The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week

This award-winning collection of essays looks at the immigrant experience in New Zealand. Trinidad handles serious issues—like systemic racism and coming out as queer—with care and honesty, while maintaining some playfulness. And, his blending of Filipine folktale creatures with local New Zealand animals explores the intersections of his experience in a personal and fantastical way.

Bonus: This is recommended by Alexander Chee for those who loved The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. —Erica Ezeifedi

The once Hollywood star James Abercrombie decides to marry the beloved Bollywood star Sweety Sahota to revive his career. But once he’s living his new married life in a luxury condo in Mumbai, he’s miserable. Especially since Sweety’s career continues to soar, and now the papers are claiming she’s having an affair. After a drunk night, he wakes up beside her murdered body. Certainly, he’s not responsible? Guess he’ll have to look into it! —Jamie Canaves

Book two of the Off-Campus series is a second chance romance between Grace and Logan, who had an unforgettable encounter last year, before Logan ruined it. Now, the hockey star is determined to win her back. This was read by almost 18,000 users this week and has a 3.9 average rating.

This 2022 romance was recently adapted into a Prime Video TV series. It’s told over the course of six summers spent at a the lakeshore, where Sam and Persephone became inseparable friends, fell in love, and fell apart. Then, Persephone returns to the lake and has to confront her mistakes and see if she still has a chance with her first love. This was read by almost 19,000 Goodreads users and has a 4.2 average rating.

In the first book in the Off-Campus series, Hannah makes a deal with hockey captain Garrett: she’ll tutor him if he fake dates her to make her crush jealous. Hannah and Garrett’s chemistry is undeniable, though, which has them both rethinking their arrangement. It was read by almost 24,000 Goodreads users this week and has a 4.2 average rating.

In Freida McFadden’s newest thriller, Naomi is shocked when her perfect marriage abruptly ends and her husband moves in with a younger woman. She refuses to let it go, and she becomes obsessed with his new girlfriend. Along the way, she unearths secrets that put her life in danger. This was read by 34,000 Goodreads users this week and has a 3.9 average rating.

At the top of the list this week is Yesteryear, which came out in April. It’s one of several buzzy tradwife novels out this year. In this one, a tradwife influencer wakes up one day in the time period she’s been romanticizing, and real-life homesteading turns out to be much more difficult—and dangerous—than it looks on Instagram. Yesteryear was read by almost 43,000 users this week and has a 4.0 average rating.