May 2021 Releases

Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in May 2021 — 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
978-1250256966The NewcomerAndrews, Mary Kay5/4St. Martin's
978-0062678317Find You FirstBarclay, Linwood5/4Morrow
978-0385542432Hour of the WitchBohjalian, Chris5/4Doubleday
978-0525540144Leda and the SwanCaritj, Anna5/4Riverhead
978-0593098875The Most Beautiful Girl in CubaCleeton, Chanel5/4Berkley
978-0374279226Second PlaceCusk, Rachel5/4FSG
978-1501171345The Last Thing He Told MeDave, Laura4/4S&S
978-0062994172Summer on the BluffsHostin, Sunny5/4Morrow
978-0778311546The Woman with the Blue StarJenoff, Pam5/4Park Row
978-1250793737The Girl Who DiedJonasson, Ragnar5/4Minotaur
978-1250779052Thief of SoulsKlingborb, Brian5/4Minotaur
978-0063018389The Radio OperatorLenze, Ulla5/4Harper Via
978-0593087855Robert B. Parker’s PaybackLupica, Mike5/4Putnam
978-0063036857Just Last NightMcFarlane, Mhairi5/4Morrow
978-1984880628Family LawPhillips, Gin5/4Viking
978-1984806888The Lady Has a PastQuick, Amanda5/4Berkley
978-1250773586AriadneSaint, Jennifer5/4Flatiron
978-0525656975Great CircleShipstead, Maggie5/4Knopf
978-1640094451Secrets of HappinessSilber, Joan5/4Counterpoint
978-0374266776SorrowlandSolomon, Rivers5/4MCD
978-0385545211Olympus, TexasSwann, Stacey5/4Doubleday
978-1524798789Family ReunionThayer, Nancy5/4Ballantine
978-0593135204Project Hail MaryWeir, Andy5/4Ballantine
978-0385546577While Justice SleepsAbrams, Stacey5/11Doubleday
978-1250753069The Granite Coast MurdersBannalec, Jean-Luc5/11Minotaur
978-1335916099A Good MotherBazelon, Lara5/11Hanover Square
978-0063052291Mary JaneBlau, Jessica Anya5/11Custom House
978-1250267689A Master of DjinnClark, P. Djeli5/11Tor.com
978-0525539131The Final TwistDeaver, Jeffery5/11Putnam
978-0063041929The Anatomy of DesireDorn, L.R.5/11Morrow
978-0063059832V for VictoryEvans, Lissa5/11Harper
978-1982129392Swimming Back to Trout RiverFeng, Linda Rui5/11S&S
978-0063031807Girl in the WallsGnuse, A.J.5/11Ecco
978-1984806758People We Meet on VacationHenry, Emily5/11Berkley
978-0593183496Hush Little BabyHerron, R. H.5/11Dutton
978-1250790767The PlotKorelitz, Jean Hanff5/11Celadon
978-0063073098How LuckyLeitch, Will5/11Harper
978-1250768636A Trail of LiesLogan, Kylie5/11Minotaur
978-1250274083A Summer To RememberMontgomery, Erika5/11St. Martin's
978-0062953605Imagine SummerNoble, Shelley5/11Morrow
978-0316530231The Devil May DanceTapper, Jake5/11Little, Brown
978-1501133541That SummerWeiner, Jennifer5/11Atria
978-1101966631The Sixth WifeWeir, Alison5/11Ballantine
978-0316430371The Vanishing PointBrundage, Elizabeth5/18Little, Brown
978-0593101131The Hunting WivesCobb, May5/18Berkley
978-0062838124The BetrayalsCollins, Bridget5/18Morrow
978-0358251392Auntie Poldi and the Lost MadonnaGiordano, Mario5/18HMH
978-1250257871Independent BonesHaines, Carolyn5/18Minotaur
978-0778389446Local Woman MissingKubica, Mary5/18Park Row
978-0385538930ChinaRutherfurd, Edward5/18Doubleday
978-1525811524The Clover GirlsShipman, Viola5/18Graydon House
978-1982174149Light PerpetualSpufford, Francis5/18Scribner
978-0593191569The First Day of SpringTucker, Nancy5/18Riverhead
978-1984855565Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are PrettyWeisberger, Lauren5/18Random House
978-1250272041MadamWynne, Phoebe5/18St. Martin's
978-0063015043Arctic Storm RisingBrown, Dale5/25Morrow
978-1250790330The PhotographerCarter, Mary Dixie5/25Minotaur
978-0593191224The SaboteursCussler, Clive5/25Putnam
978-1496733511After FrancescoMalloy, Brian5/25Kensington
978-1984806482The Invisible Husband of Frick IslandOakley, Colleen5/25Berkley
978-1250272935LegacyRoberts, Nora5/25St. Martin's
978-0525542285The GuncleRowley, Steven5/25Putnam
978-1250780485A Peculiar CombinationWeaver, Ashley5/25St. Martin's
978-1982133306Revival SeasonWest, Monica5/25S&S
978-0593190357Version ZeroYoon, David5/25Putnam

NONFICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1728238562Bringing Up RaceAsika, Uju5/4Sourcebooks
978-0063031173Live FreeFranklin, DeVon5/4Morrow
978-1982169176The Windsor DiariesHoward, Alathea Fitzalan5/4Atria
978-0393881554The PremonitionLewis, Michael5/4Norton
978-1524748524My Time Will ComeManuel, Ian5/4Pantheon
978-0525480259Sunshine GirlMarjulies, Julianna5/4Ballantine
978-1982174873A Chosen DestinyMcIntyre, Drew5/4Gallery
978-1982176082The Hummingbirds’ GiftMontgomery, Sy5/4Atria
978-1250273659Killing the MobO'Reilly, Bill5/4St. Martin's
978-1646220267Pop SongPham, Larissa5/4Catapult
978-0358454618No One Succeeds AloneReffkin, Robert5/4HMH
978-1501190247Let's Talk About Hard ThingsSale, Anna5/4S&S
978-1984824332Madhouse At the End of the EarthSanction, Julian5/4Crown
978-1250229755Test GodsSchmidle, Nicholas5/4Holt
978-1250239297The NineStrauss, Gwen5/4St. Martin's
978-0374189907Living in DataThorp, Jer5/4MCD
978-1984855091Lincoln in PrivateWhite, Ronald C.5/4Random House
978-0062960580The Wreckage of My PresenceWilson, Casey5/4Harper
978-0593320808Notes On GriefAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi5/11Knopf
978-1250095985HeartwoodBecker, Barbara5/11Flatiron
978-0525557401Facing the MountainBrown, Daniel James5/11Viking
978-0374603489Letters to Camondode Waal, Edmund5/11FSG
978-1538720479Billie EilishEilish, Billie5/11Grand Central
978-1538754276BratMcCarthy, Andrew5/11Grand Central
978-0393353495The Life She Wished To LiveMcCutchan, Ann5/11Norton
978-1984825407YearbookRogen, Seth5/11Crown
978-0316459969Father FigureShaprio, Jordan5/11Little, Brown
978-1982164676My Name Is Selmavan de Perre, Selma5/11Scribner
978-1615197217Outsmart Your PainWolf, Christiane5/11The Experiment
978-0062956835Say Your Word, Then LeaveAttiah, Karen5/17Dey Street
978-0358439103Punch Me Up to the GodsBroom, Brian5/18HMH
978-0593182987The Ground BreakingEllsworth, Scott5/18Dutton
978-1982128869War on the BorderGuinn, Jeff5/18S&S
978-0316535212The Double Life of Bob DylanHeylin, Clinton5/18Little, Brown
978-0063053885You Will Get Through This NightHowell, Daniel5/18Dey Street
978-1982153410FreedomJunger, Sebastian5/18S&S
978-0063074996Dad, How Do I?Kenney, Rob5/18Morrow
978-1982123963The Soulmate EquationLauren, Christina5/18Gallery
978-0062950680SpookedMeier, Barry5/18Harper
978-1538705001Better, Not BitterSalaam, Yusef5/18S&S
978-0374185138Let the Record ShowSchulman, Sarah5/18FSG
978-1645480693A Time for MonstersWorthington, Gareth5/18Vesuvian Books
978-0593183717The Panzer KillersBolger, Daniel5/25Dutton
978-0385350099King RichardDobbs, Michael5/25Knopf
978-1250777539Big VapeDucharme, Jamie5/25Holt
978-1492688815FootnotesGaines, Caseen5/25Sourcebooks
978-0358172031X TroopGarrett, Leah5/25HMH
978-0806540665The Menopause ManifestoGunter, Jen5/25Citadel
978-0062897664My Remarkable JourneyJohnson, Katherine5/25Amistad
978-0593133170Languages of TruthRushdie, Salman5/25Random House

CHILDREN’S

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-0062872623Realm BreakerAveyard, Victoria5/4Harper Teen
978-1335209979Counting Down with You (Original)Bhuiyan, Tashie5/4Inkyard Press
978-1250622235Hurricane SummerBromfield, Asha5/4Wednesday Books
978-136806238110 Truths and a DareElston, Ashley5/4Disney-Hyperion
978-0063024793Excuse Me While I Ugly CryGoffney, Joya5/4Harper Teen
978-1250258564The Ones We're Meant to FindHe, Joan5/4Roaring Brook
978-1368059633The Last Fallen StarKim, Graci5/4Disney Hyperion
978-0063038837Meet Cute DiaryLee, Emery5/4Quill Tree
978-1649370310Ember of NightLee, Molly E5/4Entangled
978-1250756800Blade of SecretsLevenseller, Tricia5/4Feiwel & Friends
978-1481498982Take Me Home TonightMatson, Morgan5/4Simon & Schuster
978-0762495009When You Get the ChanceRyan, Tom & Robin Stevenson5/4Running Press Kids
978-1250765826Cool for the SummerAdler, Dahlia5/11Wednesday Books
978-0063018525Where the Rhythm Takes YouDass, Sarah5/11Balzer & Bray
978-0525555513SwitchKing, A S5/11Dutton
978-0593327487From Little Tokyo, with LoveKuhn, Sarah5/11Viking
978-1250625120May the Best Man WinEllor, Zr5/18Roaring Brook
978-1984829993Off the RecordGarrett, Camryn5/18Knopf
978-1250766601Tokyo Ever AfterJean, Emiko5/18Flatiron Books
978-1250767486It Goes Like ThisMoreland, Miel5/18Feiwel & Friends
978-1338188363Mister ImpossibleStiefvater, Maggie5/18Scholastic
978-0063038882Don't Breathe a WordTaylor, Jordyn5/18Harper Teen
978-1250765635Spells TroubleCast, P C & Kristen Cast5/25Wednesday Books
978-0593303702The IviesDonne, Alexa5/25Crown
978-1645672579Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake DatingJaigirdar, Adiba5/25Page Street Kids
978-0735231856AetherboundJohnston, E K5/25Dutton
978-0062880451PumpkinMurphy, Julie5/25Balzer & Bray
978-1547606078Every Body ShinesNewbould, Cassandra5/25Bloomsbury
978-0062957146Not My ProblemSmyth, Ciara5/25Harper Teen
978-0062367297A Sitting in St. JamesWilliams-Garcia, Rita5/25Quill Tree