Publishing This Week: Matt Bell, Joyce Maynard and Tahmima Anam

Publishing This Week

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This week we have fourteen new and notable books to bring to your attention; you can see ten below and all of them on BookBrowse.

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Davina, 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”.

Appleseed
by Matt Bell

On sale Jul 13 from Custom House
Genre: Novels. 480 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
Members' Rating: 3.8/5

In the vein of Neal Stephenson and Jeff VanderMeer, an epic speculative novel from Young Lions Fiction Award–finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple.

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A Passage North
by Anuk Arudpragasam

On sale Jul 13 from Hogarth Books
Genre: Novels. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A young man journeys into Sri Lanka's war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage.

Count the Ways
by Joyce Maynard

On sale Jul 13 from William Morrow
Genre: Novels. 464 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard returns to the themes that are the hallmarks of her most acclaimed work in a mesmerizing story of a family - from the hopeful early days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and the costly aftermath that ripples through all their lives.

Encircling 3: Aftermath : Encircling #3
by Carl Frode Tiller

On sale Jul 13 from Graywolf Press
Genre: Novels. 448 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The Encircling Trilogy comes thundering to a close as the man at the center is revealed.

The Startup Wife
by Tahmima Anam

On sale Jul 13 from Scribner
Genre: Novels. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Newlyweds Asha and Cyrus build an app that replaces religious rituals and soon find themselves running one of the most popular social media platforms in the world.

M, King's Bodyguard
by Niall Leonard

On sale Jul 13 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Based on a true story, M, King's Bodyguard is a gripping, atmospheric thriller about anarchy and assassination in Edwardian London, and one detective's mission to preserve the life of his king and prevent a bloody war in Europe.

The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix

On sale Jul 13 from Berkley Books
Genre: Thrillers. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what happens after?

Committed : Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
by Adam Stern

Debut Author
On sale Jul 13 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Genre: Memoir. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Grey's Anatomy meets One L in this psychiatrist's charming and poignant memoir about his residency at Harvard.

Pessoa : A Biography
by Richard Zenith

On sale Jul 13 from Liveright/W.W. Norton
Genre: Biography. 1088 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Like Richard Ellmann's James Joyce, Richard Zenith's Pessoa immortalizes the life of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.

The Letters of Shirley Jackson
by Shirley Jackson

On sale Jul 13 from Random House
Genre: Memoir. 656 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of "The Lottery" and The Haunting of Hill House.

It's Elemental : The Hidden Chemistry in Everything
by Kate Biberdorf

On sale Jul 13 from Park Row Books
Genre: History, Science & Current Affairs. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

In this fresh and engaging guide to chemistry, Dr. Kate Biberdorf, aka "Kate the Chemist," reveals the fascinating science we experience every day.

Seek You : A Journey Through American Loneliness
by Kristen Radtke

On sale Jul 13 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Current Affairs. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This - a timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society.

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream : The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
by Dean Jobb

On sale Jul 13 from Algonquin Books
Genre: True Crime. 432 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

"When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals," Sherlock Holmes observed during one of his most baffling investigations. "He has nerve and he has knowledge."

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