From the author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette comes one of the most anticipated books of the year. Adora Hazzard has carefully crafted a life of the mind. As a moral tutor for two über-wealthy boys, she lives her life by Stoic principles. She desires only what she has, and has even started a coven of women who think like her. But of course, things get turned upside down. Black market deals, secret meet-ups, and even her past—which she has tried hard to run from—all come together to disrupt what she’s built. but it may end up being for the best.

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Set in Japan in two disparate times, Japanese Gothic follows two protagonists. In the present day, Lee has fled New York to hide away in his father’s home in Japan. He knows there’s something wrong with him and that he has committed a crime, but he can’t remember the details. In 1877, Sen, a female samurai, hides from imperial soldiers and attempts to protect her family. As the two find themselves communicating with each other through time, they realize they are living in the same home, a house that is built on dark secrets. —Emily Martin

After her high school graduation, Jazmyn Payne was done with her hometown and the fatphobes who relentlessly tore her down. But growing up, Aunt Addison offered her a safe place to land, so when her health takes a turn for the worse, Jazz returns home. What’s Aunt Addison’s primary request? For Jazz to find someone fun to date. Jazz didn’t think much of the ask before Lamar Anderson sat next to her at a sports bar and inspired her desire to date. Allen’s third book in her Curve series proves that sometimes, sexy, fun people enter your life the moment you need them to. —R. Nassor

Tara is a girl I’m rooting for. I need her to win. I need her to escape the dust and dung of her small Pakistani village and her violent brother. And she does. For a time, but it’s still not enough. The middle-aged accountant she marries allows her to leave for the capital, but she soon finds the shackles required of a housewife are just as stifling. She wants freedom—financial and otherwise. She wants to go beyond what is allowed for women, and I hope she gets it.

Katłıà’s Indigenous community, the Dene, has watched over the land for generations, protecting the earth’s natural resources through their traditional practices. Now, Katłıà shares their wisdom and helps readers better understand ways we can care for the earth, living with nature instead of against it. —Kendra Winchester

This queer romantasy is a heady mix of magic, court politics, and fable-esque setting. Meilyr is an apothecary whose land is currently being occupied, and who keeps one eye looking over his shoulder because of the forbidden magic he was born with. To save his brother’s life, he ends up engaged to Osian, the prince of his home’s invaders. Thing is, it really feel like it’s only a matter of time before his true self comes out. On top of that, Osian’s nobles start getting murdered, and Meilyr realizes the magic used to kill them is the same kind he has…