Anticipated Books for May 2021

 

Hey Bookish Babes, we are gearing up for May reading over here so decided that we would share some of our most anticipated books that are hitting the shelves this month...

Buy them for yourself, or for mom for Mother's Day, then you can borrow them and stay on your book buying ban ( you know...if you do that kind of thing )

TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT - MORGAN MATSON

May 4th, 2021 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist in this romp through the city that never sleeps 

Over the course of a wild night in the city that never sleeps, both Kat and Stevie will get a wake-up call about their friendship, their choices…and finally, discover what they really want for their future.

TEN TRUTHS AND A DARE- ASHLEY ELSTON

 

May 4th, 2021 by Disney-Hyperion

It's Senior Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready. Class salutatorian and confident in her future at LSU, she's poised to sail through to the next phase of her life. But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family.

THE GIRL WITH STARS IN HER EYES- XIO AXELROD

 

May 4th, 2021 by Sourcebooks Casablanca

They say the road to stardom is paved with broken dreams.

Antonia "Toni" Bennett's guitar was her only companion until she met Sebastian Quick. Seb was a little older, a lot wiser, and he became Toni's way out, promising they'd escape their small town together. Then Seb turned eighteen and split without looking back.

HOUR OF THE WITCH- CHRIS BOHJALIAN

May 4th, 2021 by Doubleday Books

A young Puritan woman--faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul--plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive historical thriller 

A twisting tightly plotted thriller, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying novel of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt.

PROJECT HAIL MARY- ANDY WEIR

May 4th, 2021 by Ballantine Books

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION-EMILY HENRY

May 11th, 2021 by Berkley Books

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since. Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship

THAT SUMMER-JENNIFER WEINER

May 11th, 2021 by Atria Books

A deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship, set on beautiful Cape Cod.

Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, a full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful; her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she’s got it good. So why is she up all night?

HEARTSTOPPER VOL 4- ALICE OSEMAN

May 13th, 2021 by Hodder Children's Books

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between.

Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty, and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films

THE SOULMATE EQUATION-CHRISTINA LAUREN

May 18th, 2021 by Gallery Books

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. Raised by her grandparents--who now help raise her seven-year-old daughter, Juno--Jess has been left behind too often to feel comfortable letting anyone in. After all, her father's never been around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn't "father material" before Juno was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close, but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely.

Funny, warm, and full of heart, The Soulmate Equation proves that the delicate balance between fate and choice can never be calculated.

ROYAL TROUBLE ( ROYALLY ENGAGED #2) JENNIFER BONDS

May 24th, 2021 by Entangled Publishing, LLC (Amara)

It’s time for everyone’s favorite bad boy, Prince Alexander Stanley, to clean up his act. Given the rare opportunity to lead a new royal program that aids veterans and their families, Xander can’t afford to be making scandalous headlines anymore. He has only two months until the program launches. No more overindulging. And definitely no more women.

Then halfway into it, his good behavior streak is threatened by a devil in a fuchsia dress.

These are jut a few of the great books that are coming out in May ...so be sure to let us know what you are reading... we might need to add them to our TBR....xo Ro & Tee