Who is Evie Porter? Definitely not who she says she is...but her past is catching up with her, which spells trouble.

First Lie Wins

This book's pleasures are in the details. It is layered with delicious, minute observation, so that you never want to skip over passages.

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A Gentleman in Moscow

A secret Yale society is into some spooky stuff. Like off-record surgical prophecies and real, live (dead?) ghosts.

Ninth House

Tracing a coming-of-age and a nation gravely divided, an epic tribute to undersung female heroes of the Vietnam War.

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The Women

All is chaos when the gods are at war, but two rival journalists with a magical connection may hold the key to peace.

Divine Rivals

The author of When the Sky Fell on Splendor teamed up to write this Thelma and Louise style ode to revenge.

Hello Girls

Speaking to the resilience of the human spirit in even the hardest of circumstances—a beacon of hope for our times.

The Choice

What's love got to do with it? In this beautiful, continent-spanning novel, the answer just might be everything.

The History of Love

Being the sole witness to a crime proves complicated in this funny, heartwarming story of a hero hiding in plain sight.

How Lucky

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In 16th-century Spain, a girl with a talent for little miracles finds herself dangerously embroiled in palace intrigue.

The Familiar

A small-town sheriff’s daughter inherits more than a house when her father passes away, leaving behind secrets aplenty.

Daughter of Mine

In this moving memoir, a woman uses the gifts and letters bequeathed by her mom to navigate her coming-of-age journey.

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Did I Ever Tell You? 

Plagued by a mysterious condition, a young woman embarks on a globetrotting journey of self-discovery and adventure.

A Short Walk Through a Wide World

The cameras may be rolling but don’t go trusting everything you hear...some stories really are too good to be true.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

A collection of stories as elegant, indulgent, and timeless as a three-martini lunch. Go ahead, treat yourself.

Table for Two

1995. Simpler times, amirite? Wrong. Not in this remote town. Here nothing’s simple as it seems and murder abounds.

Murder Road

Have doubts about your hubby-to-be? Enlist these pro wedding crashers. But be warned: They might be hot for each other.

Happily Never After

Told in gripping alternating perspectives this tense tale follows the dissolution of a friendship when a baby vanishes.

Bye, Baby

Posing incisive questions about time, fate, and civilization, this genre-bendy tale is the ultimate literary what-if.

The Other Valley

With wit and poignancy, Sloane Crosley relates the roller coaster of grief trailing the death of her closest friend.

Grief Is for People

This novel weaves a complex tapestry out of the diverse human lives involved in the construction of the Panama Canal.

The Great Divide

A stand-up comedian tries to find insight and humor in the disastrous end of his relationship with the woman he loves.

Good Material

Serial killers need love, too. Don’t take our word for it. Read this biting, steamy, and edgy murderers-to-lovers tale.

Butcher & Blackbird

Crackling with tension, this campus mystery follows the fracturing of four college friends after a murder.

Only if You’re Lucky

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Two writers with plenty of shared history end up staffed on the same TV show... Can they write themselves a new ending?

How to End a Love Story

Pre-Civil War Philadelphia brings together three Black women fighting for abolition in this emotionally riveting drama.

All We Were Promised

Movingly exploring friendship, love, and community—this memoir peers into the unique, tight-knit world of army wives.

The Wives

When a body turns up under their former foster home, three sisters must confront their past to keep their names clear.

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Darling Girls

Hop aboard, we’re embarking on a proper adventure with dragons, pirates, island myths, and epic second chances!

Dragonfruit

Abby Jimenez returns with a rom-com possessing all the fun of a summer fling and the emotional richness of true love.

Just for the Summer

Not satisfied with your current husband? Just direct him back up to the attic; we’ll send down a nice replacement ASAP.

The Husbands

April selections

Keep your ears and eyes open, someone in this small Texas town is telling a story that just doesn’t quite add up...

Listen for the Lie

Grab your sword and shield! This epic story of romance and bravery will have you amped up for love and the battlefield.

A Fate Inked in Blood

Two women out for revenge hatch a plot to help each other. But in the Big Apple the best-laid plans can easily go awry.

Kill for Me, Kill for You

From campus to galleries, this engrossing tale of two female artists paints a complex portrait of power and privilege.

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

A robot girlfriend’s tumultuous coming-of-age is a gut-wrenching examination of modern romance, agency, and humanity.

Annie Bot

Grief has its own grammar. This poetic, visceral exploration of the sudden loss of a spouse will rewire your heart.

Here After

ICYMI: Last month’s selections

Real-world celebrity gossip pales in comparison to the glamorous life—and loves—of the silver screen star Evelyn Hugo.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Following a shattering tour in the Vietnam War, Ernt Allbright attempts a fresh start by moving his family to Alaska, where they encounter old demons and new challenges on the last American frontier.

The Great Alone

Two doctors unlucky in love realize romance may still be in the cards—literally—when they start writing to each other.

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Yours Truly

Follow the meandering, funny, and heartbreaking adventures of a young Irishman searching for belonging.

The Heart's Invisible Furies

This charming story of an unlikely small-town romance will have you swooning and firmly reassured love can conquer all.

Part of Your World

After a fake relationship generates real sparks, a rising scientist must decide if she's ready to experiment with love.

The Love Hypothesis

A life of immortality is not all it’s cracked up to be when no one remembers who you are. That is, until someone does.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Nothing like a &quot;friendly&quot; writing competition to set the scene for some quirky, cute, inter-author love.

Beach Read

The moving story of a fiercely protective nurse who will stop at nothing to get justice for the girls in her charge.

Take My Hand

From suburban soccer mom to convicted felon to bestselling ghostwriter, her remarkable true story is totally riveting.

