The 10 new books to read in May, according to Amazon's editors

While riding out a prison riot, an unnamed inmate contemplates his role in the chaos, and what got him locked up in the first place, in an uproarious and provocative work of satire by debut author Ryan Chapman.

The Milton family myth is shattered when its prejudices are exposed in "The Guest Book" — a lyrical, morally complex family saga by Sarah Blake.

Pariahs in the venture capitalist world after their bruising legal battle with Mark Zuckerberg, the Winklevoss twins were presented with a risky proposition that turned their fortunes around: cryptocurrency. This is the story of how they became the first bitcoin billionaires.

In this timely and thought-provoking novel by Tim Murphy, a cub reporter assigned to cover the American-led invasion of Baghdad in 2003 discovers that she and her interpreter are ill-prepared for the horrors they encounter there.

In this heart-wrenching but hopeful novel by Pete Fromm, a hapless husband needs (and fortunately gets) plenty of help raising his daughter when his wife dies during childbirth.

Written in the form of a letter Eve Ensler (author of "The Vagina Monologues") wished her father had composed — taking responsibility for the abuse he visited upon her and asking forgiveness — "The Apology" is a brutal but powerful purging that provides a pathway to healing.

Bruce Kuipers was as good of an outdoorsman as he was a terrible husband and father. In this moving memoir, his son explains how rehabilitating a piece of land also helped to mend their broken family.

Cari Mora is the caretaker of a house that happens to hide $25 million of Pablo Escobar's cartel gold, something a particularly savage treasure hunter means to pillage in service of his unsavory clientele. Fortunately Ms. Mora's survival skills are up to snuff. She'll need them.

In the face of unimaginable tragedy, they say the only way out is through. That's exactly what Jayson Greene learns when his daughter dies from a freak accident. This emotional memoir shines a beacon of light in the darkest of places.