It seems that April distance brings May books, because the month is rife with big titles.
Here are the 20 we’re most excited about.
Big Summer, by Jennifer Weiner
It’s the beach read to end all beach reads.
Random House; Penguin; HarperCollins; Simon and Schuster
The setting: Cape Cod.
(May 12)
Catherine House, by Elisabeth Thomas
Calling allThe Secret Historyfans!
But a new scandal brings all the buried wounds to the surface.
Simon and Schuster
(May 12)
Beach Read, by Emily Henry
Take the subgenre literally!
This frothy novel pits a romance writer against a literary man for some fun, flirty summer competition.
The very metaDriftsfollows a struggling writer working on a memoir about her day-to-day life called…Drifts.
Henry Holt and Company
As her grip on reality begins to slip,Driftsgives us a window into an anxious, lonely soul.
It’s wish fulfillment tangled up in a takedown of the patriarchy.
Weaving in romantic and immigration narratives, the story builds to an explosive conclusion.
HarperCollins
She meets its revered, tart owner, and they don’t get along at all.
You know, for now.
The author goes back 64 years to deliver the origin story of Coriolanus Snow.
HarperCollins
It’s already in the works for a film adaptation.
It’s a heavy premise imbued with a wit and insight that Danler’s fans will recognize.
Penguin
Norton & Company
HarperCollins
HarperCollins
Berkley
Knopf Doubleday
Penguin
HarperCollins
Random House
Parasite Graphic Novel by Bong Joon Ho Publisher: Grand Central Publishing.Grand Central Publishing
Liveright
HarperCollins
Scholastic
Knopf Doubleday
Penguin
Celadon Books
