Books on the Floor: Recommended Reading Lists

The "long-lists" from my video series

I’ve done a few “Books on the Floor” videos recently in which I’ve shown and often described many upcoming books that I was sent by publishers. These are many (but not all!) of the books on my radar each month.

(And yes, Blank is coming out in two days and this is what I’m doing!!)

In the comments on Instagram, you asked for lists to reference afterwards. So here they are!

VIDEO FROM FEBRUARY 25th of March book releases HERE.

VIDEO FROM FEBRUARY 7th HERE.

VIDEO FROM JANUARY 16th HERE.

March Releases:

Worry by Alexandra Tanner

The Morningside by Téa Obreht

In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati-Alexander

Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman

I Finally Bought Some Jordans by Michael Arceneaux

The Swan’s Nest by Laura McNeal

The Translator’s Daughter  by Grace Loh Prasad

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez

Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez 

Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

Ellipses by Vanessa Lawrence

Everything No One Tells You about Parenting a Disabled Child by Kelley Coleman

I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This by Clare Mackintosh

American Sycamore by Charles Kenney

The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian

Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet

The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger

Underestimated by Chelsey Goodan

The Hunter by Tana French

Never Been Better by Leanne Toshiko Simpson

Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki

Piglet by Lottie Hazell

After Annie by Anna Quindlen

Watch Where They Hide by Tamron Hall

Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering

Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Here After by Amy Lin

Housewife by Lisa Selin Davis

Ghost Dogs by Andre Dubus

Mother Island by Jamie Figueroa

Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal by Gretchen Schreiber

2054 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis

The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird

Blank by Zibby Owens

2/5 Video

Grief Is a Sneaky Bitch by Lisa Keefauver

Moving On Doesn’t Mean Letting Go by Gina Moffa

The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne

Swift River by Essie Chambers

A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki

Loose of Earth by Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn 

A Novel Summer by Jamie Brenner 

How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

Like Mother, Like Daughter like Kimberly McCreight

One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon 

The Boy with the Star Tattoo by Talia Carner 

The Wedding People by Alison Espach ** AUGUST BOOK CLUB PICK!

Alternate Endings by Ali Rosen 

I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This by Chelsea Devantez

Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor

P is For Pastrami by Alan Silberberg

Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston 

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy 

Never Been Better by Leanne Toshiko Simpson

Red Helicopter by James Rhee 

The Reservoir by David Duchovny

My Favorite Terrible Thing by Madeleine Henry

The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr 

Running Mates by Emily Locker 

Discipline by Debra Spark

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

The Trouble with You by Ellen Feldman

You’re Safe Here by Leslie Stephens 

Get Signed by Lucinda Halpern 

Confessions of a Casting Director by Jen Rudin 

Pets and the City by Dr. Amy Attas

The Woman in the Sable Coat by Elizabeth Brooks

Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Kingdom of Play by David Toomey

My Child, the Algorithm by Hannah Silva

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia WIlliams 

The Women by Kristin Hannah

1/16 Video

Olivia Strauss is Running Out of Time by Angela Brown 

Family Family by Laurie Frankel

Love, Me by Jessica Saunders

Drunk-ish by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor 

More by Molly Roden Winter 

The 5 Principles of Parenting by Dr. Aliza Pressman

Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham 

Ilium by Lea Carpenter

Everyone But Myself by Julie Chavez 

Take Two, Birdie Maxwell by Allison Winn Scotch 

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

Legacy by Uché Blackstock

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Cleaner by Brandi Wells

Goldenseal by Maria Hummel

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz 

Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto

Swanna in Love by Jennifer Belle

The Takeover by Cara Tanamachi

Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford

Nonfiction by Julie Myerson

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino 

Breakproof by Jenn Drummond

The Life Brief by Bonnie Wan

Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Holiday Country by Inci Atrek

Mercury by Amy Jo Burns

Day by Michael Cunningham

The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

This Is the Honey by Kwame Alexander

American Girls by Jessica Roy

Sex with a Brain Injury by Annie Liontas

1000 Words by Jami Attenberg

Clover Hendry’s Day Off by Beth Morrey

The Furies by Elizabeth Flock

The Fruit Cure by Jacqueline Alnes

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Keep Dancing Through by Allison Holker Boss and Stephen “tWitch” Boss

Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb

What looks good to you?!!?