Crow Mary by Katheleen Grissom

Synopsis: A sweeping saga inspired by the true story of Crow Mary—an indigenous woman torn between two worlds in 19th-century North America. In 1872, sixteen-year-old Goes First, a Crow Native woman, marries Abe Farwell, a white fur trader. He gives her the name Mary, and they set off on the long trip to his trading post in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan, Canada. Along the way, she finds a fast friend in a Métis named Jeannie; makes a lifelong enemy in a wolfer named Stiller; and despite learning a dark secret of Farwell’s past, falls in love with her husband.

Publication Date: June 6, 2023

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

Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Brazier

Synopsis: Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cutthroat mothers, and a suspicious death at a horse show.

Publication Date: June 6, 2023

The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni

Synopsis: Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery—one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity—in this suspenseful thriller.

Publication Date: June 13, 2023

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

Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

Synopsis: A cinematic debut set in the American West about a scrappy orphan bent on making her own luck—and finding friendship, romance, and her true calling along the way.

Publication Date: June 20, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, The Dial Press.

Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes

Synopsis: A riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of its American survivors. For more than five years, several American pharmaceutical firms had distributed unmarked thalidomide samples in shoddy clinical trials, reaching tens of thousands of unwitting patients, including hundreds of pregnant women.

Publication Date: June 27, 2023

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

The Camp by Nancy Bush

Synopsis: Friday the 13th meets Yellowjackets at a summer sleepaway camp isolated in the woods of Oregon, as New York Times bestselling author Nancy Bush puts a diabolical modern twist on the classic 1980s slasher film trope!

Publication Date: June 27, 2023

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

The Better Half by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans

Synopsis: From comedy writing duo Alli Frank and Asha Youmans, a sidesplitting spin on reaching the pinnacle of life, only to stare down a slippery slope on the other side.

Publication Date: July 1, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Mindy’s Book Studio.

Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen

Synopsis: A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high end salon opens up—even if it tears the family apart. 

Publication Date: July 4, 2023

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

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

Synopsis: The internationally bestselling author of Lying in Wait returns with a wickedly dark, twisted, and brilliantly observed new novel about an enigmatic woman confronting her unknown past.

Publication Date: July 18, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson

Synopsis: The inside story of how A League of Their Own—one of the most beloved baseball movies of all time—developed from an unheralded piece of American history into a perennial cinematic favorite.

Publication Date: September 5, 2023

I received an ARC copy from the publisher, Hachette Books.

He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender & Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

Synopsis: Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes the conversation about gender identity and how we talk about it.

Publication Date: October 17, 2023

I received an ARC copy from the publisher, Hachette Books.

Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie

Synopsis: A thrilling and timely novel about three women with dark secrets whose lives intersect in the picturesque and perilous Yosemite National Park.

Publication Date: June 27, 2023

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, Atria Books.

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

Synopsis: Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast.

Publication Date: August 8, 2023

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, Atria Books.

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Synopsis: From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow—comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War.

Publication Date: October 24, 2023

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, Scribner.