Can you feel it? Summer reading season is right around the corner! As you plan vacations and staycations, long weekends or surprise rainy days inside, here are some new fiction releases to take along.
5/5: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
In 1933 Mississippi, an orphan and two women fallen on hard times band together with an idea to see them each succeed. By the author of The Help. (historical fiction)
5/5: Cherry Beach by Don Gillmor
A duo of detectives at odds with their department investigate a murder at a Toronto high-rise that lays bare the city’s history of underhanded real estate deals and racism. (mystery)
5/5: Homebound by Portia Elan
Three stories weave together: In 1983 Cincinatti, teenage Becks grapples with her uncle’s death and works on the computer game they were coding together; in 2586, boat captain Yeskio and her crew navigate the oceans of a flooded world; and across time, automaton Chaya carries the story of humanity. (general fiction)
5/5: John of John by Douglas Stuart
After art school, John-Calum Macloed returns to his home in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, where he chafes at unchanging tradition and the whole community must soon reckon with long-held secrets. By the author of Shuggie Bain. (general fiction)
5/5: The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego
A date to explore the famously haunted Daedalus Library soon turns into a race to survive when Aria and Jasper’s tour group are trapped in the library with a murder among them. (thriller)
5/5: Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester
After 30 years of marriage, Kate recognizes phrases seemingly unique to her relationship in a tv show about an affair between an older man and a younger woman. As Kate and the screenwriter tangle, who will emerge with love and who with vengeance? (general fiction)
5/5: Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu
When the residents of a small Massachusetts town receive an alert about an incoming ballistic missile, instinct drives their individual responses. When a false alarm is declared 30 seconds later, each must reckon with the aftermath of their actions. (general fiction)
5/5: Hope House by Joe Bond
In 1980s Kentucky a group of teenage boys living inside a group home grapple with coming of age and seek a semblance of family. (general fiction)
5/5: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
Seemingly successful, with a robust life, Artie nevertheless feels isolated. When a secret is revealed, he must chart a new course. (general fiction)
5/12: The Good Eye by Jess Gibson
A collection of short stories in which characters discover magical and sometimes eerie situations. (general fiction)
5/12: Lake Effect by Hillary Behrman
A collection of short stories follows individuals through a variety of wild places as they grapple with relationships, intimacy, and isolation. (general fiction)
5/12: The May House by Jillian Cantor
Three sisters inherit a beach house, with the requirement that they spend a week together there every May, a condition that keeps them close until one sister fails to arrive, and the other two question how much they actually know about one another. (general fiction)
5/12: The Pillagers’ Guide to Arctic Pianos by Kendra Langford Shaw
In a near future where melting glaciers have led to sea level rise, a family of homesteaders on the Glacial Front begin an unexpected economic boom when they find a piano under the water. (general fiction)
5/12: Radiant Star by Ann Leckie
On a planet recently incorporated into the Imperial Radch, the final instance of a religious rite has implications that ripple out across the society, and the empire. By the author of Ancillary Justice. (science fiction)
5/12: Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth
Two soldiers from opposing sides are brought together to hear a prophecy which will signal victory for one of them. Now both must pursue the man at the center of the prophecy in an effort to secure victory. (Romantasy)
5/19: Glyph by Ali Smith
Sisters Petra and Patch told scary stories and invented a game talking with a ghost. Years later, estranged, a ghost horse visits Petra, who calls Patch for help. A novel linked thematically to Smith’s Gliff.
5/19: Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler
A group of teenagers caught between the advancing Nazi army and Russian forces take to the woods to try and survive the winter. There, they get help from a flock of crows who may be extraordinary, with their own secret to keep. (general fiction)
5/19: Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker
In 1980s Kentucky, the Baker-Taylor family sits on a safe and secure department store business, but shifting family dynamics threaten to shake it apart. (general fiction)
5/26: Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin
A family immigrates from China to the United States, setting up a chrysanthemum farm in South Dakota. When the government buys adjacent land to build a missile silo, family members gain inexplicable talents and connections to the land, shaping their lives for generations to come. (general fiction)
5/26: A Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys
Marjorie, daughter of a 1920s Detroit automotive scion, sees an opportunity to pursue a different future with an art residency. But the residency may not be what it seems, and changes are coming for the whole family. The debut novel for adults from the author of Salt to the Sea. (historical fiction)
5/26: The Tuxedo Society by Paul Rudnick
A secret society of gay spies protects the country, and with new recruit Andrew Birnbaum, goes in pursuit of an ancient artifact. (thriller)
5/26: Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler
In 1980s New York City, lesbian Renata can see ghosts. But when her best friend Mark dies from complications from AIDS, he won’t appear to her. At the same time, a secret force is targeting her neighborhood, banding her together with friends and lovers. (general fiction)
~ posted by Andrea G.