5 books not to miss: Grady Hendrix vampire novel, Veronica Roths The Chosen Ones

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TODAY US Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves during the current week's hottest new book releases.

1. "The Southern Book Club\'s Manual for Slaying Vampires," by Grady Hendrix (Peculiarity, fiction, on sale April 7)

What it's around: A genuine wrongdoing cherishing book club in Charleston, S.C., is looking into the issue when a handsome new neighbor moves in and individuals start kicking the bucket. The publisher pitches this one as "Steel Magnolias" meets "Dracula," which is all the pitch anybody needs.

The buzz: "This amazing, mixed novel the two pays respect to the artistic vampire standard and stands singularly inside it," says a starred survey in Publishers Week after week.

2. "The amount of These Hills Is Gold," by C Pam Zhang (Riverhead, fiction, on sale April 7)



What it's around: Two stranded foreigner siblings set off to cover their father during the nightfall of the gold rush in an eerie experience that blends Chinese symbolism with the American West.

The buzz: "In her introduction novel… Zhang doubtlessly cherishes the class' expansive themes. Everything else that defines the Western gets go through a shredder," says a ★★★ (out of four) audit for TODAY US.

3. "Chosen Ones," by Veronica Roth (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, fiction on sale April 7)

What it's around: Fifteen years prior, five teenagers singled out by a prediction grouped together to bring down the Dim One. They saved the world, and everything returned to ordinary … for everybody with the exception of them. What becomes of heroes after they save the world? What's more, consider the possibility that it was rarely really saved.

The buzz: "Roth makes an intense access to grown-up fantasy," says a starred audit in Kirkus Reviews.

4. "Invoke Ladies," by Afia Atakora (Irregular House, fiction, on sale April 7)



What it's about: This frightful story spans generations, when the Common War, investigating the heritage of one Southern manor and three ladies it spawned: Miss May Beauty, an "invoke lady" prestigious for her recuperating spells, her little girl and student Lament, and their master's little girl, Varina.

The buzz: "Life in the quick fallout of slavery is capably rendered right now novel," says a starred audit in Kirkus Reviews.

5. "The hereafter," by Julia Alvarez (Algonquin, fiction, on sale April 7)

What it's about: Antonia Vega is left reeling after her husband's sudden passing – and afterward finds a pregnant, undocumented young person from Mexico in her carport.

The buzz: "Right now, family bonds mend a woman\'s pain," says a starred audit in Kirkus Reviews