TRENDING NEWSENTERTAINMENTFOOD & DRINKPETSSHOPPINGHEALTHY NOW HOME BEST READS ON PARADE BOOK PICKS SEE MORE e 26 Be st New Book Releases i s W eek: July 30-August 5, 2024 From Rainbow Rowell to James Patterson (and big bumbums!), we’ve got them all.</p><p> MICHAEL GILTZ • JUL 30, 2024 Here are the 26 best new book releases out this week of July 30-August 5, 2024.</p><p> Is July really over? Is summer slipping away? Is fall around the corner? Is Deadpool & W olverine really that foul-mouthed? Will kids have to go back to school soon? Is it too late to work on my tan? Should I commit to losing weight for next summer or just accept defeat for this summer and enjoy some indulgent treats like ice cream and pie? Can I read the 37 books in my to-be-read pile before Labor Day? I can’t answer all those questions, but I can tell you this week includes a lot of great new books.</p><p> So let’s get reading.</p><p> At the head of the Parade are… e 26 Best New Book Releases is W eek: July 30- August 5, 2024 1.</p><p> Slow Dance by Rainbow Row ell 2. e Most by Jessica An thony 3. e Days I Loved You Most by Am y Ne Three works of ction that focus on second chances, rst misgivings and nal vows.</p><p> Rainbow Rowell delivers her rst work for adults in a decade and fans will wonder why she waited so long.</p><p> Sure, it includes two people who were best friends in high school (and too dumb to realize they loved each other).</p><p> But this is a mature work in every sense, with people who’ve put on some mileage, made some mistakes and are ready to work on their relationships…especially one that might just be a second chance at rst love.</p><p> All hail the novella, a bite-sized novel or–if you prefer–a beautifully extended story.</p><p> In the case of Jessica Anthony’s The Most, it’s a riveting, 144 page story of a 1950s housewife who skips church (!), gets in the pool…and then won’t get out.</p><p> Sometimes, life is easier if you avoid it.</p><p> Amy Ne ’s The Days I Loved You Most is a heart-tugger about a couple happily married for more than 60 years.</p><p> When she receives a life- shattering diagnosis, they calmly announce to their loved ones that one year to the day, they will end their lives on their own terms.</p><p> Less a soapbox for end- of-life issues and more a love story that critics say will have you dabbi ng at your eyes.</p><p> Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell ($28; William Morrow) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Most by Jessica Anthony ($18.99; Little, Brown and Company) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Ne ($28.99; Park Row) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 4.</p><p> What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena 5.</p><p> Hard To Kill by Jam es Pa erson and M ike Lupica 6.</p><p> Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kim berly M cCreight Three taut thrillers.</p><p> Shari Lapena knows how to pull you in with a title: Everyone Here Is Lying, Not A Happy Family and now, What Have You Done? Pages will turn when a small community is upended by the murder of a girl in once-sleepy, now tense Fairhill, Vermont.</p><p> James Patterson and Mike Lupica know how to pull you in with a hook: in the case of Hard To Kill, it’s their new hero, attorney Jane Smith.</p><p> They insist she’s the best character they’ve created (together, that is).</p><p> She better be, since in her second book she’s defending a guy accused of a double triple homicide. (Hey, you gotta raise the stakes somehow.) And in Like Mother, Like Daughter, Kimberly McCreight pulls you in with a seemingly messed-up daug hter called upon to track down her missing, seemingly perfect mother.</p><p> Naturally, nothing is as it seems; after all, we’re reading about it, aren’t we? What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena ($30; Pamela Dorman Books) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Hard To Kill by James Patterson and Mike Lupica ($30; Little, Brown and Company) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight ($28; Knopf) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Related: The 28 Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Books of 2024…So Far 7.</p><p> All in the Family by Fred C.</p><p> Trum p III 8. e Widow’s Guide To Dead Bastards by Jessica W aite 9.</p><p> Loud by Drew Af ualo Fred C.</p><p> Trump III is the grandson of the real estate mogul Fred Trump and the nephew of former President Donald Trump, two very…challenging legacies.</p><p> Like his sister Mary Trump before him, Fred has now chosen to tell his story, while admirably using the spotlight to champion support for those who are intellectually or developmentally disabled.