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Publishing This Week
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This week's 17 notable new books including four nonfiction works and novels from Kevin Wilson, Russell Banks and Lisa Unger. You'll find 10 below and all in our "New This Week" section.

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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.
Now Is Not the Time to Panic book jacket
Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel
by Kevin Wilson


On sale Nov 8 from Ecco
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever.

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The Lemon book jacket
The Lemon: A Novel
by S. E. Boyd


Debut Author
On sale Nov 8 from Viking
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Set in the intersecting worlds of fine dining, Hollywood, and the media, a darkly hilarious and ultimately affecting story about the underside of success and fame, and our ongoing complicity in devouring our cultural heroes.

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The Magic Kingdom book jacket
The Magic Kingdom: A Novel
by Russell Banks


On sale Nov 8 from Knopf
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From one of America's most beloved storytellers—a profound novel about belief, betrayal, and the transformation of one corner of the country.

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We All Want Impossible Things book jacket
We All Want Impossible Things: A Novel
by Catherine Newman


Debut Author
On sale Nov 8 from Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction. 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

For lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best.

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How It Went book jacket
How It Went: Thirteen More Stories of the Port William Membership
by Wendell Berry


On sale Nov 8 from Counterpoint Press
Genre: Short Stories. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Thirteen new stories of the Port William membership spanning the decades from World War II to the present moment.

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Conversations with Birds book jacket
Conversations with Birds
by Priyanka Kumar


On sale Nov 8 from Milkweed Editions
Genre: Essays. 296 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

"Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself." So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar.

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Children of Ragnarok book jacket
Children of Ragnarok: Runestone Saga #1
by Cinda Williams Chima


On sale Nov 8 from Balzer + Bray
Genre: Fantasy (Young Adult). 560 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Sweeping adventure, breathtaking twists of fate, and immersive worlds based in Norse mythology are woven into this first volume of the Runestone Saga, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Realms and Shattered Realms series.

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Fatty Fatty Boom Boom book jacket
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family
by Rabia Chaudry


On sale Nov 8 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Memoir. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed podcast, a warm, intimate memoir about food, body image, and growing up in a loving but sometimes oppressively concerned Pakistani immigrant family.

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Hollywood book jacket
Hollywood: The Oral History
by Jeanine Basinger


On sale Nov 8 from Harper
Genre: History. 768 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute's treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today.

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The Grimkes book jacket
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
by Kerri K. Greenidge


On sale Nov 8 from Liveright/W.W. Norton
Genre: History. 432 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A stunning counternarrative of the legendary abolitionist Grimke sisters that finally reclaims the forgotten Black members of their family.

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