New Book Releases: April 14, 2026

Hello friends! With so many books coming out every week, I am bringing you a list of 5 new releases that I want to read. Let me know which books interest you or if I am missing a new release you are excited about… We can always grow our TBR!. I have already purchased Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker and can’t wait to read it.

I tried to pick books that made me curious and at the same time were different genres, so hopefully one of these books catches your attention.

Cherry Baby: a Novel by Rainbow Rowel
FICTION

Everybody knows that Cherry’s husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie. Almost nobody knows that he isn’t coming home. Tom is the creator of “Thursday,” semi-autobiographical webcomic, turned bestselling graphic novel, turned international phenomenon.

Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
MYSTERY & THRILLER

In this lyrical, wildly inventive horror novel interwoven with Japanese mythology, two people living centuries apart discover a door between their worlds.

The Auction by Sadie Kincaid
ROMANCE

The queen of dark mafia romance, Sadie Kincaid, begins her new explosively sexy Wages of Sin series with The Auction. Beauty and the Beast meets organized crime in this tense slow-burn romance with scorching spice, thrilling suspense, and life-altering secrets.

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton: a Novel by Jennifer N. Brown
HISTORICAL FICTION

A dual-timeline murder mystery set in an English country manor, when an ambitious professor discovers the long-lost manuscript of a Reformation-era prophetess

The Violence: My Family’s Colombian War by Adriana E. Ramirez
NONFICTION

A powerful chronicle of Colombia’s descent into decades of civil war through the lens of an intimate, multi-generational tale of upheaval and betrayal. 

So there you have it! This is my short list of books that caught my attention released this week. Let me know if any of these made it to your TBR or if you pre-ordered or you are getting ready to get it!.

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