TRENDING NEWSENTERTAINMENTFOOD & DRINKPETSSHOPPINGHEALTHY NOW HOME BEST READS ON PARADE BOOK PICKS SEE MOREBe st New Book Releases i s W eek: Apr il 30-Ma y 6, 2024 Parade’s book editor Michael Giltz shares his picks for the best new titles out this week.</p><p> MICHAEL GILTZ • APR 29, 2024 Here are the best new books in every genre coming out the week of April 30-May 6.</p><p> I've been covering books and interviewing authors for many years, so I'm lucky enough to get piles of new books months before they hit the stores. (Sorry!) And yet, I still leave every library, indie bookstore and major chain staggering under a pile of books I couldn't resist.</p><p> So looking through all the new releases each week is a pleasure.</p><p> This week, I found new titles from best-selling favorites like Danielle Steel and Erik Larson, some delicious cookbooks, promising debuts set in contemporary China and the multiverse and–yes–a book about real pirates! I would have loved it as a kid after reading Treasure Island and will love it today as an adult who still says "arrgghhh" at the drop of a hat.</p><p> And what a week in book history! The Battle Of Hogwarts took place on May 2, 1998, ending the Second Wizarding Wars in J.K.</p><p> Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.</p><p> On May 4, Alice goes down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.</p><p> Finally , on May 5, Jonathan Harker meets Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula.</p><p> Three stories to treasure.</p><p> I hope you nd something worth hoarding in the books I present below.</p><p> And at the head of the Parade is....</p><p> Best New Book Releases is W eek e Museum o f Lost Quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini Only e Brave by Danielle Steel Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles Looking for a great read? Three favorites have you covered.</p><p> In Jennifer Chiaverini's case, perhaps literally! She returns with the rst new entry in the Elm Creek Quilts series in almost ve years.</p><p> Chiaverini's been focused on historical novels like Switchboard Sisters and Mrs.</p><p> Lincoln's Sisters, so it's no surprise her latest combines quilts and history.</p><p> Blockbuster author Danielle Steel also confronts history with Only The Brave, the gripping story of a young German woman in the Resistance during World War II.</p><p> Nearby in France, relative newcomer Janet Skeslien Charles brings together a brave librarian during World War I with a New York Public Library researcher in 1987 uncovering her story.</p><p> The Museum Of Lost Quilts by Jennif er Chiaverini ($27.99; William Morrow) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Only The Brave by Danielle Steel ($29; Delacorte Press) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles ($28.99; Atria Books) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org e Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the US in November of 1860.</p><p> Southern states immediately began to secede from the Union.</p><p> Lincoln didn't even take o ce until March of 1861.</p><p> By then, seven states had already broken the nation apart.</p><p> Five weeks later, the Battle of Fort Sumter took place.</p><p> Those ve months from Lincoln's election to the rst military action of what would become the Civil War are among the most tumultuous and decisive in American history.</p><p> Author Erik Larson of The Devil in the White City fame brings it to life in his latest popular history.</p><p> The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson ($35; Crown) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org My Mexican Mesa, y Listo! by Jenny M artinez e Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl Italian/American by Gi anluca Conte Are all cookbooks linked to online stars? Well, short videos are perfect for sharing delic ious recipes so that's a natural place for new foodie stars to emerge.</p><p> But eventually you want those recipes written down (because hitting rewind can become a pain).</p><p> Parade favorite Jenny Martinez is a star on TikTok and Instagram with her easy to make recipes.</p><p> Now she deliv ers her rst cookbook, so y listo and enjoy! Meanwhile, Gianluca Conte aka QCP brings the joy of Italian avor to his rst cookbook.</p><p> And nestled in the middle is Ruth Reichl, the high water mark of food writing, who deliv ers a light novel that romps through the City of Lights with the delic ious ease of Nora Ephron.</p><p> My Mexican Mesa, y Listo! By Jenny Martinez ($32.50; S&S/Simon Element) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl ($29; Random House) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Italian/ American by Gianluc a Conte ($32; DK) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Related: Stacy Schi –the Historian Behind TV's Franklin–Shares Seven Favorite Books e Heirloomist by Shana Novak This is not an Antiques Roadshow a air, where people pull out an old painting hanging in their bathroom and discover it's by Grandma Moses and worth an ungodly sum.</p><p> Author Shana Novak shines a light on real treasures, the beloved family objects and the stories behind them that make the item so precious.