In recent years, China's book copyright trade deficit has shown a trend of narrowing year by year, domestic publishing institutions are no longer blindly introduced, and editors are becoming more cautious and rational when choosing overseas books. For editors and publishing institutions, whether the introduction of books is selling well is by no means the only reference dimension, the most important thing is to see whether the quality of the book content reaches a certain level.
From the new fiction, non-fiction and children's books newly published around the world in the first half of the year (including some new books to be published in July and August), this newspaper selects the most concerned, best-selling and highly rated books of the mainstream media such as the New York Times, Publisher Weekly, the British Bookseller Magazine, the German "Mirror", the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the French "Book Weekly" and the Amazon website, hoping to provide reference for editors and publishing institutions to do a good job in the introduction and publication of books. (Note: German books are provided by the German Book Information Center)
In the first half of 2021, european and American fiction books were inventoried
Malibu Rising
By Taylor Jenkins Reid
Ballantine June 2021 edition
In August 1983, Nina hosted an annual summer dinner at her home as usual, and she and her three siblings were descendants of legendary singer Mick Riva. Nina is a surfer who has just been abandoned by her husband, a professional tennis player, and does not want to be in the spotlight, Hadd is a well-known photographer who has always had a secret in her heart that she does not want to tell to her brother Jay, who is a surf champion. They also have a cute sister, Kit. In addition to Nina, the other 3 boys and girls are full of anticipation for the party, and Kit also quietly invited a mysterious guest. But no one expected that a fire would suddenly burst out at the party, and the love, hate, and secrets hidden in the family for generations would surface.
Golden Girl
By Elin Hilderbrand
Little Brown June 2021 edition
Author Irene is known as the "Queen of Beach Readers" and has written a number of romance novels that have sold well in the market. Set on the island of Nantucket, the novel tells the story of writer Vivian Howe, who observes her family's summer life from heaven after she was killed in a car accident. She had a chance to change the fate of her loved ones: but seeing her daughter Willa's third miscarriage, Carson's party all the time, and Leo and his girlfriend "leaving again", she had to think carefully about how to take advantage of this opportunity.
Project Hail Mary
By Andy Weir
Ballantine May 2021 edition
The story style of this hard science fiction novel is similar to Andy's previous work, The Martian, telling the lonely story of Grace, the only surviving astronaut in the spaceship. After a long slumber, he suddenly found that the spaceship he was riding on had been thrown into the depths of space, millions of miles from home, accompanied only by two corpses. His teammates die, his memories slowly recover, and he realizes that he now faces an impossible mission — to save the planet, and to conquer the devastating threat to the species of the planet on his own. Thanks to an unexpected ally, he had a chance. The book is both scientific reasoning and a dizzying array of interstellar travel, taking the reader to places that The Martian never dreamed of.
"Seven Days in June"
by Tia Williams
Grand CentralPublishing June 2021 edition
Single mom and romance novelist Ava lives alone in the big city, Shane is a reclusive, award-winning mystery novelist. The two met at a literary gathering. No one knows that 15 years ago, the two people who had just opened their love sinus had spent a crazy week together. Although they pretend not to know each other now, it is difficult to hide the secret that the two have been communicating in their books. For the next 7 days, on a hot summer day in Brooklyn, New York, the two met again. Ava is wary of the man who has made her sad, hoping that he will move out of the city and she can return to normal life. But Shane was really missing, and she had a few questions to find answers to him.
Legacy
By Nora Roberts / May 2021 edition of Saint Martin
Adrian Rizzo first met her father when she was 7 years old, and his father almost killed her, but was fortunately rescued by her mother, Lina, who arrived. While on vacation to Grandpa's place over the summer, Adrian made a new friend. Lina created a fitness brand, toured the globe to promote it, and finally became the owner of a billionaire. 10 years later, Adrian also created his own yoga brand, developing fitness videos. Although she followed in her mother's footsteps, she deliberately kept her distance from her mother and maintained her independent innovation and autonomy. As her daughter's fame grew, the confrontation between mother and daughter intensified. Until a murder approaches them...
The President's Daughter
Bill Clinton and James Patterson
Little Brown & Noppf June 2021 edition
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and thriller novelist Patterson have teamed up again to co-author a new work since they first collaborated on "The President Is Missing" in 2018. The novel tells the story of former President and former Navy SEAL Matthew, who has always played a dual role in defending the country and the family, and now that his daughter has been kidnapped and every parent is deeply afraid of national security, Matthew embarks on an operation to rescue her daughter in the eyes of the world.
Freed
[English] E.L. James
Cornerstone June 2021 edition
The book is the third in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" series. Christian Gray and Anastasia Steele will be hosting a wedding, inviting friends to witness the occasion together. Marriage has brought new challenges to their lives, and they are more passionate about each other than ever, but Anna's defiance continues to stir up Deep Fears and test His desire for control. Past strife and resentment endanger the two, and a single misjudgment can cause them to part ways. Can Christian overcome the nightmares of childhood and the torments of youth and redeem himself? Once the mystery of his life is discovered, will he be able to obtain forgiveness and accept Anna's unconditional love?
