This morning, subscribers to the Lone Star Literary Life weekly newsletter got a bonus newsletter that included an exclusive sneak peek at the May Texas Books Preview. Nine of the almost sixty Texas-related books publishing in May were highlighted. This is part of the subscriber-only content we'll be sharing several times each month. Not a subscriber? Click here—it’s free!   

Watch for the full May Texas Books Preview in the Sunday, May 2 issue of Lone Star Literary Life. Here's what to expect:

Texas’s typical one month of spring has come and gone, but some have recently spent time where it’s still spitting snow... or it was ninety-four degrees. That’s all right, no complaints. Of course, these temperatures mean that it’s almost time to seek out the nearest body of water or retreat into the air conditioning for the next six months—either way, you’re gonna need books, and we’ve got you: Paris, prom, and poetry; creativity projects and peace projects; new tales of the Trailer Park Princess and Smokin’ Hot Cowboys; Texas whiskey, wildfires, wives, and wolves; the real story of Juneteenth; and an ice cream cookbook because see the beginning of this paragraph.