Publishing This Week: Dark New Novels by Lisa Wingate and Quinn Connor, a new book from Sarah Perry, and 52 more

Publishing This Week

Hello Readers,

This week we have 55 great new books publishing. We take a break from last week's sunshine to highlight two new books that deal with darkness: one magical, one murderous.

For the magical, The Pecan Children by Quinn Connor takes us to a small Southern town, where two sisters fight to break free of the darkness swallowing their land. Publishers Weekly writes, "With lyrical prose and a rich seam of folklore, Connor artfully braids satisfying mystery and romance subplots, creating an abiding sense of unease. This story of crumbling grandeur and family secrets will leave readers hungry for more."

And for the muderous, Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Pearson tells the story of a murder on a college campus, and its aftermath twenty years later. Shelf Awareness calls it an "intricate debut novel...a perfect choice for true-crime readers."

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.

Bright and Tender Dark
by Joanna Pearson

Debut Author
On sale Jun 4 from Bloomsbury USA
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A beautifully written, wire-taut debut novel about a murder on a college campus and its aftermath twenty years later.

The Pecan Children
by Quinn Connor

On sale Jun 4 from Sourcebooks Landmark
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

For fans of The Midnight Library and Demon Copperhead comes a breathtaking story of magical realism about two sisters, deeply tied to their small Southern town, fighting to break free of the darkness swallowing the land—and its endless cycle of pecan harvests—whole.

Blessings: A Novel
by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Debut Author
On sale Jun 4 from Doubleday
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this searing debut of self-acceptance, sexual awakening, and first love set in a Nigeria on the verge of criminalizing same-sex relationships.

Enlightenment: A Novel
by Sarah Perry

On sale Jun 4 from Mariner Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.

Godwin: A Novel
by Joseph O'Neill

On sale Jun 4 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the acclaimed author of Netherland (a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the year): the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might change their fortunes.

The Coast Road: A Novel
by Alan Murrin

Debut Author
On sale Jun 4 from HarperVia
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A poignant debut novel about the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it.

The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower
by Michel Paradis

On sale Jun 4 from Mariner Books
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 528 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history.

The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America
by Elizabeth Dias

On sale Jun 4 from Flatiron Books
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 448 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From two top New York Times journalists, the breathtaking untold story of the plan to overturn Roe v. Wade and the consequences for women, abortion, and the future of America

Vicious and Immoral: Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh
by John Gilbert McCurdy

On sale Jun 4 from The Johns Hopkins University Press
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 376 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

The fascinating story of a British army chaplain's buggery trial in 1774 reveals surprising truths about early America.

Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water
by Amorina Kingdon

On sale Jun 4 from Crown
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer

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