This week brings 10 new and notable books, all shown below. One of them is Anne Tyler's French Braid; if you move quickly, you can enter to win a hardcover copy on BookBrowse.
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”.
On sale Mar 22 from Knopf Genre: Novels. 256 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5
From the beloved best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author - a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family's foibles, from a boyfriend with a red Chevy in the 1950s up to a longed-for reunion with a grandchild in our pandemic present.
On sale Mar 22 from Dial Books Genre: Novels (Young Adult). 384 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A smart, sexy YA novel about a boy band star, his first breakup, his first rebound, and what it means to be queer in the public eye, from award-winning author Adib Khorram.
On sale Mar 22 from Catapult Genre: Novels. 192 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5
New York Times Notable author María Gainza, who dazzled critics with Optic Nerve, returns with the captivating story of an auction house employee on the trail of an enigmatic master forger.
On sale Mar 22 from Europa Editions Genre: Novels. 128 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A transcendent love letter to literature and music, Xstabeth is an exciting new work from a writer who, book-by-book, is rewriting the rules of contemporary fiction.
On sale Mar 22 from Two Dollar Radio
Genre: Sci-Fi. 330 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
My Volcano is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a menagerie of characters, as they each undergo personal eruptions, while the Earth itself is constantly shifting. Parable, myth, science-fiction, eco-horror, My Volcano is a radical work of literary art, emerging as a subversive, intoxicating artistic statement by John Elizabeth Stintzi.
On sale Mar 22 from Ace Books
Genre: Fantasy. 496 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
In this funny and poignant novel, two strangers learn that their soul mate might be both as close as breath and as distant as a star, from British Fantasy Award recipient Sarah Lotz.
All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope--and Hard Pills to Swallow--About Fighting for Black Lives by Andre Henry
Debut Author On sale Mar 22 from Convergent
Genre: Current Affairs. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A leading voice for social justice reveals how he stopped arguing with white people who deny the ongoing legacy of racism - and offers a proven path forward for Black people and people of color based on the history of nonviolent struggle.
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation by Cathy O'Neil
On sale Mar 22 from Crown
Genre: Current Affairs. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America's "shame industrial complex" in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics - from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction.
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER by Thomas Fisher
Debut Author On sale Mar 22 from One World
Genre: Health. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind.
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