TRENDING NEWSENTERTAINMENTFOOD & DRINKPETSSHOPPINGHEALTHY NOW HOME BEST READS ON PARADE BOOK PICKS SEE MORE e 13 Best New Book Releases of May 2024 Parade’s book editor Michael Giltz shares his picks for the best new titles out this month.</p><p> MICHAEL GILTZ • MAY 7, 2024 Here are the 13 best books of May.</p><p> They’re the 13 books we’ve already read and loved or can’t wait to read.</p><p> I spend months reading advance galley s, pouring over early reviews from industry outlets like Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, spot reader enthusiasm on GoodReads and Netgalley , make wild hunches, carefully balance the blurbs from well- known authors and then grudgingly whittle down the list from dozens to a precious few.</p><p> You’ll nd ction, comic books, sci- , a riot grrrl memoir by Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna , famed authors like Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates as well as newcomers and a riveting look at the Challenger space shuttle disaster, which in happier days helped Sally Ride make history.</p><p> Oh and a picture book you won’t be able to resist.</p><p> So let’s get reading.</p><p> At the head of the Parade is… e 13 Best Books of May 2024 1.</p><p> Long Island by Colm TĂłibĂn 2.</p><p> I Hope is Finds You Well by Natalie Sue 3. is Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud Three marvelous works of ction.</p><p> Colm TĂłibĂn has never written a sequel to any of his novels.</p><p> The man does not “franchise.” So you know he felt compelled to return to Eilis, the hero of his beloved bestseller Brooklyn.</p><p> The novel is set 20 years later after that masterpiece; happily, we didn’t have to wait so long.</p><p> Natalie Sue delivers an amusing workplace comedy that gains depth as it goes along.</p><p> And Claire Messud captures the sweep of the 20th century with a novel about a family–and a people–stranded by history.</p><p> Like the other two and the books below, it’s receiving some of the best reviews of the year.</p><p> Long Island by Colm TĂłibĂn ($28; Scribner) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue ($28; William Morrow) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud ($29.99; W.W.</p><p> Norton and Company) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 4.</p><p> Challenger by Adam Higginbotham Like the assassination of JFK, an entire generation remembers where they were when the space shuttle Challenger shattered into pieces shortly after lifto .</p><p> We all know what happened.</p><p> But writer Adam Higginboth am captures the drama and despair of the events leading up to that fateful moment.</p><p> Challeng er by Adam Higginbotham ($35; Avid Reader Press; S&S) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Related: Princess Diana, Detective? New Novel Finds Diana Impersonator Solving Crime 5.</p><p> Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates 6.</p><p> Long Haul by Frank Figliuzzi Joyce Carol Oates remains one of the most lauded and under- appreciated authors working today.</p><p> Her latest novel Butcher is a period piece about a woman’s asylum in the 1800s and Dr.</p><p> Silas Weir, who reigned over it and is known–frighteningly–as the “Father of Gyno- Psychiatry.” The scariest part is how little Oates needed to imagine when it came to his butchery: this novel is based on historical records.</p><p> Long Haul however is a straight-up true crime investigation about a spree of murders not by a single predator but by a type of predator: long h aul truckers/serial killers.</p><p> The legendary Don Winslow calls it “a true-crime masterpiece” and that’s enough for me.</p><p> Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates ($30; Knopf) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Long Haul by Frank Figliuzzi ($25.99; Mariner Books) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 7.</p><p> Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna Fans of Bikini Kill are just the rst people who will be drawn to Kathleen Hanna ’s memoir about being a riot grrrl, ghting to make it in the sexist music indus try and the joys of being a feminist punk.</p><p> Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna ($29.99; Ecco) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 8.</p><p> You Like It Darker by Stephen King 9.</p><p> My Favorite ing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris Stephen King does it all: epic cycles like his Dark Tower magnum opus, straight-up horror, detective novels, fantasy, sci- , all-too-real novels of life today and always, short stories capturing all these genres and more.</p><p> Picking his best book isn’t easy.</p><p> Picking his best short story collection isn’t easy.