Publishing This Week: Pagan Kennedy, Scott Turow, Joy McCullough, and 44 more

Discover New and Notable Books Publishing This Week Publishing This Week View as Webpage Hello Readers, This week is another busy one with 47 notable titles making our shortlist.   Among these, for lovers of true crime we have The Secret History of the Rape Kit by Pagan Kennedy, "Part historical detective story and part vivid character study of a pioneering feminist, this is a page-turner" (Publishers Weekly). Costanza Casati builds on her Clytemnestra success with Babylonia, in which she weaves myth and ancient history together to give Semiramis, the only female ruler of the Assyrian Empire, a voice, charting her captivating ascent to a throne no one promised her. And for those looking for a warm comedy, Going Home by Tom Lamont publishes in the US this week. Wise, relatable, and blissfully laugh-out-loud funny, Going Home is a captivating first novel that explores the mysterious ways children can force us to grow up fast while simultaneously keeping us young forever. If you're in a book club or enjoy reading with friends, be sure to enter our giveaway for My Darling Boy by John Dufresne, which also publishes this week. You can win up to 10 copies! 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 including paperbacks, check out BookBrowse's "What's New" section.  You can also check out the latest topics and posts in the new BookBrowse Community Forum. Best, 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. Going Home: A Novel by Tom Lamont On sale Jan 14 from Knopf Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5 Members' Rating: 4.6/5 Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men—all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood—take charge of a toddler following an unexpected loss. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org Babylonia: A Novel by Costanza Casati On sale Jan 14 from Sourcebooks Landmark Genre: Historical Fiction. 448 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5 From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, painting the brutal and captivating empire of gods and men, and the one queen destined to rule them all. A common woman. The governor she married. The king who loved them both. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy On sale Jan 14 from Vintage Genre: True Crime. 256 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5 Members' Rating: 4.5/5 Marty Goddard dreamed up a new crime-solving tool—a kit that could help rape survivors fight for justice. This thrilling investigation tells the story of the troubled, heroic woman who kicked off a feminist revolution in forensics, and then vanished into obscurity. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org My Darling Boy: A Novel by John Dufresne On sale Jan 14 from W.W. Norton & Company Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages Known for his tragicomic voice and unforgettable characters, John Dufresne tells the story of Olney, whose beloved son, Cully, collapses into addiction and vanishes into the chaotic netherworld of southern Florida. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org Good Girl: A Novel by Aria Aber Debut Author On sale Jan 14 from Hogarth Books Genre: Literary Fiction. 368 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5 An electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of nightclubs, bad romance, and self-discovery—a portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that can't escape its history. A girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can't get out. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage: A Novel by Asia Mackay On sale Jan 14 from Bantam Books Genre: Thrillers. 352 pages Two former serial killers trying to keep their past buried realize that old habits die hard in this "wildly original, razor-sharp thriller" (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark). Read More Buy on Bookshop.org Beautiful Ugly: A Novel by Alice Feeney On sale Jan 14 from Flatiron Books Genre: Thrillers. 320 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5 The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage...and revenge. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org The Queen's Spade by Sarah Raughley On sale Jan 14 from HarperCollins Publishers Genre: Thrillers (Young Adult). 416 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5 In this riveting historical thriller that's inspired by true-life events, The Count of Monte Cristo meets Bridgerton as revenge, romance, and twisted secrets take center stage in Victorian England's royal court when Sally, a kidnapped African princess and goddaughter to Queen Victoria, plots her way to take down the monarchy that stole her from her homeland. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman by Brooke Shields On sale Jan 14 from Flatiron Books Genre: Biography/Memoir. 256 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5 From generational icon Brooke Shields comes an intimate and empowering exploration of aging that flips the script on the idea of what it means for a woman to grow older. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels by Caroline Eden On sale Jan 14 from Bloomsbury Publishing Genre: Travel & Adventure. 256 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5 From the author of Red Sands, a New Yorker "Best Cookbook of the Year," a cozy, thoughtful memoir recalling food and travel in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from a basement Edinburgh kitchen, featuring a delicious recipe at the end of each chapter. Read More Buy on Bookshop.org View all 47 new and notable books publishing this week Publishing This Week is one of BookBrowse's four free newsletters. 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