Publishing This Week: Tom Hanks, Jennifer Saint and Holly Goldberg Sloan

Publishing This Week

Hello,

From all the hundreds of books publishing this week, we've selected 16 for your reading pleasure, including six works of nonfiction and novels from Jennifer Saint, Andrew Krivak, Holly Goldberg Sloan and Tom Hanks (his first following the success of his 2017 short story collection, Common Type).

I've included brief details on 10 books below, and you'll find more on all 16, including early reviews, in our New This Week section (under the "New" tab in our main menu).

The "New" section is also home to BookBrowse's Publishing by Month lists, which is the place to be to see what's publishing soon or look back on previous months. If you're particularly interested in debuts, you can spot these by the yellow highlight around the book jacket. BookBrowse members have full access to view all previews, everyone else can see all past books and a limited selection of upcoming titles.

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. You can see them all in our “What’s New” section.

More about how we pick and rate books.

Pieces of Blue
by Holly Goldberg Sloan

On sale May 9 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
Members' Rating: 3.9/5

From New York Times bestselling author Holly Goldberg Sloan, a hilarious and heartfelt novel for fans of Maria Semple and Emma Straub about a family trying to restore a ramshackle beachside motel―and their own lives.

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Atalanta
by Jennifer Saint

On sale May 9 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne, a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world's most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts.

Like the Appearance of Horses
by Andrew Krivak

On sale May 9 from Bellevue Literary Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A novel of one family, a century of war, and the promise of homecoming from Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak.

The Collected Regrets of Clover: A Novel
by Mikki Brammer

Debut Author
On sale May 9 from St. Martin's Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Mikki Brammer's The Collected Regrets of Clover is a big-hearted and life-affirming debut about a death doula who, in caring for others at the end of their life, has forgotten how to live her own, for readers of The Midnight Library.

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel
by Tom Hanks

On sale May 9 from Knopf
Genre: Literary Fiction. 448 pages
Critics' Opinion:

From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of
by Héctor Tobar

On sale May 9 from MCD
Genre: Essays. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A new book by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity.

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
by Jen St. Jude

Debut Author
On sale May 9 from Bloomsbury YA
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 416 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental health at the end of the world-and the importance of saving yourself, no matter what tomorrow may hold.

Orphan Bachelors: A Memoir
by Fae Myenne Ng

On sale May 9 from Grove Press
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the bestselling and award-winning author of novels Bone and Steer Toward Rock, Fae Myenne Ng's Orphan Bachelors is an extraordinary memoir of her beloved San Francisco's Chinatown and of a family building a life in a country bent on their exclusion

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
by Tania Branigan

Debut Author
On sale May 9 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An indelible exploration of the invisible scar that runs through the heart of Chinese society and the souls of its citizens.

When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
by Ashlee Vance

On sale May 9 from Ecco
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 528 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A momentous look at the private companies building a revolutionary new economy in space, from the New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk

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