Books you need to read in May, including Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey’s The Office BFFs and Remarkably Bright Creatures

Also Metaphysical Animals and How To Prevent The Next Pandemic

By Alison Foreman, Saloni Gajjar | May 1, 2022 | 7:00am

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Books you need to read in May, including Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey’s The Office BFFs and Remarkably Bright Creatures

How To Prevent The Next Pandemic by Bill Gates (Knopf); Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco); We Do What We Do In The Dark by Michelle Hart (Riverhead Books); Metaphysical Animals by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman (Doubleday); Mean Baby: A Memoir Of Growing Up by Selma Blair (Knopf) Graphic: Allison Corr

Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing platforms. To help you navigate the wave of titles coming to shelves this May, The A.V. Club has narrowed down the options to the seven books we’re most excited about.

We Do What We Do In The Dark: A Novel

Michelle Hart (Riverhead Books, May 3) Debut novelist Michelle Hart takes on the great LGBTQ romance in What We Do We Do In The Dark—the intriguing and passionate story of a college freshman who falls for an elusive older woman. Complex in its premise with rich character work apparent from just the first few pages, this tale of forbidden love promises more than a tawdry affair. Intense interiority exudes from heroine Mallory, making for a magnetic read that’s feels at once revelatory and invitingly personal in its exploration of self. [Alison Foreman]

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