New novels by heavy-hitters such as Jennifer Egan, Emily St. John Mandel, and Douglas Stuart join debut novels involving a heist, police in Lahore, and a trip across the 1880s American West.

4/5: The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Tech mogul Bix Bouton develops "Own your Unconscious," a technology that allows one to externalize their memory and share those memoires with others. In interlocking narratives told by multiple characters over several decades, the consequences of Bix's technology are spun out. A sibling novel to Egan's award winning novel A Visit from the Good Squad. A Peak Pick! (general fiction)

4/5: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Kidnapped from China and smuggled to America, Daiyu constantly reinvents herself in order to survive, roaming across the 1880s American West as anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country. A Peak Pick! (historical fiction)

4/5: Let's Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder
Running for the US Senate, Nancy Harrison would like to focus on her campaign, but instead must grapple with two grown children who are adrift: Nick, aimlessly writing a musical about Joan Didion; and Greta, who finds herself in Paris with extremist protestors. (comic fiction)

4/5: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
In this lyrical heist novel that delves into diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of Chinese American identity, a crew of five led by Harvard senior Will Chen attempt to steal five priceless Chinese sculptures from an American museum and return them to Beijing. (Crime thriller)

4/5: The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad
Now the head of a police station, Faraz Ali is sent to Lahore's notorious red-light district – where he grew up – to hush up the violent death of a young girl. Unwilling to follow these orders, Faraz facing an unexpected reckoning with his past. (general fiction)

4/5: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Spanning 500 years, from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon, this story of art, time, love, and plague unfurls a story of humanity across centuries and space. From the author of Station Eleven. A Peak Pick! (general fiction)

4/5: True Biz by Sara Novic
The students and headmistress at River Valley School for the Deaf face a series of personal and political crises in this coming-of-age story that celebrates human connection and the Deaf community. (general fiction)

4/5: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
A story of queer love and working-class families set in Glasgow, Scotland, from the author of the Booker Prize-winning Shuggie Bain. A Peak Pick! (general fiction)

4/12: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
In 1973 Alabama, new nurse Civil Townsend seeks to make a difference in the lives of her African American patients. The more she learns, however, the more she questions a classist and racist medical system and the role she may unwittingly be playing. (general fiction).

4/12: Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
A young, mixed-race vampire moves to London and strives to balance her desire to live among humans with her incessant hunger. (general fiction)

4/12: An Unlasting Home by Mai Al-Nakib
A multigenerational saga following the triumphs and failures of three generations of Arab women as they roam from Kuwait to Lebanon, Iraq, India, the United States, and back to Kuwait. (general fiction)

4/19: End of the World House by Adrienne Celt
On a vacation in Paris, two best friends take a private tour of the Louvre, only to be trapped alone in the museum during the apocalypse, caught up in a day that keeps repeating itself. (general fiction)

4/19: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
Musician Monáe leads a cohort of writers in creating Afrofutristic stories inspired by her album Dirty Computer, exploring a world where memories are currency and a dangerous surveillance state looms over all. A Peak Pick! (science fiction)

4/19: Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen
Recently graduated from college and waitressing in her hometown of Garnett, Texas, Annie joins her grandfather Leroy when his private investigation business looks into the disappearance and death of a fellow waitress. (mystery)

4/26: Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua
Mei, a teenage girl in 1960s China, becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover – and a heroine of the Cultural Revolution – in this intimate portrayal of this turbulent period in modern Chinese history. (historical fiction)

4/26: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
Three generations of Tuscan artisans grapple with a remarkable secret as Matelda, the family matriarch, shares long-held secret about a great love story that shaped their family. (general fiction)

4/26: Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
Marra, raised in a convent, joins up with a disgraced ex-knight, a fairy godmother, and a gravewitch with her fowl familiar in order to complete three seemingly impossible tasks and save her sister – and a kingdom – from an abusive prince. (fantasy)

4/26: Search by Michelle Huneven
Called to serve on the search committee for a new minister for her progressive, Southern California Unitarian Universalist congregation, food writer and critic Dana Potowski says yes – and then secretly uses the experience as fodder for her next book. (general fiction)

*Some descriptions adapted from publisher copy.

~ posted by Andrea G.