Publishers Weekly - 09.09.2019

Contents

De p a r t m e n t s & Co l u m n s

16 Open Book

Louisa Ermelino talks with Jokha Alharthi, whose Man Booker

International–winning novel Celestial Bodies tells the story of three

Omani sisters against the backdrop of a changing society.

72 Soapbox by Andrej Ilc

A Slovenian editor says withholding manuscripts for translation is

bad business.

Be s t s e l l e r s

● Adult Hardcovers 11 ● Adult Paperbacks 12

● Children’s 13 ● Category 14 ● Apple Books 15

re v i e w s

Fiction

44 General Fiction

46 Mystery/Thriller

49 SF/Fantasy/Horror

50 Romance/Erotica

52 Inspirational

53 Comics

Nonfiction

54 General Nonfiction

62 Religion/Spirituality

Children’s

64 Picture Books

68 Fiction

70 Comics

71 Nonfiction

51

Q&A with

Julia London

58

Q&A with

Kathryn D. Sullivan

45

Boxed Review

Nothing to See Here

55

Boxed Review

All Blood Runs Red

65

Reviews Roundup

Picture books on

me and you

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