7 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Sharon on April 2, 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: Contemporary romance, 21st-century dating protocols, quick flings that turn out neither quick nor flingy, cute cottages on Lake Minnetonka, Part of Your World


You should read this book if you like: YA mysteries, teenage protagonists, missing moms who suddenly show up again, true-crime documentary complications, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder


You should read this book if you like: Historical mysteries, Florida mansions with a dark past, dual timelines in 1918 and 1940, weird rich people, Miami-Havana gothic vibes, The Perez Family series


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, magical realism, Paris circa 1885, unfortunate young women cursed to wander the planet, surprisingly joyful outcomes, buzzy debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Literary fiction, books about books, author protagonists, stories that refuse to be buried, Dominican Republic homecomings, In the Time of the Butterflies


You should read this book if you like: Romance, playful speculative fiction, magical London flats that generate endless replaceable husbands, interesting questions about choice and commitment, buzzy debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Short story collections, acclaimed novelists, stories set in New York and Los Angeles, Hollywood’s golden age, modern marriage, A Gentleman in Moscow


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

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message 2: by Angela (new)

Angela Hull The one I’m looking forward too is Fate be changed


message 3: by Law (new)

Law I've heard of three of them. It's good that a YA book is on there.


message 4: by Caroline (new)

Caroline The Sicilian Inheritance!


message 5: by Bruce (new)

Bruce Buchanan Worth It by Amy Nielsen. I had the chance to read a preview copy; it's an incredibly powerful story of a teen mom growing up poor in Florida.


message 6: by Heather (new)

Heather Crutcher I’m looking forward to Just for the Summer, The Rule Book, Love in Tandem, and The Secret Keeper.


message 7: by Kathy (new)

Kathy Allard I'm most looking forward to
Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories
by Elijah Wald


message 8: by Wendy (new)

Wendy I'm looking to finally read The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton. Every one of her books about Cuba and Southern Florida are wonderful! She has you hanging onto every word.


message 9: by Terri (new)

Terri The House on Biscayne Bay sounds intriguing.
Table for Two or anything by Amor Towles.


message 10: by Georgina (new)

Georgina Warren How do readers submit requests for best reads this week?


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