Publishing This Week

Hello,

This week and next are relatively quiet in terms of new books as the publishers transtion from the end of the spring season to the start of summer. So we have just ten notable titles for your attention. You'll find brief details on all of them below, with more information a click away on BookBrowse in our New This Week section (under the "New" tab in our main menu).

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

More about how we pick and rate books.

Forever Is Now
by Mariama J. Lockington

On sale May 23 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 416 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-inducing world, from the author of For Black Girls Like Me and In the Key of Us.

The Late Americans: A Novel
by Brandon Taylor

On sale May 23 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

The widely acclaimed author of Real Life and Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads

Bad Summer People: A Novel
by Emma Rosenblum

Debut Author
On sale May 23 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Thrillers. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island.

I Didn't Do It
by Jaime Lynn Hendricks

On sale May 23 from Scarlet
Genre: Thrillers. 312 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

A murder at a suspense writer convention makes everyone a suspect - especially the victim's literary rivals.

The Will of the Many: Hierarchy #1
by James Islington

On sale May 23 from Gallery Books
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 640 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.

Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
by Rachel Louise Snyder

On sale May 23 from Bloomsbury USA
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 272 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From the author of the groundbreaking, award-winning No Visible Bruises, a riveting memoir of survival, self-discovery, and forgiveness sure to captivate readers who loved Tara Westover's Educated and Jeanette Walls' The Glass Castle.

An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
by Santi Elijah Holley

On sale May 23 from Mariner Books
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An enlightening history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as seen through the Shakurs, one of the movement's most prominent and fiercely creative families, home to Tupac and Assata, and a powerful incubator for today's activism, scholarship, and artistry.

Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
by Elise Hu

Debut Author
On sale May 23 from Dutton
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 384 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

An audacious journalistic exploration of the present and future of beauty through the lens of South Korea's booming "K-beauty" industry and the culture it promotes, by Elise Hu, NPR host-at-large and the host of TED Talks Daily.

The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives
by Naoise Mac Sweeney

On sale May 23 from Dutton
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 448 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

Prize-winning historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney delivers a captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization" - the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times - is a powerful figment of our collective imagination. An urgently needed emergent voice in big history, she offers a bold new account of Western history, real and imagined, through the lives of fourteen remarkable individuals.

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
by Melissa L. Sevigny

On sale May 23 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.

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