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Jakes (Faithwords), 9. Hereford, owner of beloved New Orleans sandwich shop Turkey and the Wolf, serves up a bevy of larger-than-life Southern food in his brassy debut. Batumans outdone herself with this one. Spare by Prince Harry (Random House), 15.

In this laugh-out-loud novel with a pick-your-path vibe, David Bravo, a transracial adoptee of Latinx descent, endures a first week of middle school riddled with missteps and disappointments.

Jakes (Faithwords), 9. Novis spiky anthem of teenage rage centers on a school for the Deaf, and a student whose parents just dont understand: she struggles to learn sign language while her parents refuse, and she has headaches from the cochlear implant forced on her.

The Glucose Goddess Method by Jessie Inchauspe (Simon Element), 14.

It Ends with Us (collectors ed.)

Come for the heartwarming anecdotes about her pandemic pup Quiddity, stay for the constantly surprising takeaways.

The Glucose Goddess Method by Jessie Inchauspe (Simon Element), 14. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, and future Washington, D.C., mayor Marion Barry make cameos in a story that virtuosically explores the causes and consequences of political and religious extremism. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune (Berkley), 4.

Lilting, intimate lines by Woodson capture a delicious sense of autonomy and possibility shared in Brooklyn/ in the summer/ not so long ago, when the minute/ school ended, us kids were free as air. In Espinosas spreads, kids crowd sidewalks and stoops, open hydrants, and play street games. Congrats to all the authors whose books appear here, and also hats off to the hardworking publishing folks who edited, published, and brought these books to market. A failed writers diary swells into a marvelous fantastical vision of 1970s and 80s Bucharest, where he lives on a structure built to tap into the fourth dimension and joins up with a group of anti-death people in hopes of getting there.

He faces many challenges, not the least of which is the need to stay awake, and Mayr captures the surreal notes of his delirium in stunning prose. The story is about a bunch of semi-feral teens and other residents of a building in a fictional rust belt city, and it centers on a young womans horrific stabbing. The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to NYT, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon Danika Ellis Oct 25, 2022 Publishing operates under a shroud of secrecy, making even the most simple questions like which books sold the most this week impossible to answer definitively.

Almost as jam-packed as a seed itself, this vibrant offering details a seedlings early needs and maturation phases with text and images that hint at the plants place as participant in the natural world.

"Happy Place" by Emily Henry (Berkley) 3.

Pointing to a ducklike image in a book, a gray rodent-type animal confronts the eponymous protagonist: Custard the Squirrel, arent you a duck? No, replies Custard, a yellow figure with an orange bill and feet.

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Picks for fiction, mystery, memoir, romance, children's books, YA, graphic novels, picture books, middle grade Salatis remarkable solo debut stars a copper-hued, city-dwelling dachshund melting down on one sizzling summer day, untila cab, a train, and a ferry laterhound and human companion arrive at an island wild and long and low, where, at last, a pup can run. Luxurious scenes of ocean, sand, and reeds culminate in a calming portrait of escape and renewal.

Achingly felt, Joness writing is a revelation. Afro-Punk filmmaker Spooner makes a mosh pitstyle landing into comics with his graphic memoir of growing up as a punk rockloving biracial teenager in the California desert, where he dodged racist bullies while trying desperately to get the girl (and a band to stick together), told against a raucous 1990s soundtrack. 2023 |

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin Press), 5.

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by William H. Mcraven (Grand Central), 13. 5. But a breathtaking shift halfway through, in which Serpell riffs on Hitchcocks Vertigo, makes this one of a kind.

One Cherokee family combats myriad mythical creatures and monsterlike men in a spine-tingling, generation-spanning horror collection.

L.A. gumshoe Happy Doll revisits his past when a new client, Mary DeAngelo, hires him to find her missing mother, Ines Candle. Underwood and Ruzzier pay careful attention to the characters difficult experience, giving it direct, powerful words before revealing whats on the other side, and painting a realistic but hopeful arc of change. Tweet PW Select promotes your book in the print pages of Publishers Weekly and on PublishersWeekly.com and BookLife.com.

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After their grand summer plans are derailed, queer best friends Isaac and Diego navigate first love, evolving relationships, and fear-inspiring change in this bighearted friends-to-lovers romance. She navigates relentless sexism, isolation, and trauma, and distills the humor and pathos in the antics of hoary fellow crewmembersall in service of a profound larger story of the social and environmental costs of global reliance on fossil fuel. Identical twin sisters Leah and Megan, who have been estranged for five years, attempt to make peace.

With an ear for lyricism and an eye for historical detail, Caas puts a fresh spin on the classic haunted house story.

