Publishing This Week: Erik Larson, Eileen Garvin, Danielle Steel, and 10 others

Publishing This Week

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This week is a quieter one, with only 13 books publishing - since Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest doesn't need any extra help, we thought we'd highlight two books that might surprise you.

The first book's author is one of the bestselling writers of all time, capturing the hearts of readers with her compelling storytelling and relatable characters. Danielle Steel's latest novel Only the Brave is historical fiction set during World War II and portrays a nurse resisting Hitler’s regime.

On the other side of the coin, we have a debut. The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu brings us a witty and profound story about one women's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural china. "The title character’s wry, sad, and insightful inner voice is the star here. Her meditations on grief, death, love, and duty are full of poetry and longing." (Library Journal)

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.

The Funeral Cryer: A Novel
by Wenyan Lu

On sale Apr 30 from Hanover Square Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China, for fans of Yiyun Li and Julie Otsuka.

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Only the Brave: A Novel
by Danielle Steel

On sale Apr 30 from Delacorte Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 272 pages

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes a powerful, sweeping historical novel about a courageous woman in World War II Germany.

Crow Talk: A Novel
by Eileen Garvin

On sale Apr 30 from Dutton
Genre: Literary Fiction. 368 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

Not Like Other Girls
by Meredith Adamo

Debut Author
On sale Apr 30 from Bloomsbury YA
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 448 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Not Like Other Girls is a stunning debut that takes a hard look at how we treat young women and their trauma, through the lens of a missing girl and a girl trying to find herself again.

Real Americans: A Novel
by Rachel Khong

On sale Apr 30 from Knopf
Genre: Literary Fiction. 416 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

A Nest of Vipers: A Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery
by Harini Nagendra

On sale May 2 from Pegasus Crime
Genre: Mysteries. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The latest novel in the award-winning Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murthy involved in a dangerous plot that endangers the life of the visiting Prince of Wales.

In Universes: A Novel
by Emet North

Debut Author
On sale Apr 30 from Harper
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 240 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes, which follows a queer physicist's search for belonging across time and space.

Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code
by Jason Bell

On sale Apr 30 from Pegasus Books
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis, and the first spy to crack Hitler's deadliest secret code: the framework of the Final Solution.

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
by Erik Larson

On sale Apr 30 from Crown
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 592 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.

Profiles in Mental Health Courage
by Patrick J. Kennedy

On sale Apr 30 from Dutton
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Profiles in Mental Health Courage portrays the dramatic journeys of a diverse group of Americans who have struggled with their mental health. This book offers deeply compelling stories about the bravery and resilience of those living with a variety of mental illnesses and addictions.

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