Explore 18 must-read books hitting shelves this week, including an intense story of a young woman navigating love and connection.
In A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello, “In each of her previous novels and story collections, the Irish author Mary Costello has revealed the inner vastness hidden within even the quietest lives. Her latest book, A Beautiful Loan, goes further, with a faithful, poetic exploration of the multitudes we contain and what it means to be human.” (Michael Amherst, The Guardian)
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A Beautiful Loan: A Novel
by Mary Costello
On sale Mar 24 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 224 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Members' Rating: 4.1/5
A young woman finds herself in and out of love in this intimate, intense novel from a "truly startling talent" (Kevin Barry).
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The Dog Meows, the Cat Barks
by Eka Kurniawan
On sale Mar 24 from New Directions Publishing
Genre: Literary Fiction. 128 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A swift, intense novel about a teen rebelling against forced religious conformity in a small Javanese town, The Dog Meows, the Cat Barks ponders that perpetual human question, can we ever really be free?
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Daughter of Egypt: A Novel
by Marie Benedict
On sale Mar 24 from St. Martin's Griffin
Genre: Historical Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Known for her "delightful blend of historical fiction and suspense" (People), New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, returns with a sweeping tale of a young woman who unearths the truth about a forgotten Pharoah―rewriting both of their legacies forever.
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In The Fields of Fatherless Children: A Novel
by Pamela Steele
On sale Mar 24 from Counterpoint Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
For readers of Jeannette Walls and Barbara Kingsolver, in this love story set in rural Appalachia during the Vietnam War, a young couple is torn apart by both global conflict and their families' ancient feud.
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The Beheading Game: A Novel
by Rebecca Lehmann
On sale Mar 24 from Crown
Genre: Historical Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge ...
We all know what happened to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?
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Robbie McNeil's Hit List: A Mystery
by Brianna Heath
Debut Author
On sale Mar 24 from Poisoned Pen Press
Genre: Thrillers. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
For fans of This Girl's a Killer and Joanna Wallace comes a quirky, queer, crime-filled mystery following a contract killer who breaks all her rules when she is hired to kill someone who doesn't exist...
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The Free Verse Society
by Delali Adjoa
Debut Author
On sale Mar 24 from Peachtree Teen
Genre: Romance (Young Adult). 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A tender hate-to-love YA romance about two teens who connect through their high school poetry club, where the power of the written word tears down the walls they've built around their hearts.
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Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire
by Simukai Chigudu
On sale Mar 24 from Crown
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
An exquisitely crafted memoir, sweeping from Zimbabwe to Oxford, that lays bare the violent, enduring legacy of colonialism on both a country and a family.
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Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
by Rhae Lynn Barnes
On sale Mar 24 from Liveright/W.W. Norton
Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 528 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A groundbreaking history, decades in the making, that chronicles how blackface dominated American society culturally, financially, and racially for nearly two centuries.
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How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries
by David George Haskell
On sale Mar 24 from Viking
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
An exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today.
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