Most Anticipated Books May 2026

Highlights from the most anticipated books coming out in May 2026

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Highlights from new releases include:

The Things We Never Say tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher’s life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world by beloved writer Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge. 

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown is newly released as a beautiful collector's edition with gilded edges & beautifully patterned endpapers, making it the perfect gift.  This story of the robot Roz who learns to care for the creatures around her on a deserted island, including an orphaned bird she raises as her own, makes a perfect mother's day gift as a parent-child bedtime story.

Abundance, a debut novel by Hafeez Lakhani brings to life two generations of a Muslim Indian family as they grapple with what parts of life we control and what we must humbly accept in pursuit of the American dream as owners of a Dunkin’ franchise in suburban Miami.

Ms. Marvel and Ghost-Spiderteam up in Chase the Infinity Stonethe latest illustrated chapter book in the Marvel After-School Heroes series by local super writer MacKenzie Cadenhead. Look for signed copies out on the table this week!

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