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This week features 45 new titles to explore.
In Appraisals by Claire Boyles, “An achingly beautiful testament to human bonds with the environment and with each other.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
Fans of eerie thrillers will be captivated by Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang, where a peaceful plant shop conceals a chilling secret.
And readers who enjoy imaginative time-travel stories will be delighted by Time Travel for Beginners by Jaclyn Moriarty, a dazzling novel that explores the question: If you could travel back in time, when would you go?
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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This Week's New and Notable Books
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Appraisals: A Novel
by Claire Boyles
Debut Author
On sale Aug 4 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.3/5
Financial and ecological realities tear at the heart of a multigenerational farm family in this debut novel from a "deft and daring" (Los Angeles Times) Whiting Award winner.
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Plant Lady
by Kang Minyoung
Debut Author
On sale Aug 4 from Berkley Books
Genre: Thrillers. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.1/5
In the heart of a quiet town, a young woman tends to her plant shop, but beneath the surface of her lush, green sanctuary lies something far darker....
Will you dare to disrespect her plants?
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Time Travel for Beginners
by Jaclyn Moriarty
On sale Aug 4 from Berkley Books
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 544 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.2/5
In her dazzling new novel, award-winning author Jaclyn Moriarty asks the question, if you could travel back in time, when would you visit?
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Awake Awake: A Novel
by Fiona Mozley
On sale Aug 4 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Mary has started remembering things that she knows aren't real—but the events feel exactly like her actual memories. Who is she, if she can't be sure she knows her own past?
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Etna: A Novel
by Paul Yoon
On sale Aug 4 from Scribner
Genre: Literary Fiction. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Beloved author and winner of The Story Prize, Paul Yoon, is back with the unforgettable story of a working dog, Etna, who, after a devastating war, embarks on an odyssey in the hopes of returning home.
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Meet Me in the Garden: A Novel
by Nina LaCour
On sale Aug 4 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From bestselling, award-winning author Nina LaCour comes a sweeping family saga about self-discovery and love in all forms, inspired by the author's Creole roots.
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The House of Boleyn: A Novel
by Tracy Borman
On sale Aug 4 from Atlantic Monthly Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Acclaimed Tudor historian Tracy Borman weaves the dramatic history of the Boleyn family into a richly imagined novel of ambition, bloodlines, and the opulent and deadly court of Henry VIII.
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Time to Burn: A Novel
by Ellery Lloyd
On sale Aug 4 from Harper
Genre: Thrillers. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Club comes a gripping mystery about time travel tourism and the dangerous consequences which ensue when the privileged make the past their playground.
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Flickerstate
by F. A. Davidson
On sale Aug 4 from Sourcebooks Fire
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A Study In Drowning meets Neverworld Wake in this debut YA fantasy filled with lush world-building, heart stopping romance, and high-stakes competition that could be the key to everything.
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The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
by Dave Zirin
On sale Aug 4 from Dutton
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of America.
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