Discover 38 new releases this week, including a sweeping tale where one house holds a lifetime of secrets.
In The Greek House by Dinah Jefferies, “Immersive, gripping and entertaining, this is Dinah Jefferies at her very best in a story filled with intrigue, secrets, and passion.” (The People's Friend)
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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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 Greek House
by Dinah Jefferies
On sale Apr 7 from HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Historical Fiction. 432 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Can one house hold a lifetime of secrets?
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American Fantasy: A Novel
by Emma Straub
On sale Apr 7 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you're already an adult.
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Girl Reflected in Knife
by Anica Mrose Rissi
On sale Apr 7 from Dutton for Young Readers
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 240 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Destiny can't count on anyone but herself.
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Hexes of the Deadwood Forest: A Novel
by Agnieszka Szpila
On sale Apr 7 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
An explosive, jaw-dropping debut about a woman who loses her job as an oil company CEO after she's filmed having sex with a tree in her sleep, a calamity that unravels her mind, spiraling her through history until she's united with a centuries-old coven of ecstatically revolutionary women.
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Inheritance
by Jane Park
Debut Author
On sale Apr 7 from Pegasus Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A young woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her immigrant childhood and confronts a haunting guilt, in this debut novel by a brilliant new talent.
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Superstars
by Ann Scott
On sale Apr 7 from Astra House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
One of the premier French cult novels of the last thirty years, a tender and combative portrait of Paris's queer rave scene in the 90s — for fans of Virginie Despentes and Gary Indiana.
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Honey in the Wound: A Novel
by Jiyoung Han
Debut Author
On sale Apr 7 from Avid Reader Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire, Honey in the Wound is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power.
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The Monk: DS George Cross Mysteries #5
by Tim Sullivan
On sale Apr 7 from Atlantic Crime
Genre: Mysteries. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
To find a murderer, you need a motive ...
When a beloved yet mysterious monk is brutally murdered, Detective Sergeant George Cross faces a case with no leads, while his personal life is thrown into disarray
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Body Double: A Novel
by Hanna Johansson
On sale Apr 7 from Catapult
Genre: Thrillers. 224 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In this Hitchcockian literary thriller, two women who fall in love and move in together begin to resemble each other, while elsewhere a young woman who works transcribing recordings for a ghostwriter receives a strange message that will come to upend her life.
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To Steal a Throne
by Gabi Burton
On sale Apr 7 from Bloomsbury YA
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In this YA fantasy novel perfect for fans of Heartless Hunter, a girl who has always served others decides to take power for herself.
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