After he’s laid off and he and his boyfriend break up, stressed-out George longs for a simpler life—and he gets it, waking up in the year 1300. But of course, being away from cell phones doesn’t make for an anxiety-free existence. Living in medieval times is rough. Luckily, a servant named Simon helps guide him through how to live in this historical context, but when the king summons George, his new life seems likely to come to a violent end. —Danika Ellis

Jackson is a queer Black Japanese man working as a massage therapist at Athletius Japan corporate headquarters, where rumors abound about him—which only increase when a violent pornographic video depicting a Jackson lookalike surfaces. Soon, Jackson realizes he’s not the only one being targeted, and he teams up with three other queer mixed-race men to find out what’s happening and to get their revenge. —Danika Ellis

When Stefan Merrill Block was nine, his mother pulled him out of school. For the next five years, Block received a haphazard education, something he never really understood until he re-entered public school as a freshman in high school. Block’s story offers readers an intimate glimpse into a lesser-known era of the homeschool movement and the lasting impact of a mother who never wanted her son to grow up. —Kendra Winchester

A second-chance romance awaits you in Julian Winters’ Last First Kiss! If you’re familiar with Winters’s previous novel, I Think They Love You, you’ll be happy to find out that this new release stars Denz’s cousin, Jordan, and his best friend, Jamie. You were teased about them in the last book, and it’s finally time to get their happily ever after!

Get ready to go through the ups and downs of a second-chance love, especially one that pulls at your heartstrings so much. Jordan is focused on the family business, but when his boss assigns him to plan a wedding, he bumps into Jamie, and all those old feelings come flooding back. —Silvana Reyes Lopez

Timid Willa wants to be a mail carrier more than anything, which makes it all the more unbelievable when she is mistaken for a mail-stealing bandit! She will have to overcome her shyness and make friends with a group of daring girls to stop the real bandit and reclaim her life. —Eileen Gonzalez

For fans of twisty whodunnit thrillers with a local celebrity victim!

Faith Richards is a popular TV meteorologist who is found murdered after her shift. While she’s beloved by fans, her coworkers don’t feel the same, and she has a past of ex-friends. Told in past and present storylines, by multiple points of view, The Fair Weather Friend explores the question Who would want a popular meteorologist dead? —Jamie Canaves

This book promises to fill the adventure-loving millennial shaped void I never knew I had. It’s described as Hidden Figures meets Indiana Jones, and is set in the world Glover built for The Conductors, though it is a standalone. It’s the 1960s, and Cynthia Rhodes is the latest of her family to use magic to help her community—a tradition that traces back to the Civil War. She works as a genius arcane engineer at a NASA lab, where she specializes in both math and magic, and where she hosts a magic education show. A show she wanted to host so that she may or may not be able to spend more time with Theo Danner, the summer-time fine professor of arcane archeology. Well, soon enough, Cynthia finds herself teaming up with Theo to solve mysteries surrounding a museum theft and its strangely acting curator. Turns out the answer to everything involves pirate treasure, a very odd plant, deadly enchantments, and even a threat to the space program Cynthia has been looking forward to. —Erica Ezeifedi

In this retelling of Moby Dick for the modern age, a girl disguised as a cabin boy sets on on a quest to find her brother after her parents and infant sister die. Aboard the Nimrod, Ishmaelle discovers the kind of companionship she’s been craving. But the captain is obsessive in his pursuit and the business of whaling is bloody work, work that Ishmaelle finds herself identifying with far too much, and not on the part of the sailors. —Rachel Brittain

This short story collection combines elements of speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It’s perfect if you love the short stories of authors like Karen Russell and Carmen Maria Machado. What’s more, Senaa Ahmad adds historical fiction into the mix. For instance, there is a story about Henry VIII in here, but in this one, Anne Boleyn keeps coming back to life. If you ever imagined hosting a dinner party with Nefertiti, Queen Victoria, John Adams, and Marilyn Monroe, well, that’s in here, too. —Emily Martin

Prince Arris knows, thanks to a poorly worded wish to a sea witch, that when he gets married, he’ll be murdered. Once someone has the hand of the heir to the Isle of Malys, they take over.

The Prince’s only chance of survival is finding real and true love, not someone interested in simply taking over. Otherwise, he’s going to end up dead and reemerge in the form of a tree. So when the Prince’s parents announce a tournament of brides to win his hand, he’s both surprised and worried; the wrong choice will mean certain death. It’s a dizzying series of dates and parties, and the Prince is struggling to figure out who is true and who is simply thirsty for power.

When he meets Demelza, though, the Prince’s future begins to look different. She’s a veritas swan, whose songs tell nothing but truth. She strikes a deal with the Prince: he’ll keep her safe, as she’s been forced into hiding, and she’ll help him sort through his potential brides.

It’s a huge opportunity for both of them. Demelza will learn how to speak her truth without fear while the Prince will begin to understand what true love looks, feels, and sounds like. —Kelly Jensen

This is a picture book biography about Patrick Kelly, a Black designer who made a huge splash in the fashion industry before passing away too young from AIDS. Wright’s mixed-media art utilizes buttons and fabric scraps to accentuate the boldness of Kelly’s designs, and Pritchard’s text offers insight into a public figure who exemplifies individuality, originality, and creativity. —Rachel Rosenberg