Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Sarah Forester Davis, Geraldine Brooks, Ali Brady, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!
Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors J. J. Gonzalez, Michael Chatfield, Sidney Son, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Jaydeep Shah, Kim Harrison, Sascha Stronach, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!
Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Sasha Alsberg, Rainbow Rowell, Becky Dean, and many more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
Looking for some new biography and memoir books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Jack Parlett, Kathleen Buhle, Charles Marsh, and many more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
In the mood for a new biography or memoir? Check out these instant bestsellers by Tyler Richardson, Claire Prentice, David I. Kertzer, and more. Enjoy your new non-fiction picks!
Release Date: May 28, 2022
“After all the teachers leave the room, you can come to the microphone and say anything you want... to anyone.” Would you do it? When Tyler Richardson and the senior class are given 3 hours for their Open Mic event, will it be enough time for him to find the courage to approach the stage and clear the air for all to hear?
Release Date: May 31, 2022
A haunting and true short story of the lobotomist who cut a brutal swathe through the lives of thousands of vulnerable Americans from the author of Miracle at Coney Island.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
Based on newly opened Vatican archives, a groundbreaking, explosive, and riveting book about Pope Pius XII and his actions during World War II, including how he responded to the Holocaust, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Pope and Mussolini
Release Date: June 7, 2022
From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
A retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a CIA officer who married into the very family that derailed his own CIA career—in this compulsive true-life tale of vindication and redemption, filled with drama, intrigue, and mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Goodnight, It’s a real-life thriller whose stunning conclusion will make headline news.
Release Date: May 24, 2022
The defense lawyer for Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, the Selma marchers, and other civil rights heroes reveals the true story of the historic trial that made Dr. King a national hero.
Have you been searching for some exciting new sci-fi and fantasy reads? You’ll be able to explore fantastic new worlds with these amazing new releases from bestselling authors Jules Adrienn, C.B. Lyall, Michael Anderle, Graham Fluster, J.N. Chaney & Chris Kennedy, and Penelope Black. Happy reading!
Release Date: June 7, 2022
Rebel teenage warrior Ava Phoenix is being hunted. If captured, she’ll be dragged to Aragonia, tied to a stake, and burned alive. But all Ava wants to do is find a new home and live in peace. Together with her fellow rebels, the Braves, she finds the perfect spot—the Oasis. It’s a veritable Garden of Eden. But there’s a terrifying reason the Oasis has been abandoned...
Release Date: May 19, 2022
Wilf is a slave to the magic he hates but its hold over him is increasing. If only he could tap into his magic’s full potential, then he might find a way to break free. His efforts to escape plunge Wilf deeper into the mysteries and power struggles of Mulkulth, until he starts to question everything, including his attraction to Katryna.
Release Date: April 29, 2022
Jemma would follow her dad anywhere. She never would have guessed that anywhere included the likes of Kalhoun County. Planted squarely in the heart of Appalachia, this new home feels like anything but. But this place is different, and not just because the hottest hangout is the hardware store parking lot. It's something in the air, in the water...
Release Date: April 26, 2022
A team of scientists discover alien life, and their reckless sprint for more knowledge is driven by often-conflicting motives: profit from patents, improving the lives of others, and learning for the intrinsic sake of learning. Centuries later, a fight for control of an alien weapon leaves the fate of billions in the hands of a crew of mercenaries.
Release Date: June 5, 2022
The ultimate pilot has arrived. An unprecedented connection between man and machine. It’s time to plug in and save the world. Experience this riveting first entry in the Uplink Squadron series from USA Today Bestselling Authors J.N. Chaney and Chris Kennedy. If you're a fan of Top Gun and Starship Troopers, you'll love this incredible new series.
Release Date: June 1, 2022
It’s the beginning of the end of everything. Finis omnibus. Old feelings reignite and new feelings blossom as the four of us form an unbreakable bond. As the world starts to fall and society fractures, it’s a race against time for survival.
Looking to add to your literary fiction list this June? Check out these new novels by bestselling authors Harmony Reed, Metin Murat, Lee Jackson, Leila Mottley, Judith Keim, and Natalie Jenner. Enjoy your new literary fiction book recommendations!
