new fiction

Summer reading continues with these great new releases: 7/5: Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore After magician Violet Volk disappeared mid-act, her sister Sasha picked up the pieces and moved on. Coming up on the ten year anniversary, with both a podcast host and her niece digging up old memories, Sasha resolves to discover the… Continue reading

June delivers some great titles to kick off our summer reading, including a caper, some gothic suspense, immersive historical fiction, and the return of a favorite character. 6/7: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen Ava Wong looks like she has the perfect life, but it’s secretly crumbling. It’s the perfect moment for her former college roommate to… Continue reading

Get ready for summer reading with May new releases! It’s a (perhaps surprisingly) good month for new horror releases, as well as new titles from literary favorites, some great romance, and much more. 5/3: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Cutthroat literary agent Nora takes a girls trip to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina but continually finds… Continue reading

New novels by heavy-hitters such as Jennifer Egan, Emily St. John Mandel, and Douglas Stuart join debut novels involving a heist, police in Lahore, and a trip across the 1880s American West. 4/5: The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Tech mogul Bix Bouton develops “Own your Unconscious,” a technology that allows one to externalize their… Continue reading

March delivers a Dolly Parton/James Patterson collaboration, a deep dive into the family behind John Wilkes Booth by Karen Joy Fowler, a standalone by science fiction master John Scalzi, and much more. 3/1: The Night Shift by Alex Finlay In 1999, four teen girls working at a Blockbuster Video are attacked and only one survives;… Continue reading

What will you read this month? 2/1: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Estranged siblings must come together when their mother dies and leaves them an unexpected inheritance: the recipe for a traditional Caribbean black cake, a family recipe with a long, tangled history, and an exhortation to “share the black cake when the time is… Continue reading

Let’s kick off the reading year! January brings us compelling tales of friendship, pulse-pounding thrillers, deep dives into historical eras both real and imagined, and much more. 1/4: Anthem by Noah Hawley In this sprawling near-future thriller, a group of teenagers break out of an anxiety rehab center determined to bring down an evil billionaire,… Continue reading

The year may be almost over, but the good books keep on coming! Finish your reading year with one (or more) of these interesting reads. 12/1: I’m Not Hungry But I Could Eat by Christopher Gonzalez A collection of 15 short stories about hunger and cravings – in all their forms – featuring bisexual and… Continue reading

11/2: All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M Morris Ellice Littlejohn, the sole Black lawyer at a high powered corporate law firm, finds her boss (and secret lover) dead in his office. When she’s unexpectedly promoted to his position, something feels off, and the more she digs into corporate politics the more her own secrets… Continue reading

October’s fiction release calendar finds plenty of new horror, from the slightly creepy to the gory; new titles by big names, such as Jonathan Franzen and Amor Towles; a debut from an astronaut; a posthumous release by a master of spy fiction; and much much more. 10/5: The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman In… Continue reading