7 Great Books Hitting Shelves This Week

Posted by Cybil on January 7, 2020
Need another excuse to go to the bookstore this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day.

To create our list, we focused on the books Goodreads members can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. All these top titles are now available in the United States! Which ones catch your eye?


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You should read this book if you like: Mystery thrillers, suspense stories, sibling relationships, flashbacks, deep characterizations, stories about addiction and recovery


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You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, the power of fiction and the art of storytelling, a blend of memoir and insight, beloved authors, Fight Club



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You should read this book if you like: Psychological thrillers, amnesiac mysteries, neuropsychiatrists, haunted places, haunted people


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You should read this book if you like: Young adult fantasy, kingdoms on the brink of war, forbidden magic, curses, broken curses, complications of broken curses


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You should read this book if you like: Young adult fantasy, genre playfulness, weird science, deranged sisters, righteous justice, the Wayward Children series


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You should read this book if you like: Autobiographies and memoirs, mother-daughter dynamics, trauma and reconciliation, Korean history, the power of language


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You should read this book if you like: Essay collections, sociology, middle-age insights, middle-class dilemmas, the trials and tribulations of Generation X


What are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!

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message 1: by TMR (new)

TMR I’m so excited for AHSFAB! 👏🏼😍


message 2: by Kaitlyn (new)

Kaitlyn Harrison Same! Already ordered it!


message 3: by Dude (new)

Dude Hate Not enough women


message 5: by Laureen (new)

Laureen You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley also published this week. It’s an unforgettable love story with an interesting twist involving the dreams of two of the characters. Part mystery, part love story with characters I loved, it is a great read.


message 6: by Arjun (new)

Arjun Te Magical Language of Others


message 7: by Augden (new)

Augden Dude wrote: "Not enough women"
All but one of the authors is female. 1/7 are male so I don't know what you mean by "Not enough women".


message 8: by Surag (new)

Surag Ramachandran Reading books is a supplementary activity to the experiences that we can accumulate. By reading books, we can learn from many other experiences in a short time. The issue is, the difficulty in understanding and effort in finding out what is being presented in the book.

I have tried to answer the art of reading in the following video of mine, where I have mentioned how to read in a better way - https://youtu.be/i5dOLZPZGUM

Pre-reading is one skill that one needs to develop in order to understand reading.


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