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Hello Readers,

We have 39 books on our short list publishing this week, including 3 that our members had the opportunity to read via our member only programs.

Everything We Never Knew by Julianne Hough is the gripping story of one woman embracing her power, no matter what the world thinks. One reader, Susan S. writes, "I absolutely had to keep turning the pages to find out what happened, even if I had reservations about the methods. An emotional rollercoaster for sure, inspiring a surprising amount of self-reflection. Recommend this book!"


Meanwhile The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao is an "ambitious and spellbinding debut novel" (Shelf Awareness) that is equal parts historical, political, and human, with the enduring ties of love and family loyalty at its heart.  Our reader Molly B. writes, "I enjoyed this book very much, because of its sweeping story line and its presentation of a different country, a different world. I've been to India, but a couple of visits there don't compare in the least to the depth of descriptions and the details that Ms. Rao offered up."


And The Story Collector by Evie Woods is full of ordinary characters with extraordinary tales to tell. Vivian H writes, "I became engrossed with the duel stories of Anna and Sarah. There are magical moments,  charming characters and wonderful Irish lore. Ultimately, I couldn’t put the book down."

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.
Everything We Never Knew book jacket
Everything We Never Knew: A Novel
by Julianne Hough


On sale Aug 13 from Sourcebooks Landmark
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Members' Rating: 4/5

A dazzling and heartwarming novel from Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and Rule author Ellen Goodlett.

When the stars align, anything can happen.

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The Fertile Earth book jacket
The Fertile Earth: A Novel
by Ruthvika Rao


On sale Aug 13 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.5/5

An unforgettable story of love and resistance surrounding two young people born across social lines, set against a tumultuous political landscape in India.

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The Story Collector book jacket
The Story Collector
by Evie Woods


On sale Aug 13 from HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Historical Fiction. 384 pages

In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything…

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A Great Marriage book jacket
A Great Marriage: A Novel
by Frances Mayes


On sale Aug 13 from Ballantine Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

When a perfect wedding is called off just days before the big event, it sends two people—and their families—reeling, in this poignant novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Women in Sunlight

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Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv book jacket
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv: A Novel
by Andrey Kurkov


On sale Aug 13 from HarperVia
Genre: Literary Fiction. 416 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, a Murakami-esque ode to the revered cultural capital of western Ukraine, filled with a charming cast of eccentrics who together make up the beating heart of the city.

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Peggy book jacket
Peggy: A Novel
by Rebecca Godfrey


On sale Aug 13 from Random House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A dazzling, richly imagined novel about Peggy Guggenheim—a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself—by the award-winning author of Under the Bridge, now a Hulu limited series starring Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone.

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Silken Gazelles book jacket
Silken Gazelles: A Novel
by Jokha Alharthi


On sale Aug 13 from Catapult
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

From Man Booker International Prize-winning author of Celestial Bodies and Bitter Orange Tree, a new novel about two Omani women whose unbreakable connection is forged as nursing sisters—a bond considered akin to that of a birth sibling.

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Our Narrow Hiding Places book jacket
Our Narrow Hiding Places: A Novel
by Kristopher Jansma


On sale Aug 13 from Ecco
Genre: Historical Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale: an elderly woman recounts her Dutch family's survival during the final years of Nazi occupation, shedding new light on old secrets that rippled through subsequent generations. 

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Bite book jacket
Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
by Bill Schutt


On sale Aug 13 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

From three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of something right in front of—or in—our faces: teeth.

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The Secret Life of the Universe book jacket
The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
by Nathalie A. Cabrol


On sale Aug 13 from Scribner
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

One of the world's leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity's most profound questions: Are we alone in the universe? And, how did life on Earth begin?

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