Books on my to-read list, 22

Just want to share some books I'm looking forward to! Once every 4 weeks, I'll post 4 super short previews of books I'm excited to read. 

1. The Dead Husband Cookbook: A Novel by Danielle Valentine (Sourcebooks Landmark, 2025): "It's a tricky mystery but it's also about family loyalty, motherhood, betrayal, and food." ―Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor
2. The Maid and the Crocodile: A Novel in the World of Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (Harry N. Abrams, 2024): A romantic standalone fantasy set in the world of Raybearer.
3. Wade in the Water: A Novel by Nyani Nkrumah (Amistad, 2023): This novel tells the layered story of a friendship that develops between Ella, a 12 year-old precocious and mistreated black girl who sees God in the clouds, and Katherine St. James, a mysterious, strikingly well-dressed white woman who arrives in rural Mississippi in the early 80s.
4. A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children by Haley Cohen Gilliland (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2025): A remarkable new talent in narrative nonfiction delivers the epic true story of a group of courageous grandmothers who fought to find their grandchildren who were stolen.