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This week brings 34 new books to discover, from absorbing literary fiction and thrilling mysteries to imaginative fantasy, insightful memoirs, and fascinating nonfiction.
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This Week's New and Notable Books
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American Hagwon
by Min Jin Lee
On sale Sep 29 from Cardinal
Genre: Literary Fiction. 656 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
At last, the National Book Award finalist and NYT bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: Min Jin Lee has written a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate, one that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.
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Dodge City: A Novel
by Patrick deWitt
On sale Sep 29 from Ecco
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From bestselling author Patrick deWitt comes Dodge City, a rollicking novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fueled cross-country road trip, fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada.
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Heavy Cream: A Novel
by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
On sale Sep 29 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Abandoned by her mother in New York, sixteen-year-old Geraldine falls under the influence of three women, each seeking to form her in their image.
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Sophie, Standing There: A Novel
by Meg Mason
On sale Sep 29 from Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
The "brilliant" (Ann Patchett) and much beloved author of the critically acclaimed Sorrow and Bliss returns with a tender and hilarious novel about heartbreak and the journey from isolation and loneliness towards love.
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The King of Aloe Vera
by Tomas Moniz
On sale Sep 29 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
An elderly man has just a month to leave his home. A young woman from his neighborhood is soon to be unhoused. Slowly but surely, the two form an unlikely yet transformational friendship in this warm and funny novel about love and community.
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The Dying Light: Detective Matthew Venn #4
by Ann Cleeves
On sale Sep 29 from Minotaur Books
Genre: Mysteries. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
DI Matthew Venn peels back layer upon layer to discover the dark secrets one family is keeping in this searing new novel, brimming with energy and taut with claustrophobic tension.
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Trad Wife: A Novel
by Sarah Langan
On sale Sep 29 from Atria Books
Genre: Thrillers. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From the three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Good Neighbors comes a chilling tale of a journalist's descent into horror as she uncovers the dark secrets behind a trad wife influencer, blending suspense with a critique of modern femininity and the manipulative forces of social media.
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The House of Gardenias
by Isabel Cañas
Debut Author
On sale Sep 29 from Dutton for Young Readers
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A stunning YA debut from gothic master Isabel Cañas, bestselling author of The Hacienda, Vampires of El Norte, and The Possession of Alba Díaz.
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An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America
by Keri Leigh Merritt
On sale Sep 29 from St. Martin's Press
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A revelatory and immersive biography of a white Southern woman who was a key figure in the early civil rights movement, devoting her life to ending segregation in America only to be forgotten by history.
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I Want to Be Famous: When Everybody and Nobody Is a Celebrity
by Bobby Finger, Lindsey Weber
On sale Sep 29 from Crown
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A sharp, funny examination of fame in the digital era and what makes our hunger for it equally alluring and embarrassing—from the podcasters behind Who? Weekly.
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