Publishing This Week: 27 notable new books including six memoirs; three debut short story collections and fifteen novels

Publishing This Week

Hello,

This week brings another book bonanza as publishers continue to roll out their Spring titles. Among this week's 27 notable new books are six memoirs; three debut short story collections and fifteen novels (including six debuts).

Two of the novels are titles that BookBrowse members reviewed for our early reader program First Impressions: Activities of Daily Living by Lisa Hsiao Chen and Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

You'll find brief information on 10 below, and summaries and reviews of all on our New This Week page.

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”.

Activities of Daily Living: A Novel
by Lisa Hsiao Chen

On sale Apr 12 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Novels. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Members' Rating: 3.8/5

A lucid and moving debut novel on the interconnection between work and life, loneliness and kinship, and the projects that occupy our time.

Read More | Reader Reviews

Probably Ruby: A Novel
by Lisa Bird-Wilson

Debut Author
On sale Apr 12 from Hogarth Books
Genre: Novels. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable debut novel about family, race, and history.

The Caretakers: A Novel
by Amanda Bestor-Siegal

Debut Author
On sale Apr 12 from William Morrow
Genre: Novels. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Set in a wealthy Parisian suburb, an emotionally riveting debut told from the point of view of six women, and centered around a group of au pairs, one of whom is arrested after a sudden and suspicious tragedy strikes her host family - a dramatic exploration of identity, class, and caregiving from a profoundly talented new writer.

Things They Lost: A Novel
by Okwiri Oduor

Debut Author
On sale Apr 12 from Scribner
Genre: Novels. 368 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

This astonishing, devastating debut novel, riven through with mystery and magic, tells the story of a lonely girl living in a small African town and her struggle to free herself from her mercurial, charming mother.

High Spirits
by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Debut Author
On sale Apr 12 from Levine Querido
Genre: Short Stories (Young Adult). 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez.

Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories
by Leigh Newman

Debut Author
On sale Apr 12 from Scribner
Genre: Short Stories. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the prizewinning, debut fiction author: an exhilarating virtuosic story collection about women navigating the wilds of male-dominated Alaskan society.

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

On sale Apr 12 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Memoir. 208 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The award-winning critic and memoirist Margo Jefferson has lived in the thrall of a cast of others - her parents and maternal grandmother, jazz luminaries, writers, artists, athletes, and stars. These are the figures who thrill and trouble her, and who have made up her sense of self as a person and as a writer.

Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient by Theresa Brown

On sale Apr 12 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Memoir. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

New York Times bestselling author Theresa Brown tells a poignant, powerful, and intensely personal story about breast cancer. She brings us along with her from the mammogram that would change her life through her diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.

Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir by Delia Ephron

On sale Apr 12 from Little Brown & Company
Genre: Memoir. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution.

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