</p><p> One hundred such mementoes are celebrated, w ith musician Roseanne Cash on the baby shoes of her children, Christy Turlington on a sculpture that inspired her activism and so on.</p><p> But you don't need to be a celeb for this book to make you look with fresh eyes at the heirlooms all around you.</p><p> The Heirloomist by Shana Novak ($27.95; Chronicle Books) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Real Americans by Rachel Khong e Funeral Cryer by W enyan Lu Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin Three works of literary ction stand tall this week.</p><p> Real Americans tackles the eternal deba te of nature vs. nurture in the story of Nick Chen, a teenag er with a single mom determined to discover who his biological dad might be and whether that really matters.</p><p> Who's "real" and who gets to decide? Nick is Chinese-American, but The Funeral Cryer heads to contemporary rural China where our heroine is shunned by neighbors because of her job and unappreciated by her husband.</p><p> So why not do something for herself? Finally, the power of friendship enlivens Crow Talk, with a lonely ornithologist and a semi-desperate Irish musician raising a son who won't speak bonding over the care of a wounded bird.</p><p> Real Americans by Rachel Khong ($29; Knopf) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu ($28.99; Hanover Square Press) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin ($28; Dutton) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org e Unexpected by Em ily Oster and Nathan Fox, M .D.</p><p> How To Baby by Liana Finck When you're pregnant, maybe the unexpected should be expected.</p><p> In the latest book from bestseller Emily Oster and Nathan Fox, M.D., they look at the many complications that arise during pregnancy.</p><p> In fact, half of all pregnanc ies feature complications! Knowing others deal with these issues and that they're more common than you realize should be a comfort.</p><p> Once your baby is born–or just when you want a good laugh– grab How To Baby by Liana Finck for amusing stories and sketches about the travails of being a new mom in a graphic novel perfect for parents.</p><p> Again, you're not alone! The Unexpected by Emily Oster and Nathan Fox, M.D. ($28; Penguin Press) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org How To Baby by Liana Finck ($28; Dial Press) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org e Penguin Book of Pirates edited by Katherine How e Pirates are a genuine threat on the high seas even today.</p><p> That's no surprise since three-fourths of the Earth is water.</p><p> It's big and pirates can lurk everywhere.</p><p> So pirates right now are frightening.</p><p> But pirates hundreds of years ago? Thrilling.</p><p> Romantic.</p><p> Fascinating.</p><p> And also scary.</p><p> The Penguin Book of Pirates is a compendium of stories about Blackbeard, women pirates and others who were the scourge of the high seas...and sometimes created egalitarian communities on board while doing so.</p><p> Editor Katherine Howe pulls together contemporary accounts from journalis ts, ship's logs, trial transcripts and more to paint a picture of pirates as they really were.</p><p> The Penguin Book of Pirates edited by Katherine Howe ($20; Penguin Classics) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Colton Gentry’s ird Act by Je Zentner Happy Medium by Sarah Adler King of Sloth by An a H uang Spring is in the air and so is romance.</p><p> Taylor Swift left Nashville behind long ago.</p><p> But Je Zentner is still there, though instead of recording with artists like Nick Cave he's writing novels.</p><p> In Colton Gentry's Third Act, a country artist implodes after holding forth in concert on the dangers of guns.</p><p> Colton heads back home to lick his wounds...and bumps into his high school sweetheart.</p><p> Not so psychic con-artist Gretchen is happy to take coin from a country bumpkin needing his home cleansed of a "ghost." But the country bumpkin knows she's a fraud, is super hot and Gretchen actually can see the ghost, much to her surprise.</p><p> And in King of Sloth, the uber- wealthy Xavier Castillo is rather annoyed that every woman he meets throws themselves at him, but his personal publicist won't give Xavier the time of day.</p><p> Naturally, she's the one he wants....</p><p> Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Je Zentner ($30; Grand Central Publishing) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Happy Medium by Sarah Adler ($18; Berkley) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org King of Sloth by Ana Huang ( $17.99; Bloom Books) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org In Universes by Em et North In the sci- /literary novel In Universes, the Sliding Doors peek into the road not taken becomes real.</p><p> Physicist Ra studies dark matter and toys with the idea of the multiverse.</p><p> And why not? In some alternate reality, maybe their friend Britt is more than just a friend.</p><p> In a kaleidoscopic rush, Ra enters those realities that exist alongside our own, realities where Britt becomes "Britt" or "Kay" or "Graham" but remains the love of Ra 's life, even if Britt doesn't always know it.</p><p> Dizzying, romantic and a handy primer on the multiverse, not that Ra understands it much better than the rest of us.