The Changeling by Victor Lavalle

Synopsis: This award-winning novel, soon to be Apple TV+ series, details one man’s thrilling journey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after seemingly committing an unforgiveable act of violence.

Publication Date: June 13, 2017

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, One World/Penguin Random House.

Bittersweet: How Sorrow & Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

Synopsis: The author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet explores the power of the bittersweet personality, revealing a misunderstood side of mental health and creativity while offering a roadmap to facing grief in order to live life to the fullest.

Publication Date: April 5, 2022

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Crown Publishing.

Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft

Synopsis: A perfectly wicked debut thriller about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark past behind and marry the heir to one of the country’s wealthiest families.

Publication Date: February 14, 2023

Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head

Synopsis: A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, decades ago—inspired by the author’s own family history.

Publication Date: February 28, 2023

All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay

Synopsis: A mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the children, there is only doubt.

Publication Date: March 7, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Henry Holt & Co.

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

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. 

Publication Date: March 7, 2023

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

Synopsis: Two American ex-pats obsessed with the Amanda Knox trial find themselves at the nexus of murder and celebrity in glittering late-aughts Berlin in this hugely entertaining debut with a wicked sense of humor.

Publication Date: March 14, 2023 (paperback)

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

Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains by Alexa Hagerty

Synopsis: An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims’ families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice.

Publication Date: March 14, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Crown Publishing.

Take What You Need by Idra Novey

Synopsis: Set in the Allegheny Mountains of Appalachia, Take What You Need traces the parallel lives of Jean and her beloved but estranged stepdaughter, Leah, who’s sought a clean break from her rural childhood. Take What You Need explores the continuing mystery of the people we love most with passionate and resonance, this novel illuminating can be built from what others have discarded—art, unexpected friendship, a new contentment of self. 

Publication Date: March 14, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Viking.

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Synopsis: The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor.

Publication Date: March 21, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Crown Publishing.

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Synopsis: In this illuminating narrative on the daily onslaught of body shame that kids face from peers, school, diet culture, and parents themselves, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith offers a compelling reported look at how families can change the conversation around weight, health, and self-worth.

Publication Date: March 28, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Henry Holt & Co.

Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World by Gretchen Rubin

Synopsis: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses.

Publication Date: April 18, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Crown Publishing.

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith

Synopsis: In this illuminating narrative on the daily onslaught of body shame that kids face from peers, school, diet culture, and parents themselves, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith offers a compelling reported look at how families can change the conversation around weight, health, and self-worth.

Publication Date: April 25, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Henry Holt & Co.

The Garden of Lost Secrets by Kelly Bowen

Synopsis: Two sisters discover the fairy tales written by their great-grandmother during WWII in this riveting tale of one woman’s secrets lost in the chaos of war—perfect for fans of Julia Kelly and Natasha Lester.

Publication Date: May 16, 2023

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

Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future by Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Synopsis: An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy—and finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away?

Publication Date: July 18, 2023

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