New Book Releases: May 3, 2022

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

WE DO WHAT WE DO IN THE DARK, Michelle Hart. A quietly stunning novel about a grieving college student who has a life-altering relationship with a married professor at her university. “The writing always crackles, written by someone who clearly knows what it’s like to desire another woman in ways you just barely understand,” writes Scaachi Koul in the New York Times. Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm.

DARLING GIRL, Liz Michalski. When her comatose daughter disappears, the granddaughter of Wendy Darling rushes to find her, believing Peter Pan — who’s more dangerous than anyone knows — is the one responsible for her disappearance. “In her by turns propulsive and enchanting new novel Darling Girl, Liz Michalski surprised me on nearly every page. This isn’t your mom’s Peter Pan. No, this is a much deeper and darker tale — but just as entertaining as the original,” writes Jerrod MacFarlane for Book of the Month. Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm.