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This might be my biggest Book of the Month predictions post yet! There were just too many good books releasing in April, and I could not decide.
You won’t find some of the big name releases like Happy Place by Emily Henry. Book of the Month seems to be moving away from repeat authors and established authors, so I searched for books you probably haven’t heard about yet!
The first book in each genre section is my top prediction for April’s Book of the Month picks.
If you’ve been around for a while, you know Book of the Month (BOTM) is my favorite book subscription service. I love the anticipation of finally seeing their monthly picks and always have fun trying to guess what may show up on the app on the first of every month.
If you aren’t familiar with BOTM, you can check out my full review of this subscription service. The basic idea is BOTM chooses 5-7 books from different genres every month and members can choose their pick when the books go live. You can also add on up to two more books for only $10.99 each.
If you don’t like any of the picks, you can choose to skip and save your credit for the next month, which is honestly the best part of this service to me. I don’t like subscription boxes that only offer one book selection that you don’t know ahead of time. If you are interested in trying BOTM, you can use my link to get your first book for only $5!
As usual, these are just my opinions and my predictions. It is fine if you disagree or think the predictions are terrible-we all have different reading tastes. Please remember to be kind in comments or messages because we are all readers with different tastes!
Table of Contents
Thriller/Mystery Predictions
We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer
Release Date: April 25, 2023
From the bestselling author of Do I Know You? comes a fast-paced, riveting psychological thriller that skewers our modern obsession with home renovation and fixer-uppers.
The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh
Release Date: April 25, 2023
From Edgar Award-finalist Adam Sternbergh, an electrifying domestic suspense novel for fans of The Perfect Marriage and Rock Paper Scissors about a couple who are forced to the ultimate extremes to save their marriage―and themselves.
Everything She Feared by Rick Mofina
Release Date: April 11, 2023
When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her. Investigators gather at the scene, and Katie’s mother, Sara, rushes to comfort her daughter. Yet there’s a small, secret ping of alarm in Sara’s heart that she cannot share—though rookie detective Kim Pierce senses it.
Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
Release Date: April 4, 2023
A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel from Ella Berman.
Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
Release Date: April 4, 2023
Debut Author
“A twisty tale of murder and love gone wrong, rife with bone-chilling revelations . . . This is a riveting debut, and Disha Bose is a writer to watch.”—Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Mother May I
In this dazzling debut novel, Disha Bose revolutionizes age-old ideas of love and deceit. What ensues is the delicious unspooling of a group of women desperate to preserve themselves.
Romance Predications
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Release date: April 11, 2023
Romance prediction, Repeat Author
A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match from “a true talent” (Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
The Nanny by Lana Ferguson
Release date: April 11, 2023
A woman discovers the father of the child she is nannying may be her biggest (Only)Fan in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson.
I would love this book to be the romance pick! Unfortunately, I’ll think they’ll go with Abby Jimenez again, but The Nanny is going on my wishlist immediately!
Moorewood Family Rules by HelenKay Dimon
Release date: April 25, 2023
Knives Out and Ocean’s 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit.
Bear With Me Now by Katie Shepard
Release date: April 25, 2023
Debut Author
Love makes life a little wilder in this romantic comedy by debut author Katie Shepard.
Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick
Release date: April 4, 2023
lGBTQ
Perfect for fans of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Five Feet Apart, this tender solo debut by the coauthor of New York Times bestseller She Gets the Girl is a romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obstacles, again and again.
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Release date: April 4, 2023
A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions—a hilarious, observant, and deeply tender novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible, Rodham, and Prep.
This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs
Release date: April 4, 2023
A delightfully funny and steamy debut novel about music, fate, redemption, and love from beloved songwriter and Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs that is “part British romcom, part Jane Eyre, and one hundred percent enjoyable” (Tom Perrotta).
Contemporary Fiction Predictions
Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah
Release date: April 11, 2023
Debut Author
An unexpected friendship saves a young man’s life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chosen family, the winding road to happiness, and the grace of second chances.
If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook
Release date: April 18, 2023
Debut author
For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shook’s debut novel If We’re Being Honest is the snappy, smart, heartwarming story of the Williams family, and the sweltering summer that rewrote their history.
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
Release date: April 18, 2023
Debut author
Crackling with energy and intelligence, this debut is the “smart, subversive, funny, heartbreaking” (Kamila Shamsie) story of an exceptional teenager coming of age in the shadow of colonialism and communal violence in Nigeria.
Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti
Release date: April 11, 2023
From the author of Dava Shastri’s Last Day comes a gripping tale of marriage, scandal, fame, and identity as a woman grapples with life as the new wife of a renowned Hollywood film producer—perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray
Release date: April 11, 2023
A father’s sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century, in this page-turning and intimate new novel from the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls.
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
Release date: April 18, 2023
From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love and tragedy, of hardship and hope, that unites and divides them.
The Society of Shame by Jane Roper
Release date: April 4, 2023
In this timely and witty combination of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? a viral photo of a politician’s wife’s “feminine hygiene malfunction” catapults her to unwanted fame in a story that’s both a satire of social media stardom and internet activism, and a tender mother-daughter tale.
The Home for Wayward Girls by Marcia Bradley
Release Date: April 4, 2023
Growing up in the 1990s, a young girl escapes her abusive parents–and the “ranch” they ran for “bad” girls—and becomes an advocate for teen runaways in this harrowing and heartfelt novel for fans of Joanna Goodman and Lisa Wingate.
Historical Fiction Predictions
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Release date: April 18, 2023
A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time—that his music was stolen from a young Black composer named Josephine Reed. Determined to uncover the truth and right history’s wrongs, Bern Hendricks will stop at nothing to finally give Josephine the recognition she deserves.
The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
Release date: April 18, 2023
Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II—a pulse-pounding novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls.
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen
Release date: April 25, 2023
It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm, in this dazzling new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Social Graces and Park Avenue Summer.
Her Lost Words by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Release date: March 28, 2023
Possible April pick/add-On
From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends–a mother and daughter–discovering each other and finding themselves along the way.
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Release date: April 18, 2023
A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart by the USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War.
The Audrey Hepburn Estate by Brenda Janowitz
Release date: April 18, 2023
One woman. Two childhood loves. The dazzling place where it all began.
The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton
Release date: April 11, 2023
In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women’s pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s page-turning new novel inspired by the true story of the SS Morro Castle.
The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
Release date: April 4, 2023
The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night—told from the perspectives of four people whose actions during the inferno changed the course of history.
The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly by Katherine A. Sherbrooke
Release Date: April 4, 2023
When a runway model in 1940s Hollywood makes a split-second decision intended to protect those she loves, she triggers a cascade of secrets that threatens to upend her daughter’s life decades later.
Fantasy/Magical Realism Predictions
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Release date: April 4, 2023
Repeat Author
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox
Release Date: April 4, 2023
In post–World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets. Lush, atmospheric and transporting, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library is a skillful reflection on memory and female agency, and a love letter to books from a writer at the height of her power.
Horror Predictions
House of Cotton by Monica Breashears
Release Date: April 4, 2023
Debut Author
A stunning, contemporary Black southern gothic novel about what it means to be a poor woman in the God-fearing south. Perfect for readers of The Other Black Girl and Luster.
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Release Date: April 18, 2023
Debut author
A young Native girl’s hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe’s reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself, in this atmospheric and stunningly poignant debut.
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
Release Date: April 18, 2023
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this ravishing and provocative literary horror novel about motherhood, family legacy, and self-discovery.
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your April Book of the Month predictions? Let me know in the comments!
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