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The Hottest New Books for Jan. 30, 2024
This week's most buzzed-about new books, writer birthdays, and more.
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Sometimes, a book gets so much buzz that, by the time it comes out, it feels like you've been hearing about the book for months.
This week, two books fit this description: Kiley Reid's literary novel, Come and Get It (Amazon | Bookshop), and Sarah J. Maas's fantasy story, House of Flame and Shadow (Amazon | Bookshop).
Critics have been going gaga over Come and Get It. Meanwhile, House of Flame and Shadow has been lighting up Booktok and Bookstagram.
You'll find loglines and links to reviews for these and 25 other hot new books below.
Or, if you're feeling the Oscars season, Town & Country has seven not new books related to this year's Best Picture nominees. The catch is you have to read them in a tux or gown. đ
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Hottest đ„ New Fiction
Mystery
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
Logline: For fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, a fiendishly fun locked room murder mystery from the author of the indie darling Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone --this time set on a train full of mystery writers, agents, editors, and fans.
Publisher: Mariner Books
Thriller
Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
Logline: In this stunning and propulsive debut, a town grieves the loss of a young girl--but some fight to keep the truth about her death a secret. For fans of Jane Harper, Ashley Flowers, and Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Horror
Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona
Logline: A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller--and love letter to vintage horror movies--in which a teenager must overcome her own anxiety to protect the two children she's babysitting when strangers come knocking at the door.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden
Logline: The next high concept horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden.
Publisher: St. Martinâs Press
Fantasy
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Logline: The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Reviews:
Medium
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
Logline: Slip into a lush world of magic, stardust, and monsters in this spellbinding contemporary fantasy from debut author Georgia Summers.
Publisher: Redhook
Romance
The Takeover by Cara Tanamachi
Logline: Sometimes, when you ask the universe for your soulmate, you wind up with your hate mate instead.
Publisher: St. Martinâs Griffin
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
Library Journal
Historical
The American Queen by Vanessa Miller
Logline: In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham
Logline: "A debut novel everyone will be talking about," Avery Cunningham's epic love story is "a triumph" and "a tale of intrigue, racial tension, and class warfare, set against the glamorous and gritty backdrop of early 20th century Chicago."
Publisher: Hyperion Avenue
The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate
Logline: Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood's most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars--and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the critically acclaimed film classic Gone With the Wind.
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Reviews:
BookReporter
Library Journal
Literary
Good Material: A Novel by Dolly Alderton
Logline: From the New York Times best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both.
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Logline: Amid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land, one family must rescue one another and put the past to rest: a stirring novel about what happens after the fighting is over.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Reviews:
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Logline: From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.
Publisher: G.P. Putnamâs Sons
How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica
Logline: Set between the United States and MĂ©xico, AndrĂ©s N. Ordoricaâs debut novel is a tender and lyrical exploration of belonging, grief, and first loveâa love story for those so often written off the page.
Publisher: Tin House Books
Mrs. Quinnâs Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
Logline: A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food.
Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans
Logline: A lyrical, lush, evocative story about a fractured Jamaican family and a daughter determined to reclaim her home.
Publisher: Zibby Books
Reviews:
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
Clover Hendryâs Day Off by Beth Morrey
Logline: A hilarious and empowering perimenopausal Ferris Bueller's Day Off, about Clover Hendry, 46, and the day she decides to stop keeping the plates spinning, say F@#! it all, and finally get hers.
Publisher: G.P. Putnamâs Sons
Young Adult
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
Logline: From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Hottest đ„ New Nonfiction
Memoir
Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds by Michelle Horton
Logline: A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile case: Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killing her longtime abuser; and the author, Michelle Horton, left in the devastating fall-out to raise Nikki's young children and to battle the criminal justice system.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Reviews:
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes by Moshe Kasher
Logline: A "hilarious" (Dax Shepard), "surprisingly emotional trip" (The Chainsmokers) through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the writer and comedian Moshe Kasher.
Publisher: Random House
Reviews:
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
Civil Rights
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo
Logline: From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.
Publisher: HarperOne
Reviews:
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
Politics
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer
Logline: An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate, by New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Reviews:
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
History
The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin
Logline: Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors--the last documented survivors of any slave ship--whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways.
Publisher: Amistad Press
Technology
Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon
Logline: A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet--and how that affects us all--from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon.
Publisher: Random House
Reviews:
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
Self-Help
I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free by Tabitha Brown
Logline: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business) presents an inspirational guide for encouraging positive changes in your life--one day and one challenge at a time.
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Reviews:
Book Referees
Hottest đ„ New Poetry
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets, edited by Kwame Alexander
Logline: A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by Why Fathers Cry at Night author and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander.
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Reviews:
No available reviews
Spectral Evidence: Poems by Gregory Pardlo
Amazon | Bookshop
Logline: A powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic.
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
Library Journal
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This Weekâs Literary Birthdays & Events
January 30
U.S. Congress approves of acquiring Thomas Jefferson's library to restore the Library of Congress (1815)
André Bjerke
Richard Brautigan
Gelett Burgess
Eva Dobell
Michael Dorris
Allan W. Eckert
Hans Erich Nossack
Andrew Salkey
Jack Spicer
Judith Tarr
Barbara W. Tuchman
January 31
Gene DeWeese
Zane Grey
Norman Mailer
KenzaburĆ Će
John O'Hara
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Daniel Tammet
February 1
1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary is published (1884)
Nicolae Breban
Meg Cabot
Langston Hughes
Galway Kinnell
Charles Nordhoff
Petru Popescu
Denise Robins
Patricia Robins
Elkanah Settle
Muriel Spark
Jerry Spinelli
Yevgeny Zamyatin
February 2
Alexander Selkirk is rescued from an island in the Pacific Ocean (1709), inspiring Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe
William Rose Benét
Philippe Claudel
James Dickey
XuĂąn Diá»u
Thomas M. Disch
Hella Haasse
Pavol OrszĂĄgh Hviezdoslav
James Joyce
Johnston McCulley
Aldo Palazzeschi
Ayn Rand
Khushwant Singh
Judith Viorst
February 3
Paul Auster
Horace Greeley
Victor LaValle
Henning Mankell
James A. Michener
Clarence E. Mulford
Joan Lowery Nixon
Lao She
Gertrude Stein
George Trakl
Caroline von Wolzogen
February 4
James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans is published (1826)
Jean Aicard
William Harrison Ainsworth
LuĂs de CamĂ”es
Robert Coover
Siobhan Dowd
Ădouard EstauniĂ©
Friedrich Glauser
Keigo Higashino
Russell Hoban
Pierre de Marivaux
Stewart O'Nan
E.J. Pratt
Jacques Prévert
February 5
K.S. Nissar Ahmed
William S. Burroughs
Jovan DuÄiÄ
Andrew Greeley
Susan Hill
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Elizabeth Swados