From blistering debuts to long-awaited returns, May’s publishing slate is stacked with novels that demand attention. There’s Booker prize winning author Douglas Stuart back with his third novel John of John , Kathryn Stockett’s first fiction in seventeen years, and Elizabeth Strout doing what she does best, quietly unpicking the human heart. Add in bold new voices from Ana Kinsella and Jem Calder, plus Samar Yazbek’s urgent reportage, and you’ve got a list that spans continents, classes and