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May 2019 Releases

Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in May 2019 — in a format that includes imprint info, and allows you resort the list by clicking the up/down arrows. This selection is our editorial aggregation from a wide variety of sources including bookseller and librarian lists, wholesaler top buys, Publishers Lunch Buzz Books and seasonal forecasts, well-known authors, news items and more. Once published, you can find them listed in the New Releases section at Bookateria. Lists are available at PM looking forward two to three months for reference purposes, and are updated live as on-sale dates and other information changes. Click for March and April lists.

FICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-0451490827The Bride TestHoang, Helen5/6Berkley
978-0062853998WestsideAkers, W.M.5/7Voyager
978-1250126108Sunset BeachAndrews, Mary Kay5/7St. Martin's
978-0735212893Black MountainBarron, Laird5/7Putnam
978-1250110251The Guest BookBlake, Sarah5/7Flatiron
978-0062843012The Kremlin StrikeBrown, Dale5/7Morrow
978-1683319696A Deadly FeastBurdette, Lucy5/7Crooked Lane
978-1101947883ExhalationChiang, Ted5/7Knopf
978-0062868817The Last Time I Saw YouConstantine, Liv5/7Harper
978-1501187933The Daughter’s TaleCorrea, Armando Lucas5/7Atria
978-0062839053Pride, Prejudice, and Other FlavorsDev, Sonali5/7Morrow
978-0525536642The Big KahunaEvanovich, Janet5/7Putnam
978-1501111822The Road HomeEvans, Richard Paul5/7S&S
978-1250157669FinaleGarber, Stephanie5/7Flatiron
978-0062862822The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella FortunaGrames, Juliet5/7Ecco
978-1328974648The Stone CircleGriffiths, Elly5/7HMH
978-0735218277Robert B. Parker’s BuckskinKnott, Robert5/7Putnam
978-1335953759How We DisappearedLee, Jing-Jing5/7Hanover Square
978-0374279363The UnpassingLin, Chia-Chia5/7FSG
978-1250180612The Scent of MurderLogan, Kylie5/7Minotaur
978-0802147233The Woman in the Blue CloakMeyer, Deon5/7Atlantic Monthly
978-0778316411The Yankee WidowMiller, Linda Lael5/7Mira
978-0307959409The Flight PortfolioOrringer, Julie5/7Knopf
978-0062863256The Body in the WakePage, Katherine Hall5/7Morrow
978-1524761509The Paris DiversionPavone, Chris5/7Crown
978-0399585364TightropeQuick, Amanda5/7Berkley
978-1984853752The FarmRamos, Joanne5/7Random House
978-1492671527The Book Woman of Troublesome CreekRichardson, Kim Michele5/7Sourcebooks
978-0399179327Blessing in DisguiseSteel, Danielle5/7Delacorte
978-1635573169Light from Other StarsSwyler, Erika5/7Bloomsbury
978-0062662521America Was Hard To FindAlcott, Kathleen5/14Ecco
978-1538746264A Bend in the StarsBarenbaum, Rachel5/14Grand Central
978-0062841100Resistance WomenCiaverini, Jennifer5/14Morrow
978-1594634833Strangers and CousinsCohen, Leah Hager5/14Riverhead
978-0525535942The Never GameDeaver, Jeffery5/14Putnam
978-1250154156Game of BonesHaines, Carolyn5/14Minotaur
978-0802147288Red BirdsHanif, Mohammed5/14Grove/Atlantic
978-0525559221Rules for VisitingKane, Jessica Frances5/14Penguin
978-0451472984A Brightness Long AgoKay, Guy Gavriel5/14Berkley
978-0525484707The Night WindowKoontz, Dean5/14Bantam
978-0316294003If She WakesKoryta, Michael5/14Little, Brown
978-1250202079Last Tango in CyberspaceKotler, Steven5/14St. Martin's
978-1616959098The Satapur MoonstoneMassey, Sujata5/14Soho Crime
978-1501198335The ObsoletesMills, Simeon5/14Atria
978-0525520412Disappearing EarthPhillips, Julia5/14Knopf
978-1555978402LannyPorter, Max5/14Graywolf
978-0785222002The Printed Letter BookshopReay, Katherine5/14Thomas Nelson
978-1501183508The Behavior of LoveReeves, Virginai5/14Scribner
978-0374135218Dawson's FallRobinson, Roxana5/14Sarah Crichton
978-0525656135Orange World and Other StoriesRussell, Karen5/14Knopf
978-1250198679The Night BeforeWalker, Wendy5/14St. Martin's
978-1101966570Anna of KleveWeir, Alison5/14Ballantine
978-1250200136The Scent KeeperBauermeister, Erica5/21St. Martin's
978-0399182242Mistress of the RitzBenjamin, Melanie5/21Delacorte
978-1328876713Gather the FortunesCamp, Bryan5/21HMH
978-1501197307Riots I Have KnownChapman, Ryan5/21S&S
978-0062851895The Confessions of Frannie LangtonCollins, Sara5/21Harper
978-1984822826Star-CrossedDarke, Minnie5/21Crown
978-1616959951The Summer of EllenFriis, Agnete5/21Soho Crime
978-1538750148Cari MoraHarris, Thomas5/21Grand Central
978-1250212153Dead Man’s MistressHousewright, David5/21Minotaur
978-1250193377The IslandJonasson, Ragnar5/21Minotaur
978-0316448703Deception CoveLaukkanen, Owen5/21Mulholland
978-1501131387WaistedMeyers, Randy Susan5/21Atria
978-1631492167BiloxiMiller, Mary5/21Norton
978-0316451703Necessary PeoplePitoniak, Anna5/21Little, Brown
978-1982121273The Royal SecretRiley, Lucinda5/21Atria
978-1525835148The Favorite DaughterRouda, Kaira5/21Graydon House
978-0374227371The Organs of SenseSachs, Adam Ehrlich5/21FSG
978-1324001485The RationingWheelan, Charles5/21Norton
978-0062861214Queen BeeFrank, Dorothea Benton5/28Morrow
978-0062676832The Sentence Is DeathHorowitz, Anthony5/28Harper
978-0778308140The Woman in the White KimonoJohns, Ana5/28Park Row
978-1982106980Ask Again, YesKeane, Mary Beth5/28Scribner
978-1250030795Dark SiteLee, Patrick5/28Minotaur
978-0802129376CorrespondentsMurphy, Tim5/28Grove
978-1250295637The FlatshareO'Leary, Beth5/28Flatiron
978-0525539889How Not to Die AloneRoper, Richard5/28Putnam
978-0525510819Last DayRuta, Domenica5/28Spiegel & Grau
978-0765379061LentWalton, Jo5/28Tor

NONFICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-0062917393At Home with Muhammad AliAli, Hana5/7Amistad
978-1501196867Things My Son Needs To Know About the WorldBackman, Fredrik5/7Atria
978-0062917324The Words of My FatherBashir, Yousef5/7Harper
978-1250182326Where the Light EntersBiden, Jill5/7Flatiron
978-1101947869Furious HoursCep, Casey5/7Knopf
978-1328618573Ghosts of Gold MountainChang, Gordon5/7HMH
978-1501133152How We Love Is How We LiveCommon5/7Atria
978-0316409131UpheavalDiamond, Jared5/7Little, Brown
978-1538729809Lake of the OzarksGeist, Bill5/7Grand Central
978-0544876804War and PeaceHamilton, Nigel5/7HMH
978-1501192593The World's Fastest ManKranish, Michael5/7Scribner
978-1250164254A Dog Named BeautifulKugler, Rob5/7Flatiron
978-0062861443All the RageLockman, Darcy5/7Harper
978-1501168680The PioneersMcCullough, David5/7S&S
978-0571348893Then It Fell ApartMoby5/7Faber & Faber
978-0316421102All The WayNamath, Joe5/7Little, Brown
978-0399584800The Second Most Powerful Man in the WorldO'Brien, Phillips Payson5/7Dutton
978-1476798035The Guarded GateOkrent Daniel5/7Scribner
978-0307958020Our ManPacker, George5/7Knopf
978-1335936639HumansPhillips, Tom5/7Hanover Square
978-1948226196Rough MagicPrior-Palmer, Lara5/7Catapult
978-1635570977No Visible BruisesSnyder, Rachel Louise5/7Bloomsbury
978-1250179845Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s GoneTaylor, Astra5/7Metropolitan
978-1627790437The British Are ComingAtkinson, Rick5/14Holt
978-0316438889Brothers DownBorneman, Walter5/14Little, Brown
978-1538748848Full CountCone, David5/14Grand Central
978-0062863157Sacred DutyCotton, Tom5/14Morrow
978-0062338785Bottle of LiesEban, Katherine5/14Ecco
978-0525557463The Ghost Ships of ArchangelGeroux, William5/14Viking
978-1538746653Out EastGlynn, John5/14Grand Central
978-1524733537Once More We Saw StarsGreene, Jayson5/14Knopf
978-1101980286Spying on the SouthHorwitz, Tony5/14Penguin
978-0316441438Surprise, Kill, VanishJacobsen, Annie5/14Little, Brown
978-0451490056The First WaveKershaw, Alex5/14Dutton
978-1883285784Words and WorldsLurie, Alison5/14Delphinium
978-0062888433Everything is F**ckedManson, Mark5/14Harper
978-1501178375A Good American FamilyMaraniss, David5/14S&S
978-0385541763The Map of KnowledgeMoller, Violet5/14Doubleday
978-0374148416EndeavourMoore, Peter5/14FSG
978-0062853646The Shadow WarSciutto, Jim5/14Harper
978-1101875261The White Devil’s DaughtersSiler, Julia Flynn5/14Knopf
978-1643130194Working with WinstonStelzer, Cita5/14Pegasus
978-1501194290Howard Stern Comes AgainStern, Howard5/14S&S
978-0316489645The Making of a JusticeStevens, John Paul5/14Little, Brown
978-0735224865Mind and MatterUrschel, John & Louisa Thomas5/14Penguin
978-1335016447Theodore Roosevelt for the DefenseAbrams, Dan & David Fisher5/21Hanover Square
978-0393047998Sisters and RebelsHall, Jacquelyn Dowd5/21Norton
978-1250217745Bitcoin BillionairesMezrich, Ben5/21Flatiron
978-1501174100The Naked TruthMorgan, Leslie5/21S&S
978-0062846815How To ForgetMulgrew, Kate5/21Morrow
978-1335999146Truth Worth TellingPelley, Scott5/21Hanover Square
978-0374214968Mr. Know-It-AllWaters, John5/21FSG
978-0812998368The ImpeachersWineapple, Brenda5/21Random House
978-0393634723Oliver Wendell HolmesBudiansky, Stephen5/28Norton
978-0316556729Assad, Or We Burn the CountryDagher, Sam5/28Little, Brown
978-0345547583The Washington WarLacey, James5/28Bantam
978-1631496417This AmericaLepore, Jill5/28Liveright
978-0062836007Aloha RodeoWolman, David & Julian Smith5/28Morrow

