April Book Picks

Emma and Joe return for their monthly round up of books they're most looking forward to in the upcoming month! Settle in for a long list of great books due to release in April 2024.

Author interviews:  

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

Joe’s Picks:  

A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon 

Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee 

The Black Girl Survives in This One Edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell 

Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall 

Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho 

The Harrowing by Kristen Kiesling 

Henry Henry by Allen Bratton 

The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell 

The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew Hubbard 

We’re Never Getting Home by Tracy Badua 

Emma’s Picks:  

Funny Story by Emily Henry  

She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica  

The Rule Book by Sarah Adams 

How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang 

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio 

The Darkness Rises by Stacy Stokes 

Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth 

The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence  

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson 

Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh  

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