In partnership with
This week delivers 46 must-read new books. Explore the haunting pull of the past and the strength it takes to break free, from a darkly comic family tale to a poignant memoir of love and loss.
In Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite, “Braithwaite's use of magical realism is effortless and vivid.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
Thoughtful, tender, and beautifully written, The Heart-Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson is a celebration of the fundamentally human urge to keep mementos, even in an increasingly rational age.
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.
Thanks for reading,
The BookBrowse Team
❝
This is a great resource, especially for those considering starting a book club. I am 24 years into mine and still found most of the information very valuable.
Liz B., BookBrowse Member
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. |
|
Cursed Daughters: A Novel
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
On sale Nov 4 from Doubleday
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry, and superstition from the author of the smash hit My Sister, the Serial Killer ("A bombshell of a book... Sharp, explosive, hilarious" —New York Times)
Read More |
|
The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects
by Bee Wilson
On sale Nov 4 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Essays. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.3/5
One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson's feet: the same one she had used to bake her wedding cake twenty-three years prior.
Read More
Reader Reviews |
|
Bitter Honey: A Novel
by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
On sale Nov 4 from William Morrow
Genre: Literary Fiction. 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a story about a mother and daughter divided by long buried secrets, struggling to understand each other as they forge their own paths, from the internationally bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black.
Read More |
|
False War: A Novel
by Carlos Manuel Álvarez
On sale Nov 4 from Graywolf Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
An ambitious, panoptic novel about exile as both condition and state of being by a major young Cuban writer.
Read More |
|
Flat Earth: A Novel
by Anika Jade Levy
Debut Author
On sale Nov 4 from Catapult
Genre: Literary Fiction. 224 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A young woman struggles with the artistic success of her more privileged, beautiful best friend in this ruthless portrait of the New York art scene in which relationships are transactional, men are vampiric, and women have limited time to trade on their youth, beauty, and talent—it's Renata Adler's Speedboat for the Adderall generation.
Read More |
|
Helm: A Novel
by Sarah Hall
On sale Nov 4 from Mariner Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From the twice-Booker-nominated writer of Burntcoat, a bold and astonishing literary masterpiece that explores faith, connection, and our relationship to the natural world.
Read More |
|
Lightbreakers: A Novel
by Aja Gabel
On sale Nov 4 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A luminous novel of love, loss, science, and art, that asks if the past can ever be truly revisited, and at what cost?
Read More |
|
The Hidden City: Charles Lenox Mysteries #15
by Charles Finch
On sale Nov 4 from Minotaur Books
Genre: Mysteries. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Against the vividly drawn backdrop of Victorian London, amateur sleuth Charles Lenox must unlock a mystery concealed in the architecture of the city itself, in this new novel from acclaimed author Charles Finch.
Read More |
|
Her One Regret
by Donna Freitas
On sale Nov 4 from Soho Crime
Genre: Thrillers. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From the author of the book club favorite The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano comes a riveting feminist thriller that tackles an unspeakable taboo: regretting motherhood.
Read More |
|
A Time Traveler's History of Tomorrow
by Kendall Kulper
On sale Nov 4 from Holiday House
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A time-bending love story between a prickly young woman and a carefree stranger, who are tasked with saving the universe—after accidentally destroying it in the first place.
Read More |
|
Looking for unbiased, fact-based news? Join 1440 today.
Join over 4 million Americans who start their day with 1440 – your daily digest for unbiased, fact-centric news. From politics to sports, we cover it all by analyzing over 100 sources. Our concise, 5-minute read lands in your inbox each morning at no cost. Experience news without the noise; let 1440 help you make up your own mind. Sign up now and invite your friends and family to be part of the informed.
Reply