This week we have 39 new and notable books publishing, including literary fiction from Anne Tyler.
Three Days in June is "sweet, sharp, and satisfying. . . . Tyler’s touch is as delicate, her empathy for human beings and all their quirks as evident in her 25th work of fiction as it was in her first, published an astonishing 60 years ago" (Kirkus Reviews).
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.
Three Days in June: A Novel
by Anne Tyler
On sale Feb 11 from Knopf
Genre: Literary Fiction. 176 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.6/5
A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding. | |
Casualties of Truth
by Lauren Francis-Sharma
On sale Feb 11 from Atlantic Monthly Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From the author of Book of the Little Axe, nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed 'Til the Well Runs Dry, a riveting literary novel with the sharp edges of a thriller about the abuses of history and the costs of revenge, set between Washington, D.C., and Johannesburg, South Africa. | |
Life Hacks for a Little Alien
by Alice Franklin
Debut Author
On sale Feb 11 from Little Brown & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Remarkably Bright Creatures, this "unique, engaging, and insightful" (Pip Williams, author of The Dictionary of Lost Words) debut novel about one little girl's obsession with a mysterious manuscript is a love letter to language—how it shapes the world for each of us and connects us all in the end. | |
Loca
by Alejandro Heredia
Debut Author
On sale Feb 11 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
If Junot Diaz's critically acclaimed collection Drown and Janet Mock's Emmy-winning series Pose produced offspring, Alejandro Heredia's Loca would be their firstborn. | |
We All Live Here: A Novel
by Jojo Moyes
On sale Feb 11 from Pamela Dorman Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 464 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
The #1 New York Times bestselling author, whose books so many love, brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family. | |
People of Means: A Novel
by Nancy Johnson
On sale Feb 11 from William Morrow
Genre: Historical Fiction. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From the acclaimed author of The Kindest Lie, a propulsive novel about a mother and daughter each seeking justice and following their dreams during moments of social reckoning—1960s Nashville and 1992 Chicago; perfect for readers of Brit Bennett and Tayari Jones. | |
We Would Never: A Novel
by Tova Mirvis
On sale Feb 11 from Avid Reader Press
Genre: Thrillers. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A riveting literary page-turner that maps the extremes to which a family will go in order to protect their own. | |
Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History
by Rich Benjamin
On sale Feb 11 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A piercingly powerful memoir, a grandson's account of the coup that ended his grandfather's presidency of Haiti, the secrecy that shrouded that wound within his family, and his urgent efforts to know his mother despite the past. | |
The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958
by David Levering Lewis
On sale Feb 11 from Penguin Press
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis's own family history that shifts our understanding of the larger American story. | |
You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip
by Kelsey McKinney
On sale Feb 11 from Grand Central Publishing
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A delightfully insightful exploration of our obsession with gossip that weaves together journalism, cultural criticism, and memoir, from the host of the massively popular Normal Gossip podcast. | |
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