Publishing This Week: 21 New & Notable Books

Publishing This Week

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This week brings 21 notable new books including nine nonfiction and five debuts. As usual, you'll find 10 below and all in our New This Week section. For books publishing further in the future, check out BookBrowse's Publishing by Month section.

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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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Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel
by Susan Muaddi Darraj

On sale Jan 16 from HarperVia
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore—from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich—lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion.

City of Laughter
by Temim Fruchter

Debut Author
On sale Jan 16 from Grove Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years

If I Promise You Wings
by A.K. Small

On sale Jan 16 from Algonquin Young Readers
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Hold Still meets You've Reached Sam in this lyrical novel about one young woman's journey through the Paris fashion scene as she chases promises, overcomes grief, and falls in love.

The Curse of Pietro Houdini: A Novel
by Derek B. Miller

On sale Jan 16 from Avid Reader Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See.

Ilium: A Novel
by Lea Carpenter

On sale Jan 16 from Knopf
Genre: Thrillers. 240 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the gripping and suspenseful story of a young woman who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset in the long overdue finale of a covert special op

Beautyland: A Novel
by Marie-Helene Bertino

On sale Jan 16 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, by the acclaimed author of Parakeet.

So Let Them Burn: Divine Traitors # 1
by Kamilah Cole

Debut Author
On sale Jan 16 from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Genre: Fantasy (Young Adult). 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who's forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland—perfect for fans of Iron Widow and The Priory of the Orange Tree.

American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by Sherri L. Smith

On sale Jan 16 from G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion (Young Adult). 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies.

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
by Rebecca Boyle

On sale Jan 16 from Random House
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Our Moon invites us to reexamine our relationship with our closest cosmic companion.

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Debut Author
On sale Jan 16 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life.

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