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老虎机稳赢方法 Editors' Picks for May Books
Here at 老虎机稳赢方法 World Headquarters, we sort through听a lot听of books each month. Our monthly听Readers' Most Anticipated Books听feature is exactly that鈥攕elections based on the data about the books that 老虎机稳赢方法 members are placing on their听Want to Read听shelves. Essentially, these are the books that your fellow 老虎机稳赢方法 regulars are excited about.
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Of course, the 老虎机稳赢方法 editorial staff gets excited about books, too. And we regularly come across specific new releases that we can鈥檛 wait to read鈥攐r 鈥渨on鈥檛 shut up about,鈥 to borrow a phrase from the colleagues who sit right next to us.
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As to be expected, there are always way more great books each month than we have time to read, so we're passing our findings along to you, complete with genre tags, our unhinged commentary, and general enthusiasm. Think of this list as our intel on the books you might not be hearing about absolutely everywhere else, from two people who really, really want to help you find a great read.
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On the docket for May: A recently widowed viscountess makes a dubious wager, circa 1810. A potty-mouthed 10-year-old plans a very strange s茅ance, circa 1992. And a royal courier on a magical motorcycle crosses the wastelands in a near-future dystopia. Bonus pick: Joyce Carol Oates. 鈥Gyno-Psychiatry.鈥 Be there.
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Of course, the 老虎机稳赢方法 editorial staff gets excited about books, too. And we regularly come across specific new releases that we can鈥檛 wait to read鈥攐r 鈥渨on鈥檛 shut up about,鈥 to borrow a phrase from the colleagues who sit right next to us.
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As to be expected, there are always way more great books each month than we have time to read, so we're passing our findings along to you, complete with genre tags, our unhinged commentary, and general enthusiasm. Think of this list as our intel on the books you might not be hearing about absolutely everywhere else, from two people who really, really want to help you find a great read.
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On the docket for May: A recently widowed viscountess makes a dubious wager, circa 1810. A potty-mouthed 10-year-old plans a very strange s茅ance, circa 1992. And a royal courier on a magical motorcycle crosses the wastelands in a near-future dystopia. Bonus pick: Joyce Carol Oates. 鈥Gyno-Psychiatry.鈥 Be there.
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Cybil听can't wait to read this book because: I'm calling it now: This听Strange Eventful History will be the literary event of the summer! The author of The Emperor's Children听and The Woman Upstairs听is focusing her latest novel on her family's own story, spanning from 1940 to 2010. This one's for those readers looking for a novel with epic sweep.听
Genre: Historical fiction
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Genre: Historical fiction
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Cybil听can't wait to read this book because: A trash-talking 10-year-old girl who sees ghosts is our main character in this very promising coming-of-age story that is chock-full of absurdist elements.听If you're a fan of bold writing, I think this debut will be for you!听
Genre: Contemporary fiction听
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Genre: Contemporary fiction听
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Cybil听can't wait to read this book because: Summer reading calls for at least one addictive fantasy novel, and I'm picking Five Broken Blades for my beach bag. Can't wait to settle into this tale of an听unlikely crew听getting together to pull off an impossible assassination. Early readers say this one is a complete page-turner!
Genre: Fantasy听
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Genre: Fantasy听
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because: Here's how you build a Sharon Trap: Show me a听historical fiction blurb containing the words "fraudulent spirit mediums" and "for fans of Sarah Waters." I will pick up the book every time! This one looks especially intriguing, as the two frauds in question begin to experience some deeply unsettling, possibly supernatural interference during their final con.
Genre: Historical fiction/gothic mystery
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Genre: Historical fiction/gothic mystery
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because: This new fantasy is giving me major听Mad Max: Fury Road听vibes. A听royal messenger on a magical motorcycle is pursued in a听high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland. Along for the ride? A princess fleeing an arranged marriage. The vibes? Immaculate.
Genre: Fantasy
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Genre: Fantasy
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because:听In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, an impoverished artist just happens to deliver a pizza to the vast estate of an ex-lover鈥攚hom he last saw 20 years ago before she ran off with his former best friend鈥攁nd is invited into the couple's听quarantine bubble. Social nightmare? Conceptual performance art? I can't wait to find out!