Fortune's Daughter
Dilly Court
Harper Collins June 2021 edition
The book is the newest in the "The Rockwood Chronicles" series. Abandoned by her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Rosalind Kelly takes on the responsibility of caring for her younger siblings at Lockwood Castle in Devon, but the Kelly family is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to rely on the family to survive. Suddenly, one day, the mercurial Pierce Blanchard came to them from Cornwall, claiming to be Rosalind's distant nephew and that Lockwood Castle was his property. Pierce says he can help the family pay off their debts, but how does Rosalind make sure Pierce doesn't leave them homeless?
"The Two of Us" (Us Three)
By Ruth Jones/ Century May 2021 edition
Lana, Judith, and Caitlin have been best friends since elementary school, and they have vowed to be by each other's side no matter what happens. Growing up together, the three girls are closer than ever. But an unexpected event shook the foundations of their friendship, and the future was full of doubts—there were so many things to forgive, let alone forget.
Grown Ups
Marian Keyes / Penguin February 2021 edition
The Casey family is a happy family, with Johnny and his two brothers Ed and Liam, as well as their wives and children, often hosting birthday parties, anniversary celebrations and weekend outings. Johnny's wife, Jesse, insists she is the richest of all. However, under the surface of calm, a change takes place: some people fall into quarrels, and some people fall in love. Everything was under control until Edward's wife, Carla, suffered a concussion and couldn't control her thoughts. At Johnny's birthday party, with the whole family present, Carla reveals all her secrets with an inadvertent word. Every adult wonders if it's time to finally grow up.
"Sister of the Sun" (La Soeur du soleil)
[Ireland] by Lucinda Riley
Le Livre de Poche April 2021 (French)
This is the sixth book in the "The Seven Sisters" series. Electra is a top model and lives a glamorous life. Faced with the bad news of her father's death, she turned to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain and release her emotions. While friends and colleagues were worried about her health, Electra received a letter from a stranger claiming to be her grandmother, telling her that her roots were in Kenya. In 1939, Cecily, a New York girl, came to Kenya's Lake Naivasha region, hoping to have the opportunity to live with her godmother, the famous socialite Kiki Preston. After growing up in pampering, she quickly fell in love with the place and even accepted a marriage proposal from a mysterious middle-aged cattle breeder. Faced with the approaching war and the astonishing discovery, she felt isolated until she met a young woman in the woods who promised her a promise that would change the course of her life forever.
The Missing Sister
McMullen May 2021 Edition
This is the 7th book in the "Seven Sisters" series. The six de Apres sisters are all searching for the mystery of their origins, but there is also the question, who is their youngest sister? There's only one clue: a photograph of a star-shaped emerald ring. The journey to find their sister was arduous, and they traveled from New Jersey to Canada, England, France and Ireland with only one wish: family reunion. To that end, they explore a 100-year-old story of love, strength and sacrifice, a story of several young women desperate to change the world.
"Lupin"
By Maurice Leblanc
The January 2021 edition of Ashter
The novel has a strong French romantic color. In the author's pen, Robin is a thief who robs the rich and the poor. In this new work, inspired by the adventures of Yassen Robin, the author tells the story of the gentleman and strange thief Asan Diop who takes revenge on a wealthy family because of his father's wrongs. When he was in prison, the police had to be vigilant. Robin is very good at disguise and changing residences, he also knows all the secret passages, he is the most gentlemanly thief, dating the victim before the robbery!
"Only Sweet Time Lasts"
(And that only the sweet moments last)
by Virginie Grimaldi
May 2021 edition of Le Livre de Poche
The author is a new Bestseller author in France, and ranked second in the list of Top Ten Best-selling Authors in France in 2020. Her works often focus on the plight of ordinary people, and have a soothing power. One mother welcomed a premature baby girl, while the other watched her son stay away from home. One mother has to learn to be a stay-at-home mom, and the other has to learn to be a retired mom. They have to face the emotional ups and downs of life and the life stories that change their destiny.
Les possibles
By Virginie Grimaldi
Fayard May 2021 edition
Julianne doesn't like surprises. When her whimsical father lets her move in with her and the house accidentally catches fire, her perfect life is shattered. After her father retired, she was obsessed with phone shopping and rock 'n' roll, but Julianne wanted her father to be more realistic as he grew older, but had to face the fact that his father had cheated. She had to learn to understand the father's values, character flaws, and dreams. As long as the game isn't over, it's still too late.
