Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

Synopsis: A hot one-night stand—and an unexpected pregnancy—lead a young woman to someone she can depend on, from the viral TikTok author of Next of Kin and Next to You.

Publication Date: June 4, 2024

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

The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma

Synopsis: A sweeping, heart-racing, mystical novel about a university student in Lagos trying to save his brother, and himself, amid the chaos of Nigeria’s civil war—a story of love, friendship, and personal triumph by the two-time Booker Prize finalist.

Publication Date: June 4, 2024

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Hogarth.

Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond

Synopsis: A newly single queer woman moves to New Orleans and sets off on a mission to find her most compatible match by going on a date with someone of each astrological sign in this rom-com from the Lambda Literary Award–nominated author of Queerly Beloved.

Publication Date: June 11, 2024

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

The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning by Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Synopsis: We can bury the girlboss, but what comes next? The former executive editor of Teen Vogue tells the story of her personal workplace reckoning and argues for collective responsibility to reimagine work as we know it.

Publication Date: June 18, 2024

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

Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft & the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership by Brea Baker

Synopsis: Why is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people? An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps, arguing that justice stems from the literal roots of the earth.

Publication Date: June 18, 2024

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, OneWorld.

Bear by Julia Phillips

Synopsis: From the celebrated, bestselling author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods—“a mesmerizing story about hope, sisterhood, and survival with a truly shocking twist at the end”. 

Publication Date: June 25, 2024

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

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Synopsis: A chilling horror novel about a haunting, told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

Publication Date: June 25, 2024

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Del Rey.

Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood

Synopsis: Showcasing Olivia Gatwood’s talent as an essential author for our hyper-digital age, Whoever You Are, Honey is a gripping, seductive, and prescient novel that dissects relationships between women and examines how striving for perfection and desirability plays out in spaces where technology and power intersect.

Publication Date: July 9, 2024

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

One Year Ago in Spain by Evelyn Skye

Synopsis: A woman must woo her lover’s soul back into his body to wake him from a coma—or risk losing him forever—in this moving novel from the author of The Hundred Loves of Juliet.

Publication Date: July 30, 2024

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Del Rey.

Entitlement by Rumaan Alam

Synopsis: Brooke wants. She isn’t in need, but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose, for instance. She wants to make a difference in the world, to impress her mother along the way, to spend time with friends and secure her independence. Her job assisting an octogenarian billionaire in his quest to give away a vast fortune could help her achieve many of these goals. It may inspire new desires as well: proximity to wealth turns out to be nothing less than transformative. What is money, really, but a kind of belief? From the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind, a provocative, propulsive novel about the American imagination.

Publication Date: September 17, 2024

I received an advance reader’s cop from the publisher, Riverhead Books.

All’s Fair in Love and Treachery by Celeste Connally

Synopsis: Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in this dazzling next installment in a captivating Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin. So what’s a lady to do when she can’t hunt down her traitorous lover? She concentrates on a royal assignment instead. Queen Charlotte has tasked Petra with attending an event at the Asylum for Female Orphans and making inquiries surrounding the death of the orphanage’s matron. What’s more, there may be a link between the matron’s death and a group of radicals with ties to the aristocracy, as evidenced by an intercepted letter.

Publication Date: November 12, 2024

I received an advance reader’s cop from the publisher, Minotaur Books.

I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell

Synopsis: The author of the “clever, atmospheric, and creepy” (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author) The Golden Spoon returns with a sly and addictive new mystery about an advice columnist searching for answers about her predecessor’s murder.

Publication Date: August 13, 2025

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

Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman

Synopsis: When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications.

Publication Date: August 13, 2025

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, Little, Brown & Co.

Get Lost with You by Sophie Sullivan

Synopsis: A second chance at love, small-town romance that’s all sweet with just a hint of heat from the “queen of sweet romance” (Falon Ballard) Sophie Sullivan.

Publication Date: February 11, 2025

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, St. Martin’s Press.