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This week brings 30 brand-new books, from deeply emotional dramas to pulse-pounding thrillers. Among them are a moving debut about an elderly man’s fight for autonomy and a chilling tale of a young woman possessed by a demonic presence in a Mexican silver mine.
In The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, "Cañas' latest gothic thriller combines an exploration of history, greed, toxic silver mining techniques, forbidden knowledge, and the dichotomies of wealth, family, class, faith, and good versus evil into a compelling, horrifying tale of possession that will only expand her growing audience." (Booklist, starred review)
Readers who treasure tender, emotionally resonant storytelling will be captivated by When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén, a profoundly moving debut that portrays an elderly man’s struggle to maintain autonomy over his own life, and an emotional journey through love, friendship, fatherhood, and atonement that has already touched hearts around the world.
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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When the Cranes Fly South: A Novel
by Lisa Ridzén
Debut Author
On sale Aug 19 from Vintage
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.8/5
A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man's struggle to maintain autonomy over his own life: an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, and atonement that is already an international sensation.
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The Possession of Alba Díaz
by Isabel Cañas
On sale Aug 19 from Berkley Books
Genre: Thrillers. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.7/5
When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn't trust… from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.
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All the Tomorrows After
by Joanne Yi
Debut Author
On sale Aug 19 from Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A captivating, heartrending novel about a Korean American teen navigating grief and first love who agrees to accept money from her estranged father in exchange for letting him get to know her—for fans of Nina LaCour, Kathleen Glasgow, and All My Rage.
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Archipelago
by Natalie Bakopoulos
On sale Aug 19 from Tin House Books
Genre: Literary Fiction
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Natalie Bakopoulos's Archipelago is a striking, haunting novel that offers meditations on the slippery borders of nations, languages, middle age, and the self.
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Dominion: A Novel
by Addie E. Citchens
Debut Author
On sale Aug 19 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Literary Fiction. 240 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In this taut Southern family drama, the sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town.
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Ruth: A Novel
by Kate Riley
Debut Author
On sale Aug 19 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning.
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Sweetener: A Novel
by Marissa Higgins
On sale Aug 19 from Catapult
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From the author of A Good Happy Girl, a lesbian screwball comedy following two exes who turn to online dating after their dramatic split—only to end up seeing the same woman.
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Visions and Temptations
by Harald Voetmann
On sale Aug 19 from New Directions Publishing
Genre: Literary Fiction. 128 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In the eleventh century, in the city of Regensburg, Othlo of St. Emmeram lies on his sickbed and takes a journey through Heaven and Hell.
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World Pacific: A Novel
by Peter Mann
On sale Aug 19 from Harper
Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A darkly comic novel of intrigue, adventure, and the perils of self-invention from the author of The Torqued Man, set in San Francisco and the Asian Pacific during the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Baldwin: A Love Story
by Nicholas Boggs
Debut Author
On sale Aug 19 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 704 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Drawing on new archival material and original research and interviews, this spellbinding biography reveals how profoundly James Baldwin's personal relationships shaped his life and work.
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