vegetarian

I Kick and I Fly
by Ruchira Gupta

Debut Author
On sale Apr 18 from Scholastic
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A propulsive social justice adventure by renowned activist and award-winning documentarian Ruchira Gupta, I Kick and I Fly is an inspiring, hopeful story of triumph about a girl in Bihar, India, who escapes being sold into the sex trade when a local hostel owner helps her to understand the value of her body through kung fu.

If We're Being Honest: A Novel
by Cat Shook

Debut Author
On sale Apr 18 from Celadon
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shook's debut novel If We're Being Honest is the snappy, smart, heartwarming story of the Williams family, and the sweltering summer that rewrote their history.

The Last Animal: A Novel
by Ramona Ausubel

On sale Apr 18 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in a wild scientific experiment and discover themselves in the process, from the award-winning writer of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty

Only the Beautiful
by Susan Meissner

On sale Apr 18 from Berkley Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart by the USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War.

Where Coyotes Howl
by Sandra Dallas

On sale Apr 18 from St. Martin's Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth century West, from master storyteller Sandra Dallas.

Wings in the Wild
by Margarita Engle

On sale Apr 18 from Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Genre: Poetry & Novels in Verse (Young Adult). 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the inspiring love story of two teens fighting for climate action and human rights.

Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
by Philip Plait Ph.D.

On sale Apr 18 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Science. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with the universe like never before.

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