Upcoming May book releases

Book releases for May 2025: a book club murder mystery, a novel exposing Singaporean society fault lines, nonfiction about translated literature, and more

Hello, book friends! We’re on a roll with exclusive content! Today, I’m launching a brand new feature: monthly book releases, where I share the upcoming titles I’m most excited about. Paid subscribers will have exclusive access to this monthly series, alongside my full archive, book club guides, author deep dives, monthly wrap-ups, and more.

To find the next month’s most exciting books for you, I scour the world (aka the depths of the Internet, publisher and bookseller catalogues, other blogs and newsletters, and nosy around the publishing world). For May 2025, we have a novel exposing the fault lines of Singaporean society, a book club murder mystery, Ocean Vuong’s latest book (okay, this one’s a spoiler, but Ocean is his own genre), nonfiction about translated literature (!), historical fiction, and much more.

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