Three Friends (Trois)
by Valérie Perrin
Albin Michel April 2021 edition
Journalist Vigne had 3 playmates when she was a child, and when she was in junior high school, a mysterious incident occurred, and all three of them left the local area and went to Paris. In 2017, a car was found at the bottom of the lake in the small village where they grew up, and Virginia reported on the incident, uncovering the secret that linked three childhood friends together. The author has a talent for grasping unexpected depths in life.
"The Young Woman Standing by the Window, Twilight Thin Dress Blue"
(Young woman, standing at the window, evening light, blue dress)
by Alena Schröder
Dtv Publishing House January 2021 Edition
Hannah, 27, doesn't seem to have found her place in life yet. She was writing a doctoral dissertation that even she found boring, and she usually visited her elderly grandmother every once in a while to accompany her through the last days of her life. One day, a letter from Israel led Hannah into history. She had known very little about her Jewish family before, but now she wanted to know more about her family past. Readers also follow the clues Hannah found to Berlin in the 1920s. The title of the book depicts a missing painting whose meaning and destiny bind together 4 generations of the family. The author draws inspiration from the stories of his own ancestors and uses them as material to focus on motherhood, motherhood, and the relationship between his own desires and the expectations of others.
Der zweite Jakob
By Norbert Gstrein
Carl Hanser February 2021 edition (German edition)
Once-popular actor Jacob was asked on the eve of his 60th birthday, "What's the worst thing you've ever done?" The questioner was Jacob's biographer, who was commissioned by the publisher to write a book about Jacob in an attempt to attract attention through sensational headlines. This question was asked again by Jacob's daughter Lucy later. After seeing his daughter's disappointed expression, Jacob finally admitted that many years ago, while filming a movie on the Mexican border, the actress in the same play hit a woman in the desert and then fled in a car. Jacob's life story unfolds in the classic style of this "unreliable narrator", gradually showing a cruel face. The author blends facts with fiction, reflecting the relationship between art and life. The atmosphere of the novel is easily reminiscent of David Lynch's films.
Eurotrash
[Switzerland] by Christian Kracht
Kiepenheuer und Witsch, March 2021 edition
Critics and readers often struggle to reconcile Kracht's work, but there is no doubt that his debut novel, The Country of Fiber, is today the most famous German-language literary work of the 1990s. "European Garbage" can be used as a continuation of this work, and the protagonist dissects his family history, which is always intertwined with the history of the country. The dialogue between mother and son stages a "contest of memory", often with ironic humor.
Rise up – A Life in History (Vom Aufstehen)
by Helga Schubert
Dtv Publishing March 2021 Edition
Under covid-19, almost all activities can only be carried out online. The 80-year-old author, a major winner of the German Literature Prize, sat in his garden and read excerpts from the book to a camera with chirping birds in the background. She won the competition, and not only that, but the book was so well received by all the judges that the book review bloggers stopped commenting on it, and the praise was overwhelming... The response is so positive, why should the husband ask for it? This is a very German-style and convincing autobiographical novel. It consists of short chapters that focus on a traumatized, strong mother, with a deeper meaning of forgiveness and reconciliation with herself.
"At Home" (Daheim)
By Judith Hermann
Kiepenheuer und Witsch, April 2021 edition
Yudit Herman's work has won several awards, and several have been made into films. Her new work was highly appreciated by literary critics. The book tells the story of a woman from a first-person perspective in rustic language. She is 47, divorced, lives alone in a small house by the sea, and rarely has contact with her daughter, who travels around. What do we need? And what can you give up? The story raises these two questions and switches between two temporal planes. The beginning of the story is a recollection of the past. The heroine had the opportunity to travel to Singapore as an assistant to the cruise magician, but she eventually gave up. The reader will not only feel that the path of life is full of accidents, but also fundamentally question reality, the reliability of memory, and the feasibility of starting a new life.
Inventory of european and American non-fiction books in the first half of 2021
Commercial / Management
Rethinking: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
（Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know）
By Adam Grant / Viking February 2021 edition
The author is the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School in the United States, and is ranked among the "25 most influential management thinkers in the world". The book explores why entrepreneurs and executives fall into the trap of mind closure.
The author believes that everyone falls into the trap of being closed-minded, unwilling to change their assumptions and beliefs even if the evidence is in front of them. In a turbulent world, the ability to rethink and forget knowledge is far more important than primitive intelligence. The authors offer several challenging suggestions: be wary of "founder syndrome," avoid herd mentality, and maintain good judgment; to curb overconfidence, at least come up with a workable reason why you may be wrong; develop a credible "challenge system" that gives employees a channel to provide honest feedback to managers and help managers correct mistakes in a timely manner; find joy in mistakes, think more like "scientists do experiments," and defend your ideas less like pastors or politicians.
