New Book Releases: April 7, 2020

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

SIN EATER, Megan Campisi. An utterly astonishing, moving novel about a young orphan who, after stealing a loaf of bread, is condemned to a life sentence as a sin eater, who listen to the sins of the dead and eat their food representations. Publisher’s Weekly writes that “this spellbinding novel is a treat for fans of feminist speculative fiction.” Check out my review here, about why reading this book gave me hope in the midst of these incredibly difficult circumstances. Aggregated critical reviews, Indiebound, Amazon .

YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER, Sarah Hogle. An engaged couple resort to absurd heights to force the other to cancel the wedding and foot the nonrefundable bill. Indiebound, Amazon.

THIS LOVELY CITY, Louise Hare. A Jamaican jazz musician in London finds his life upended when he makes a terrible discovery. Indiebound, Amazon.

WE DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS, Adi Alsaid. In this YA novel, a high school lock-in night is transformed when a group of students chain themselves to the door in an eco-protest. Indiebound…