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May 2024 Releases

Check out the top titles landing on our shelves in May, as chosen monthly by library staff across the country.

Sno-Isle Libraries

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  • From the bestselling author of The '7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle' and 'The Devil and the Dark Water' comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2024] — FIC TURTON
  • A time travel romance, a spy thriller, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all.
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2024. — FIC BRADLEY
  • A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story.
    BookNew York : Berkley, [2024] — FIC CHUNG
  • Filled with spicy summer fun, small-town charm, and Big Feelings, this highly anticipated romcom is Tarah DeWitt's best yet.
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2024. — FIC DEWITT
  • This summer they'll keep their promise. This summer they won't give into temptation. This summer will be different.
    BookNew York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — FIC FORTUNE
  • When a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans-and their reputation-go up in flames. Can the once-great dukedom rise from the ashes? Or will a secret tragedy, hidden for…
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2024] — FIC KWAN
  • When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if redemption and atonement can be found in embracing what we most fear.
    BookNew York : Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — FIC ROTH
  • An explosive and emotional story of four siblings--each fighting their own personal battle--who return home in the wake of their father's death in order to save their family's home from being sold out from under them.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2024] — FIC HARRIS
  • A timeless comedy of manners--refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside--about a generation of young women facing the seismic changes brought on by war and dreaming of the boundless possibilities of their future.
    BookNew York : The Dial Press, [2024] — FIC SIMONSO
  • All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen's private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence. Leaving their lives isn't so easy.
    Book[United States] : [Rebecca Thorne], [2022] — FIC THORNE
  • A feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a twisty page-turner that will shock and surprise you right up until the final page.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — FIC JEAN
  • The Light Eaters

    How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

    Schlanger, Zoë,
    A groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom and reveals the astonishing capabilities of the green life all around us.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — 571.2 SCHLANG