Genre: Literary fiction
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Genre: Literary fiction
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Cybil听can't wait to read this book because: Readers are enthralled by this debut novel from the author of the National Book Award longlisted short story collection Black Light.听Both hilarious and heart-wrenching, as a young mother navigates grief after her sister's death. This book isn't sappy or saccharin; it's full of wit and empathy. I fear that reading this book could make it your personality.听
Genre: Contemporary fiction听
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Genre: Contemporary fiction听
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Cybil听can't wait to read this book because: Here's a fun and perfectly normal game that you, too, can play with your coworker: Send them a book description and see if they can guess the author. I tried that with this book, and let me tell you, in a million years Sharon would not have guessed that Joyce Carol Oates wrote this听novel about a women鈥檚 asylum in the 19th century and a terrifying doctor (the father of the nightmare-inducing career 鈥淕yno-Psychiatry鈥) who wants to change the world. OK, fine! I'm intrigued!
Genre: Historical fiction听
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Genre: Historical fiction听
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because: Keryth Miller wakes up one morning to find herself literally disappearing, likely because her mysterious, magical,听and long-absent artist father has broken his own rule to never draw from real life鈥nd now he's drawing听her. Basically she's got the daddy issue to end all daddy issues.
Genre: Fantasy/magical realism
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Genre: Fantasy/magical realism
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because: Luxury space station murder mystery? Say no more, I'm in! If you're not me, though, perhaps this early 老虎机稳赢方法 review will convince you: "This is a twenty-first century Titanic, where the iceberg is made of a class struggle, outer space plays the role of icy waters, and Titanic itself is a prestigious space station hotel hosting a reunion party for an obnoxiously elite high school."
Genre: Sci-fi/mystery
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Genre: Sci-fi/mystery
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Cybil听can't wait to read this book because: Here's an atmospheric debut set on the isolated Welsh island in 1938. A whale washes up on the beach as two English听ethnographers arrive hoping to study the island's culture. Both of these things may be signs for a young woman who is trying to chart the course of her life beyond her hardscrabble beginnings. (Also, do not confuse this book with last year's thriller Whalefall鈥hich I also read and enjoyed. What I am saying is if you name your novel any variation of Whale Fall, I will read it).
Genre: Historical fiction
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Genre: Historical fiction
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Cybil听can't wait to read this book because: 听The straightforward summary of this book is: A young man who grew up as one of the Mexican elite is pursuing a degree at Yale when his well-curated binational life begins to fall apart from听both personal and political turmoil. Early rave reviews are calling this debut "sweeping, sprawling, circular, and winding through time and place," and one person simply gave a 5-star review and said "I听gotta meditate on it."听
Genre: Literary fiction
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Genre: Literary fiction
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because: Twenty-five-year-old Anuri Chinasa is finally enjoying some freedom after her entire childhood was shared online by her influencer stepmother, Ophelia. But when Ophelia begins forcing Anuri's five-year-old half-sister down the same path, Anuri sees a chance to right some past wrongs. Early 老虎机稳赢方法 reviewers say this meditation on our social media age is "tack-sharp," "darkly humorous," and "thought-provoking."听
Genre: Fiction
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Genre: Fiction
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because:听Not gonna lie: The upcoming听Bridgerton Season 3 premiere has me itching for some historical romance. Vanessa Riley's newest delivers a musical wallflower who enters a fake courtship with a composer. Bonus: There also seems to be a second-chance romance waiting in the wings of a future book,听featuring said wallflower's older sister and a dashing duke.
Genre: Historical romance
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Genre: Historical romance
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Sharon can't wait to read this book because:听I love nonfiction that marries personal writing with reflections on larger cultural and societal forces. In the case of听Magical/Realism, the author reflects on painful moments of loss and erasure in her life, mapping them against the music, works of fantasy, and pop culture (including Beyonc茅 and听Game of Thrones!) that helped her make sense of them.听
Genre: Essays/criticism/memoir
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Genre: Essays/criticism/memoir
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Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!
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My original comment was deleted for some reason, but let me say this again:I don't know where to begin. All these books sound great. Kittentits sounds like an interesting novel.
I've added some of these to be TBR, some interesting looking books here :)
Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton :)
They all sound so interesting, but I think they may be a bit much for me 馃檪
Mhmm okay *completely ignores may TBR*
Carole wrote: "You had me at Kittentits."Carole wrote: "You had me at Kittentits."
Ditto!
Do men write books anymore or is the selection staff not screening them. I like a good book whoever writes it but the themes in these lists seem to be mostly women oriented.
It's very apparent that whoever picked these certainly doesn't like Horror/Suspense/Thrillers, which are my favorites!
I agree with you, Frank!. You Like It Darker comes out late this month.
I was hoping that a list like this would have a couple of books from each genre, but some are notably missing, including Horror with a book coming out from the King himself!
Do men write books anymore or is the selection staff not screening them. I like a good book whoever writes it but the themes in these lists seem to be mostly women oriented.Good point!
Very good.
Nice.