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This week’s 17 must-reads range from Swinging London glamour and the rise of Mary Quant to a sweeping frontier coming-of-age story shaped by tragedy, nature, and resilience.
Dazzling Chelsea Girls by Catherine Lloyd is a revealing biographical novel about a fashion revolutionary whose miniskirt reshaped style and culture.
Readers who enjoy lyrical historical fiction, Days of Sun and Shadow by India Hayford follows a resilient young woman’s coming-of-age shaped by tragedy and the wild beauty of the American frontier.
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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Chelsea Girls
by Catherine Lloyd
On sale Jun 30 from Kensington Publishing
Genre: Historical Fiction. 352 pages
A glamorous and revealing biographical novel for readers of Renee Rosen, Allison Pataki, and Fiona Davis, starring one of Swinging London's defining figures, Mary Quant, who made history with the miniskirt, slashed hemlines, and transformed more than fashion, for herself, for her friends, and for a generation.
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Days of Sun and Shadow
by India Hayford
On sale Jun 30 from A John Scognamiglio Book
Genre: Historical Fiction. 352 pages
Born into tragedy but gifted with a powerful connection to the natural world, a resilient young woman comes of age amid the wild beauty of early-1800s Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas in this incandescent, hauntingly moving epic about home, horses, human connection, and the transcendent awe of nature for readers of Go As a River and The Giver of Stars.
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Main Characters: A Novel
by Bobby Palmer
On sale Jun 30 from Little Brown & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 416 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
For readers of David Nicholls and Sally Rooney comes a new love story that's at once tender and electrifying—told by everyone but the main characters.
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The Summer of the Serpent
by Cecilia Eudave
On sale Jun 30 from Soho Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 144 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A kaleidoscopic descent into the small violences and hidden horrors of a sweltering Guadalajara summer.
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The Top of the World: A Novel
by Ethan Joella
On sale Jun 30 from Scribner
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A heartbreaking, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella—author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick A Little Hope—about a young woman searching for answers about her brother's last days.
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Winners & Liars
by Aleema Omotoni
Debut Author
On sale Jun 30 from HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Mysteries (Young Adult). 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Knives Out meets Death at Morning House in this thrilling standalone mystery layered with family secrets, the whitewashing of history, and a high-stakes literary competition for the keys to a Victorian-era English estate—from Aleema Omotoni, the NAACP Image Award-winning author of Everyone's Thinking It.
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The Au Pair: A Novel
by Teddy Wayne
On sale Jun 30 from Harper
Genre: Thrillers. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Award-winning author Teddy Wayne follows the tremendous critical success of his breakout sensation The Winner—a New York Times Top Ten Thriller of the Year—with another seductively twisty page-turner about the explosive impact of a beautiful Norwegian au pair on a celebrated novelist and his wife.
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Thornbird
by E. Kennedy
On sale Jun 30 from Delacorte Press
Genre: Thrillers (Young Adult). 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
The highly anticipated young adult thriller about a serial killer's daughter and her race to solve the crimes of her family's twisted past before it's too late—from E. Kennedy, aka New York Times bestselling romance author Elle Kennedy!
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Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
by Emma Southon
On sale Jun 30 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and historian Emma Southon, a groundbreaking history of Ancient Rome that explores how the empire was built, fueled, and shaped by its enslaved people.
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The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music
by Colin Asher
On sale Jun 30 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
This innovative history explores the rich tradition of music behind bars and shows how policing and prisons have shaped our musical culture from blues to hip-hop.
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