9 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Cybil on May 14, 2024
Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early data from your fellow readers.

To create our list, we focused on the books Goodreads members can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. All these top titles are now available in the United States! Which ones catch your eye?
 

  Best books of the week:



You should read this book if you like: Romance, free-spirited artists, buttoned-up One Percenters, the fake-relationship trope, the contingent-inheritance trope, the Unhoneymooners series


You should read this book if you like: Fantasy, cottagecore romance, queer witches, idyllic summer islands, stories about love overcoming dark magic, books with oddly compelling titles, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Gothic horror, murder mysteries, crumbling manors on the moors, sordid backroom séances, ghostly sidekicks, sapphic romance, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, midlife reinventions, sexual awakenings, spiritual revelations, artistic quests, authors who are also beloved filmmakers


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, coming-of-age stories, big Colombian-American families with attendant sibling dynamics, experimental narrative techniques


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, stories based on actual events, West Virginia coal country circa 1920, the history of the labor movement in the U.S., the Battle of Blair Mountain, Gods of Howl Mountain


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, tight-knit southern Black families with fierce sibling bonds and interesting problems, ancestral waterfront homes,  One Summer in Savannah


You should read this book if you like: Urban fantasy, Slavic folklore, strange goings-on in Chicago, tragic knights, family curses, monsters that feed on human emotions, novellas, Veronica Roth books in general


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, multigenerational family sagas, middle America circa 1953 and 1968, beloved family homes in the Vermont mountains, houses as metaphors, The Women in the Castle


Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!
     

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message 1: by Law (new)

Law When Among Crows? I've read from Veronica Roth when I read the Divergent trilogy. Is it any good? Long After We Are Gone looks intriguing.


message 3: by Arthur (new)

Arthur Horror, murder, death, queer witches, urban fantasy, monsters, sexual awakenings, sapphic romance, backroom séances, breaking the law to receive inheritance.
No Thanks


message 4: by Shannon (new)

Shannon Arthur wrote: "Horror, murder, death, queer witches, urban fantasy, monsters, sexual awakenings, sapphic romance, backroom séances, breaking the law to receive inheritance.
No Thanks"


What?! Those sound like some of the best of the list to me! :)


message 5: by Melissa0919 (new)

Melissa0919 Very excited about The Honey Witch!


message 6: by cypher (new)

cypher i love these lists. they are so compact, such a good style. they're great to get a quick super-fast recommendation.


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