Hello,
This week brings a bumper crop of 29 new and notable books. You'll find 10 below and a link at the bottom to view all on BookBrowse.
One of particular note is Zakiya Dalila Harris' debut The Other Black Girl, which caused quite the bidding war among publishers, selling to Atria at auction for $1 million.
Enjoy!
Davina, BookBrowse Publisher
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This Week's New and Notable Books |
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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”. |
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| An Emotion of Great Delight
by Tahereh Mafi
On sale Jun 1 from HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Novels (Young Adult). 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
From bestselling and National Book Award–nominated author Tahereh Mafi comes a stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating the hyphen of dual identity, and reclaiming your right to joy - even when you're trapped in the amber of sorrow.
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| Barcelona Dreaming
by Rupert Thomson
On sale Jun 1 from Other Press
Genre: Novels. 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, this evocative novel is made up of three stories linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.
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| The Other Black Girl
by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Debut Author
On sale Jun 1 from Atria Books
Genre: Novels. 368 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Urgent, propulsive, and sharp as a knife, The Other Black Girl is an electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.
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| Walking on Cowrie Shells
by Nana Nkweti
Debut Author
On sale Jun 1 from Graywolf Press
Genre: Short Stories/Essays. 176 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A "boisterous and high-spirited debut" (Kirkus starred review), named one of the Most Anticipated Books for Brittle Paper, The Millions, and The Rumpus, penned by a finalist for the AKO Caine Prize.
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| An Unlikely Spy
by Rebecca Starford
Debut Author
On sale Jun 1 from Ecco
Genre: Thrillers. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
A twisting, sophisticated World War II novel following a spy who goes undercover as a part of MI5 - in chasing the secrets of others, how much will she lose of herself?
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| For the Wolf : The Wilderwood #1
by Hannah Whitten
Debut Author
On sale Jun 1 from Orbit
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 480 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
For fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale comes a dark, sweeping debut fantasy novel about a young woman who must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are true, and the Wolf isn't the only danger lurking in the Wilderwood.
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| The Nature of Witches
by Rachel Griffin
Debut Author
On sale Jun 1 from Sourcebooks
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
From a stunning new voice in YA comes the fierce, romantic story about a world on the brink of destruction, the one witch who holds the power to save it, and the choice that could cost her everything she loves.
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| House of Sticks
by Ly Tran
Debut Author
On sale Jun 1 from Scribner
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl's journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations.
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| Operation Pedestal : The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
by Max Hastings
On sale Jun 1 from Harper
Genre: History, Science & Current Affairs. 464 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta - an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds.
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| Wake : The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
by Rebecca Hall
Debut Author
On sale Jun 1 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: History, Science & Current Affairs. 208 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall's efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record.
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