New Releases for May 4, 2021

Looking for something new? Here are some of the upcoming new releases due May 4, 2021. Stop in or give the library a call to place a copy on hold. If the library does not have one of these titles available, a Request for Purchase may be filled out.

Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, May 4:

The Newcomer: A Novel by Mary Kay Andrews - follows a woman on the run from her late sister's murderous ex. The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel - is a graphic memoir about pursuing fitness fads. 21st Birthday by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro - is a Women's Murder Club mystery. (May 3)

Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir - is the author's latest science-based thriller in which a lone astronaut must save the world from disaster.

The Woman with the Blue Star: A Novel by Pam Jenoff - follows two girls, one Jewish and the other well-off, in Nazi-occupied Kraków.

No One Succeeds Alone: Learn Everything You Can from Everyone You Can by Robert Reffkin - explores a tech CEO's path to success.

My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manuel - shares the story of an activist who was sentenced to life in prison at age 14.

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson - traces historical trends in political responses to disasters.

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard - is the first book by an expert in plant communication and intelligence.

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton - explores Adrien de Gerlache's doomed 1897 polar expedition.

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard - is the 10th entry in the pop-history Killing series.

The Bruce Swap by Ryan T. Higgins - is another entertaining entry in the author's Bruce series in which Bruce's fun-loving cousin, Kevin, shows up for a visit.

Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen - is an Afrofuturist middle-grade novel about a mythical Ethiopian empire.

List provided by Shelf Awareness