Publishing This Week: Sadie Jones and a Memoir of the Milky Way

Publishing This Week

Hello,

This week brings 10 new and notable books, including Amy & Lan by Sadie Jones and an intriguingly titled nonfiction debut by Moiya McTier, The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy, which we'll be reviewing soon.

Enjoy!

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. You can see them all in our “What’s New” section.

More about how we pick and rate books.

Amy & Lan: A Novel
by Sadie Jones

On sale Aug 16 from Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

The author of the highly acclaimed, bestselling novel The Uninvited Guests returns with a captivating coming of age story told by Amy and Lan, two children whose journey from innocence to moving experience is shaped by their families' attempt at the pastoral dream on a farm, deep in the English countryside.

Water over Stones: A Novel
by Bernardo Atxaga

On sale Aug 16 from Graywolf Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A perceptive, moving novel about life and death in the Basque Country, from the author of Nevada Days.

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs
by Sidik Fofana

Debut Author
On sale Aug 16 from Scribner
Genre: Short Stories. 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Set in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it.

The Honeys
by Ryan La Sala

On sale Aug 16 from Scholastic
Genre: Thrillers (Young Adult). 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer retreat.

The Drowned Woods
by Emily Lloyd-Jones

On sale Aug 16 from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Genre: Fantasy (Young Adult). 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A magical, ethereal fantasy from IndieBound bestselling author Emily Lloyd-Jones.

Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation
by Nuar Alsadir

Debut Author
On sale Aug 16 from Graywolf Press
Genre: Memoir/Other. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

An invigorating, continuously surprising book about the serious nature of laughter.

California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival
by Keith Corbin

Debut Author
On sale Aug 16 from Random House
Genre: Memoir. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line - both on the streets and in the kitchen - from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today

My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains
by Jessa Crispin

On sale Aug 16 from University Of Chicago Press
Genre: Memoir/Criticism. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Sharp and thought-provoking, this memoir-meets-cultural criticism upends the romanticism of the Great Plains and the patriarchy at the core of its ideals.

All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
by Hayley Campbell

On sale Aug 16 from St. Martin's Press
Genre: Science & Health. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people - morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners - who work in it and what led them there.

The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy
by Moiya McTier

On sale Aug 16 from Grand Central Publishing
Genre: Science. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier channels the Milky Way in this approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of the titular galaxy, detailing what humans have discovered about everything from its formation to its eventual death, and what more there is to learn about this galaxy we call home.

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