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From transportive literary fiction to page-turning horror, these fiction must-reads are the perfect recommendations to help spark discussion at your next gathering!
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Our Missing Hearts: A Novel by Celeste Ng
From the number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear.
“As lyrical as it is chilling, as astonishing as it is empathic, Our Missing Hearts arguably achieves literary perfection.” —Booklist, starred review
“Sensitive, nuanced, and vividly drawn . . . Thoroughly engrossing and deeply moving . . . Taut and terrifying, Ng’s cautionary tale transports us into an American tomorrow that is all too easy to imagine.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Available October 4th in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
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Signal Fires: A Novel by Dani Shapiro
A “gripping” new novel (People) from the bestselling author of Inheritance: On a summer night in 1985, three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything changes.
“A haunting, moving, and propulsive exploration of family secrets.” —Meg Wolitzer
“An urgent and compassionate meditation on memory, time, and space. Shapiro has created a world that’s as wrenching as it is wondrous.”—Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being
Available October 18th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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When We Were Sisters: A Novel by Fatimah Asghar
An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in this lyrical debut novel from the acclaimed author of If They Come For Us.
“A stunning accomplishment in form, storytelling, and heart.”—Safia Elhillo, author of Home Is Not a Country and Girls That Never Die
“Fatimah Asghar is an impressive writer precisely because of how she doesn’t withhold tenderness, and lets it play and flourish amongst all of the brilliant lyricism, narrative sharpness, and vibrant characters who fill this incredible book.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, author of A Little Devil in America
Available October 18th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Lucy by the Sea: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout
From Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.
With her trademark spare, crystalline prose—a voice infused with “intimate, fragile, desperate humanness” (The Washington Post)—Elizabeth Strout turns her exquisitely tuned eye to the inner workings of the human heart, following the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton through the early days of the pandemic.
Available September 20th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Best of Friends: A Novel by Kamila Shamsie
From the acclaimed author of Home Fire, the moving and surprising story of a lifelong friendship and the forces that bring it to the breaking point.
“A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces.”—Madeline Miller
“A shining tour de force about a long friendship’s respects, disrespects, loyalties and moralities.”—Ali Smith
“Ingenious and love-struck … builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I’ve read in a novel this century.”—The New York Times
Available September 27th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Old Place: A Novel by Bobby Finger
A bighearted and moving debut about a wry retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shockwaves through her small Texas town.
“Reading Finger’s playful portrait of the denizens of a small Southern town embracing and forgiving their many flaws feels like laughing with your best friend while sipping sweet tea on the back porch.”—Washington Post
“I loved being inside this skillful novel . . . Bobby Finger has built a rich world in The Old Place, and I will think of it every time I make toast.”—Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here
Available September 20th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Carrie Soto Is Back: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In this powerful novel about the cost of greatness, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback when the world considers her past her prime—from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
“Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I’ll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it.”—Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach Read
“Reid writes about the game with suspense, transforming a tennis match into a page-turner even for readers who don’t care about sports . . . A compulsively readable look at female ambition.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm: A Novel by Laura Warrell
Passion and risk, fathers and daughters, wives and single women, jazz and soul: a “gorgeously written debut” (Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere) about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, told by the women who love Circus Palmer—trumpet player and old-school ladies’ man—as they ultimately discover the power of their own voices.
“A modern masterpiece.”—Jason Reynolds, bestselling author of Look Both Ways
“An impressive debut novel weaves storylines of lost love, coming-of-age, and midlife crisis . . . A captivating modern romance evoking love, loss, recovery, and redemption.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Available September 27th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Dreamland: A Novel by Nicholas Sparks
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream—and whether it’s possible to leave the past behind.
In the course of a single unforgettable week, two young people will navigate the exhilarating heights and heartbreak of first love. Hundreds of miles away, Beverly will put her love for her young son to the test. And fate will draw all three people together in a web of life-altering connections . . . forcing each to wonder whether the dream of a better life can ever survive the weight of the past.
