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Publishing This Week: Jennette McCurdy, T. Kingfisher, Chuck Klosterman, and 36 more

Discover new and notable books publishing this week!

Publishing This Week

Hello Readers,

This week brings 39 exciting new titles, including a journey of self-discovery and a dazzling story of an unlikely pair.

In Evelyn in Transit by David Guterson, “Guterson delivers a soulful and gentle meditation on the meaning of life and the lengths some of us will go to find purpose. What Evelyn ends up choosing for her young son is practically beside the point. Her charming large heartedness and open mind win the reader over anyway... reflective yet laugh-out-loud funny.” (Booklist, starred review)

And a dazzling story of ambition and friendship, When We Were Brilliant by Lynn Cullen follows a blond bombshell and a determined photographer whose bold deal changes their lives.

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.

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.

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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.
Evelyn in Transit book jacket
Evelyn in Transit: A Novel
by David Guterson


On sale Jan 20 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.1/5

A crystalline short novel about defying expectations, hitting the road, and seeking the right way to live.

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When We Were Brilliant book jacket
When We Were Brilliant
by Lynn Cullen


On sale Jan 20 from Berkley Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.5/5

They were an unlikely pair—a blond bombshell and a photographer determined to be taken seriously—but Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold would make a deal that would change their lives in this dazzling new novel from the national bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and The Woman with the Cure.

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Crux book jacket
Crux: A Novel
by Gabriel Tallent


On sale Jan 20 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 416 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

In this story of intense friendship and grit, two down-and-out teens escape their lives and chase a different future through rock-climbing -- from the New York Times bestselling author of My Absolute Darling.

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Cry Havoc book jacket
Cry Havoc: A Novel
by Rebecca Wait


On sale Jan 20 from Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction. 416 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A humorous dark academia novel, set in a failing English girls' school in the 1980s, in which a teen running from her past becomes immersed in a dangerous and intriguing mystery involving a shady new teacher and a strange contagion afflicting her classmates.

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Discipline book jacket
Discipline: A Novel
by Larissa Pham


Debut Author
On sale Jan 20 from Random House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 224 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A taut, electrifying debut about a woman forced to confront unsettling truths about herself, her past, and the life she rebuilt following a ruinous affair with her former mentor, from a "lit world phenom" (Harper's Bazaar)

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Eating Ashes book jacket
Eating Ashes: A Novel
by Brenda Navarro


On sale Jan 20 from Liveright/W.W. Norton
Genre: Literary Fiction. 240 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.

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Half His Age book jacket
Half His Age: A Novel
by Jennette McCurdy


Debut Author
On sale Jan 20 from Ballantine Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we'll go to in order to get what we want.

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A Very Cold Winter book jacket
A Very Cold Winter
by Fausta Cialente


On sale Jan 20 from Transit Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 296 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A novel of secrets and female solidarity set in post-war Milan, by one of Italy's most significant women writers.

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A Gift Before Dying book jacket
A Gift Before Dying: A Novel
by Malcolm Kempt


On sale Jan 20 from Crown
Genre: Thrillers. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

In a hauntingly atmospheric novel set against the unforgiving landscape of the Arctic Circle, a disgraced police investigator discovers that his path to redemption is paved with ice—and blood.

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A Wild Radiance book jacket
A Wild Radiance
by Maria Ingrande Mora


On sale Jan 20 from Peachtree Publishers
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A searing and romantic fantasy adventure about an oligarchic state on the verge of a magical industrial revolution—perfect for fans of Arcane, Wicked, and Iron Widow!

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