Browns Best New Books for September 2024
30th August 2024
Every month we carefully select our favourites from the fabulous new titles on offer. There is something special about September; the summer may be drawing to a close and the evenings getting longer but the excitement of new stationery (even if you are no longer studying), the changing colours in nature and thinking about wearing your favourite jumper can induce a warm glow on even a gloomy, chilly day. For many of us, September sees the start of a new academic year and we’d like to wish everyone a very happy and successful new term – especially those starting a new school or starting school for the first time. One of the most exciting things about September is all the brilliant new books that are published this month, it really has been a tricky task to narrow down our picks for September as there is so much great new publishing this month.
Check back next month for our picks of the new books October has to offer.
Adult Non-Fiction
Nexus
Harari, Yuval Noah
Hardback
Information and misinformation have played a hugely important part in human history, shaping both us and the world. Taking us from the Stone Age through human history to the emergence of AI today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the relationship between information and truth, looking at mythology, power and bureaucracy and how human societies throughout history have wielded and used information for both good and bad.
Yuval Noah Harari’s bestselling history of the human race, Sapiens is a modern classic and an eye-opening look at our species. In Nexus Harari looks at information, its importance to mankind and how our ability to create and believe in shared fictions has shaped us. Thought-provoking, engaging and at times alarming this is a gripping and fascinating read at a time when we are pondering the implications of AI on our future.
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Think Again
Wilson, Jacqueline
Hardback
Few authors are as loved or widely-read in the UK as Jacqueline Wilson – her amazing children’s books have been capturing young reader’s hearts for years and are some of the most borrowed books in libraries. Some of Jacqueline Wilson’s most loved books are the Girls series for young adult readers which follow the lives of best friend Ellie, Magda and Nadine as they deal with the joys and worries of their teenage years – these books have seen many, many fans laugh and cry along with the three friends as they have experienced growing-up themselves.
Think Again is Jacqueline Wilson’s first book for adult readers and revisits the lives of the characters from the Girls series but this time as adults. Ellie is now 40 and grown-up life isn’t quite how she thought it would be when she was 14, she is mum to the fabulous Lottie, loves her cat Stella and still has her best friends Nadine and Magda on her side but nothing is happening in her love-life and she feels as if she is operating on auto-pilot but things are about to change… It’s a real treat to meet up with these characters again and see where life has taken them, Jacqueline Wilson is known for her amazing ability to tap into the joys, pains, worries and hopes of her readers and this book is a meaningful, moving and fun read. Think Again is the perfect nostalgia-read for Wilson’s now grown-up fans and will have readers enchanted and captivated by the lives of Ellie and her friends once again.
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Black History for Every Day of the Year
Olusoga, David
Hardback
This wonderful new book by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and his siblings Yinka Olusoga and Kemi Olusoga presents black history in bite-size pieces with one for every day of the year. This brilliant book introduces us to key figures, some well-known and others unsung heroes and forgotten stories as well as key cultural moments. From the anti-slavery movement to the Black contribution in both World Wars and through to modern icons like Beyonce and Stormzy, this fantastic history has tales of resistance, hope, creativity and celebration.
David Olusoga’s book Black and British: A Short Essential History is an insightful look at the Black British experience throughout history and won the British Book Awards Children’s Illustrated & Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2021. This new book, which is perfect for secondary age readers and above, is packed full of quotes, illustrations and poems as well as fascinating history and is one to dip into again and again. An unmissable book to add to school libraries ahead of Black History Month in October, one that will be revisited by and inform readers time and again throughout the year.
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Turtle Moon
Gold, Hannah
Hardback
Silver’s parents haven’t been happy for a while, not since the baby brother or sister the family were waiting for didn’t come so when Silver’s dad is invited to a turtle rescue centre in Costa Rica she thinks it could be just the adventure the family needs. As Silver settles into life at the rescue centre under the blazing tropical sun she even witnesses a rare leatherback turtle on the beach! But when the turtle’s eggs are stolen, Silver and her new friends must undertake a dangerous journey into the heart of the jungle to track down the missing eggs before it’s too late…
We are HUGE fans of Hannah Gold’s wonderful writing at Browns and were really excited to read the latest book from this award-winning author. Swapping the arctic setting of The Last Bear and Finding Bear for the hot and tropical Costa Rican jungle in her latest book, Hannah Gold has once again given us an immersive and vibrant adventure story with a wonderful heroine and strong conservation message at its heart. With stunning illustrations by Levi Pinfold this is a book that will enchant readers and encourage them to be brave, kind and hopeful, not only for the natural world but towards themselves as well. The perfect addition to every KS2 classroom and bedroom library.
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