We are often asked what books are due to be released, what are the hot picks and what books we should all be looking out for. With the arrival of the eBook and self published Indie novels it is all but impossible to be able to share with you every single book that is due for release each week but we can share with you the latest hardbacks being released.
This week we have selected five new releases for the week commencing August 22nd, we apologise to your TBR lists in advance.
Dictator – Robert Harris (Historical Thriller)
The third and final instalment of Robert Harris’ Cicero Trilogy is finally here. Encompassing some of the most epic events in ancient history including the dissolution of the Roman Republic, the murder of Pompey, and the assassination of Julius Caesar, this trilogy centres upon the age old problem of combining political freedom with personal ambition and the damage to society that causes. A brilliantly told fictional history of people and occurrences that actually happened.
A Girl’s Guide to Moving on – Debbie Macomber (Romance)
After Nichole discovers that her husband, Jake, has been unfaithful she realises that her perfect life was just an illusion. Rocco is a dedicated father and thoughtful friend and he and Nichole begin a relationship. Unfortunately Jake’s having none of it and is prepared to wager everything on winning Nichole back including their son Owen’s happiness. In turn this makes her mother in law, Leanne re evaluate her marriage to a philandering husband and she too finds the courage to move on. A tale of two women from different generations finding the strength to search for a happiness their marriages didn’t provide.
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My Life on the Road – Gloria Steinem (Memoir)
Gloria Steinem writer, activist, organizer, and inspiring leader now tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change. In this vivid memoir that spans her entire career, Gloria’s books covers her time on the campaign trail; her early exposure to social activism in India; organising ground-up movements in America; and the infinite contrasts, the “surrealism in everyday life” that Steinem encountered as she traveled back and forth across the country. A moving, funny, and profound story of the author’s growth and also the growth of a revolutionary movement for equality and the story of how surprising encounters on the road shaped both
Scrapper – Matt Bell (Fiction)
A Dystopian Detroit is the setting for this novel of revenge and retribution. Kelly is a scrapper, he scavenges for scrap metal in the worst affected areas of the destroyed city which is now known as ‘The Zone’ and on one of his forays he stumbles across a young boy who has been kidnapped. Freeing him, Kelly is drawn even deeper into The Zone as he determines to avenge the boy’s kidnapping and in doing so is forced to face traumas from his past. Matt Bell’s second novel, The Scrapper asks “What do we owe for our crimes, even those we’ve committed to protect the people we love?”
The Vegetarian – Han Kang (Psychological Suspense/Horror)
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016 The Vegetarian follows Yeong-hye and her husband, both so ordinary that neither even register on each other’s radar. He a mild mannered office worker and she a dutiful wife their lives take an unexpected turn when, contrary to strict South Korean societal mores, Yeong-hye”s husband decides to become a vegetarian it is a shocking act of subversion that rapidly descends into forced acts of sexual sadism and cruelties unheard of in polite society. Hospitalised and driven to the brink of suicide Yeong-hye inadvertently captures the attention of her sister’s husband who, working as a video artist, makes Yeong-hye the subject of his increasingly disturbing and erotically unhinged artworks. Described as ‘fraught, disturbing and beautiful,’ The Vegetarian is a novel about desire, shame and the attempts of one human trying to understand another all set in a modern South Korea that is not what we may think it is.
There you are, five new releases just waiting for you to slot them onto your bookshelves and add to your TBR lists. If you do treat yourselves, don’t forget to send us in your reviews.
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