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22 new releases this week Bold fiction, gripping mysteries, and compelling true stories. Highlights: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Xiaolu Guo, Paula McLain, Roshani Chokshi, Rachel Hawkins, and more.

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Grace hesitates but joins her late husband's book club to feel close to him again. A moving tale of grief, loneliness, friendship, neurodiversity, and finding purpose. Readers say this shows how "books bring us together."

On her eighteenth birthday, Noelle gets an envelope from the mother who left eight years ago. The letter recounts the ten days when April walked out and decided to leave. A raw, white-hot portrait of motherhood and lost dreams. Review by Katharine Blatchford.

Harmless office worker Gwen Tanner hides a dark family secret. When an obsessive killer targets her, her past resurfaces. Sharp, propulsive, and vividly written. "I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery." -George_M

A moving, lovely tale of Indo-Chinese sisters navigating college, careers, and identity. Told as a grandmother reflecting to her granddaughter. Emotional, smooth, and a strong feminist read. Perfect for book clubs.

Bee Wilson's The Heart-Shaped Tin uncovers the histories and memories held in everyday kitchen objects. Readers praise its research and call it a perfect book club pick. What kitchen object tells your story?

Most U.S. speculative fiction leans dystopian. M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi's Everything for Everyone flips that by telling the story after the protagonists prevail. It suggests we may already be living a dystopia and that a different future is possible. Article by Lisa Butts

Swann by Carol Shields The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure. A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power. Review by Rebecca Foster.

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Go Set a Watchman was Harper Lee's original draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know. A reminder of how editors shape literary history.

Severance by Ling Ma feels eerily prescient. Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.' Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.

25 new books this week. Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter. On sale Nov 11. Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.

When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee is dark, lyrical, and full of feminine rage. Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore. Brutal and beautifully written.

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Want books that examine science and the systems around it? Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met. Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook. #ScienceBooks

Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen: what begins as a memoir of loss becomes a search to understand an abusive mother and to forgive. "All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."

"Well-written and propulsive." Anna Koray balances duty and the ghosts of her past in The Sister's Curse, a thriller braided with witchcraft and magical realism. Perfect for a weekend read.

📖𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨🔍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 by 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 is an atmospheric, gritty, dark mystery with fantasy/magical realism & an in-depth study of morally ambiguous characters. Discussed it in the @bookbrowse.bsky.social First Impressions program! Thanks for a copy, @berkleypub.bsky.social. ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐

“Woman, Life, Freedom” started in Kurdish protests and grew into a rallying cry after Jîna Amini’s death in 2022. Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.

Bog Queen by Anna North A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago. Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.

New BookBrowse Review: reviews and beyond-the-book articles for 14 titles, including Bad Bad Girl, A Truce That Is Not Peace, and Minor Black Figures. Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski. Members get full access for $5/month.

'I cared deeply for the women in their messy, imperfect yet admirable lives.' - Karen K. Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming. Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.

New this week from BookBrowse. Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21. Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea. Members can read full reviews.

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Victoria Redel's I Am You tells Maria van Oosterwijck's story through her servant and pupil, Gerta Pieters. A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women. Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.

"Addictively fun" and a true page-turner. Daniel H. Wilson mixes new weird, disaster, and Indigenous futurism. Three vivid perspectives and a gripping ending. #HoleInTheSky

CÉCÉ by Emmelie Prophète A 'bold and defiant' young woman in Port-au-Prince films violence and poverty with a cell phone. Her posts win followers and attract gang leaders and marketers who seek to exploit her voice. Review by Callum McLaughlin.

38 new and notable books this week. Ten highlights include A Guardian and a Thief; Bog Queen; Chronicles of Ori; Little F; The Wayfinder; My Name Means Fire. On sale Oct 14. Members: full reviews available on BookBrowse.

"This book is a fascinating look at Cuban history...a mystery that intertwines different time periods." - Ruth O. Three women across eras. A rare book ties their lives. Love, loyalty, and the power of stories.

38 new books out this week. Spotlight on Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, a Cherokee-rooted first-contact thriller praised by Publishers Weekly. Ten highlighted picks across genres. See the full list on BookBrowse.

"Religion strongly influences both a family and the entire town," writes Addie E. Citchens in Dominion. Letitia Asare examines how faith shapes daily life, status, and social power in the American South.

Patricia Lockwood's Will There Ever Be Another You follows a writer experiencing neurological change after Long Covid. Scattered, brilliant, and full of 'sighghts.' A striking autofictional meditation on illness and identity.

32 new books this week. Spotlight: The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton - a mysterious book that spans decades and ties three women together. Also notable: Great Disasters, Pick a Color, The Librarians, Make Me a Monster. What will you read next?

Arundhati Roy takes on maternal love and harm in Mother Mary Comes to Me. She writes, "When it came to me, Mrs. Roy taught me how to think, then raged against my thoughts." A candid, lyrical reckoning.

"Very captivating, unique story and setting." Effie is called back to New Zealand when a child emerges from the bush. A layered mystery about family, loss, and surprising, powerful endings.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Humbert's obsessive, doomed passion for Dolores Haze is filtered through an unreliable narrator who seeks to romanticize his acts. A tight, unsettling look at desire, power, and narrative manipulation. #Lolita

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30 new books this week! Ian McEwan's What We Can Know is a standout: a genre-bending, nostalgic, foreboding novel that probes questions about the climate crisis.

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Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid revisits Ur through objects curated by princess Ennigaldi-Nanna circa 530 BCE. Each chapter centers on an artifact and what it reveals about people, beliefs, and early technology. Alex Russell says Al-Rashid "breathes life into dry clay fragments."

Mercy by Joan Silber 1970s East Village. A failed heroin experiment alters two friends forever. Follows a vivid cast across decades as social and sexual mores shift. A compassionate, elegiac novel that asks what mercy looks like. #Mercy

36 must-reads this week, featuring thrills, heart, and unforgettable characters. Angela Flournoy’s The Wilderness is a knockout. Zoë Rankin’s The Vanishing Place is a haunting debut. Which will you read next?

Amity by Nathan Harris June and Coleman escape enslavement yet remain with the Harpers. A desert journey becomes a haunting tale of survival, memory, and the American Southwest. Poignant and vividly drawn.

Anna Koray escaped her father's darkness. When a shooting in the line of duty returns suppressed memories, she faces ritual sacrifice and a forest god. Gritty, atmospheric mystery with shades of magical realism and morally gray characters.

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison turns the haunted-house trope into sly, emotional horror. Clio and her sisters inherit their childhood home and a book that unearths family wounds. Creepy, witty, and thoughtful, ideal for October reading.

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New books publishing this week, including one of ours!!! See them all at bookbrowse.com/ptw.

New books publishing this week, including one of ours!!! See them all at bookbrowse.com/ptw