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Publishing This Week
Hello,

We've scoured the publishers' catalogs and the prepub review magazines to shortlist down to this week's 26 new and notable books. You can see ten of them below, and the remainder in our Publishing This Week section.

With best wishes,

Davina Morgan-Witts
BookBrowse Publisher




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. For more about our process, see “Picking Books” and “Rating Books”.
The Paris Bookseller book jacket
The Paris Bookseller
by Kerri Maher

On sale Jan 11 from Berkley Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.0/5

The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller Sylvia Beach, founder of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris) fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the world in this new novel from the author of The Girl in White Gloves.

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Honor book jacket
Honor
by Thrity Umrigar

On sale Jan 4 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Novels. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.7/5

The New Reese's Book Club Pick for January! In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide.

Publication was originally scheduled for this week but was brought forward to last week because of the Reese Witherspoon endorsement, and we did not update our records in time to catch last week's issue--hence, including this week.

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My Broken Language book jacket
My Broken Language: A Memoir
by Quiara Alegría Hudes

Debut Author
On sale Jan 11 from One World
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse.

My Broken Language first published in April 2021; I've included it this week as we've just opened a book club discussion, to coincide with its paperback release. Please do join us!

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Small World book jacket
Small World: A Novel
by Jonathan Evison

On sale Jan 11 from Dutton
Genre: Novels. 480 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Jonathan Evison's Small World is an epic novel for now. Set against such iconic backdrops as the California gold rush, the development of the transcontinental railroad, and a speeding train of modern-day strangers forced together by fate, it is a grand entertainment that asks big questions.

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Antoinette's Sister book jacket
Antoinette's Sister
by Diana Giovinazzo

On sale Jan 11 from Grand Central Publishing
Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

As Marie Antoinette took her last breath as Queen of France in Paris, another formidable monarch - Antoinette's dearly beloved sister, Charlotte - was hundreds of miles away, in Naples, fighting desperately to secure her release from the revolutionaries who would take her life. Little did Charlotte know, however, that her sister's execution would change the course of history - and bring about the end of her own empire.

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The Stars Are Not Yet Bells book jacket
The Stars Are Not Yet Bells: A Novel
by Hannah Lillith Assadi

On sale Jan 11 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 240 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Through the scrim of fading memory, an elderly woman confronts a lifetime of secrets and betrayal, under the mysterious skies of her island home.

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BOX 88 book jacket
BOX 88
by Charles Cumming

On sale Jan 11 from Mysterious Press
Genre: Thrillers. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A secret agent comes of age - and reckons with the legacy of his first mission - in this thriller by New York Times-bestseller Charles Cumming, "the best of the new generation of British spy writers" (The Observer).

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The Final Case book jacket
The Final Case: A novel
by David Guterson

On sale Jan 11 from Knopf
Genre: Thrillers. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the award-winning, best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars - a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life.

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Lost & Found book jacket
Lost & Found: A Memoir
by Kathryn Schulz

On sale Jan 11 from Random House
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An enduring account of love and loss from one of the great writers of our time, the New Yorker's Kathryn Schultz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

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Lightning Striking book jacket
Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll
by Lenny Kaye

On sale Jan 11 from Ecco
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 512 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An insider's take on the evolution and enduring legacy of the music that rocked the twentieth century.

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