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The first two titles on this list are already available to buy or maybe even borrow from your local library, and I’m sharing the release dates for the rest of them as well.
1. How Simi Got Her Groom Back by Sonali Dev
Why I Want to Read It: The reference to the 90’s romance film How Stella Got Her Groove Back was honestly what first caught my attention because I loved that movie, but the blurb sounds really good as well.
2. Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence
Why I Want to Read It: High fantasy isn’t a genre I’ve read in ages, and it may be time to change that.
3. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Release Date: April 7
Why I Want to Read It: Both the 1930s and stories about orphans who probably will never be adopted are of interest to me.
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4. Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
Release Date: April 21
Why I Want to Read It: Mabel sounds like a delightfully exasperating and interesting character. Sometimes I need to read about folks who aren’t all sweetness and light.
5. Where the Earth Meets the Sky: A Story of Penguins, People, and Place in Antarctica by Louise K. Blight
Release Date: April 26
Why I Want to Read It: Of course I want to read about penguins. I am lowkey fascinated by them.
6. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Release Date: April 29
Why I Want to Read It: Letters aren’t included often enough in modern fiction for my tastes, so I’m hoping this will be a good example of what an epistolary novel can be like in the twenty-first century.
7. Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
Release Date: May 5
Why I Want to Read It: Like #4, this features a senior citizen protagonist. I think it’s really cool that we’re getting more stories about that age group.
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8. John of John by Douglas Stuart
Release Date: May 5
Why I Want to Read It: There’s something so interesting to me about characters who fail at their original goals and must find alternative ways to live a good life.
9. Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship by Steven Pfau
Release Date: May 26
Why I Want to Read It: This sounds like such an interesting read.
10. Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood by Joseph Osmundson
Release Date: May 26
Why I Want to Read It: There is so much I don’t know about this topic, and I’m curious to hear how the discussions between the author and the women who were thinking about using him as a donor turned out.