Nudge: The Final Edition
Richard H. Thaler
by Cass R Sunstein
Allen Lane August 2021 edition
Thaler is the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics and the founder of "Behavioral Economics", and his research mainly focuses on interdisciplinary disciplines such as social psychology and behavioral economics, while Sunstein's research focuses on policy management, constitutional law, environmental law, economic law, and behavioral economics. When Boost first came out more than 10 years ago, the author's idea of using a deliberate "choice architecture" to help us make better decisions about ourselves, our families, and our society has reverberated around the world. In this new book, the author uses the practice of the past decade inside and outside the government and new research results to provide readers with new insights into the COVID-19 epidemic, health, personal finance, climate change and other issues they face in their daily lives, and encourage readers to be the decision designers of life, but with one principle: make things interesting.
Humanities / Social Sciences
Still: Britain in 2020
（Hold Still：A Portrait of our Nation in 2020）
by Lemn Sissay MBE
British National Portrait Gallery May 2021 edition
This photo collection is a collection of 100 photographs selected from more than 30,000 photographs documenting the years of lockdown in the United Kingdom after Princess Kate launched the "Hold Still" project in 2020, recording the lives of people in the United Kingdom due to the lockdown measures implemented by the new crown epidemic. Focusing on three themes – helpers and heroes, your new normal and acts of kindness – the photo gallery documents this shared experience, from virtual birthday parties and handcrafted rainbows to brave NHS staff, gritty staff and isolated and lost people facing illness. The book will raise funds for mental health charities and the National Portrait Gallery.
In the Heights: Finding Home
By Lin-Manuel Miranda
Random House June 2021 edition
A new musical by a young artist who rose to prominence in 2008, "In the Heights," breathes life into Broadway. The show, which blends Latin and hip-hop music, captures the original life of Washington Heights, a Latino community in upper Manhattan, and won four Tony Awards and became internationally acclaimed after its release, and later made a film. The author not only reviews the production process of Broadway's most popular musicals and important films, but also gives readers a close-up look at the decades-long innovative story of "In the Highlands".
Notes: Thought and Writing in the 21st Century (Notizzettel)
by Hektor Haarkötter
Fisher Press, April 2021 edition
In the introduction to the book, the publisher half-jokingly wrote that "this book fills a gap that no one ever remembers." The media scholar Harquito wrote about the time-honored human act of taking notes and showed how writing and thought were stacked together through shopping lists, copycats, scrapped notes, sketches, registration cards, ghost signs; the reason we recorded them was because we were thinking. Notes can also tie together otherwise unrelated things, such as "finding thoughts on scientific principles, the beginning of a love letter, and a shopping list" on a note. It is this illogical logic that makes us think, "a ball of yarn that is mixed with possibilities at the same time." The author predicts that in the digital age, the media of notes will exist for a long time.
Poetic Skies: A History of Romanticism
(The Poemed Heaven)
by Stefan Matuschek
Baker Press (C.H. Beck) March 2021 edition
The author observes the Romantic period from a new perspective, and many European countries are included in his research. He argues that Romanticism provided substantial inspiration for the Enlightenment, and also expanded by horizontally linking political events such as the history of science and the French Revolution, and media events such as the "Reading Revolution" (around 1800, the events that liberated reading from churches and schools were called the "Reading Revolution").
Life / New Knowledge Class
A Guide to Action for Overcoming Emotional Fluctuations and Gaining Freedom
（Healing Is the New High: A Guide to Overcoming Emotional Turmoil and Finding Freedom）
By Vex King / Hay House UK April 2021 edition
The authors develop powerful psychotherapeutic techniques to help themselves escape the past and gain a new life from painful emotions and trauma. Since then, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world on their journey to recover. In the book, the author shares ways to use physical energy, explore and enhance inner motivation, build positive relationships, understand themselves and break down their understanding of limitations, and rekindle passion to help readers become their own therapists.
The Comfort Book
Matt Haig / Canongate July 2021 edition
Many of our clearest and most comforting life lessons are learned at low points, and we never think more about food than when we are hungry, and we never think more about life rafts than when we are thrown into the sea. Containing stories and excerpts from many writers and philosophers, this book offers advice for people to find comfort in difficult times and make bad days better, and is a good medicine to eliminate the anxiety of modern people. The author wants to show the reader that even in a busy world, we can always cultivate inner strength and hope.
"I Successfully Quit Sugar" (Je réussis ma détox sucre)
By Bérengère Philippon
February 2021 edition of Larousse
Want to get rid of your sweet tooth cravings and stay healthy? Eat foods with a low glycemic index (GI)! The 2020 quarantine has just passed, and in this new book, the authors propose that in order to avoid health problems and gain weight, low-GI foods can be used instead of sugar. After 1 year of trying, the results far exceeded expectations. The authors invent dietary therapies that prevent excess sugar in the blood, promote satiety, prevent cravings, and feel health benefits throughout the process. The book offers 80 low-GI recipes that are both quick and easy, as well as delicious.
