Publishing This Week: Roxana Robinson, Paul Alexander & 21 More

Publishing This Week View as Webpage Hello, This week we bring you 23 new and notable books, including Leaving by Roxana Robinson, a story of rekindled romance which gets a starred review from Kirkus ("shimmering with feeling and truth") and Geraldine Brooks, the author of Horse, describes as a "searing interrogation of honor and passion." There are also several debuts, including No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben, a genre breaking novel about Black diasporans returning to Ghana. You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and descriptions and reviews for all of them in our New This Week section. For more soon to publish books, check out BookBrowse's "What's New" section. Enjoy! The BookBrowse Team 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. Leaving: A Novel by Roxana Robinson On sale Feb 13 from W.W. Norton & Company Genre: Literary Fiction. 344 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 Members' Rating: 4.4/5 What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? Read More Reader Reviews Acts of Forgiveness: A Novel by Maura Cheeks Debut Author On sale Feb 13 from Ballantine Books Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program? Read More No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben Debut Author On sale Feb 13 from Europa Editions Genre: Literary Fiction. 384 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A genre-breaking novel from a powerful new African voice Read More A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai On sale Feb 13 from Atheneum Books for Young Readers Genre: Historical Fiction (Young Adult). 336 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A teen's fight for suffrage turns into one of survival when her crew's Antarctic expedition ship gets stuck in the ice in this historical novel told in journal entries perfect for fans of Gary Paulsen and The Downstairs Girl. Read More Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver Debut Author On sale Feb 13 from Grove Press Genre: Short Stories. 272 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari Jones Read More The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press by Calvin Trillin On sale Feb 13 from Random House Genre: Essays. 336 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin Read More Paper Cage: A Novel by Tom Baragwanath Debut Author On sale Feb 13 from Knopf Genre: Thrillers. 320 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride and a beautifully written, acutely observed portrait of a community Read More Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year by Paul Alexander On sale Feb 13 from Knopf Genre: Biography/Memoir. 368 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon Read More If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America by Vicki Sokolik Debut Author On sale Feb 13 from Spiegel & Grau Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 336 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves. Read More The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without by John Oakes Debut Author On sale Feb 13 from Avid Reader Press Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 320 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 An engaging exploration of the unique history and biology of fasting—an essential component of many traditional health practices, religions, and philosophies, resurging in popularity today—perfect for readers of Breath by James Nestor and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. Read More View all 23 new and notable books publishing this week Publishing This Week is one of BookBrowse's four free newsletters. We also publish BookBrowse Highlights every Thursday; and Book Club News and Librarian News monthly. Change settings and/or update your email address BookBrowse 1-800-745-5306 info@bookbrowse.com ‌ ‌ ‌ Copyright 2024

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