Available September 20th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Unfolding: A Novel by A.M. Homes
In her first novel since the Women’s Prize award-winning May We Be Forgiven, A.M. Homes delivers us back to ourselves in this stunning alternative history that is both terrifyingly prescient, deeply tender and devastatingly funny.
“A sharply observed, wickedly funny political satire by the reliably brilliant A.M. Homes.”—The New York Times
“Beyond being good or bad, the characters in this impressive book are, above all things, unpredictable.”—The Wall Street Journal
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Unleashed: A Novel by Cai Emmons
Set amid California’s wildfire season, a vivid and magical novel following a family in crisis thrust on a collision course with the world around them that has an outcome beyond their wildest imaginings.
“Oregon Book Award–winning Emmons examines a family’s fracturing within the framework of escalating natural disaster . . . In this poignant novel, Emmons reveals how people react under high levels of stress, capturing the reader’s imagination as she moves in an unexpected direction. Excellent for book discussion groups.”—Library Journal, starred review
“There’s much to admire here in Emmons’ crisp,evocative prose and thoughtful character studies.”
—Booklist
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Mad Honey: A Novel by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and the bestselling author of She’s Not There.
Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves. Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
Available October 4th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Witch and the Tsar: A Novel by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save her country and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terrible—and the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men.
“A delicate weaving of myth and history, The Witch and the Tsar breathes new life into stories you think you know.”—Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf
“An utterly enchanting, wholly immersive debut that deftly reimagines the legend of Baba Yaga. This one is unmissable.”—Alexis Henderson, Author of The Year of the Witching
Available September 20th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Jackal: A Novel by Erin E. Adams
A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she’s not the first—and she may not be the last . . .
“A heady, page-turning, all-too-relevant reinvention of the return-to-home horror story—truly gut-wrenching and frightening.”—Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club
“Real horror surrounds us in plain sight, nestled in the hearts of fiends who hide behind the barest of masks. Erin E. Adams takes you on a breathless ride with Jackal, revealing the courage it takes to stand up to monsters.”—Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor and The Hunger
Available October 4th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Furrows: A Novel by Namwali Serpell
How do you grieve an absence? From the award-winning author of The Old Drift, “a piercing, sharply written novel about the conjuring power of loss” (Raven Leilani, author of Luster).
“A genuine tour de force . . . What seems at first a meditation on family trauma unfolds through the urgency of an amnesiac puzzle-thriller, then a violently compelling love story.”—Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn
Available September 27th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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A Murder at Balmoral: A Novel by Chris McGeorge
The Crown meets Clue in this delightful locked-room mystery, sure to charm Agatha Christie fans and keep readers guessing to the end.
The royal family has gathered at their Scottish retreat, Balmoral Castle, for a traditional Christmas. As a blizzard gathers outside and a delicious dinner is prepared, the family circles up for a holiday toast. King Eric has something momentous to say—in fact, he is about to name his successor. But as he raises a glass of his favorite whiskey, he drops dead.
The king has been poisoned, someone in the family must have done it, and each one of them had opportunity and motive. Eric’s beloved head chef, Jonathan, must now play detective. Why would one of the king’s own family members want to kill him, and how did they do it? What happens in the castle usually stays in the castle, but this secret might be too big for these battlements. Jon is determined to expose the truth, even if it puts him in a killer’s crosshairs—and shakes the entire monarchy to its core.
Available October 25th in Trade Paperback, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook: A Heartbreaking Novel of Survival Based on True History by Ellen Maire Wiseman
In her most powerful novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Ellen Marie Wiseman masterfully viscerally evokes the real-life Willowbrook State School, the infamous Staten Island, New York, mental institution that shocked a nation when exposed in the 1970s as a dumping ground for unwanted children.
Girl, Interrupted meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in this gripping narrative of social injustice, survival, and a young woman determined to find her sister.
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