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posted by Cybil on April, 27
Readers' Most Anticipated Books Of May
At the beginning of each calendar month, Goodreads’ crack editorial squad assembles a list of the hottest and most popular new books hitting shelves, actual and virtual. The list is generated by evaluating readers’ early reviews and tracking which titles are being added to Want to Read shelves by Goodreads regulars.
Each month’s curated preview features new books from across the genre spectrum: contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mysteries and thrillers, sci-fi and fantasy, romance, horror, young adult, nonfiction, and more. Think of it as a literary smorgasbord. Check out whatever looks delicious.
New in May: A deal with the devil goes haywire in S.T. Gibson’s dark fantasy Evocation. Terah Shelton Harris returns to bookshelves with the North Carolina family saga Long After We Are Gone. And genre godfather Stephen King brings a new collection of scary short stories in You Like It Darker.
Also on tap this month: a multimillion-dollar inheritance in California, a murder mystery in the Indian Ocean, and a science fiction thriller at the end of the world.
Add the books that catch your eye to your Want to Read shelf, and let us know what you're reading and recommending in the comments section.
Each month’s curated preview features new books from across the genre spectrum: contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mysteries and thrillers, sci-fi and fantasy, romance, horror, young adult, nonfiction, and more. Think of it as a literary smorgasbord. Check out whatever looks delicious.
New in May: A deal with the devil goes haywire in S.T. Gibson’s dark fantasy Evocation. Terah Shelton Harris returns to bookshelves with the North Carolina family saga Long After We Are Gone. And genre godfather Stephen King brings a new collection of scary short stories in You Like It Darker.
Also on tap this month: a multimillion-dollar inheritance in California, a murder mystery in the Indian Ocean, and a science fiction thriller at the end of the world.
Add the books that catch your eye to your Want to Read shelf, and let us know what you're reading and recommending in the comments section.
London author Stuart Turton (The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) specializes in high-concept murder mysteries spiked with narrative puzzles, sci-fi twists, and lateral thinking. His new book features the bizarre death of a scientist on an idyllic island with exactly 125 citizens. Well, 124. Meanwhile, the island’s glitchy security system is breaking down, letting in the deadly fog that’s killed off the rest of humanity. So, yeah, everybody’s pretty tense.
It’s an interesting problem to have: College student Anna Green’s fake marriage to Liam Weston helped her get discount housing at UCLA. After a quickie divorce at graduation, everyone was happy and went their separate ways. Now it’s five years later, and Anna’s ex has delivered some extremely surprising news: They’re still married, there’s a multimillion-dollar inheritance at stake, and Liam needs her help. Popular romance author Christina Lauren—who’s actually two popular romance authors—has the details.
Crime writer Alex Finlay (The Night Shift) has earned a loyal readership with his densely plotted mysteries stitched from multiple interweaving threads. His latest puzzler features a five-year-old cold case that warms up again when two dead bodies are found in a submerged car. This causes complications for a law school student in Tuscany, a mob boss in Philadelphia, and a rookie sheriff’s deputy in Kansas. Everything pivots on a cryptic note that reads: If something happens to me…
Ruth Ware’s carefully crafted mystery and thriller novels have been compared to those of Golden Age crime writers like Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, and Dorothy L. Sayers. In her new book, five couples competing in an island reality show run into trouble when a storm separates them from the rest of the production crew. Making matters rather worse, there’s a vicious killer on the loose, too. Ware, ever the explorer, brings psychological suspense to the islands of the Indian Ocean.
The undisputed heavyweight champion of horror, Stephen King, made his bones in the publishing business as a novelist. But he’s a master of the short story form, too, and this latest collection features 12 tales said to be even darker than usual for Maine’s resident gentleman maniac. The new collection features an array of King’s usual concerns—psychotic killers, precognitive visions, planar breaches—plus the short story “Rattlesnakes,” said to be a kind of sequel to King’s 1981 canine freakout Cujo.