</p><p> Will he prove as fascinating a glimpse into the Trump world as Mary? We’re certainly going to nd out.</p><p> Memoirist Jessica Waite shares quite the story.</p><p> Her husband dies unexpectedly and that leaves Waite to clean up the detritus of his life.</p><p> Her image of their happy marriage becomes rather complicated: unbek nownst to Waite, he cheated on her, did drugs and hard a serious porn addic tion.</p><p> The Widow’s Guide To Dead Bastards isn’t (just) a story of betrayal.</p><p> It’s also about learning to accept who someone was and still perhaps cherish the good and forgive the rest.</p><p> Since women laughing seems to be triggering to some, be warned: social media star Drew Afualo laughs.</p><p> A lot.</p><p> Especially at men who try to put women down online.</p><p> Not on her watch.</p><p> Afualo’s rst book is a how-to guide to life and a memoir on how she chose to take no BS from anyone, because, why should she? Plus, it’s fun to be loud and laugh.</p><p> A lot.</p><p> All in the Family by Fred C.</p><p> Trump III ($30; Gallery Books) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Widow’s Guide To Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite ($29.99; Atria Books) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Loud by Drew Afualo ($28; AUWA) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 10. a t Prince Is Mine by Jayci Lee 11. e y Dream in Gold by M ai Sennaar 12. e Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Ar m as Romance is in the air.</p><p> Or at least in the kitchen, a jazz club or a small town.</p><p> In That Prince Is Mine, Emma Yoon dreams of opening up a culinary school in LA.</p><p> She does not dream of princes in disguise who refuse to be part of an arranged marriage and come to LA with a deep appreciation for food and searching for a bride who will love him for who he is, not for his title of Prince Michel Chevalier.</p><p> I mean, really, no one would dream of that.</p><p> It’s just too improbable! They Dream In Gold is a Romance that spans decades.</p><p> But it’s getting the literary ction push and has the reviews to prove it.</p><p> Bonnie and Mansour meet in NYC in 1968 and fall hard for each other.</p><p> His artistry as a purveyor of Seneg alese melodies take them happily all over the world…until Mansour goes missing.</p><p> But with life stirring inside of her, Bonnie is determined to nd the man she somehow knows is still out there, even if it takes years.</p><p> Actor Sarah Jessica Parker is championing this debut author of a book Time calls “a tender romance spanning decades, generations and continents.” The Fiancé Dilemma involves a fake ancé, four failed engagements (or, really , lucky near-misses) and a small town that want to believe Mr. #5 is nally the One.</p><p> In other words, your typical frothy romance, complete with a guy and girl who pretend to be madly in love until….</p><p> That Prince Is Mine by Jayci Lee ($18; Gri n) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar ($28; Zando–SJP Lit) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Armas ($19.99; Atria Books) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 13. e Horse by Tim othy C.</p><p> W inegard 14. e Horse: A Novel by W illy Vlautin 15.</p><p> Raiders, Rulers and Traders by David Cha etz Sometimes Hollywood makes three movies about exploding volcanoes or three movies about parents switching bodies with their kids.</p><p> It happens.</p><p> And sometimes, three books about horses come out in one week.</p><p> The Horse is a popular history about the “galloping history of humanity.” In other words, it shows how horses had a profound impact on humanity’s progress.</p><p> Raiders , Rulers and Traders is subtitled “The Horse and the Rise of Empires,” so it covers similar territory, with an especial focus on Asia and the Silk Road.</p><p> Smack dab in the middle? The Horse, a novel about a broken-down journeyman musician, isolated and alone in an abandoned m ining town–just the way he likes it.</p><p> Then a blind and helpless horse stumbles into his life.</p><p> The Horse by Timothy C.</p><p> Winegard ($35; Dutton) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Horse: A Novel by Willy Vlautin ($25.99; Harper) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Raiders , Rulers and Traders by David Cha etz ($32.50; W.W.</p><p> Norton and Company) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 16.</p><p> Pearl by Siân H ughes 17.</p><p> We Burn Daylight by Bret An thony Johnston 18.