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Publishing This Week

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This week we bring you 23 new and notable books, including Leaving by Roxana Robinson, a story of rekindled romance which gets a starred review from Kirkus ("shimmering with feeling and truth") and Geraldine Brooks, the author of Horse, describes as a "searing interrogation of honor and passion." There are also several debuts, including No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben, a genre breaking novel about Black diasporans returning to Ghana.

You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and descriptions and reviews for all of them in our New This Week section. For more soon to publish books, check out BookBrowse's "What's New" section.

Enjoy!

The BookBrowse Team

 

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.
Leaving book jacket
Leaving: A Novel
by Roxana Robinson

On sale Feb 13 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 344 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.4/5

What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again?

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Acts of Forgiveness book jacket
Acts of Forgiveness: A Novel
by Maura Cheeks

Debut Author
On sale Feb 13 from Ballantine Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program?

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No One Dies Yet book jacket
No One Dies Yet
by Kobby Ben Ben

Debut Author
On sale Feb 13 from Europa Editions
Genre: Literary Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A genre-breaking novel from a powerful new African voice

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A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic book jacket
A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic
by Yi Shun Lai

On sale Feb 13 from Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Genre: Historical Fiction (Young Adult). 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A teen's fight for suffrage turns into one of survival when her crew's Antarctic expedition ship gets stuck in the ice in this historical novel told in journal entries perfect for fans of Gary Paulsen and The Downstairs Girl.

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The Lede book jacket
The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press
by Calvin Trillin

On sale Feb 13 from Random House
Genre: Essays. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin

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Paper Cage book jacket
Paper Cage: A Novel
by Tom Baragwanath

Debut Author
On sale Feb 13 from Knopf
Genre: Thrillers. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride and a beautifully written, acutely observed portrait of a community

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Bitter Crop book jacket
Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year
by Paul Alexander

On sale Feb 13 from Knopf
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 368 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon

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If You See Them book jacket
If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
by Vicki Sokolik

Debut Author
On sale Feb 13 from Spiegel & Grau
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves.

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The Fast book jacket
The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without
by John Oakes

Debut Author
On sale Feb 13 from Avid Reader Press
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An engaging exploration of the unique history and biology of fasting—an essential component of many traditional health practices, religions, and philosophies, resurging in popularity today—perfect for readers of Breath by James Nestor and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker.

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