This lively debut novel from London author Kaliane Bradley gleefully ignores all genre conventions by mixing and matching science fiction, espionage thriller, romance, and workplace comedy. Through the intrigues of the government’s new Ministry of Time, temporal expatriates from the vast panorama of history arrive in the 21st century. Can a modern-day civil servant find true love with a polar explorer from 1847? It should be fun finding out.
A love story for our relentless information age, this comedic debut novel from author Natalie Sue proceeds from a delicious premise: Jolene, unhappy employee at Supershops, Inc., has accidentally been given access to her entire department’s private emails. Human nature being what it is, she is soon drawn into the private lives of her colleagues. That includes Cliff, the one guy she definitely cannot develop feelings for. Author Sue delivers a workplace adventure with humor, heart, and some highly relatable temptations.
From the author of Crazy Rich Asians, this globe-trotting romantic saga plays out like a Restoration-era comedy of manners dropped into the wealthiest possible contemporary destinations. Hong Kong scion Rufus Leung Gresham needs to find a rich wife to restore his family’s fortunes. His quest takes him from Hawaii to Marrakech to the grand estates of England. Expect loads of sex, glitz, conspicuous consumption, and maybe even a scandalous murder. Or murderous scandal. Whichever.
Sierton High School student Ella Moore was a typical queen bee—feared, resented, yet somehow extremely popular. So when Ella winds up dead at her own party, the list of potential suspects is a long one. Everyone seems suspiciously content to pin the crime on Dawn Foster, the new girl. But as author Cindy R.X. He reveals in her debut YA murder mystery, Dawn is entirely capable of defending herself—and sleuthing out the real killer.
Winner of this month’s unofficial Creepiest Book Cover award, this debut gothic horror-mystery introduces spirit medium Roos Beckman and her long-dead ghostly companion, Ruth. When Roos starts to fall for the still-living young widow Agnes Coop, events lead to a murder in a crumbling and haunted estate. Author Johanna van Veen is clearly having fun with the manor-on-the-moors template while subtly tweaking old genre tropes with queer romance and relaxed self-awareness.
Canadian author Carley Fortune (Every Summer After) is back with another delicate romantic situation: Each summer, Lucy takes her vacation in a beach house on Prince Edward Island, off the eastern coast of Canada. It’s also tradition for Lucy to eventually wind up in the bed of handsome local Felix, who knows all the best spots, as it were. The tricky part: Felix’s big sister is Lucy’s best friend. Can Lucy and Felix resist temptation this time around? For the sake of the genre, let’s hope not.
Teenage Luciana is the youngest in her Colombian American family, and is mostly interested in chasing girls. So she’s reluctant to take in her grandmother Abue, who’s deep in denial about a recent medical diagnosis—and pretty much everything else, too. But when life gets lifey, Luciana finds she has a wise guide for impending adulthood. Structured as a series of phone calls from Luciana to her sister, this debut novel from author Melissa Mogollon is getting lots of love from advance readers.
Based on the real-life West Virginia coal wars, Rednecks brings undeniable contemporary resonance to the proud tradition of big-picture historical fiction. Set in 1920s coal country, the book follows a multicultural community of miners and their allies as they take on crooked feds, vicious gun thugs, and the powerful coal companies. Author Taylor Brown (Gods of Howl Mountain) deploys characters both fictional and historical, including the author’s own great-grandfather.
Author Terah Shelton Harris earned a Goodreads Choice Award nomination last year for her lovely debut novel, One Summer in Savannah. She’s back on shelves this spring with this heartfelt family saga told in alternating viewpoints. When their father passes away, the four adult siblings of the Solomon family reunite to save their North Carolina home from aggressive property developers. Stories are told. Promises are made. Secrets are revealed.
The first in a new series from author S.T. Gibson (An Education in Malice), this dark urban fantasy introduces the character of David Aristarkhov, Boston attorney, secret occultist, and powerful spirit medium. David, alas, has a rather serious problem. Thanks to an infernal bargain made years ago, the devil himself has come to collect a debt. David’s best and maybe only hope: Rhys, his ex-boyfriend and secret society rival. Awkward. Bonus trivia: Gibson is a 2021 GCA Best Horror nominee for her novel A Dowry of Blood.
Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!
posted by Cybil on April, 27
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