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Publishing This Week
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This week brings two novels reviewed by BookBrowse members for First Impressions: Danielle Valentine's thriller Delicate Condition, and The Montevideo Brief by J.H. Gelernter, set in the Napoleonic-era starring the intrepid Captain Grey. Also, new novels from David Joy, Ann Patchett, Jamel Brinkley and Edan Lepucki.

We have brief information on ten of the books below and full information on all 25 of this week's new and notable books in our New This Week section (under the "New" tab in our main menu).

The "New" section is also home to our Publishing by Month lists, where you can look ahead to see what's publishing soon and back to previous months; debuts are indicated by a yellow highlight.

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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.
The Montevideo Brief book jacket
The Montevideo Brief: Thomas Grey Novels #3
by J. H. Gelernter

On sale Aug 1 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Historical Fiction. 256 pages
Members' Rating: 3.8/5

A secret treaty will determine whether England can survive against Napoleon, and Captain Grey races across the Atlantic to intercept a treasure fleet.

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Delicate Condition book jacket
Delicate Condition
by Danielle Valentine

Debut Author
On sale Aug 1 from Sourcebooks
Genre: Thrillers. 432 pages
Members' Rating: 3.9/5

The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens―while the men in her life refuse to believe a word she says.

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Those We Thought We Knew book jacket
Those We Thought We Knew
by David Joy

On sale Aug 1 from G.P. Putnam's Sons
Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small North Carolina community and the evils that unfurl from its center.

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Tom Lake book jacket
Tom Lake: A Novel
by Ann Patchett

On sale Aug 1 from Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers.

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Witness book jacket
Witness: Stories
by Jamel Brinkley

On sale Aug 1 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Short Stories. 240 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From National Book Award finalist Jamel Brinkley, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken and not taken.

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Small Town Sins book jacket
Small Town Sins: A Novel
by Ken Jaworowski

Debut Author
On sale Aug 1 from Henry Holt and Company
Genre: Thrillers. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Ken Jaworowski's Small Town Sins is a gripping Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing their troubled pasts and the crimes that could cost them their lives.

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Time's Mouth book jacket
Time's Mouth: A Novel
by Edan Lepucki

On sale Aug 1 from Counterpoint Press
Genre: Speculative. 416 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape of California

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Pulling the Chariot of the Sun book jacket
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
by Shane McCrae

On sale Aug 1 from Scribner
Genre: Memoir. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and raised by his white supremacist grandparents.

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Waiting to Be Arrested at Night book jacket
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
by Tahir Hamut Izgil

Debut Author
On sale Aug 1 from Penguin Press
Genre: Memoir. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide

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Alien Worlds book jacket
Alien Worlds: How Insects Conquered the Earth, and Why Their Fate Will Determine Our Future
by Steve Nicholls

On sale Aug 1 from Princeton University Press
Genre: Science, the Environment. 496 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A beautifully illustrated journey into the hidden realm of insects

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