</p><p> Only Big Bumbum M a ers Tomorrow by Dam ilare Kuku Do you watch movies if they are nominated for a Best Picture Oscar or listen to the albums that win a Grammy in your favorite category? That’s what awards are for! I always pay attention to the Booker Prize, the most prestigious annu al award around because Brits just sound more sophisticated and smart, so why not listen when they celebrate a book? Pearl was long-listed for the Booker and that’s enough for me.</p><p> Siân Hughes tells a story revolving around a disappearance.</p><p> Our hero Marianne was eight when her mother vanished and she’s never really recovered.</p><p> This work is a thoughtful and quiet meditation on the impact of a life and especially the impact of its absence.</p><p> We Burn Daylight nds two teenag ers in love.</p><p> The only problem? The girl is a member of the Branch Davidian cult while the boy is the son of the local sheri .</p><p> And it’s 1993.</p><p> In Waco, Texas.</p><p> Some people are part of a crazy cult.</p><p> Others–like newly graduated Temi, 20 and ready for life–are just part of a crazy family.</p><p> But Temi has a plan: she’ll get plastic surgery to enhance her bum, move to Lagos and fall in love.</p><p> Easy! Her loud and boisterous and interfering Nigerian family have other ideas .</p><p> This is an acclaimed novel by author Damilare Kuku, who just a few months ago released the highly praised and irresistibly titled short story collection Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad.</p><p> Can I resist Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow? No, I cannot.</p><p> Pearl by Siân Hughes ($25; Knopf) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org We Burn Daylight by Bret Anthony Johnston ($29; Random House) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku ($27.99; HarperVia) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 19. e Movement by Clara Bingham 20. e Future Was Now by Chris Nashaw aty 21. e Shortest History o f Japan by Leslie Dow ner Three very di erent works of popular history give insight into the ght for women’s rights, sci- movies and Japan.</p><p> The Movement is a fascinating oral history of the women’s movement from 1963 to 1973, a decade when so much progress was made and so much more seemed just beyond the horizon.</p><p> From The Feminine Mystique to Billie Jean King’s Battle of the Sexes tennis match to Title IX, author Clara Bingham captures the headlines, but also draws in the foot soldiers , the women (and men) who did the hard work behind the scenes.</p><p> She weaves in the famous and unknown, the rich and poor, the women of every race, all of them striving for a world in which women were given the same opportunities, the same rights, as men.</p><p> Have we come far? When the book begins, women couldn’t easily open a bank account or get a credit card without having her daddy or husband vouch for her.</p><p> Do we have farther to go? Women still make less than men when doing the same work.</p><p> The Future Was Now is exciting for movie bu s.</p><p> It begins with a simple fact.</p><p> In the summer of 1982, eight key sci- /fantasy/horror lms were releas ed within six weeks of each other.</p><p> They were Blade Runner , Conan The Barbarian, E.T.</p><p> The Extra-Terrestrial, Poltergeist, The Road Warrior (now known as Mad Max: The Road Warrior), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Thing and Tron.</p><p> Six made money, two were ops, but they all left an impact on pop culture that reverberates today.</p><p> Journalist Chris Nashawaty tells the stories of how and why they were made, the creative and business decisions that in uenced everything from the movies themselves to how they were marketed and why arguably the biggest op proved the most in uential of all.</p><p> And the latest in the “Shortest History Of…” series focuses on Japan, just in time for those Sinophiles who gobbled up the latest version of Shogun.</p><p> Historian Peter Frankopan–author of the mind-opening work The Silk Road–says it’s “a gem of a book that’s as engaging as it is readable” and that’s good enou gh for me.</p><p> The Movement by Clara Bingham ($32.50; Atria/One Signal Publishers) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Future Was Now by Chris Nashawaty ($29.99; Flatiron Books) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Shortest History of Japan by Leslie Downer ($16.95; The Experiment) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Related: The 29 Best Mystery, Thriller and True Crime Books of 2024… so Far 22.</p><p> Such Charmi ng Liars by Karen M .