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7 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Cybil on March 28, 2023

Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early data from your fellow readers.

To create our list, we focused on the books Goodreads members can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. All these top titles are now available in the United States! Which ones catch your eye?

Best books of the week:

Lone Women
by Victor LaValle

You should read this book if you like: Literary horror, weird fiction, Old West stories, inventive plotlines, clever inversions of speculative fiction tropes, The Ballad of Black Tom

Read our interview with LaValle here.

Hang the Moon
by Jeannette Walls

You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, coming-of-age stories, tricky family dynamics, feisty heroines, feminist subtext, inventive bootlegging operations, The Glass Castle

A House With Good Bones
by T. Kingfisher

You should read this book if you like: Suspense, horror, Southern Gothic vibes, delicate mother-daughter issues, extremely fraught homecomings, Nettle & Bone, pseudonymous authors

The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

The Perfumist of Paris
by Alka Joshi

You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, 1970s Paris, quick jaunts to India that do not go as planned, olfactory expertise, family issues, highly anticipated sequels, The Jaipur Trilogy

Sea Change
by Gina Chung

You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, buzzy debut novels, character studies, stories about overcoming childhood trauma, oddly touching cephalopod friendships

The Great Reclamation
by Rachel Heng

You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, coming-of-age stories, early 20th-century coastal Singapore, the power of nature, the power of nations, the power of love, Suicide Club

Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy
by Alex Mar

You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, true crime, longform journalism, the history of criminal justice in America, themes of violence and forgiveness, Witches of America

Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!