The BookBrowse Review

Published January 24, 2024

ISSN: 1930-0018

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Contents

In This Edition of
The BookBrowse Review

Highlighting indicates debut books

Editor's Introduction
Reviews
Hardcovers Paperbacks
First Impressions
Latest Author Interviews
Recommended for Book Clubs
Book Discussions

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Publishing Soon

Literary Fiction


Historical Fiction


Short Stories


Essays


Poetry & Novels in Verse


Mysteries


Thrillers


Romance


Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History


Biography/Memoir


History, Current Affairs and Religion


Science, Health and the Environment


Young Adults

Literary Fiction


Historical Fiction


Poetry & Novels in Verse

  • Poemhood by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas (rated 5/5)

Thrillers


Romance


Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History


Biography/Memoir


Extras
  • Blog:
    Imagining Life on Mars: A Reading List
  • Wordplay:
    T E H N Clothes
Dear BookBrowsers,

In this issue, we bring you Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland, the strange, funny and sad story of a girl named Adina growing up in Philadelphia who not only feels alienated from others but believes she is an actual alien from outer space sent to Earth to observe human behavior. Our accompanying Beyond the Book article explores a human creation that Adina finds deeply affecting: the album Glassworks by Philip Glass.

We also review other unusual, imaginative takes on the coming-of-age plot. Poet Kaveh Akbar's debut novel Martyr! follows Cyrus Shams, a disillusioned young man living in an Indiana college town, searching for meaning in the face of family members' seemingly meaningless deaths. Happy by Celina Baljeet Basra presents Happy Singh Soni, a boy who leaves his family's cabbage farm in India to pursue his dream of being a famous actor in Europe. Chikodili Emelumadu's Dazzling, a Nigerian boarding school drama, tells the tale of two teenage girls as they encounter otherworldly forces.

Plus, we cover Louise Kennedy's short story collection The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac, which focuses on women in contemporary Ireland, John Clinch's The General and Julia, a work of historical fiction imagining the last days of President Ulysses S. Grant, and many other books.

You can enjoy these reviews and articles, along with book club recommendations, previews of February releases, a new Wordplay and more.

Thanks for being a BookBrowse member.

Davina

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