Put these at the top of your reading list.

A new year means a new crop of titles hitting bookshelves everywhere.

Adriana Herrera and Farah Heron delivered two of last year’sbest romance novelswithOne Week to Claim It AllandAccidentally Engaged.

Brown Girls: A Novel by Daphne Palasi Andreades

Random House

And Robert Jones Jr.‘sThe Prophetsand Katie Kitamura’sIntimaciesalso landed on ourbest books of the year.

Here are the books those authors can’t wait for readers to get their hands in the months ahead.

Beneath their calm surface, currents and riptides abound.

Yonder: A Novelby Jabari Asim

Simon & Schuster

Plus it’s about home renovation with an HGTV-loving heroine?

The food and the kitchen renovation aspect (the hero is a contractor!)

And the cover is so striking.

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Penguin Random House

They are zany, tender, slyly wise, and always enchanting.

And I winced knowingly along as they plunge into the mysteries of diasporic identity, intimacy, and loss.

Mothers and daughters come together, fall apart.

Secret Identity: A Novel by Alex Segura

Flatiron Books

Lovers charm and feint.

In the vein of the showVida, this family story is sweeping and intimate all at once.

It’s about matchmaking, found family, and, of course, love.

Vagabonds!: A Novel by Eloghosa Osunde

Riverhead Books

It was a real joy to delve into this tender, humorous portrait of the complexities of sibling relationships.

Every character was rendered with real consideration and care.

Wong handles his narrator’s earnestness with understated brilliance especially when he skewers that very same sincerity.

Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell: A Novel by Taj McCoy

MIRA

Sure to spark conversations.YZ Chin

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