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This week brings 32 exciting new books, including a layered story where a mysterious book spans decades and binds three women’s lives.
In The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton, "Those seeking emotional historical fiction with a hint of danger and romance will find much to like in Cleeton's enjoyable new book." (Library Journal)
You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and logged in members will find 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 Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
by Chanel Cleeton
On sale Sep 30 from Berkley Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 336 pages
Members' Rating: 4.5/5
A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton.
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Great Disasters: A Novel
by Grady Chambers
Debut Author
On sale Sep 30 from Tin House Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
For fans of Ben Lerner's The Topeka School and Richard Linklater's Boyhood, Great Disasters is a stirring debut novel about six young men coming of age, and the enduring friendships that make us who we are―even as our paths diverge.
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Pick a Color: A Novel
by Souvankham Thammavongsa
On sale Sep 30 from Little Brown & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don't even know her true name.
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The Cartographer of Absences: A Novel
by Mia Couto
On sale Sep 30 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A haunting novel about a father and son in the waning days of colonial Mozambique.
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What a Time to Be Alive: A Novel
by Jade Chang
On sale Sep 30 from Ecco
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A deeply moving and often hilarious novel following a woman who becomes an internet folk hero in the most unexpected way, catapulting her into fame and influence just as she's finally beginning to reckon with her complicated past.
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I Am You
by Victoria Redel
On sale Sep 30 from SJP Lit
Genre: Historical Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A "captivating" lesbian romance set in the "wonderfully atmospheric" art world of 1600s Amsterdam (Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit).
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Picket Line: The Lost Novella
by Elmore Leonard
On sale Sep 30 from Mariner Books
Genre: Thrillers. 128 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
The first major release in nearly a decade from the late New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard: the never-before-published story of a budding agricultural strike in Texas, the racial tension brewing in the fields, and what happens when brutality from "the man" goes unchecked.
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The Librarians
by Sherry Thomas
On sale Sep 30 from Berkley Books
Genre: Thrillers. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Murder disrupts four quirky librarians' lives when they try to hide among books to keep their secrets.
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Make Me a Monster
by Kalynn Bayron
On sale Sep 30 from Bloomsbury YA
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is back with a Frankenstein-tinged horror romance.
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Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys
by Mariana Enriquez
On sale Sep 30 from Hogarth Books
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
An enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world—part travelogue, part memoir, part "excursions through death," by the author of Our Share of Night and "queen of horror" (Los Angeles Times)
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