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Publishing This Week
Hello,

This week brings a bumper crop of new and notable books, more than we can fit in this newsletter, so you'll find 10 below and a link at the bottom to view all 21 on BookBrowse.

The list includes two books our members have been reading and reviewing for our early reader program First Impressions: Ariadne, which is a shoo-in for Circe fans and Crossing the River, a powerful exploration of grief. Also, new works from Chris Powers, Francisco Goldman, Maggie Shipstead and Andy Weir.

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”.
Ariadne book jacket
Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint

Debut Author
On sale May 4 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.6/5

A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe.

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Crossing the River book jacket
Crossing the River : Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir
by Carol Smith

On sale May 4 from Abrams Press
Genre: Memoir. 272 pages
Members' Rating: 4.7/5

A powerful exploration of grief following the death of the author's son that combines memoir, reportage, and lessons in how to heal.

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Everybody book jacket
Everybody : A Book about Freedom
by Olivia Laing

On sale May 4 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Current Affairs. 368 pages

"Astute and consistently surprising critic" (NPR) Olivia Laing investigates the body and its discontents through the great freedom movements of the twentieth century.

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The Girl in His Shadow book jacket
The Girl in His Shadow
by Audrey Blake

On sale May 4 from Sourcebooks Landmark
Genre: Historical Fiction. 384 pages

The story of one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her.

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A Lonely Man book jacket
A Lonely Man
by Chris Power

On sale May 4 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Novels. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

The author of Mothers delivers an existential mystery that explores the uncertain intersection between fiction and reality, and the disastrous consequences of a chance encounter.

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Monkey Boy book jacket
Monkey Boy
by Francisco Goldman

On sale May 4 from Grove Press
Genre: Novels. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Francisco Goldman's first novel since his acclaimed, nationally bestselling Say Her Name (winner of the Prix Femina étranger), Monkey Boy is a sweeping story about the impact of divided identity - whether Jewish/Catholic, white/brown, native/expat - and one misfit's quest to heal his damaged past and find love.

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Great Circle book jacket
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead

On sale May 4 from Knopf
Genre: Historical Fiction. 608 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost - Great Circle spans Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles.

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Luck of the Titanic book jacket
Luck of the Titanic
by Stacey Lee

On sale May 4 from G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Genre: Historical Fiction (Young Adult). 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the critically-acclaimed author of The Downstairs Girl comes the richly imagined story of Valora and Jamie Luck, twin British-Chinese acrobats traveling aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

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Project Hail Mary book jacket
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir

On sale May 4 from Ballantine Books
Genre: Sci-Fi. 496 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.

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African Europeans book jacket
African Europeans : An Untold History
by Olivette Otele

On sale May 4 from Basic Books
Genre: History. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent.

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View all 21 new and notable books publishing this week
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