Seventeen compelling new titles hit the shelves this week, offering a range of genres to explore. From heart-stopping fiction to powerful debuts, there’s something for everyone.
You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and descriptions and reviews for all of them in our New This Week section.
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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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First Time, Long Time
by Amy Silverberg
Debut Author
On sale Jul 22 from Grand Central Publishing
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
For readers of Emma Cline and Melissa Broder, the story of an untethered, sardonic young woman falling for an older radio host… and then for his daughter.
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Girl, 1983: A Novel
by Linn Ullmann
On sale Jul 22 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Called a "masterpiece" (Ali Smith), this stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power.
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Greenwich: A Novel
by Kate Broad
Debut Author
On sale Jul 22 from St. Martin's Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Summer, 1999. Rachel Fiske is almost eighteen when she arrives at her aunt and uncle's mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar: A Novel
by Katie Yee
Debut Author
On sale Jul 22 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: Literary Fiction. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A Chinese American woman spins tragedy into comedy when her life falls apart in a taut, wry debut novel that grapples with grief, motherhood, and myths—perfect for fans of Joan Is Okay and Crying in H Mart.
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Mendell Station
by J.B. Hwang
On sale Jul 22 from Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre: Literary Fiction. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A tender debut that follows a woman who, after her best friend's death, loses her faith and quits her job to join the postal service, quickly becoming an 'essential worker' as the city shuts down.
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Sisters of Fortune: A Novel
by Esther Chehebar
Debut Author
On sale Jul 22 from Random House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
In this hilarious, heart-warming debut novel, three Syrian Jewish sisters chase love and grapple with the growing pains of young womanhood as they seek their place within and beyond their Brooklyn community.
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Pariah: A Novel
by Dan Fesperman
On sale Jul 22 from Knopf
Genre: Thrillers. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
An adrenaline-fueled thriller about a disgraced comedian-turned-politician who takes on the role of a lifetime: infiltrating a corrupt Eastern European country to spy on their brutal dictator.
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Love Is a War Song
by Danica Nava
On sale Jul 22 from Berkley Books
Genre: Romance. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn't be more different come together to strike a deal in this new romantic comedy by Danica Nava, USA Today bestselling author of The Truth According to Ember.
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The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood
by Nina Willner
On sale Jul 22 from Dutton
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
An epic story of the triumph of good over evil.
The soldiers of D Company could not believe their eyes as they came face-to-face with the human cost of Hitler's evil: two teenage boys—survivors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald—who had escaped.
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The Sleep Room: A Sadistic Psychiatrist and the Women Who Survived Him
by Jon Stock
On sale Jul 22 from Abrams Press
Genre: True Crime. 432 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
The shocking account of the women tortured by a legendary psychiatrist in his infamous "sleep room," and the survivors fighting for change in the system.
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