Publishing This Week: John Boyne, Michelle Gallen and Others

Publishing This Week

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This week brings seven new and notable books including a novel by John Boyne, which is billed as an adult sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and Michelle Gallen's second novel, following the success of Big Girl, Small Town, which gets starred reviews from three of the four prepub magazines.

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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.

More about how we pick and rate books.

Factory Girls
by Michelle Gallen

On sale Nov 29 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland, while tensions rise both inside and outside the factory walls.

We Deserve Monuments
by Jas Hammonds

Debut Author
On sale Nov 29 from Roaring Brook Press
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a YA debut from Jas Hammonds that explores how racial violence can ripple down through generations.

All the Broken Places: A Novel
by John Boyne

On sale Nov 29 from Pamela Dorman Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 3/5

From the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery.

A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents
by Mary-Alice Daniel

Debut Author
On sale Nov 29 from Ecco
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A poetic coming-of-age memoir that probes the legacies and myths of family, race, and religion - from Nigeria to England to America.

Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker
by Jason McBride

Debut Author
On sale Nov 29 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 416 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

The first full-scale authorized biography of the pioneering experimental novelist Kathy Acker, one of the most original and controversial figures in 20th-century American literature.

How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
by Maria Ressa

On sale Nov 29 from Harper
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, an impassioned and inspiring memoir of a career spent holding power to account.

The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
by Edward Humes

On sale Nov 29 from Dutton
Genre: True Crime. 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A relentless detective and an amateur genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy.

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