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I am a little underwhelmed by my own Book of the Month predictions for May 2024.
I promise I looked high and low for some books in other genres, but everything was thriller, romance, or contemporary fiction!
Also, please give me feedback on this new style of posting! I wanted to try something new, but I know most people are reading on their cell phones, so I hope everything is formatted well.
As usual, if you want to see even more predictions, make sure you check out my May 2024 Aardvark Book Club post!
You can see all my Aardvark Book Club May 2024 Predictions here.
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As usual, these are just my opinions and my Book of the Month predictions. It is fine if you disagree or think the Book of the Month May 2024 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!
Mystery/Thriller Book of the Month Predictions
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
Release Date: May 21, 2024
Repeat Author
Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None, this high-tension and ingenious thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them—from Ruth Ware, the New York Times bestselling author who “is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime” (The Washington Post).
When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips
Release Date: May 24, 2024
Possible June pick/add-on
An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school in this suspenseful debut novel for readers of My Dark Vanessa and Dare Me.
The Winner by Teddy Wayne
Release Date: May 28, 2024
Possible June pick/add-on
A dark, explosive literary thriller that brilliantly skewers the elite, Whiting Award winner Teddy Wayne’s unputdownable novel is cinematic, shocking, and a psychological masterpiece.
The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen
Release Date: May 7, 2024
Bestselling romance author Sarina Bowen’s debut thriller, about one woman’s search for the truth after receiving a text from her deceased ex.
The Switch by Lily Samson
Release Date: May 28, 2024
Possible June pick/add-on
Two couples. One twisted game of love and obsession. A dark domestic thriller about the dangerous secrets that come to light when a wild fantasy turns sinister. . .
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Release Date: May 21, 2024
From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution.
Romance Book of the Month Predictions
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
Release Date: May 14, 2024
Repeat Author
Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar), returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.
Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay
Release Date: May 14, 2024
When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author’s prickly son… until their story becomes one for the books, from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading.
Seven Summers by Paige Toon
Release Date: May 21, 2024
Six summers to fall in love. One summer to change everything.
Contemporary Fiction Book of the Month Predictions
The Best Life Book Club by Sheila Roberts
Release Date: May 7, 2024
It started as a book club. It became a way to build a better life together.
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
Release Date: May 7, 2024
The answer to the biggest question of her life lies in someone else’s past.
Summer After Summer by Lauren Bailey
Release Date: May 7, 2024
A woman returns to her family’s Hamptons beach house for a final time—and a final chance at the love she’s lost before, in this contemporary retelling of Persuasion, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Rebecca Serle.
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Release Date: May 7, 2024
This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer will be different.
Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes
Release Date: May 14, 2024
Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tycoons, a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one (bereaved) butler; put them all into the blender and out comes the impossibly funny Wives Like Us, the new novel from the best-selling author of Bergdorf Blondes and Party Girls Die In Pearls, Plum Sykes.
Fantasy Book of the Month Predictions
Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel
Release Date: May 21, 2024
Repeat Author
A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from Vaishnavi Patel, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Kaikeyi.
A House Like an Accordion by Audrey Burges
Release Date: May 21, 2024
A woman searches for her missing father in order to reconcile the many strange and fantastical secrets of her past before she loses herself completely in this deeply profound and magical novel by Audrey Burges.
Historical Fiction Book of the Month Prediction
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
Release Date: May 7, 2024
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about a generation of young women facing the seismic changes brought on by war and dreaming of the boundless possibilities of their future, from the bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your May 2024 Book of the Month predictions or hopefuls? Let me know in the comments!
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What about literary fiction like Real
Americans by Rachel Khong? April 30 release date and she would be a repeat author.
you are fast!