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In this week’s roundup of 39 standout releases, a gripping haunted house novel takes the spotlight as a woman faces the ghost of her past.
In Play Nice by Rachel Harrison, "Readers will be riveted…As is typical of a Harrison book, Play Nice takes a horror trope—this time, the haunted house—and turned it on its head with a fun, feminist twist. Horror readers who are not familiar with Harrison need to get on board, and this book could be her breakout hit." (Booklist, starred review)
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.
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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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Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
On sale Sep 9 from Berkley Books Genre: Thrillers. 336 pages Members' Rating: 4.4/5
A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty. Read More Reader Reviews |
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Life, and Death, and Giants: A Novel by Ron Rindo
On sale Sep 9 from St. Martin's Press Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A remarkable child transforms a small, rural community―and soon the world. Read More |
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Little Movements: A Novel by Lauren Morrow
Debut Author On sale Sep 9 from Random House Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A sparkling debut novel about a woman who must figure out whether being creatively fulfilled is compatible with being happily married, and what it means to be a Black artist in one of the whitest parts of America. Read More |
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Marrow by Samantha Browning Shea
Debut Author On sale Sep 9 from G.P. Putnam's Sons Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A searing take on femininity and power, Marrow transports readers to a small island off the coast of Maine, where a coven has done the seemingly impossible. Read More |
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Middle Spoon: A Novel by Alejandro Varela
On sale Sep 9 from Viking Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A whipsmart, blazingly funny novel about heartbreak, unconventional love, and the way society could be, from National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela. Read More |
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Starlight and Moonshine by Joseph O'Malley
Debut Author On sale Sep 9 from Delphinium Books Genre: Literary Fiction Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In early 1980s Detroit, during the year following the drunk driving death of their alcoholic mother, a chorus of family voices grapple with haunting memories of the joys, regrets and the strains of love that will reverberate throughout all of their lives. Read More |
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Swallows: A Novel by Natsuo Kirino
On sale Sep 9 from Knopf Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
The highly anticipated new novel. When a young single woman in Tokyo decides she's ready to sell anything—even her womb—to escape the precarity of her life, an agency pairs her with a wealthy couple desperate to have a child. The match seems made in heaven. She even looks a little like the wife. But is anything ever that simple? Read More |
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The Elements: A Novel by John Boyne
On sale Sep 9 from Henry Holt and Company Genre: Literary Fiction. 496 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From bestselling author John Boyne, a gripping and profound exploration of guilt, blame, trauma, and the human capacity for redemption. Read More |
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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery by Ragnar Jónasson
On sale Sep 9 from Minotaur Books Genre: Mysteries. 320 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjavík. Read More |
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All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert
On sale Sep 9 from Riverhead Books Genre: Biography/Memoir. 400 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In her first nonfiction book in a decade, the #1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free. Read More |
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