Release Date: June 2, 2022
When Everett Reyes loses his adoptive mother, he feels like he's losing everything. All he has left is a failing cafe, a rattletrap car, and an ex-wife he can’t stop fighting with. So when he discovers he has a long lost twin brother, he decides to drive across the country to surprise him on their shared birthday. What could possibly go wrong?
Release Date: April 15, 2022
A compassionate, heart-breaking, brutal and occasionally humorous novel about Turkish Cypriots. Murat takes his reader on an emotional, spiritual and cultural journey, revealing the glory and trauma of Cypriot life. Through a group of diverse characters he reveals the true story of Cyprus from a non-partisan perspective reflecting both Greek and Turkish aspirations.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
The world is at war. Japan has just attacked Pearl Harbor. In London, Prime Minister Churchill disappears. In Washington, President Roosevelt faces an alliance with conflicting objectives. In the Soviet Union, dictator Joseph Stalin watches a Nazi onslaught maul his country.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A NEW YORK TIMES WRITER TO WATCH • A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system—the debut of a blazingly original voice and "a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope" (Oprah Winfrey)
Release Date: June 7, 2022
Catherine “Cate” Tibbs, Brooke Ridley, and Amber Anderson, friends since they were awkward thirteen-year-olds who named themselves “The Beach Babes,” are about to face their 40th birthdays. Because they haven’t been able to get together for some time, Cate arranges for them to rent a house along the Gulf Coast of Florida for a long weekend. She hopes it will give them the opportunity to celebrate and re-ignite their friendship. Cate, an author trying to finish a book, doesn’t know that Amber, a model, and Brooke, the mother of a boy in college and younger twin girls, are as worried about their own futures as she.
Release Date: May 17, 2022
Natalie Jenner, the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society, returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore, and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world in Bloomsbury Girls.
In the mood for a new romance read this week? Check out our favorite new romance paranormal and romantic suspense books from bestselling authors Olivia Castillo, MK Harkins, Sawyer Bennett, Ali Hazelwood, Tessa Bailey, and Lilian Monroe. Enjoy your new romances!
Release Date: April 20, 2022
Daughter of the Boricua, sequel to the Bronze Medal winner Song of the Boricua, continues the romantic, multigenerational saga of Puerto Rico and of Liani, Taíno princess torn between two worlds; Isabella, cursed descendant of Cortés and Moctezuma, and Josephine, caught between love and career. Will they triumph or die in the storm of the century?
Release Date: May 27, 2022
The last place heartthrob Harry James wants to be is back in school. The singer longs to return to the stage... until he meets a girl who sees through the fame to the real person inside. If you like captivating characters, emotional twists and turns, Fairies and Cinderella retellings, then you’ll adore MK Harkins’ fast-paced tale.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
Following the brutal murder of her parents, Thalia was stripped of her memories and sent to another dimension. Years later, her kingdom having been invaded by an evil empress, Thalia returns home to claim her throne. Memories restored, she confronts the man who stole her memories—her one true love, Bastien Dunne. The Shadow Princess is a standalone fantasy romance.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn…
Release Date: June 6, 2022
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod—just me and my beloved brother—but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.
Release Date: May 31, 2022
A hot, hilarious fresh start! Nora’s forties begin with a bang…or rather, a crash. What’s worse than bumping into a parked motorcycle and tipping it over? Easy. It’s bumping into a motorcycle, tipping it over, and sending it crashing into an entire row of bikes like horrible, slow-motion dominos. What’s even worse than that? Nora knows the answer. It’s when the first motorcycle in the row belongs to the hottest man in a hundred-mile radius, and he watches the whole thing happen.
Don’t miss out on these exciting new mystery, thriller, and suspense books that are perfect to add to your reading list this spring! Check out these new books by bestselling authors J.S. Lark, Joe Rothstein, Thomas Scott, Kirstin Chen, Amanda M. Lee, and Elle Gray. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense books!
Release Date: May 13, 2022
Someone knows what they did... A laugh. A touch. A Lingering look... A dead body. An Affair. A crime years in the making. Don't miss this new unputdownable thriller from the author of The Twins and After you Fell.
Release Date: May 31, 2022
A murderous cabal is determined to seize control of the U.S. government. Blocking their path is a woman the world knows as "Tenny." She's U.S. President Isabel Tennyson, a charismatic Latina-American heiress who has survived impeachment, attempted assassination and political sex scandals. Now the future of humanity hinges on her winning this most consequential fight of all.
