New Book Releases: April 21, 2020

Each week, I’ll catalog the biggest and most exciting adult and YA fiction — and the occasional nonfiction — coming out that Tuesday.

THE FLORIOS OF SICILY, Stefania Auci. A poor family arrives in Sicily, fighting tooth and nail to climb their way to wealth and prestige. Bookshop, Amazon.

THE SPINSTER DIARIES, Gina Fattore. A anxious but somewhat successful television writer turns to 18th century novelist Frances Burney, who invented the chick lit genre, for inspiration. Bookshop, Amazon.

KEPT ANIMALS, Kate Milliken. An utterly astonishing debut novel about a group of teenagers in Topanga, California, in the early 90s. Read my review here, and find it on my two Bookshop lists: Absolute, Number One All Time Faves, and Great Novels of California. Bookshop, Amazon.

THE SILENCE OF BONES, June Hur. In this YA historical mystery, a young orphan in 19th century Korea must help a detective solve a murder — before discovering that the detective himself is a suspect. Bookshop, Amazon.

A MOMENT OF TENDERNESS, Madeleine L’Engle. A book of short stories inspired by the author’s childhood and career. Bookshop, Amazon.