We’re in for a treat this week with 40 exciting new books across genres. From gripping page-turners to thought-provoking reads, there’s something here for every kind of reader.
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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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These Blue Mountains
by Sarah Loudin Thomas
On sale Jul 15 from Bethany House Publishers
Genre: Historical Fiction. 352 pages
"[An] atmospheric tale of unexpected hope." —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author.
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If You Love It, Let It Kill You: A Novel
by Hannah Pittard
On sale Jul 15 from Henry Holt and Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A refreshingly irreverent novel about art, desire, domesticity, freedom, and the intricacies of the twenty-first-century female experience, by the acclaimed writer Hannah Pittard.
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Jamaica Road: A Novel
by Lisa Smith
Debut Author
On sale Jul 15 from Knopf
Genre: Literary Fiction. 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A transformative love story about two best friends who fall for each other, fall apart, and try to find their way back together in their tight-knit British-Jamaican community.
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The Greatest Possible Good: A Novel
by Ben Brooks
On sale Jul 15 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
For readers of Paul Murray's The Bee Sting and Jenny Jackson's Pineapple Street, an irresistibly funny and incisive novel about a wealthy family who are confident in their moral goodness—until the discovery that their patriarch has secretly given all their money to charity ruins their lives.
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The Other Wife: A Novel
by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
On sale Jul 15 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A big-hearted novel of nostalgia and longing, and a poignant exploration of how we choose to love.
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The Payback: A Novel
by Kashana Cauley
On sale Jul 15 from Atria Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
When Jada Williams is relentlessly pursued by the Debt Police, she is left with no choice but to take down her student loan company with the help of two mall coworkers—from the author of the "lethally witty" (The New York Times Book Review) The Survivalists.
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Wayward Girls: A Novel
by Susan Wiggs
On sale Jul 15 from William Morrow
Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school.
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The House at Devil's Neck: Joseph Spector Series #4
by Tom Mead
On sale Jul 15 from Mysterious Press
Genre: Mysteries. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In this latest locked room mystery from the author of Cabaret Macabre, amateur sleuth Joseph Spector pits his knowledge of stage magic against the seemingly supernatural when a seance at an isolated old hospital turns deadly.
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Seesaw Monster: A Novel
by Kotaro Isaka
On sale Jul 15 from The Overlook Press
Genre: Thrillers. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A gripping novel mixing mythology, family drama, espionage, and high technology from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, already in development for a major film starring Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek.
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Fateless
by Julie Kagawa
On sale Jul 15 from HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Deep in the forgotten city of the Deathless Kings, an ancient relic of untold power waits—for one bold enough to steal it.
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