May Books on My List
Autobiography/Memoir
Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh, May 6, 2025; Tin House, NetGalley
Katie Goh follows the complicated history of the orange from east-to-west and west-to-east, from a luxury item of kings and emperors, to a common everyday fruit.
Growing up queer in a Chinese-Malaysian-Irish household in the north of Ireland, Katie felt herself at odds with the culture and politics. She visited her ancestral home in Longyan, China and travels to Malaysia to understand her roots, to flesh out contradictions, unpeel the layers of personhood. A reflection on identity through the cipher of the orange.
This unusual memoir is one I'm looking forward to reading.
Mystery Novel
Detective Aunty by Uzma Jaluluddin, May 6, 2025, Harper Perennial, NetGalley
Genre: cozy mystery, adult fiction, set in Toronto
Description:
Kauser Khan returns to Toronto to clear her daughter, Sana, of the murder of a landlord. With the help of old friends and her teenage granddaughter, Kausar investigates to uncover the truth behind the murders that have been occurring there.
General Adult Fiction
My Friends by Fredrik Backman, May 6, 2025; Simon and Schuster, NetGalley
Genre: adult fiction, contemporary, set in Sweden
Description:
A funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger’s life twenty-five years later. One of the boys hoards sleeping pills and shuns attention, but possesses an extraordinary gift that might be his ticket to a better life.
Louisa years later finds three tiny figures painted in the corner of a world famous painting she has been put in charge of, and sets out to find the story behind it.
Memes: The Sunday Post, It's Monday: What Are You Reading, Sunday Salon, and Stacking the Shelves, Mailbox Monday
