Lists and Suggestions

List: New Fiction in May

Steel, Danielle

Faith Ferguson is New York's most in-demand wedding planner, an arbiter of taste for elegant af... More

Hanks, Tom

Part One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his ta... More

Thayer, Nancy

Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts. But when her marriage has fizzles out, H... More

Rosenblum, Emma, author.

"Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, b... More

Keane, Mary Beth, author.

"From the beloved bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, an unforgettable novel about a couple ... More

Shaara, Jeff

From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, from the waning days of the rugged f... More

Kuang, R. F.

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena's a liter... More

Bentley, Don

If there's one thing Jack Ryan, Jr's father taught him, it's that freedom isn't ... More

Lauren, Christina, author.

"Felicity 'Fizzy' Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a belov... More

Rowley, Steven

A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselv... More

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame

She felt their eyes, all those executioners... Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx&... More

Roberts, Nora

Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore... More

Abrams, Stacey, author.

"Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling a conspiracy tha... More

Verghese, Abraham, 1955- author.

"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magister... More

Fortune, Carley, author.

"A random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one ... More

Cline, Emma, author.

"Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A ... More

Oza, Janika, author.

"At the turn of the twentieth century, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from ... More

Brammer, Mikki, author.

"Mikki Brammer's The Collected Regrets of Clover is a big-hearted and life-affirming debu... More

McKinlay, Jenn, author.

"When a woman who'd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fl... More

Constantine, Liv, author.

"Sloane Montgomery, a wealthy D.C. philanthropist, soon suspects the woman she brought into he... More

Susman, Elissa

Leaving her pop star image in the past after one unforgettable night blows up her whole life, Katee ... More

Gagnon, Michelle, author.

"Amber Jamison cannot believe she's about to become the latest victim of a serial killer-... More

Legrand, Claire, 1986- author.

"Every year on St. Walpurga's Eve, Caldella's Witch Queen lures a boy back to her pa... More

Hankin, Laura, author.

"A deliciously entertaining novel about the stars of a popular teen show from the early 2000s-... More

Bauermeister, Erica, author.

"One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeist... More

Matthews, Amy T.

My dying wish is for you to finish my bucket list. I refuse to die without knowing this list will be... More

Taylor, Brandon

The widely acclaimed author of Real Life and Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new nove... More

Murphy, Nora, 1990- author.

"From the author of The Favor, Nora Murphy's The New Mother is a tense suspense novel tha... More

Luo, Susie

Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from... More

Agbaje-Williams, Ore, author.

"Long-standing tensions between a husband, his wife, and her best friend finally come to a bre... More

Cogman, Genevieve, author.

"The first book in a rollicking new historical-fantasy series that reinvents the French Revolu... More