Read Harder With These New Books Out in May

When all of the promotional material is like “two heroes, one brain cell” and “what if David Rose got dropped into The Princess Bride?” you know I’m firmly sat, holding out my hand in my best “you have phone? Give” gesture.

Juniper and Mo have been best friends for as long as either can remember, and now they’re roommates. They look out for each other, but Juniper is certain that wanderlustful Mo is going to leave him one day. Juniper is happy where he is and doesn’t particularly see himself as a person capable of being out in the world. So when he accidentally volunteers them both for a quest, he’s less than ready to go kill a monster, but going out beyond what he knows with Mo? Well, that sounds like the best thing he’s ever done.—Jessica Pryde

Part memoir and part history, Newlevant’s latest comic takes you inside their personal journey toward self-acceptance while also placing that journey into the larger context of queer history. Just in time for Pride Month, too! —Eileen Gonzalez

The award-winning series about a misanthropic sentient security bot is back! This time, Murderbot is unhappy to discover it’s going to have to spend time on a mission with humans—and even worse, human children.

If you haven’t yet seen the Apple TV series adaptation of these books that came out last year, I highly recommend it! —Liberty Hardy

A woman sees her partner murdered in the street, brings his body back to their apartment, and begins to transform his body into her own. She is unwilling tolet go, to obey the laws of god or man. Her partner witnesses his own funeral from beyond, his perspective contributing to a meditation about a society that devours everyone whole and how one might consume it back. —Alex Luppens-Dale