Artificial Intelligence and Empathy (Künstliche Intelligenz und Empathie)
By Catrin Misselhorn
Reclam Verlag March 2021 edition
Emotional AI is seen as the core technology of the future. As we increasingly assume that a person will be dominated by emotions and preferences in economic decision-making, the business community has rethought. Since then, the cooperation between man and machine in the field of work has also become increasingly important. But how do AI systems recognize and process human feelings? Can developing robots that can feel pain eliminate the boundaries of biological organisms? Do we also have a moral obligation to robots that can touch our compassion? As experts in machine ethics, the author explores these issues from an ethical and technical perspective in plain and understandable language. She also introduces practical cases, outlining new developments in emotional artificial intelligence, social robots, and biological robots.
Who Will Survive? - Nature and the Future of Mankind
(Who will survive?)
by Lothar Frenz
Rowohlt April 2021 edition
The book revolves around the theme of species extinction. The author is a biologist and nature documentary journalist, and in this work that inspires people to think, the author uses an interesting and researching way to ask, in the face of species extinction, which animals should we save? How does nature work? How can nature regenerate through purposeful intervention? The author answers these questions with personal experience, professional literature, and journalistic facts. There are a number of vivid examples, such as the return of wolves in Yellowstone National Park in the United States, the recoloring of nature, the recovery of forests in Canadian red deer because they avoid certain areas because of fear of wolves, the recovery of jackal numbers, and the great increase in the number of small rodents, which in turn gives owls, foxes and birds of prey an adequate source of food. By illustrating the process by which the living space of human beings, the host of nature, becomes habitable, the author shows how to use nature without destroying it.
Soziologie der Selbstoptimierung
By Anja Röcke/Suhl
Suhrkamp, April 2021 edition
To be more productive, productive, healthier, and more beautiful, self-optimistists argue that everyone must develop their personal potential in order to unlock the best possibilities from themselves or others," such as our children. It ranges from improvements in everyday behavior to visions of immortality and "superintelligence." In education, athletics, the workplace and everyday life, the pressures of digitalization and performance have accelerated this process. But what exactly does self-optimization mean? Is it a new phenomenon? What are the prerequisites and consequences? Using these three questions as the main line, the author defines the concept of "self-optimization", explores the history of self-optimization, and identifies what factors make self-optimization the core of society, while at the same time triggering social contradictions.
Carnets de guerre - Covid-19
by Didier Raoult
Michel Lafon February 2021 edition
Didier Raoul, director of the Institute of Infectious Diseases (IHU) at the Mediterraneo University Hospital in Marseille, France and professor at the University of Eddie Marseille, is the star of France's fight against the epidemic in 2020, and he has become one of the most popular figures in France in 2020, with more than 100,000 followers in your YouTube account and millions of views on the videos posted. In April 2020, he led a medical team that announced that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was effective in treating the new crown virus. But he argues in the book, known for his bluntness and anti-tradition, that in the early days of the outbreak, France did not conduct large-scale testing of the virus or use the drugs he found to be effective, but allowed infected patients to spread the epidemic until they could no longer breathe, and then sent to the intensive care unit. He believes that the top priority is to thoroughly investigate France's health policy. French President Emmanuel Macron had suggested that he attend the outbreak-related meeting as a member of the scientific committee, but he did not approve of the government's inaction and left the seat in anger. In addition to making this detail public, the book provides valuable information about the epidemic and its variant strains, age mortality, the most critical stages, and the best means of protection. The authors suggest that the dangers of being exploited by panic may be more serious than future epidemics.
People / biography
Live Your Life
By Amanda Kloots
June 2021 edition of Harper
In March 2020, Broadway star and Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero contracted COVID-19 and became more ill, and his wife, Amanda, documented their experiences on social media. Her articles quickly captivated millions of people around the world and inspired people to dance every day to Nick's song "Live Your Life," sharing positive thoughts and praying for him. But Nick died after 95 days in intensive care. Amanda's willingness to accept help from friends, family and online communities when her husband faces a great test in his life also gives us a sense of life: even in the worst of times, we must have a glimmer of hope and strengthen our connection with the world around us and the people who matter most.
What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey,
by Bruce D Perry
Flatiron Books April 2021 edition
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey begins by sharing her past stories, revealing the trauma and misfortunes of her youth, and engaging in in-depth conversations with renowned brain trauma expert Bruce Perry, leading readers to understand the past and open a path for the future by approaching the trauma she has experienced, bringing about subtle and profound transformations, opening the door to rejuvenation and healing in an effective way.
The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn / Penguin May 2021 edition
In 2016, 50-year-old Renault Winn lost his farm in a lawsuit and her husband, Moose, was terminally ill and declared short of time. The two decided to restart their lives by walking and wandering. After completing more than 100 days of hiking on the "Salt Road" off the south coast of England, the husband recovered his health and returned from the journey, where they had the opportunity to regain a new lease of life in a beautiful farmhouse deep in the Cornwall Mountains; reclaiming the land and returning to nature, the two once again embarked on the path of healing.
