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This Fall's Most Anticipated Debuts

This Fall's Most Anticipated Debuts
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There are people who like to talk about how hard it is to get a book deal with a traditional publisher in the current economy. From the perspective of Kirkus’ editors, however, there’s a bounty of talented new writers in fiction and nonfiction who deserve a wider readership. Here’s our selection of this fall’s up-and-coming writers, fiction listed first, followed by nonfiction. Not all of these books are available for purchase yet, but all will be published this fall.

Most Anticipated Debuts
ASUNDER by Chloe Aridjis(01 of11)
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A self-effacing life devoted to obsessive minutiae is cracked open in this oblique, disturbing, yet oddly compelling tale. Read full book review >
THE ISLE OF YOUTH by Laura van den Berg(02 of11)
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A gifted American fiction writer tackles little slivers of crime from the points of view of young women on the verge of self-discovery. Read full book review >
THE ASSEMBLER OF PARTS by Raoul Wientzen(03 of11)
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In this astonishing first novel, 7-year-old, physically disabled Jess reviews her brief, tumultuous life from heaven via films provided by The Assembler, a supreme being who, for mysterious reasons, declined to give her thumbs, several bones, a whole heart and the gift of hearing. Read full book review >
THE HOUSE OF JOURNALISTS by Tim Finch(04 of11)
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This remarkable first novel imagines a center for journalists, all refugees who were forced to emigrate, its irrepressible leader, Julian Snowman, and his oppressive regime of liberal piety, and the stories of his damaged but legendary clients. Read full book review >
ADÉ: A LOVE STORY by Rebecca Walker(05 of11)
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Memoirist Walker (Baby Love, 2007, etc.) makes her fiction debut with a short, sad tale of love that flowers but cannot take root in Kenya. Read full book review >
RIVERS by Michael Farris Smith(06 of11)
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A man attempts to put his past behind him and start a new life in the lawless society left behind in a storm-wracked post-societal Gulf Coast. Read full book review >
THE FAITHFUL SCRIBE: A STORY OF ISLAM, PAKISTAN, FAMILY, AND WAR by Shahan Mufti(07 of11)
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The rich cultural and religious history of Pakistan dictated through a journalist's personal stories. Read full book review >
"WHY DO ONLY WHITE PEOPLE GET ABDUCTED BY ALIENS?": TEACHING LESSONS FROM THE BRONX by Ilana Garon(08 of11)
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Behind the scenes in the life of a teacher in the Bronx. Read full book review >
THE TENDER SOLDIER: A TRUE STORY OF WAR AND SACRIFICE by Vanessa M. Gezari(09 of11)
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Having discovered (again) that superior firepower does poorly against guerrillas, America's military adopted its current counterinsurgency doctrine, an object of almost universal praise. Not all was deserved, writes journalist Gezari (Narrative Nonfiction and War Reporting/Univ. of Michigan) in this insightful but disturbing account of the Human Terrain System, a program designed to bring social science to the battlefield. Read full book review >
FINDING THE DRAGON LADY: THE MYSTERY OF VIETNAM'S MADAME NHU by Monique Brinson Demery(10 of11)
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An independent scholar's engagingly provocative account of her encounters with the once-reviled former first lady of South Vietnam, Madame Nhu. Read full book review >
RG3: THE PROMISE by David Sheinin(11 of11)
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A spellbinding biography tracing Robert Griffin III's meteoric rise to sport superstardom. Read full book review >

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