Literairyland: Jan. 9-15, 2024

This week's new books, writer birthdays, and more.

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Nicholas Barron
January 09, 2024

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Hi Reader,

There are 178 books below. 😮 A few of you have suggested it might be a little overwhelming receiving such a long list of new books each week without any descriptions or reviews to help you pick your next read.

So, I have a question below about what you’d like to receive from me each week.

Do you want a big list of new books as you do now? Or would you prefer fewer books but more information or reviews about each book?

Unfortunately, I don’t have the time needed to do a big list of new books, plus descriptions and reviews. So, we have to choose.

Please vote below. Thank you!

And happy reading,
Nick

Table of Contents

Last Week’s Most Clicked Book 🔥

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan (Amazon | Bookshop)

This Week’s New Books

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🐝 = Books creating “buzz”

🏳️‍🌈 = LGBTQ+ books

Fiction

Mystery

Thriller

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Horror

Historical

Romance

  • Seduction at the Chateau by Delphine Roy (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Rock Bottom Romance by Diane Holiday (Amazon)

  • Their Bride by Jess Michaels (Amazon) 🏳️‍🌈

  • The Island Cottage by Jane Lovering (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary (Amazon) 🏳️‍🌈

  • Red String Theory by Lauren Kung Jessen (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • A Sure Duke by Christi Caldwell (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Meadow Falls by Carolyn Brown (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Hedging Your Bets by Jayne Denker (Amazon)

  • Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban (Amazon | Bookshop) 🏳️‍🌈

  • The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Principles of Emotion by Sara Read (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Any Duke in a Storm by Amalie Howard (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Play Me Once by Carina Taylor (Amazon) (Available Jan. 10)

  • A Breath of Fresh Air by Jessica Redland (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Jan. 10)

  • An Enchanted Moment on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Jan. 11)

Short Stories

  • Old Crimes: And Other Stories by Jill McCorkle (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

  • Voyager 2, This Is Voyager 1, Over by Maxwell Suzuki (Amazon | Bookshop) 🏳️‍🌈

  • The Un-Inquired by Renee Chen (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Jan. 12)

Humorous

Literary

Comic, Graphic, and Manga

  • Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Leuyen Pham (Amazon | Bookshop)

Young Adult and Coming of Age

Nonfiction

Memoir

  • Gold from Iron: A Humble Beginning, Olympic Dreams, and the Power in Getting Back Up by Nick Baumgartner, with Jeff Seidel (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Farm Family: A Solo Mom's Memoir of Finding Home, Happiness, and Alpacas by Jane Lee Rankin (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Everyone But Myself by Julie Chavez (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

  • On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through Life's Great Labors by Brandi Sellers-Jackson (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life by Matt Hay (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George (Amazon | Bookshop) 🏳️‍🌈

  • The Resurrection Appearances: Fragments of a Daybook by Jay Aquinas Thompson (Amazon | Bookshop) 🏳️‍🌈

Biography

  • Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice by Ben Rothenberg (Amazon | Bookshop)

Essays

  • Good Eats: 32 Writers on Eating Ethically, edited by Jennifer Cognard-Black and Melissa A. Goldthwaite (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne (Amazon | Bookshop)

Humor

  • The Little Book of Small Dick Energy by Donald Tate (Amazon | Bookshop)

Pop Culture

Asian American Studies

  • Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity by Son Jin Lee and Linda Yoon (Amazon | Bookshop)

Women’s Studies

  • The Furies: Women, Vengeance and Justice by Elizabeth Flock (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

LGBT+ Studies

  • The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany After 1970 by Christopher Ewing (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Jan. 15) 🏳️‍🌈

  • You Are My Happy Ending: Schitt's Creek and the Legacy of Queer Television by Emily Garside (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Jan. 15) 🏳️‍🌈

  • Transgender Inclusion: All the Things You Want to Ask Your Transgender Coworker But Shouldn't by A.C. Fowlkes (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Jan. 11) 🏳️‍🌈

Climate

  • Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

Politics

  • Filibustered!: How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America by Jeff Merkley and Mike Zamore (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion by Patrick Wohl (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss by Kim Hong Nguyen (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. Desantis--The Greatest Show on Earth (or at Least in Florida) by Matt Dixon (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

  • The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics by Joshua Green (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kōhei Saitō (Amazon | Bookshop)

Government

  • The Law of Presidential Impeachment: A Guide for the Engaged Citizen by Michael J. Gerhardt (Amazon | Bookshop)

Business

  • More Sales Please: Promote Your Small Business Online, Make Consistent Sales, Grow Without the Grind by Sara Nasser Dalrymple (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Inspiring Work Anniversaries: How to Improve Employee Experience and Strengthen Workplace Culture through the Untapped Power of Work Anniversaries by Rick Joi (Amazon | Bookshop)

Leadership

  • The Goodwill Jar: Reflections on Leadership and Legacy by Nick O. Rowe (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • From Tension to Transformation: A Leader's Guide to Generative Change by Janet M. Harvey (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking: Leading Your Organization Into the Future by Michael D. Watkins (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day by Cary Cherniss and Daniel Goleman (Amazon | Bookshop)

Labor

Economy

  • American Dream Come True: Why Affordable Housing Is Good Policy, Good Business, and Good for America by Tony Bertoldi (Amazon | Bookshop)

Healthcare

  • Caught in the Crosshairs of American Healthcare by Lloyd I. Sederer (Amazon | Bookshop)

Sociology

  • Making It in America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A. (And How It Got That Way) by Rachel Slade (Amazon | Bookshop)

Epidemiology

  • The Wisdom of Plagues: Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics by Donald G. McNeil Jr. (Amazon | Bookshop) 