"Tout le monde savait" (Everyone knows)
By Valérie Bacot / Fayard May 2021 edition
The author, 40, admits in the book that she shot and killed Daniel Bollet in self-defense in 2016 and currently faces a life sentence for murder. In the book, the author confesses that from the age of 12, Pollette, who was her mother's boyfriend at the time, raped her for the first time, and after her release, began abusing her again and made her pregnant at the age of 17. Later, Bollet forced Valerie to marry him, beat her many times, and forced her to engage in prostitution, and Valerie, who could not bear the humiliation, finally killed Bollet. The French have launched a petition online to free Valerie, which has received more than 580,000 signatures. In recent years, there have been frequent incidents of female victimization in France, and this work has attracted great attention from all walks of life.
Burn after writing
By Sharon Jones
Translated by Veronique Dumont
Contre-dires March 2021 Edition (French Version)
Photo wall, vibrato, youtube... The world became not only a great stream of information, but also a huge confessional chamber. The book allows you to spend less time scrolling the screen and more time reflecting on yourself. Through sharp questions and thought experiments, this journal can help you learn something new. Imagine expressing your feelings about yourself not publicly, but privately? It's an interactive personal diary that contains a series of gentle inquiry-based questions, mental games, thought experiments, and homework — all of which are your favorite subjects: yourself. The author encourages the reader to write a secret book about himself, and when he is done, throw it away, hide it, or burn it when he is done. This book will be a unique portrayal of you now, and you will never have it again.
Leçons d'un siècle de vie (Lessons of a Century of Life)
[french] by Edgar Morin
June 2021 edition of Denoël
Written by Hispanic Jews and later immigrants to France, the centenarian, a centenarian who witnessed the wanderings and hopes, crises and upheavals of the past century, proposed to learn from the centuries of human complexity and find his own path. It is all this that shapes the unity of our identities.
In the first half of 2021, european and American children's good books were stocked
Picture Book (3 years old and above)
《长椅》（The Bench）
Meghan Markle
Painted by Christian Robinson
Written by Harry's wife Meghan, who retired from the British royal family in January, the book features the theme of paternity and was published on the eve of Father's Day. The author wishes to remind the reader that there are many ways to express love in the modern family. The book was originally a poem Meghan wrote for her husband in 2019, the month of the birth of her son Archie, Father's Day, and she later decided to write the poem as a story, which led to the book "Bench".
"What the Little Ladybug Heard at the Seaside"
（What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside）
[English] Julia M. Julia Donaldson
Painted by Lydia Monks
Macmillan March 2021 edition
Clever Little Ladybug travels to the seashore, but two villains also begin their evil path. This time they intend to steal the mermaid's hair and sell it to the star. Fortunately, there is a righteous ladybug who has come up with a plan to stop the thief... With singing mermaids, unicorns, girls, bears, magic shoes, and rhyming rabbits, the book is a childlike work.
"Hey, hey, hey, taxi! 》（Hey, hey, hey, Taxi!）
Katja Spitzer
by Sasa Stanisic
Mairisch Verlag Publishing March 2021 Edition
This is the author's first children's book, the story is about a "me" who gets into a taxi and goes wherever I want (I can go to the neighbor's house, I can plunge into time, or I can go to the moon), a me who can always go home and return to my children. The storybook's illustrations are bold and colorful, and the author hopes to be "pleasing and confusing, and encourage the listeners to participate in the storytelling." The author's 4-year-old son also contributed to the book. The author's work has been translated into many languages and has won the German Book Award.
The Industrious Shell Lang and Other People's Dreams
(The industrious dung beetle and the dreams of others)
Julia Nüsch / Kinderman Publishing House, February 2021
This is the first book in the "What Did You Dream" series, featuring a group of animals whose adventure revolves around the power of dreams and friendship. shell Lang John Wolfgang sneaks into someone else's dream, pushes a dung ball, and rolls the dream away. Animals get together to discuss countermeasures – can they ever find their dreams? Can the lonely shell man still find friends? This delicate story is themed around friendship, prejudice and coexistence. As the story unfolds, the animals will adventure in a new dream.
Der Hase ohne Nase (Bunny Without a Nose)
By Annabel Lammers
by Hanneke Siemensma
Bohem Press Publishers February 2021 Edition
The bunny thought of itself as an ordinary rabbit until the words and ridicule of other animals puzzled him. Finally, it saw its own reflection in the lake water and found that it did not have a nose. It was ashamed to see people, hid for a while, and embarked on a journey to find its nose with doubts. The bunny just wanted to take a break on the road when he was spotted by a little girl. Although the little rabbit was seen without a nose, the little girl still liked it. At some point, a perfect nose came to the bunny... It is a touching story that explores the theme of being different and accepting oneself. The beautiful, childlike style of illustration makes this story even more brilliant.
