6 Great Books Hitting Shelves This Week

Posted by Cybil on April 27, 2021
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.

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?
 


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You should read this book if you like: Thoughtful speculative fiction, social science, interesting disease vectors, gender-specific pandemics, the idea of a government without men


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You should read this book if you like: Contemporary romance, murder mysteries, rom-coms, cross-genre experiments, debut authors, Chinese-Indonesian culture, refrigerated corpses, intrusive but well-intentioned aunties


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You should read this book if you like: Romance, fantasy, sci-fi, reincarnation (kind of), anomalies in the time-space continuum, cosmic love that spans multiple lives and various incarnations, radishes


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You should read this book if you like: Science fiction, murder mysteries, humor, far-future crime fiction, The Murderbot Diaries, The Death of the Necromancer


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You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, autobiography and memoir, family history, journalism, mental health issues, An Unquiet Mind, The Bright Hour


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You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, essays, autobiography, Blackness, thoughtful approaches to sticky social issues, undeniable contemporary relevance, heavy themes, funny stories 


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

Check out more recent articles, including:
Goodreads Members' Most Anticipated Books of April
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message 1: by Marcel (new)

Marcel Eschborn "..., undeniable contemporary relevance."

Why, thanks for telling me what's relevant. Where would I be without you?


Sharnett the Reader "Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend" sounds interesting.


message 3: by Panda (new)

Panda Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend

^ the author has this in his bio, which honestly tells you all you need to know about him.


"To this day, he still does not have a valid driver’s license, which is both #beautiful and #brave."


message 4: by Nadine in NY (new)

Nadine in NY Jones I love the recommendation for Fugitive Telemetry: you should read it if you like The Murderbot Diaries!


message 5: by Emily (new)

Emily "Radishes"! Sign me up!


message 6: by Janet (new)

Janet You should read this if you like: 'refrigerated corpses'.

Cybil, I like your sense of humor. Amusing and concerning at the same time. XD XD


message 7: by Anna (new)

Anna Marcel wrote: ""..., undeniable contemporary relevance."

Why, thanks for telling me what's relevant. Where would I be without you?"


..... I mean, there are context clues. On a book titled "Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend" that also has "Blackness" as a descriptor? I'd go out on a limb and say the meaning of "contemporary relevance" is quite clear. Dare I say, undeniable.


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