</p><p> But the answer to both is Di erent Seasons.</p><p> Just saying.</p><p> Now ask me again after I nish his latest.</p><p> Just as King captures the lives of kids so well, author Emil Ferris dove into the mind of a ten-year-old girl with his comic book My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book One.</p><p> It was the graphic novel of the moment when it came out, the one that leapt from fans of the genre to become a must-read for anyone interested in serious ction.</p><p> Now Ferris returns with Book Two and anticipation is high.</p><p> You read Maus? You read Fun Home? You need to read My Favorite Thing Is Monsters.</p><p> You Like It Darker by Stephen King ($30; Scribner) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris ($44.99; Fantagraphics) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble Related: Author Kate DiCamillo on the Book That Changed Her Life and Other Favorites 10.</p><p> Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan Kevin Kwan! Author of Crazy Rich Asians! His new comic romance/caper/beach read extraordinaire! You need details? A bankrupt– but hands ome–future Earl of Greshambury (and son of a Hong Kong supermodel, hence the handsomeness) must go to a wedding attended by the super rich and snag a woman of means before his fancy life implodes for good.</p><p> Problems ensue, like a secret liaison that comes to light, a volcanic eruption and worst of all, falling in love with the relatively penniles s girl next door.</p><p> Amusement guaranteed.</p><p> Lies and Weddi ngs by Kevin Kwan ($29; Doubleday) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 11. e Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton 12. e Ministry o f Time by Kaliane Bradley Two sci- -ish novels that can easily be classi ed in various categories and both de nitely classi ed under: very good and “why aren’t you reading them?” The Last Murder at the End of the World is set in a dystopian near future where a handful of people live in peace on an island after a poisonous fog destroyed life everywhere else on earth.</p><p> Nonetheless, they’re happy, in a way, all 125 of them.</p><p> Until there are 124 of them after one person is brutally murdered.</p><p> Bradley’s novel is a time-traveling, workplace comedy romance between a civil servant in the near future and her unexpected roommate: an Arctic explorer who perished back in 1845…at least until the Ministry of Time got a hold of him.</p><p> Nutty and surprising and– like Last Murder–shaping up to be one of the best- reviewed novels of the year.</p><p> The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton ($27.99; Sourcebook s Landmark) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley ($28.99; Avid Reader Press; S&S) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Big Bear and Li le Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest; illustrated by Erin Stead Here’s one way to get the measure of a picture book.</p><p> Read just the words.</p><p> Here are some in this book: One day, Big Bear says to Little Bear, I’m just in the mood for shing.</p><p> Me too, says Little Bear.</p><p> Just in the mood.</p><p> And later in the book: Scones, says Big Bear.</p><p> Fishermen need nice warm blueberry scones.</p><p> Oh yes, says Little Bear.</p><p> Scones.</p><p> Already you can appreciate the rhythm of the piece.</p><p> Or just look at the warm, gentle illustrations by Stead, which tell the story nicely without a single word needed.</p><p> But combine them and you’ve got the makings of a picture book which will be read with delight over and over.</p><p> Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest; illustrated by Erin Stead ($18.99; Neal Porter Books) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Bookshop.orgCourtesy of Various Publishers Content continues below Courtesy of Scribner, William Morrow, W.W.</p><p> Norton and Company Content continues below Courtesy of Avid Reader Press; S&S Content continues below Courtesy of Knopf, Mariner Books Content continues below Courtesy of Ecco Content continues below Courtesy of Scribner, Fantagraphics Content continues below Courtesy of Doubleday Content continues below Courtesy of Sourcebooks Landmark, Avid Reader Press/S&S Content continues below Courtesy of Neal Porter Books Sponsored Stories Here Are 37 Of The Coolest Gifts In 2024 Tech Finds | SponsoredDermatologist Says Do Not Buy Regular Bedsheets, Here's Why After testing dozens of bedsheets, these are #1. thegrannyblog.com | Sponsored This Wine Advent Calendar Is the Perfect Early Holiday…This Coin Helps Keep Your Drinking Water CleanEverything We Know About The Movie Based On…What Type of Cancer Does Kate Middleton Have? 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