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Publishing This Week: Craig Thompson, Rick Atkinson, Danielle Steel and 27 more

Discover new and notable books publishing this week!

Publishing This Week

Hello Readers,

This week there are 30 new and notable books publishing, including WWII historical fiction, a romantic thriller, and a graphic memoir.

The Lilac People by Milo Todd, “is wholly unique and original. The novel offers a fresh and timely perspective, illuminating the inclusion of a much-needed historical trans narrative, one that celebrates the soul-sustaining life force of community” (The Boston Globe).

Meanwhile Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey is a take on the office romance, with a serial killer twist. As Library Journal writes, “a humorously gruesome love story with a murder in the mix.”

And Ginseng Roots, a graphic memoir by Craig Thompson, interweaves his summers weeding and harvesting ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms with the 300-year-old history of the global ginseng trade. “As Thompson roves from the Wisconsin Ginseng Festival to a Korean wholesale auction and wild ginseng boutiques in China, his supple, brushy ink lines render the scenes in poignant detail. A feat of generous observation, this stands with Thompson's very best work” (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.

For more soon to publish books including paperbacks, check out BookBrowse's "What's New" section. You can also check out the latest topics and posts in the BookBrowse Community Forum.

Thanks for reading,
The BookBrowse Team

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.
The Lilac People book jacket
The Lilac People
by Milo Todd


On sale Apr 29 from Counterpoint Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

For readers of All the Light We Cannot See and In Memoriam, a moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies while protecting the ones he loves.

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Serial Killer Games book jacket
Serial Killer Games
by Kate Posey


Debut Author
On sale Apr 29 from Berkley Books
Genre: Romance. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.4/5

What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?

A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life—and love—can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry).

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Ginseng Roots book jacket
Ginseng Roots: A Memoir
by Craig Thompson


On sale Apr 29 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.1/5

From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world—all centered on Wisconsin's ginseng farming industry.

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Sleeping Children book jacket
Sleeping Children: A Novel
by Anthony Passeron


Debut Author
On sale Apr 29 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Literary Fiction. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

An intimate, captivating first novel that tells the story of a family in southern France whose lives are intertwined with the history of the AIDS crisis―and with the forgotten French doctors who are among the first to detect the virus.

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The Road to Tender Hearts book jacket
The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel
by Annie Hartnett


On sale Apr 29 from Ballantine Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals.

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The Accidentals book jacket
The Accidentals: Stories
by Guadalupe Nettel


On sale Apr 29 from Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre: Short Stories. 144 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

From the International Booker Shortlisted author of Still Born, a powerful collection of stories about characters coping with estrangement, isolation, and the unknown.

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Julie Chan Is Dead book jacket
Julie Chan Is Dead: A Novel
by Liann Zhang


Debut Author
On sale Apr 29 from Atria Books
Genre: Thrillers. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

In this razor-sharp, diabolical debut thriller, a young woman steps into her deceased twin's influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.

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Awakened book jacket
Awakened
by A.E. Osworth


On sale Apr 29 from Grand Central Publishing
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A coven of trans witches battles an evil AI in the magical coming-of-middle-age romp about love, loss, drag shows, and late capitalism. ​

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Dianaworld book jacket
Dianaworld: An Obsession
by Edward White


On sale Apr 29 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A fascinating new perspective on the life and afterlife of Diana, Princess of Wales, the planet's all-purpose cultural icon.

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The Golden Road book jacket
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
by William Dalrymple


On sale Apr 29 from Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 432 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it.

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