The Rabbit Hutch

2022 National Book Award Winner!

Synopsis: An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents — neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana. Set over one sweltering week in July and culminating in a bizarre act of violence that finally changes everything, The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America, a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and longing, entrapment and, ultimately, freedom.

Publication Date: August 2, 2022

I received a copy from the publisher, A.A. Knopf, through a Goodreads Giveaway.

Roses in the Mouth of a Lion

Synopsis: For fans of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community.

Publication Date: December 6, 2022

I received a gifted copy from Booksparks as part of their book club.

Spare

Synopsis: For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

Publication Date: January 10, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Random House.

How to Sell a Haunted House

I pre-ordered this book WAY back in January 2022 when it was still supposed to be published last year. It is finally here!

Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.

Publication Date: January 17, 2023

Central Places

Synopsis: A young woman’s past and present collide when she brings her white fiancé home to meet her Chinese immigrant parents in this vibrant debut from an exciting new voice in fiction.

Publication Date: January 31, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Ballantine Books.

The Drift

Synopsis: Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.

Publication Date: January 31, 2022

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Ballantine Books.

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

Synopsis: A powerful debut novel that’s “hilarious, heartbreaking, and ass-kicking” (Jamie Ford), of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and they set out to bring her home.

Publication Date: March 7, 2023

I received an advance reader’s copy from the publisher, Grand Central Publishing.

A History of Burning

Synopsis: An epic, sweeping historical debut novel “about what it means to be part of a family and lineage, in all its heartbreaking and wondrous complexity” spanning continents and a century, and how one act of survival can reverberate through generations.

Publication Date: May 2, 2023

I received an advance reader’s copy from the publisher, Grand Central Publishing.

Who’s Your Founding Father: One Man’s Epic Quest to Uncover the First, True Declaration of Independence

Synopsis: A dive into our country’s history to discover the first, true Declaration of Independence, a centuries-old secret document that might just unravel the origin story of America and reveal the intellectual crime of the millennia.

Publication Date: May 16, 2023

I received an advance reader’s copy from the publisher, Hachette Books.

Birnam Wood

Synopsis: A gripping psychological thriller from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its drama, Austenian in its wit, and, like both influences, fascinated by what makes us who we are. A brilliantly constructed study of intentions, actions, and consequences, it is a mesmerizing, unflinching consideration of the human impulse to ensure our own survival.

Publication Date: March 7, 2023

I received an e-galley from the publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

I Will Find You

Synopsis: Five years ago, an innocent man began a life sentence for murdering his own son. Today he found out his son is still alive.

Publication Date: March 14, 2023

I received an e-galley from the publisher, Grand Central Publishing.

Our Best Intentions

Synopsis: A pulsating debut about an immigrant family that gets caught in the middle of a criminal investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You and Ask Again, Yes.

Publication Date: March 14, 2023

I received an e-galley from the publisher, William Morrow.