</p><p> In Universes by Emet North ($26.99; Harper) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Related: The One Book Author Lisa Grunwald Can't Wait For Her Kids to *Finally* Read e Swans of Harlem by Karen Valby Power and Glory by Al exander Larm an Pro les in Mental Health Courage by Patrick J.</p><p> Kennedy & Stephen Fried Three works of history and celebration.</p><p> In The Swans of Harlem, the ve brave ballerinas who paved the way for Black prima ballerina Misty Copeland and so many others get their due.</p><p> In Power and Glory, author Alexander Larman winds up his trilogy about British royalty with the reign of Elizabeth II, who restored lustre to the crown and quieted skeptics...at least for 70 years.</p><p> Newer royals like Prince William; Princess Catherine; Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex shine a spotlight on mental health.</p><p> We should all treat it as matter-of-factly and seriously as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart health and any other potentially chronic or fatal health issue.</p><p> Patrick J.</p><p> Kennedy does just that with Pro les in Mental Health Courage.</p><p> It celebrates the unsung heroes from every walk of life who live with mental health and addiction.</p><p> It's one step towards making mental health as normal a conversation as mentioning a colonoscopy. "How's your head?" That should be a welcome question for anyone and reading Kennedy and co-author Stephen Fried's book helps you unders tand why.</p><p> The Swans of Harlem by Karen Valby ($29; Pantheon) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Power and Glory by Alexander Larman ($32; St.</p><p> Martin’s Press) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Pro les in Mental Health Courage by Patrick J.</p><p> Kennedy & Stephen Fried ($30; Dutton) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org e Vanishing Station by An a Ellickson Not Like Other Girls by M eredith Adam o Two young adult novels demonstrate why so many people who are younger or older than the target audience gobble them up.</p><p> They're complex, rich and critically acclaimed stories, however old the protagonists may be.</p><p> In The Vanishing Station, Ruby Santos and her dad are overwhelmed by the medical bills they're drowning in from the illness and death of her mom.</p><p> Their lives in San Francisco are upended...but not as much as Ruby's will be when she discovers her dad's job involves work in a magical underw orld.</p><p> And in the very real Not Like Other Girls, Jo-Lynn is slut-shamed after nudes of her leak online.</p><p> But that won't stop her from looking into the disappearance of once-best friend Maddie, who is not the sort to run away.</p><p> Digging deeper means pretending to make nice with the people who betrayed or abandoned Jo-Lynn.</p><p> But that won't stop her, any more than realiz ing her own life might be in danger too.</p><p> The Vanishing Station by Ana Ellickson ($19.99; Amulet Books) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo ($19.99; Bloomsbury YA) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Murdle Volume 3 by G.T.</p><p> Karber This British import is a smash hit back home and catching on here.</p><p> It's lled with all sorts of endish puzzles, logic problems and other brain- teasers.</p><p> They range in di culty so you won't go completely mad.</p><p> But the British take these sort of things very seriously–they are not playing when they devise a murdle.</p><p> Addictive or masochistic, depending.</p><p> Murdle Volume 3 by G.T.</p><p> Karber ($18; Gri n) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Books To Kill For: Parade Picks e 30 Best Serial Killer Titles Of All Tim e Read M oreCourtesy of Various Publishers Content continues below Courtesy of William Morrow, Delacorte Press, Atria Books Content continues below Content continues below Courtesy of Crown Books Content continues below Courtesy of S&S/Simon Element, Random House, DK Content continues below Content continues below Courtesy of Chronicle Books Content continues below Courtesy of Knopf, Hanover Square Press, Dutton Content continues below Content continues below Courtesy of Penguin Press, Dial Press Content continues below Courtesy of Penguin Classics Content continues below Content continues below Courtesy of Grand Central Publishing, Berkley, Bloom Books Content continues below Content continues below Courtesy of Harp er Content continues below Courtesy of Pantheon, St.</p><p> Martin’s Press, Dutton Content continues below Content continues below Content continues below Courtesy of Amulet Books, Bloomsbury YA Content continues below Courtesy of Gri n Content continues below Sponsored Stories Here Are 23 of the Coolest Gifts for This 2024 23 Insanely Cool Gadgets You'll Regret Not Getting Before They Sell Out Trending Gadgets | SponsoredDermatologist Says Do Not Buy Regular Bedsheets, Here's Why After testing dozens of bedsheets, these are #1. thegrannyblog.com | Sponsored Consumers Say Their Cats Love These Warm and 'addictive' Sleeping Bags Why every cat owner loves this cat sleeping bag: Cats love it 100% and it provides a sense of security! 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