Explore this week’s 41 standout new releases, including a heart-stirring novel about love, loss, and the healing power of books.
In This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page, “A love letter to bookstores, to second chances, and to the way reading stitches us whole again, this big-hearted hug of a novel will stay with you long after the last page.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Story She Left Behind
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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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This Book Made Me Think of You
by Libby Page
On sale Feb 3 from Berkley Books
Genre: Romance. 416 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Members' Rating: 4.6/5
A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lost—a year of books, one for every month—launching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this glimmering and heart-stopping novel.
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A Scar like a River
by Lisa Graff
On sale Feb 3 from Christy Ottaviano Books
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming-of-age story follows a thirteen-year-old with a mysterious scar on her face—and a big secret she feels pressured to keep.
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Autobiography of Cotton: A Novel
by Cristina Rivera Garza
On sale Feb 3 from Graywolf Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 264 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In 1934, a young José Revueltas traveled to Tamaulipas to support the cotton workers' strike in Estación Camarón, which became the basis of his landmark novel Human Mourning.
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Every Exit Brings You Home: A Novel
by Naeem Murr
On sale Feb 3 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A profound, bittersweet portrait of a Gazan immigrant's heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy.
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Every Happiness: A Novel
by Reena Shah
Debut Author
On sale Feb 3 from Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Every Happiness is a dazzling debut that explores the ties that bind two women across decades and continents despite rivalry, class difference, and the conflicting needs of family and self.
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Few Blue Skies
by Carolina Ixta
On sale Feb 3 from Quill Tree Books
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In her latest novel, Pura Belpré Award–winning author Carolina Ixta weaves a tender story about love and hope, following a teen as she works to protect her family and community from a major corporation taking over her town.
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Mass Mothering: A Novel
by Sarah Bruni
On sale Feb 3 from Henry Holt and Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A haunting, indelible novel of collective grief, resistance, and the radical, life-affirming virtue of testimony.
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Wolf Hour: A Novel
by Jo Nesbo
On sale Feb 3 from Knopf
Genre: Thrillers. 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From the modern master of Nordic noir comes a shocking new thriller set in contemporary Minneapolis, in which a detective and a crime writer conduct parallel investigations, six years apart, into a series of puzzling murders.
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Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur
by Ian McDonald
On sale Feb 3 from Tordotcom
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 128 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
How to Train Your Dragon meets Mad Max in this story of an orphan in a fractured Southwest who just wants to ride a dinosaur under the lights.
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