87 New Historical Fiction Books Hitting Shelves This Year

"Only the Beautiful" by Susan Meissner uncovers the horrors of eugenics movements through the stories of two women in 20th-century America. In the 1930s, Rosie, who has a strange gift for seeing colors when she hears sounds, is orphaned at age 16 and taken in by the owners of the vineyard where her family works. When her secret is revealed, and she becomes pregnant, she and her child are sent away to a devastating fate. A decade later, Helen, the sister of the vineyard owner, returns from Europe after seeing the horrors of the Nazi pursuit of genetic "purity," only to learn the extent of what her own family has done, leading her to try to make things right.

Release date: April 18