You, I Curse You! 》（Toi,je te zut!）
[French] Antoine Dole (pen name Mr Tan)
Painted by Diane Le Feyer
Bayard Jeunesse May 2021 edition
This is the 18th book in the "Nasty Adele" series, which tells the funny story of Adele, a mischievous mischievous ghost. Don't bother Adele, because if there's a little girl who decides not to let go, it's her! One thing hasn't changed between her crazy inventions about creating a world that looks like hers and calculating scores on the playground or at home: Adele always had time to do one or two stupid things.
Art, arnaques et micmacs
By Paul Martin
This is the 8th book in the Énigmes à tous les étages series and a uniquely conceived entertainment book for teenagers. 12 original puzzles take you through a variety of tricks, encounter a variety of eccentric characters, and put yourself in a variety of absurd situations. The large-format double-fold book design changes different scenes with the deepening of the plot, and the young children seem to be in it, gradually replacing the role of detectives, and uncovering the secrets behind them step by step in the crazy world of trickery and conspiracy. With the help of three talented illustrators, author Paul Martin presents a bizarre but witty and interesting world for young readers, starting brainstorming and making people laugh.
(Li Yimeng/Translation)
Juvenile fiction (8+ years old)
Rule of Wolves
Leigh Bardugo / Orion March 2021 edition
This is the second installment in the "King of Scars Book" series by popular fantasy author Lee Badugo. The author created a magical world called "Grisha", where someone could control the fire, someone could control the wind, someone could stop the heartbeat, and these magical people were the targets that nations were trying to fight for or kill. The protagonist of the book is Nikolai, the King of Rafka in the "Grissa Trilogy", who is injured by his opponent and cannot recover, and involuntarily transforms into a monster at night. In the chaos, Nikolai not only had to find a way to lift the magic, but also to contact other countries to resist the invasion of neighboring countries, and at the same time had to arrange marriage for himself to give birth to heirs, and to solve the succession crisis caused by his suspected blood impurity.
Lore
by Alexandra Bracken
Disney-Hyperion January 2021 release
Every 7 years, suffering is reincarnated again. As punishment for their betrayal, 9 Greek gods came to the mortal world and were hunted down and killed by descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god, seize their divine power and gain eternal life. Lol Perseus fled the cruel world long ago after his family was brutally murdered by hostile forces, breaking his hunter's promise. For years, she had wanted to forget the idea of getting revenge on the man who killed her loved ones—now a god. However, with the next hunt in New York City, two contestants seek her help: one is her childhood playmate Castor, the other is the badly injured Athena, the three will form an alliance against a common enemy, but rejoining the hunter camp will pay a deadly price, and it seems difficult to stop the rise of a new god capable of bringing humanity to its knees...
Megamonster
David Walliams
Painted by Tony Ross
Harper Collins Children's Books, June 2021 edition
On a volcanic island, in the middle of a shark-infested body of water, stands the "Cruel School." The school curriculum is shocking, the school dinner is even more disgusting, and the teachers are frightening — especially the mysterious science teacher Dr. Duke Toul. When Rak is sent to school, she quickly realizes that something strange is going on... This involves Dr. Duke Toul, a pair of strange glasses and a "monster machine." Eventually, she finds herself coming face-to-face with a giant monster in real life. There seemed to be no escape, but for Rak nothing was impossible.
Escape the Rooms
Stephen Mangan
Anita M. Painted by Anita Mangan
Gakura UK Company June 2021 Edition
The book is the children's book debut of the famous British actor Stephen Mangen. It tells the story of two children who face loss in an amazing adventure. When Jack is bungee jumping in the playground, the last thing he wants to see is to fall straight from the ground into a strange and wonderful room... There, he must face a series of puzzles and traps with a mysterious girl named Kelly in order to find his way home. They also encounter a terrifying polar bear, hundreds of ferocious lion cubs, and some exciting riddles, a different, hilarious, thrilling adventure! The book is interesting, surprising, and a story about friendship, overcoming fear, and being kind to yourself.
Kay's Anatomy
Adam Kay by Henry Paker
Puffin May 2021 edition
Adam Kay was a former resident and is now a comedian. This physical guide for children covers a wide range of topics, from stool to mental health, from reproduction to whether it is safe to eat snot. Henry Parker drew fascinating illustrations for the book. The book covers every organ of the body, from the skin to the brain, and also covers topics such as reproduction, death, and bacteria. The author wants to make the child think that they are reading something funny, funny, and a little disgusting, and in this way stimulate their interest to actually learn something, such as smoking, alcoholism, diabetes, epilepsy, hyperactivity, and even panic disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mothering Heights
By Dav Pilkey / March 2021 edition of the Academy
Mother's Heights is the 10th book in the Dog Man series, in which the protagonist faces his biggest challenge to date. Detective Dog has bad luck, Pitty has to face his imperfect past, and Grandpa doesn't have good intentions. With the influx of new villains, the world is spiraling out of control. Everything seemed dark and desperate, but the hope did not disappear. Can the miraculous power of love save everything?