In fact, Verity is on some of these lists twice: one for the regular edition, one for the collectors edition. Flip to any page in Pulitzer winner Yongs stunning work and theres something remarkable to be found: whale songs can traverse entire oceans, insects send vibrational messages through plant stems, and fish use electricity to communicate. 2019 |

The authors beautiful descriptions provide a feast for the senses, one thats merely hinted at by the film Lost in Translation.

Set amid the Syrian Revolution, this powerful debut follows teen Salamas struggles balancing duty to her country and to herself. Theara Coleman.

Described with the late Paulsens characteristic detail, this captivating saga centers steadfast, solitary child Leif struggling to survive in an apparently Nordic archipelago landscape following a bout of cholera.

Weaving together insights from anthropology, sociology, and psychology, social psychologist Mesquita makes the novel case that emotions arise from social context. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact PW Select Promotes Your Book

When a jackknifed semi obstructs an islands lone thoroughfare, four children stuck on either side come up with the solution of having their parents swap cars so they can head to their respective outings.

The Daddy Diaries by Andy Cohen (Henry Holt & Co.), 11. This striking horror variation expertly employs true-crime fanaticism to form a socially conscious narrative that skillfully explores internalized and externalized anti-Blackness and structural racism.

3 by Joanna Gaines (William Morrow), 2.

Sharif contemplates airports (and their checkpoints and intrusions) and other public spaces to ponder systems of power, consumerism, and ideas about freedom. Soontornvats imaginative, Thai-inspired fantasy centers 12-year-old Sai, who, obscuring her modest background, sets off on a voyage to visit a fabled continent as assistant to the royal navys Master Mapmaker. Black newspapers warned Americans about the dangers of fascism, and Black soldiers were essential to the D-Day invasion and other campaigns, according to this groundbreaking contribution to the history of the Greatest Generation.

Without further ado, lets get into the books!

A Friend to Trust by Lee Tobin McClain (Love Inspired), 14. Together, they express gratitude as they gather seaweed, catch slippery salmon, and pick forest berries. Selin, now in her second year at Harvard in the mid-1990s, is starting to feel disenchanted. Loss is a kind of external conscience, Schulz writes in this searing meditation about her fathers death, which coincided with a blossoming relationship with her future wife.

In densely textured multimedia spreads that offer much to pore over, this picture book relays the history of a clapboard farmhouse where twelve children/ were born and raised,/ where they learned to crawl,/ in the short front hall. The tales spectacular sense of place undergirds Blackalls take on the way environments change over time and stories survive long after material objects disappear. After a trio of young Asian American women embark on entry-level gigs in the book business, Gavino perfectly pencils in all the punch linesand price tagsalong their way. more. Last seen in Olympia, Wash., Ines was once briefly Dolls girlfriend.

As Roland lives through moments of disaster both historical (the Chernobyl meltdown) and personal (an unfriendly and misleading memoir published by Rolands ex-wife), McEwan elicits a staggering depth of feeling for the protagonist.

white list, which shows publishing still has a long way to go in both publishing authors of color and promoting their books. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday), 4.

The debut from Shire, a British writer born to Somali parents in Kenya, addresses migration in resonant poems that also consider politics, gender, and love.

Her Brand of Justice by B.J Daniels (Harlequn Intrigue), 3.

Rogue Justice by Stacey Abrams (Doubleday), 12. (May) The Peacock and the Sparrow I.S.

Former pastor McLarens willingness to take the faith to task for justifying colonialism competes with the authors admiration for the uniquely extraordinary character of Jesus, resulting in an incisive volume that offers no easy answers.

Its fast-paced and exceedingly smart, and, with its mini-portraits of his peers, reveals much about the actors milieu. Call:1-800 -278-2991 (outside US/Canada, call +1-847-513-6135) 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday (Central), Andre Dubus III. Poet and Yale Review editor ORourke offers a powerful account of living with chronic illness and navigating the labyrinthine path to recovery. Taltys knockout collection looks at a family on the Penobscot reservation in the 1990s, and at a young man dealing with an opioid addiction in the present day. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin Press), 5.

Guntys titanic debut reads like the assured and focused work of a writer five books deep. Though they're often at odds, Benjy is tender, patient, and conciliatory, and Bubbe takes comfort in his steadfastness when her memories or their surroundings overwhelm. This standalone sequelwhich runs parallel to (and often contradicts) the first installmentreveals the epic scope and ambition of Jamess project.

Alsadir considers how laughter allows one to express their true self, how humor relates to power, and how, as her instructor told the class, Crying is just laughing larger, making for a one-of-a-kind outing.

The Challenge by Danielle Steel (Dell), 5. It adds up to one of the years most ingenious and eye-opening cultural studies. To set up immediate access, click here.

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What a treat to find Jones publishing again, with last years massive Palmares ending a two-decade hiatus.