</p><p> M cM anus 23. e Blonde Dies First by Joelle W ellington 24. e Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Three young adult novels turn up the tension.</p><p> Such Charming Liars is the latest from YA thriller specialist Karen M.</p><p> McManus.</p><p> This time it’s a mother-daug hter tale.</p><p> Mom is a jewel thief targeting a billionaire for the proverbial “one last score.” Daughter Kat tags along for the party, not expecting to run into her step-brother Liam or his dad, who plans to con the billionaire ’s daughter.</p><p> Complicated? Well, after people start dying? De nitely.</p><p> The Blonde Dies First is the latest meta-horror novel, this time toying with the trope that the blonde dies rst to put a Scream -like twist on what should happen, but hopefully won’t.</p><p> Author Joelle Wellington tackles racism, gentri cation and a Ouija board for good measure.</p><p> Author Jennif er Lynn Barnes is not done with the multi-million selling Inheritance Gamesseries.</p><p> In the rst of a new spin-o , The Grandes t Game featuring the return of billionaire Avery Grambs, the Hawthorne brothers and a whole new cast of competitors hoping to score fame and fortune if they can survive the Grandest Game.</p><p> Such Charming Liars by Karen M.</p><p> McManus ($20.99; Delacorte Press) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Welling ton ($19.59; Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Grandes t Game by Jennif er Lynn Barnes ($19.99; Little, Brown Books For Young Readers) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 25. e Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln 26.</p><p> Fowl Play by Kristin O’D onnell Tubb Two acclaimed middle grade books o er storytelling pleasure on their own and– if you’ve got a kid in your life–a chance to bond over a good book.</p><p> In The Night Librarian, twins Page and Turner (wait for it, yes “page- turner”) love the library a lot.</p><p> Then they discover the Night Librarian, heroes and villains escaped from the pages of classic novels and a ght to save the library from disappearing forever.</p><p> A graphic novel that will lure anyone into its story…and if you follow up all the literary references, you’ll be reading great books for the rest of the year.</p><p> Fowl Play is a sweet story of a girl named Chloe grieving for her Uncle Will, who gives her his parrot.</p><p> Chloe begins to suspect he was…murdered.</p><p> After all, the parrot says things like “it was murder.” The twist? Instead of ignoring her, Chloe’s family encourages her and answers her questions and they all bond as she digs deeper to understand her favorite relative and why anyone has to die.</p><p> The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln ($13.99; Dial Books) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Fowl Play by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb ($19.99; Katherine Tegen Books) Buy now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org e 46 Best Books of 2024…So Far Read M oreCourtesy of various publishers Content continues below Courtesy of William Morrow, Little, Brown and Company, Park Row Content continues below Courtesy of Pamela Dorman Books; Little, Brown and Company; Knopf Content continues below Courtesy of Gallery Books, Atria Books, AUWA Content continues below Courtesy of Gri n, Zando–SJP Lit, Atria Books Content continues below Courtesy of Dutton, Harper, W.W.</p><p> Norton and Company Content continues below Courtesy of Knopf, Random House, HarperVia Content continues below Courtesy of Atria/One Signal Publishers, Flatiron Books, The Experiment Content continues below Courtesy of Delacorte Press; Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers; Little, Brown Books For Young Readers Content continues below Courtesy of Dial Books, Katherine Tegen Books Sponsored Stories Mac Users Didn't Know This Simple Trick To Block All Ads (Do It Now) Safe Tech Tips | SponsoredJury Finds Roundup Responsible For Lymphoma - Bayer To Pay $10 Billion Litigation Noti cation | Sponsored Top Doctors : І f You Have Nail Fungus, Do This Immediately Wellness Wisdom Hub | Sponsored Embrace the Power of thcA for Ultimate Bliss HelloMood | SponsoredHere Are 29 Of The Coolest Gifts For This 2024 29 Insanely Cool Gadgets You'll Regret Not Getting Before They Sell Out Cool Gifts | Sponsored Urologist Urges Seniors With A Leaky Bladder To Do This Every Morning Millions of seniors su ering from incontinence and a leaky bladder are doing this. thegrannyblog.com | SponsoredTop 10 Coolest Gifts for Grandchildren in 2024 Reviewed: #1 blew our minds! 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