"Es geht um die Wurst"
By Nora Coenenberg and Christoph Drösser
Gabriel Verlag/Thienemann-Esslinger January 2021 edition
Some people never stick to the meat, and some people can't go a day without meat. How we eat may have something to do with the food culture people live in, but it's more determined by each person's eating habits. In the scientific community, there are also countless debates about eating meat and eating a healthy diet. The book explains what meat consumption means in a language that children understand, while at the same time elaborating on various issues on the subject, so that children and parents can form their own ideas and decide together whether their families will eat meat in the future, or how much meat products they will consume.
Princess Pandekraska Pampernella
by Zoran Drvenkar
Beltz und Gelberg, March 2021 edition
Princess Pandecraska Pampernera is 11 years old and is adept at running, fencing, archery, and has been traveling the world since she was a child. She lacked nothing, she wasn't afraid of anything, she just couldn't make good friends, and her worst enemy had threatened her. The princess's father and mother didn't take much care of her, preferring to spend their time collecting cars and researching lemon juice diets. The princess could only rely on complex algorithms to help her find a good friend. So, she traveled the world with 3 suitable candidates to find out which little girl was best for her. The novel is humorous and funny, full of unexpected twists and turns and refreshing ideas.
Andy: La croisière de l'enfer
Andy Rowski
Painted by Cansell Manon
June 2021 edition of Editis' 404 Editions
It's a juvenile novel that's just as wonderful as Escape Room, featuring the reader himself as the first person, and you're enjoying a vacation with your family on a cruise ship in the mid-Atlantic, but you're lost. After a somewhat hectic night, you wake up alone in the cabin and the biggest worry for you is not hearing the sounds of living people outside. No matter how hard you try to find your way, you have to face the facts, everyone is gone, and you are now alone, lost in the middle of the sea! To understand what might happen, you'll have to look for clues on the boat and choose your adventure and survival path! This story may have 20 endings. Can you make the right choice to escape the hellish voyage?
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
[Day] Co-authored by Aida and Iro / June 2021 edition of Pika (French edition)
There are 7 incredible rumors circulating in Seagull Gakuen. One of the rumors is that Hanako's classmates in the third room of the women's restroom on the third floor of the old school building will fulfill the wishes of visitors. The young girl Hachiko Ningning falls in love with a boy in the second grade of the same school, and in order to get the boy's love, she goes to the toilet to summon Miss Hanako, who is convinced of the rumors. However, in front of her was the boy elf "Hanako Jun". Ning Ning was tricked by Hanako Jun and was involved in all kinds of strange talk. Can Ning Ning spend his school life safely?
Young Adult Novels (14+ years old)
Realm Breaker
By Victoria Aveyard
May 2021 edition of HarperTeen
When the hero falls, who will take the sword in his hand? In this new fantasy series, Alward is breeding darkness. Even Korene can feel it hidden in a seaside town. She soon discovered the truth: she was the sole survivor of an ancient bloodline and the last hope of saving the world. But she wasn't alone. Even as darkness approaches, she is joined by a group of companions against an evil enemy who will burn the entire kingdom to ashes, as well as an army that has never been seen before.
Firekeeper's Daughter
By Angeline Boulley
Henry Holt March 2021 edition
The novel tells the story of An indigenous tribe, 18-year-old girl Donis Fontaine, who had to go undercover for the police. Fontaine had always dreamed of getting a fresh start after entering college, but when tragedy arose in her family, she had to stay and take care of her fragile mother. The only thing that makes people happy is meeting Jamie, who is new to her brother Levi's hockey team. However, even after Fontaine fell in love with Jamie, she could sense that Jamie was hiding something. When Fontaine witnesses a murder and is drawn into an FBI investigation into a deadly new drug, everything surfaces. Fontaine reluctantly went undercover, using her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwa's traditional medicine to trace the source. But the search for the truth is far more complicated than she thought, requiring discovering the secrets of the past and uncovering the scars of the old days. As deception and death continue to increase, she must learn to be a powerful tribal woman. The book will soon be produced by Netflix in collaboration with Highland Productions, founded by former U.S. President and Mrs. Obama.
Caffeine
By Livia Halteh
Typewriter pub June 2021 edition
Aspen, a 16-year-old girl with severe anxiety disorders, is currently on medication, and only the same order at the Hibiscus Café can comfort her. This helps her to some extent, but she still has to face the dangers of teen life, as well as problems such as insomnia caused by drugs. Isaac, one of the "It Boys" at school, was also anxious. Aspen knew the other side of Isaac, the boy who was painting in the corner of the Hibiscus Café. She didn't expect to discover the secret. Now that she's been the target of his attention, she needs more than just coffee to fix headaches.
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