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Readers' Most Anticipated Books of August
When it comes to whiling away the dog days of summer, nothing is better than a good book. Or two. Or three. Let’s say ten! We’re getting into the real heart of the publishing year right about now, and the next few months are packed with high-profile titles, hotly anticipated debuts, and sorely missed authors.
New in August: Silvia Moreno-Garcia returns with the Mexico City noir Velvet Was the Night. Mona Awad takes a dark and grimly humorous approach to Shakespeare with All’s Well. And author Kat Chow chronicles three generations of her Chinese-American family in Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir. Plus: , , and !
Each month the 카지노싸이트 editorial team takes a look at the books that are being published in the U.S., readers' early reviews, and how many readers are adding these books to their Want to Read shelves (which is how we measure anticipation). We use the information to curate this list of hottest new releases.
British author Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train, Into the Water) returns with another foray into the occupied lands of psychological suspense. Early reports suggest that A Slow Fire Burning uses a kind of switchback narrative structure to explore the backstories of three women and their connection to a brutal murder on a London houseboat. Everyone has secrets to hide, as usual, and the ending is said to be impossible to guess.
Read our interview with Hawkins here.
Read our interview with Hawkins here.
Cambodian-American writer Anthony Veasna So was already being heralded as a fiery new literary talent when he died unexpectedly, just last December, at the age of 28. His debut collection of short stories follows several present-day characters—a high school badminton coach, two drunken brothers, a teacher obsessed with Melville’s Moby Dick—who are the children of refugees from the Khmer Rouge atrocities a generation ago. Advance word is that Afterparties is a major work filled with insight, compassion, and dark humor.
Mexico City in the 1970s was a dangerous place, vibrating with the tension of student politics and political unrest. The author of last year’s sensation Mexican Gothic returns with a gritty noir set in the heart of the city. Lonely secretary Maite becomes obsessed with the disappearance of her neighbor, a beautiful student radical with ties to the dissident movement. Also on tap: eccentric assassins, Russian spies, old movies, and classic rock ‘n’ roll.
This lovely debut novel from author Sara Nisha Adams celebrates one of our favorite themes here at 카지노싸이트—the healing power of books. In the quiet London borough of Ealing, a grieving widower and an anxious teenager find an unexpected bond when they come across a crumpled-up reading list at the local library. Can their shared love of fiction help the two lonely souls find their way back to joy and contentment?
returns with a creepy story of a woman at her breaking point. Pain-wracked theater professor Miranda Fitch meets three strange benefactors who promise to solve all her problems, including a particularly troublesome production of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well. What’s the catch? That’s an excellent question. Awad’s Bunny was a finalist for the 카지노싸이트 Choice Award in Horror, and her new one promises a similarly sophisticated take on the genre.
The latest from Chandler Baker (Whisper Network) is being billed as a dark and ominous feminist thriller, a kind of gender-swapped version of The Stepford Wives for the 21st-century. Overworked mother and attorney Nora Spangler finds some new female friends in the exclusive suburban neighborhood of Dynasty Ranch. These high-powered career women seem to have cracked the code to “having it all.” But something is deeply kinked in Dynasty Ranch. What’s up with the husbands?
Teenage outcast Jade Daniels loves horror movies. More to the point, she understands how they work. This knowledge comes in handy when bloody events overtake her small town. Author Stephen Graham Jones is known for haunting the literary end of the horror spectrum and he’s got a lot of cool ideas about how the genre works. His new book explores themes of colonialism and gentrification, all while subtly subverting the usual rules of horror fiction.
After a near-tragic drunk driving incident, twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan is forced to return to the hometown, and the family, that she deserted years ago. Sunday’s Irish Catholic clan is built on an unstable foundation of secrets, and to move forward they must all turn around and confront the past. Author Tracey Lange’s literary family drama is recommended for fans of Mary Beth Keane's Ask Again, Yes and Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's The Nest.
Winner of this month’s unofficial Coolest Book Title Award, this thoroughly modern memoir is steeped in the relentless weirdness of contemporary pop culture. Author Nichole Perkins’s autobiographical essays offer insight from the perspective of one southern Black woman who, like all of us, has been consuming mountains of disposable media for as long as she can remember. Is it advisable to take the best parts or pop culture and discard the rest? Is it possible?
Author Kat Chow’s ambitious debut is a coming-of-age memoir that gradually blossoms out into the history of three generations of her Chinese-American family. When the author’s mother dies unexpectedly from cancer, grief threatens to overwhelm Kat, her two older sisters, and her father. What follows is a kind of extended meditation on love, loss and the dynamics of one American family. Seeing Ghosts is recommended for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.
Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia is definitely a one-click author! Love her books!
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I'm looking forward to Stephen King's Billy Summers tomorrow, too.
Scott wrote: "I'm looking forward to Stephen King's Billy Summers tomorrow, too."He has another book coming out?! Didn't a book come put earlier this year?
Jasmine wrote: "Scott wrote: "I'm looking forward to Stephen King's Billy Summers tomorrow, too."He has another book coming out?! Didn't a book come put earlier this year?"
That is why he use to write under a different name, Richard Bachman. He didn't want to saturate the market and burn people out on "King" but he would write several books within a year. I also heard that the publishing companies didn't want him releasing more than one book a year. He treats it like a full time job and has a strict schedule so if you think about how much you can get done in 8 hours you can see how it is possible.
Jamie wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Scott wrote: "I'm looking forward to Stephen King's Billy Summers tomorrow, too."He has another book coming out?! Didn't a book come put earlier this year?"
That is why he use t..."
Oh, I know he writes a lot. But it never ceases to amaze me. I can't keep up!
Velvet Was The Night is on my reading list after her sublime hit Mexican Gothic last year.
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny is on the top of my list. The Reading List sounds interesting too.
Barbara O’Neal ‘Write My Name Across the Sky’ definitely!
Can't wait to read Afterparties--great to see an LGBTQ title on the list!
I love reading debut authors, so I am looking forward to reading The Reading List.
Already ordered my Louise Penny's latest, The Madness of Crowds & also want to read Gone for Good by Joanne Schaffhausen.
