Publishing This Week: Eight Debuts and a New Novel from Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Publishing This Week

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Oops! It seems I forgot to schedule this to send when I should have done, so coming to you a little later in the week than usual...

Among this week's 18 new and notable titles are eight debuts, one of which is Banyan Moon by Thao Thai which follows three generations of Vietnamese women; our members who reviewed it for our early reader program First Impressions rated it a very positive 4.4-stars. Also, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have a new book out together following the runaway success of their first joint venture, The Personal Librarian. The First Ladies examines the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune which helped form the foundation for the modern civil rights movement.

I've included brief details on 10 titles below, and you'll find reviews and jacket summaries for all 18 in our New This Week section (under the "New" tab in our main menu).

The "New" section is also home to our Publishing by Month lists, where you can look forward to see what's publishing soon and back to previous months; debuts are indicated by a yellow highlight.

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.

More about how we pick and rate books.

Banyan Moon: A Novel
by Thao Thai

On sale Jun 27 from Mariner Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.4/5

A sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family's inherited burdens, buried secrets, and unlikely love stories.

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How to Be Remembered: A Novel
by Michael Thompson

Debut Author
On sale Jun 27 from Sourcebooks
Genre: Literary Fiction. 368 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

"Sure to be a new favorite for readers who enjoyed V. E. Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue...a stunning tale" (Booklist, starred review) that follows a man who can never be remembered and his journey to become unforgettable...

Little Monsters
by Adrienne Brodeur

On sale Jun 27 from Avid Reader Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and long-buried secrets—for fans of the New York Times bestsellers The Paper Palace and Ask Again, Yes.

The History of a Difficult Child: A Novel
by Mihret Sibhat

Debut Author
On sale Jun 27 from Viking
Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A breathtaking, tragicomic debut novel about the indomitable child of a scorned, formerly land-owning family who must grow up in the wake of Ethiopia's socialist revolution

The Rachel Incident: A Novel
by Caroline O'Donoghue

Debut Author
On sale Jun 27 from Knopf
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A brilliantly funny novel about friends, lovers, Ireland in chaos, and a young woman desperately trying to manage all three.

The First Ladies
by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

On sale Jun 27 from Berkley Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Personal Librarian.

A Most Agreeable Murder: A Novel
by Julia Seales

Debut Author
On sale Jun 27 from Random House
Genre: Mysteries. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

When a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball, a young lady takes on the decidedly improper role of detective in this action-packed debut comedy of manners and murder.

Invisible Son
by Kim Johnson

On sale Jun 27 from Random House Books for Younger Readers
Genre: Thrillers (Young Adult). 416 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love.

American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
by Wesley Lowery

On sale Jun 27 from Mariner Books
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Wesley Lowery confronts the sickness at the heart of American society: the cyclical pattern of violence that has marred every moment of racial progress in this country, and whose bloodshed began anew following Obama's 2008 election.

We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus
by Sean A Mirski

On sale Jun 27 from Public Affairs
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 512 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

What did it take for the United States to become a global superpower? The answer lies in a missing chapter of American foreign policy with stark lessons for today.

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