Emma and Joe return for their monthly round up of books they’re most looking forward to in the upcoming month! Settle in for a long list of great books due to release in April 2024.

Author interviews:  

• Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
• A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

Joe’s Picks:  

1. A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon 
2. Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee 
3. The Black Girl Survives in This One Edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell 
4. Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall 
5. Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho 
6. The Harrowing by Kristen Kiesling 
7. Henry Henry by Allen Bratton 
8. The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell 
9. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew Hubbard 
10. We’re Never Getting Home by Tracy Badua 

Emma’s Picks:  

1. Funny Story by Emily Henry  
2. She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica  
3. The Rule Book by Sarah Adams 
4. How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang 
5. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio 
6. The Darkness Rises by Stacy Stokes 
7. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth 
8. The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence  
9. The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson 
10. Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh  

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