CHILDREN’S

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1335903297NexusAlsberg, Sasha & Lindsay Cummings5/7Inkyard Press
978-1534430655Kings, Queens, and In-BetweensBoteju, Tanya5/7Simon Pulse
978-0785217244RomanovBrandes, Nadine5/7Thomas Nelson
978-1609455071The Missing of ClairdeluneDabos, Christelle5/7Europa Editions
978-0525554295How It Feels to FloatFox, Helena5/7Dial
978-1250157669FinaleGarber, Stephanie5/7Flatiron
978-0374310578Somewhere Only We KnowGoo, Maurene5/7FSG
978-1524738266Her Royal HighnessHawkins, Rachel5/7Putnam
978-1250190499This Is Not a Love SceneMegale, S C5/7Wednesday Books
978-1250299253Again, But BetterRiccio, Christine5/7Wednesday Books
978-1250312846Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with MeTamaki, Mariko & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell5/7First Second
978-0316529037Trans MissionBertie, Alex5/14Little, Brown
978-1536200966The Lost CoastCapetta, Amy Rose5/14Candlewick
978-0374311544We Hunt the FlameFaizal, Hafsah5/14FSG
978-1534405905Road TrippedHautman, Pete5/14S&S
978-0316524650We Contain MultitudesHenstra, Sarah5/14Little, Brown
978-1368039703Don't Date Rosa SantosMoreno, Nina5/14Disney-Hyperion
978-0316492713The World According to Mister RogersRogers, Fred5/14Hachette
978-0374304867Hold My HandBarakiva, Michael5/21FSG
978-1250195913Happily and MadlyBass, Alexis5/21Tor Teen
978-0316450669Amelia Westlake Was Never HereGough, Erin5/21Poppy
978-1534431515Brave FaceHutchinson, Shaun David5/21Simon Pulse
978-1335017574The ExaltedPatterson, Kaitlyn Sage5/21Inkyard Press
978-1250129833BirthdayRusso, Meredith5/21Flatiron
978-1335008497The Voice in My HeadDavis, Dana L5/28Inkyard Press
978-1250293855The KingdomRothenberg, Jess5/28Holt

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