Technology

  • Robots and the People Who Love Them: Holding on to Our Humanity in an Age of Social Robots by Eve Herold (Amazon | Bookshop)

Parenting

  • Nurture: How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves by Heidi Schauster (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family by Emily Cherkin (Amazon | Bookshop)

Adoption

  • Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala by Rachel Nolan (Amazon | Bookshop)

Marriage and Weddings

  • What Do I Do?: Every Wedding Etiquette Question Answered by Mariah Grumet (Amazon | Bookshop)

History

  • Beyond Vietnam by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration by David Nicholson (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Evolution of Religions: A History of Related Traditions by Lance Grande (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century by Benn Steil (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Why Surrealism Matters by Mark Polizzotti (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

  • American Patriots: A Short History of Dissent by Ralph Young (Amazon | Bookshop)

Military

  • The Battle Beyond: Fighting and Winning the Coming War in Space by Jerry Drew and Paul Szymanski (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence by Yaroslav Trofimov (Amazon | Bookshop)

Criminology

  • Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison by Doran Larson (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All by Deborah G. Plant (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

Writing and Creativity

  • 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg (Amazon | Bookshop) 🐝

  • Living the Artist's Way: An Intuitive Path to Greater Creativity by Julia Cameron (Amazon | Bookshop)

Health and Diet

  • Mayo Clinic on Healthy Aging: An Easy and Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Body Young, Your Mind Sharp and Your Spirit Fulfilled by Christina Chen and Nathan K. Lebrasseur (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Vagus Nerve Reset: Train Your Body to Heal Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety by Anna Ferguson (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Run Like Hell: A Therapist's Guide to Recognizing, Escaping, and Healing from Trauma Bonds by Nadine Macaluso (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Heal Your Nervous System: The 5-Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation by Linnea Passaler (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better by Karan Rajan (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health by Steven R. Gundry, MD (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Tiny Traumas: When You Don't Know What's Wrong, But Nothing Feels Quite Right by Dr. Meg Arroll (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life by Lynya Floyd and Nzinga Harrison (Amazon | Bookshop)

Money

  • Money & Morons: How to Build Wealth and Protect Yourself from the Great Conflux by Paul Daneshrad (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Tightwads and Spendthrifts: Navigating the Money Minefield in Real Relationships by Scott Rick (Amazon)

Self-Help

  • The Type A Trap: Five Mindset Shifts to Beat Burnout and Transform Your Life by Erin Stafford (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Gratitude Effect Positivity Journal: 90 Days to Rewire Your Brain by Randy E. Kamen (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Your Pocket Therapist: Break Free from Old Patterns and Transform Your Life by Annie Zimmerman (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Busy Brain Cure: The Eight-Week Plan to Find Focus, Tame Anxiety, and Sleep Again by Rosie Mushtaq, MD (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Turning Inward: The Practice of Introversion for a Calm, Joyful, Authentic Life by Eve Adamson and Ross Rayburn (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Get the F*ck Out Your Own Way: A Guide to Letting Go of the Sh*t That's Holding You Back by MJ Harris (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body by Brent Stevenson (Amazon) (Available Jan. 10)

Spiritual

  • Hard and Holy Work by Mary Alice Birdwhistell (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Code of Conduct: Tales of the Roller Coaster of Life by Scott Freidheim (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Affirmations for Manifestation: 365 Daily Affirmations to Attract the Life You Want by Candice Nikeia (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Preteen Devotional for Boys: 52 Weeks of Scripture and Guidance by Shane Hansen (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • 60 Seconds for Jesus: One Minute a Day Can Change Your Life by Jim Sichko (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Unburdened: A Lenten Journey Toward Forgiveness by Carol Penner (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • New Marriage, Same Couple: Don't Let Your Worst Days Be Your Last Days by Katie Walters and Josh Walters (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • New Marriage, Same Couple Workbook: Don't Let Your Worst Days Be Your Last Days by Katie Walters and Josh Walters (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World by Sharon Brous (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Faithful Work: In the Daily Grind with God and for Others by Ross Chapman, Ryan Tafilowski (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence by Melissa Ohden with Cindy Lambert (Amazon | Bookshop)

  • Living Undivided: Loving Courageously for Racial Healing and Justice by Chuck Mingo (Amazon | Bookshop)

Poetry

Bookish Trivia 🤔

This Week’s Literary Birthdays & Events

January 9

  • Lascelles Abercrombie

  • Simone de Beauvoir

  • Walter R. Brooks

  • Judy Malloy

  • William Meredith

  • Lizette Woodworth Reese

  • Anne Rivers Siddons

  • Wilbur Smith

January 10

  • Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" pamphlet (1776)

  • Kelli Russell Agodon

  • Stephen Ambrose

  • Jared Carter

  • Robinson Jeffers

  • Philip Levine

  • Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

January 11

  • J.K. Rowling finishes final Harry Potter book (2007)

  • Oswald de Andrade

  • Diana Gabaldon

  • Alan Paton

  • Bayard Taylor

January 12

  • Nihal Atsiz

  • Jennifer Johnston

  • Jack London

  • Walter Mosley

  • Haruki Murakami

  • Charles Perrault

January 13

  • Émile Zola's letter, "J'accuse," published (1898)

  • Michael Bond

  • Lorrie Moore

  • Clark Ashton Smith

January 14

  • Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar publishes in the UK (1963)

  • Isaac da Costa

  • Emily Hahn

  • Anchee Min

  • John Dos Passos

  • Anatoly Rybakov

January 15

  • Ivor Cutler

  • Ernest J. Gaines

  • W. R. Mitchell

  • Jenny Nimmo

  • Robert Silverberg

  • Xu Zhimo

See you next week!

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