Release Date: May 31, 2022
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Release Date: June 7, 2022
For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, the story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise—an incisive and glittering blend of fashion, crime, and friendship from the author of Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
Charlie Rhodes is struggling. She thought finding her family would fix everything. It hasn’t, and the threat that’s cast a long shadow over her life is only getting larger. Still, when an opportunity arises to go to Savannah – one of her bucket list cities – she jumps at the chance. Savannah was made famous by ghosts, but five missing women – and the return of only one body – seems to point to a different sort of culprit. Whatever is going on, it’s weird … and it’s only getting weirder.
Release Date: June 5, 2022
There are monsters among us. They live in disguise, prowling in the shadows. They commit unimaginable atrocities. They target the innocent and the most vulnerable. Regardless, the victims will eventually find peace and the evil-doers will forever be condemned to a fiery inferno...
What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Secret Couple?
I love writing intense emotions between characters, drawing the reader into the characters’ journeys. That was true for the romantic fiction that I wrote as Jane Lark, and those stories always ended up quite dark. So, skipping on to writing psychological thrillers was not as large a leap as it may seem.
This story brings together the emotional ups and downs of people building a new, growing, relationship, with the mystery, twists and turns caused by the conscious and unconscious acts of those who commit crimes. What makes this book different is it explores, through the perspective of the characters, why some people commit crimes. It was listening to the stories of those who commit crimes that inspired this book. There are two sides to every story. Or more than two…
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of The Secret Couple, what would they be?
During the first COVID-19 lockdown, when my creativity stalled, I realized just how crucial music is for me when it dawned on me, as I wasn’t going out in the car, I was never listening to music. When I made time to listen to music during the day, the ideas for stories and scenes returned immediately. Songs for me, though, inspire the story more than the characters.
You will hear the inspiration from Sam Smith and Normani’s ‘Dancing with a stranger’ throughout the opening chapters. Then it’s the atmosphere inspired by KC Lights ‘Cold light’ and Taylor Swift’s ‘Dancing with Our Hands Tied’ that built up the tension of the story and the emotions of the characters for me as I wrote The Secret Couple.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I am part of a book club, which means I read some very diverse books. The most recent being Dodie Smith’s ‘I Capture the Castle’. However, I have my go to authors in psychological thrillers and crime thrillers. I like reading Steve Cavanagh, who has some very clever plot lines. I am also a fan of Lisa Regan, Louise Douglas and Jackie Kabler, who all very kindly read The Secret Couple for me and let me have quotes as they all loved the book, which I am so proud of. It’s amazing, and so humbling and exciting, to have internationally renowned authors, who I look up to, say publicly that they love my work.
I love historical stories too, particularly Phillip Gregory’s. I’ve met her a couple of times. One day I may return to writing my own Jane Lark historical books, you never know. I continue to discover fabulous true historical stories. I can’t help myself, I just love research and discovering new tales to tell, be that contemporary or historical. Oh, maybe they could merge at some point! Capture that thought!
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
They are on the coffee table beside me in an actual pile right now. The Devil’s Advocate, Steve Cavanagh (the only book of his I haven’t read yet). Never Tell, Lisa Gardner. The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger, Suzanne Fortin. Cunning Women, Elizabeth Lee.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
There are a few I really like, but I really enjoyed writing the night of the thunder storm. I can’t say any more about the scene as it will give aspects of the story away.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
Well, mostly I write in the evening, with my feet up on the sofa and the laptop literally on my lap, while I digest what’s on the TV at the same time as I write. However, I also write whenever we go out in the car and my husband is driving, which I know astonishes many other writers.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
The first time I saw this quote, it was in a Chinese Takeaway. ‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,’ Confucius. For me that job is writing fiction. I am, also, one hundred percent behind the whole ethos of being kind to everyone, everywhere, all the time, which is how I live my life, from random acts of kindness to just being nice to others. I’m not sure how that fits with writing crime fiction, though. Ha. Ha.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
There is something, I hope I open people’s eyes to some of the sad and wrong realities of life, so readers can keep an eye out to help victims before they end up forced to react in the extreme. I can’t say any more than this in case it ruins the plot twists, though.
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