This week’s roundup features 28 standout releases across genres, and at center stage is a novel that delivers a pulse-pounding, rock-infused ride.
In The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy, “Kennedy nimbly heightens suspense via numerous twists...without neglecting the story's ample comic possibilities...A diverting dive into the paranoid past.” (Publishers Weekly)
You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and descriptions and reviews for all of them in our New This Week section.
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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.
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The Whyte Python World Tour: A Novel
by Travis Kennedy
On sale Jun 24 from Doubleday
Genre: Thrillers. 416 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.4/5
Rikki Thunder, drummer for hot new '80s metal band Whyte Python, is about to get it all: global fame...a dream girlfriend—and an unwitting role as an international spy.
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Among Friends: A Novel
by Hal Ebbott
Debut Author
On sale Jun 24 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
What begins as celebration gives way to betrayal, shattering the trust between two families.
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Fresh, Green Life: A Novel
by Sebastian Castillo
On sale Jun 24 from Soft Skull Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 160 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
After a year of self-imposed exile, a young writer attends a New Year's Eve party in hopes of reconnecting with old classmates in a blackly humorous tale set on a single snowy night.
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The Accidental Favorite: A Novel
by Fran Littlewood
On sale Jun 24 from Henry Holt and Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace Adams comes a wryly resonant and deeply moving family dramedy investigating the question so many of us have asked ourselves: do my parents have a favorite?
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The Compound: A Novel
by Aisling Rawle
Debut Author
On sale Jun 24 from Random House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Love Island meets Lord of the Flies in this must-talk-about-it read, as bingeable as the best reality TV.
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The Girls Who Grew Big: A Novel
by Leila Mottley
On sale Jun 24 from Knopf
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From the author of Oprah's Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller Nightcrawling, here is an astonishing new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle.
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The Tiny Things are Heavier
by Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Debut Author
On sale Jun 24 from Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
For readers of Americanah, a heart-rending debut novel about a Nigerian immigrant as she tries to find her place at home and in America-a powerful epic about love, grief, family, and belonging.
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El Dorado Drive
by Megan Abbott
On sale Jun 24 from G.P. Putnam's Sons
Genre: Thrillers. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Turnout comes a simmering, atmospheric novel of friendship and betrayal, following a women-led pyramid scheme in suburban Detroit.
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Tempest
by K. Ibura
On sale Jun 24 from Quill & Quire
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
In this lyrical and epic contemporary novel with magical fantasy elements, a girl must learn to master her powers over the wind before a sinister secret organization finds her. Perfect for fans of Legendborn, A Song Below Water, and Vespertine.
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The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America
by Philip Kadish
Debut Author
On sale Jun 24 from The New Press
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A provocative new history of the forgeries, bogus science, rigged data, and fake news that keep American racism alive.
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