The Many Lives of Mama Love

A hopeful coming-of-age, where a young Nigerian woman strives to finish her education and live the life she wants.

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Drugs, sex, and rock 'n’ roll, from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Daisy Jones & The Six

From the Texas plains to the California coast, this Depression-era tale follows a family striving for a better life.

The Four Winds

A coming-of-age odyssey that'll leave you in awe of the rawness of the Great Depression and the American Midwest.

This Tender Land

From the author of Still Me, a nod to the strong af women who ran a traveling library in 1930s rural Kentucky.

The Giver of Stars

Like a juicy history lesson. Unearth a hidden time in Spain full of hardship, family duty, and scandal.

The Fountains of Silence

A sumptuous tale about female friendship and leadership in 15th-century China, challenging women’s place in society.

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

This powerful story tracks the journey to self-discovery and hope of a young Syrian woman whose life is upended by war.

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

The author doesn't just build a world: he builds a whole multiverse, with a very singular love story at its core.

Dark Matter

The adorable frenemy-turned-lover romance you wish the Royals and First Family were mixed up in. Maybe one day. Sigh.

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Red, White & Royal Blue

A therapist unravels the mind of a shattered woman ... who may be a murderer (or not).

The Silent Patient

This moving, transportive story follows four bookish souls competing for a rare book from their favorite author.

The Wishing Game

Protect and serve, that’s the job. But in this witty romance, the real question is whose heart needs protecting?

The Bodyguard

Members’ most loved

Prepare to have a big bite taken out of your heart by this lyrical meditation on marriage, grief, and carnivorous fish.

Shark Heart

This novel has the perfect molecular structure: a charming protagonist, humor, a lovable dog, and feminist bonafides.

Lessons in Chemistry

A dilapidated Florida mansion is more than a home in this multigenerational story of Vietnamese mothers and daughters.

Banyan Moon

A struggling deputy sheriff finds himself in over his head when a local teen is murdered in his lakeside small town.

Northwoods

A sharp, vibrant debut collection about Cambodian Americans trying to carve out a new path in their adopted home.

Afterparties

This raw, wrenching exploration of a toxic relationship and its aftermath doubles as an ode to the power of self-love.

Adelaide

Be careful what you wish for: an attempted memory wipe of a bad ex leaves a young woman a stranger to her best friend.

This Spells Love

Prepare to shed a couple tears for this moving, inspirational story about a death doula learning not to fear living.

The Collected Regrets of Clover

Follow one woman’s messy and emotionally riveting navigation of open marriage towards self-discovery and acceptance.

More

Brimming with wisdom, a moving story of two siblings who wend their way to reconciliation after losing their mother.

Black Cake

A Black debutante working undercover as a journalist is thrust into prominence and danger in Prohibition-era Chicago.

The Mayor of Maxwell Street

Part family drama, part war epic—this harrowing, emotionally riveting debut depicts the havoc wreaked in WWII Malaya.

The Storm We Made

An emotional and magical story of a teenage girl who, after her mother's suicide, travels to Taiwan in search of her heritage.

The Astonishing Color of After

Let your faith in love be renewed by a commitment-phobe and hopeless romantic who go from enemies to friends to lovers.

You, Again

When a serial killer emerges with an eerily familiar pattern, Chloe Davis wonders if she's really escaped her past.

A Flicker in the Dark

This newly discovered classic explores the intimate, everyday moments and horrors found in life under Jim Crow.

Neighbors and Other Stories

All the world’s a stage in this moving WWII story about a traveling circus and finding your path in dark times.

The Circus Train

Following bread crumbs left behind by his brother and father, a Georgian émigré tries to put his family back together.

Hard by a Great Forest

Welcome to the party! This remote Thai island might have dead bodies piling up but don’t fret. Here, have a drink.

The Resort

A whip-smart, entertaining tale of one assistant's dawning realization that her dream job is anything but.

The Other Black Girl

In this epic adventure, two estranged sisters bear the weighty responsibility to protect their magical family library.

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

An ode to the natural world and female power, this lush, generation-spanning novel is equal parts daring and inspiring.

Weyward

House on chicken legs + girl who can bring inanimate objects to life + prophecy foretold adds up to a perfect fantasy.

Thistlefoot

A nightmarish look at what happens when a mother's little bundle of joy becomes her greatest source of fear.

The Push

In this grand Indian tale—part crime story, part family saga—everyone is at risk from the corrupting gravity of greed.

Age of Vice

Forget healing salves or soothing tinctures. This apothecary specializes in one thing: helping women fight back.

The Lost Apothecary

One woman’s decision to pass as white reverberates through generations in this riveting exploration of race and fame.

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

The best British holiday meet cute since Love Actually.

One Day in December

Coming of age is hard work but this heartwarming story of self-discovery has plenty of laughs and wisdom to spare too.

Maame

Singed by New York’s melting pot, an immigrant family continues to fight movingly for a piece of the American Dream.

Paper Names

This big-hearted story of an Irish-American family is for anyone who's ever left home only to be drawn back again.

We Are the Brennans

Brooklyn’s 1% is put under the microscope in this sharp, vibrant exploration of what happens to a trust fund deferred.

Pineapple Street

This epic story weaves one family’s tragic splintering into the larger tapestry of Russia’s turbulent 20th century.

The Last Russian Doll

The gripping story of an Ojibwe girl who risks all to go undercover and stop those trying to tear her community apart.

Firekeeper's Daughter

Pro-tip: read the fine print before a writer’s retreat lest you end up stuck with a kooky horror writer &amp; your ex-BFF.

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