Readworthy by BookBub This Month’s Best New Debut Fiction Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know: https://www.bookbub.com/contact/new ---------------------------------- The Volcano Daughters by Gina María Balibrera In an Indigenous community on a volcano, a girl is taken by a rising dictator to be his oracle Media Praise: The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, Vulture, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub - Hallucinatory magical realism in 1920s El Salvador - Brit Bennett, author of <i>The Vanishing Half</i>, calls it “spellbinding” and “unforgettable” - Two sisters meet, are torn apart, and find each other again Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4559899?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4559899&gran... The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Escapism that reads like <i>The Time Traveler’s Wife</i> meets <i>A Gentleman in Moscow</i> Media Praise: Good Morning America Book Club, Book of the Month, Locus, Recommended by Barack Obama, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Town & Country, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Reactor, Indie Next List, Library Reads - A near-future civil servant and a 19th-century explorer become roommates, throwing the future into question - A <i>New York Times</i> bestseller on every major summer reading list, including Barack Obama’s - For fans of spy novels, time travel, satire, and romance alike Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4529995?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4529995&gran... Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung In rural 1948 China, the wealthy Ang family is cursed with daughters Media Praise: Good Morning America, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, People, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal - A <i>Good Morning America</i> Buzz Pick recommended by Jamie Ford and Kate Quinn - Impeccably drawn relationships between mothers, daughters, and sisters - “Throw open the doors of your heart for the lionhearted girls of Chung’s gripping debut” (<i>People</i>) Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4468642?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4468642&gran... How to Leave the House by Nathan Newman ‘It’s impossible not to be charmed by this bighearted story’ (<i>Bustle</i>) that’s already been optioned for TV Media Praise: NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Financial Times, Town & Country, Esquire, Bustle, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, Literary Hub - One man’s search for a humiliating package brings together an eccentric cast of small-town characters - “Profound — and profoundly sidesplitting” (<i>The New York Times</i>) - One of 2024’s best-reviewed debut novels Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4554938?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4554938&gran... The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff After 60 years together, Evelyn and Joseph share life-shattering news with their adult children Media Praise: Book of the Month, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist - Jodi Picoult has “never read a story quite like this deeply moving, complex novel” - A stunning love story and family saga spanning decades in a New England beach town - Perfect for fans of <i>The Notebook</i> Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4487921?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4487921&gran... Middletide by Sarah Crouch A failed writer is framed for a murder ripped right from the pages of his novel Media Praise: Book of the Month, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly - “An amazing, twisted mystery with a stunning conclusion [that] deserves a place on every reader’s bookshelf” (William Kent Krueger) - A lush and atmospheric page-turner for fans of <i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i> Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4529939?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4529939&gran... Swift River by Essie Chambers Her father disappeared seven years ago. Now, her family’s secrets are coming to light Media Praise: TODAY Book Club/Read with Jenna, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, Real Simple, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage - Ann Napolitano says this Read with Jenna pick “broke my heart, and then offered me hope” - A mesmerizing portrait of a Black teen coming of age in a 1980s sundown town - Longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s 2024 First Novel Prize Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4530248?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4530248&gran... Toward Eternity by Anton Hur What does it mean to be human when technology grants us immortality? Media Praise: The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, New Scientist, Scientific American, Parade, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub - Perfect for fans of Emily St. John Mandel - A haunting examination of biology, artificial intelligence, and love - The first novel from a #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling translator Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4521711?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4521711&gran... Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

From his porch, a man watches his secret daughter’s life unfold

Media Praise: Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Harper's Bazaar, Chicago Tribune, Indie Next List, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub - One of <i>Time</i>’s New Books You Need to Read This Summer - An examination of family and inheritance on Maine’s Penobscot Reservation - Tommy Orange calls the first novel by an acclaimed short story writer “utterly consuming” Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4509823?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4509823&gran... Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang What if you could hire a stranger to be your friend, your fiancé, or even the father to your child? Media Praise: Book of the Month, NPR, People, Associated Press, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Electric Literature, Literary Hub - A gig worker navigates odd jobs on the Rental Stranger app — and his growing bond with his pretend daughter - <i>Oprah Daily</i> calls it “sharply observed, slyly witty” - “A smart look at people-pleasing taken to its illogical extreme” (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> starred review) Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/book_email_active_check/4530100?affiliate_variant=read... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/debut-fiction/2024/9?book-id=4530100&gran... ---------------------------------- You are receiving this email because [email protected] is signed up for updates highlighting the best recent releases from the past month in your categories. If you'd like to change the type of content you see you can update your preferences here: https://www.bookbub.com/settings/categories?granted_at=2024-09-05&htoken=c36.... If you don't want to receive emails like this, please unsubscribe here: https://www.bookbub.com/settings/email-subscriptions/readworthy?granted_at=2... ---------------------------------- BookBub · 1 Broadway 14th floor · Cambridge, MA 02142 · United States