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New Books for the First Tuesday of April!

Hello, Tuesday friends! Did you get a lot of rest over the weekend? Because today is the biggest new release day of the first half of 2022 and you are going to need to use all your energy making Muppet arms when you see all the books! I hope you find tons of amazing things here to read and they bring you joy. Today’s new books include the latest from Emily St. John Mandel, Ocean Vuong, Charlie Jane Anders, Jennifer Egan, and more! It’s just how I like it: Books all day, every day.

I do these first Tuesday megalists because the first Tuesday of each month has so many new releases, and it’s fun to round some of them up. Below, you’ll find titles (loosely) broken up into several categories, to make it easier for your browsing convenience. I hope you have fun with it! And as with each first Tuesday newsletter, I am putting a ❤️ next to the books that I have had the chance to read and loved.

And speaking of today’s great books, for this week’s episode of All the Books! Danika and I discussed some of the wonderful books that we’ve read, such as Memphis, At Least You Have Your Health, Lessons in Chemistry, and more. And thank you to everyone who has sent us lovely messages about the new show format. 😘

Biography and Memoir

cover of Burning Butch by R/B Mertz; illustration of person on a matchbook cover

Burning Butch by R/B Mertz 

Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath

Easy Beauty: A Memoir by Chloé Cooper Jones ❤️

Fiction

Memphis by Tara Stringfellow ❤️

At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus ❤️

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang ❤️

True Biz by Sara Nović ❤️

Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho by Gayl Jones 

cover of Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li; photo of Asian man wearing sunglasses

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart 

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Delphine Jones Takes a Chance by Beth Morrey 

Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum 

Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder

Post-traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad

Heartbroke: Stories by Chelsea Bieker ❤️

The Wise Women by Gina Sorell

cover of Heartbroke by Chelsea Bieker; picture of piles of candy necklaces

I Was the President’s Mistress!! by Miguel Syjuco 

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti 

Middle Grade

Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and KC Oster (illustrator)

Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat

Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega 

Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi 

A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser ❤️

It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

cover of a duet for home by karina yan glaser

Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero, Megan Kearney ❤️

Mystery and Thriller

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments (Edinburgh Nights Book 2) by T. L. Huchu 

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

Nonfiction

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

When Women Kill by Alia Trabucco Zerán, Sophie Hughes (translator)

Learning America: One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children by Luma Mufleh 

In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch 

cover of The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander; photo of a young Black boy

The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander

Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth by Clyde W. Ford 

Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist’s Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection by Stephanie Cacioppo 

The Unwritten Book: An Investigation by Samantha Hunt 

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain 

Poetry

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong ❤️

Against Heaven: Poems by Kemi Alabi

Romance

cover of The Wedding Crasher

The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa

Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead

The Date from Hell (Match Made in Hell Book 2) by Gwenda Bond

Reputation by Lex Croucher

Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror

Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji 

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel ❤️

The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish

Young Adult

cover of Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders; illustration of white girl with pink hair and Black girl with purple braids

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (Unstoppable Book 2) by Charlie Jane Anders

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick 

Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

Does My Body Offend You? by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt 

Sense and Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, 2) by Tirzah Price ❤️

In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power

Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!


orange cat in silver bowl; photo by Liberty Hardy

This week: I’m currently reading Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Outside of books, I’m enjoying the last week of the regular NBA season and the song stuck in my head is People Ain’t No Good by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. And here’s a cat picture: Zevon leans far over the side, but somehow manages to stay upright.


Thank you, as always, for joining me each week as I rave about books! I am wishing the best for all of you in whatever situation you find yourself in now. And yay, books! – XO, Liberty ❤️