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Good for readers who like literary family fiction about sisters, grudges, generational expectations, and humor.
This Is Not About Us
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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A national bestseller called “Wise, witty . . . a deliciously readable book” by The New York Times Book Review, a family saga where two sisters, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein, stop speaking to each other over an apple cake dispute, while their children navigate life's complexities, with a 4.0-star rating from more than 2,000 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like literary family fiction about sisters, grudges, generational expectations, and humor.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family—steadfast, complicated, begrudging, and loving—from the bestselling author of Isola
“Wise, witty . . . a deliciously readable book [about] the delicate minutiae of family life, played beautifully, boldly, brightly in a major key.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“Goodman’s mature and deftly written book suggests that, in family as in art, there is no such thing as uncomplicated happiness.”—The Wall Street Journal
Was this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubinstein family, it could go either way.
When their beloved sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into a decade of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives—divorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitals—their children do not want to get involved. As for their grandchildren? Impossible.
With This Is Not About Us, master storyteller Allegra Goodman—whose prior collection was heralded as “one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life” (The Boston Globe)—returns to the form and subject that endeared her to legions of readers. Sharply observed and laced with humor, This Is Not About Us is a story of growing up and growing old, the weight of parental expectations, and the complex connection between sisters—a big-hearted book about the love that binds a family across generations.
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Good for readers who like hard science fiction about evolution, epidemiology, government cover-ups, and human survival.
Darwin’s Radio
Sci-Fi · Genetic Engineering · Hard Sci-Fi
Our take
Nebula Award winner and Hugo Award finalist Darwin’s Radio is a Hugo Award nominee about a prehistoric disease reawakening in human DNA, as scientists race to solve the mystery behind a deadly epidemic targeting pregnant women, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 1,100 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like hard science fiction about evolution, epidemiology, government cover-ups, and human survival.
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HUGO AWARD FINALIST • “WOW! What a splendid (scary) notion: a human upgrade! What a superb plot! Darwin's Radio is bloody damned good.”—Anne McCaffrey
“Virus hunter” Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women and invariably results in miscarriage. But when Dicken finds what he’s looking for, the answer proves to be stranger—and far deadlier—than he ever could have imagined. Something that has slept in human DNA for millions of years is waking up.
Molecular biologist Kaye Lang has spent her career tracing ancient retroviruses in the human genome. She believes these microscopic fossils can come to life again. But when Dicken’s discovery becomes public, Lang’s theory suddenly turns to chilling fact. As the outbreak of this terrifying disease threatens to become a deadly epidemic, Dicken and Lang must race against time to assemble the pieces of a puzzle only they are equipped to solve—an evolutionary puzzle that will determine the future of the human race . . . if a future exists at all.
Praise for Darwin’s Radio
“Bear is one of our very best, and most innovative, speculative writers.”—New York Daily News
“Superb . . . Bear's novel is frighteningly believable with a lot of clearly explained hard science, but the personal struggles of the well-realized characters keep everything on a human level.”—Focus
“Bear is a writer of passionate vision.”—Locus
“Darwin’s Radio scores a high rating on the thrill monitor.”—Birmingham Post (England)
“Absorbing and ingenious.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Good for readers who like fantasy mysteries, political conspiracy, quasi-Renaissance settings, and magic under threat.
The Spirit Lens
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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Called “[A] superbly realized leadoff” by Publishers Weekly, in a world where science replaces magic, a failed sorcerer investigates a murder with two unlikely partners, uncovering dangerous secrets and forbidden sorcery, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 100 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like fantasy mysteries, political conspiracy, quasi-Renaissance settings, and magic under threat.
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As a kingdom hangs in the balance, a librarian investigates an attempted murder in this quasi-Renaissance epic fantasy trilogy debut.
The power of magic is declining in Sabria. Natural science is overtaking sorcery, placing the kingdom on the verge of a renaissance and stirring up potential for a bloody rivalry . . .
Portier de Savin-Duplais once dreamed of being a great mage, but not having any talent for magic forced him to consider a different option. As a librarian at Sabria's last Collegia Magica, he is at least able to find solace in scholarship. And now, thanks to his studies, the chance for greatness may be at hand—the King of Sabria needs Portier's help.
Someone tried to kill the king, and evidence implicates ties to magic. Portier is tasked with rooting out the mysterious enemy. But to do so, he must team up with a foolish dandy from the royal court and a brilliant, yet dangerously irascible, mage. Together the trio must navigate a treacherous landscape of conspiracy, betrayal, unholy magic, and murder if they hope to save the king and prevent an even bloodier war . . .
"[A] superbly realized leadoff to Berg's quasi-Renaissance fantasy trilogy. . . . Berg shapes the well-worn elements of epic fantasy into a lush, absorbing narrative. Even her minor characters, caught up in fiendish plots and deathly secrets, ring regally true, and Portier oscillates between rueful, reluctant, ethics-bending service and painful but necessary revelations while his old world collapses and a new one struggles to be born." —Publishers Weekly(starred review)
"An infectiously enjoyable series opener that fans of thought-provoking fantasy and intriguing mystery should appreciate." —Library Journal
"An archetypal mystery and a genuine page-turner that should please both mystery and fantasy fans." —Booklist
"Berg is a master world builder that novice fantasy authors would do well to study. Her characters are well rounded, and her created environment becomes as familiar as one's own backyard. The fantastic elements of the story are normal—not ordinary, just a natural part of the world. Plus, the plot is nuanced and detailed. This first installment . . . is a winner." —RT Book Reviews
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Good for readers who want twisty crime thrillers with flawed investigators and dark family secrets.
False Positive
Mystery · Thriller
Our take
Alabama detective Cooper Devereaux is searching for a missing seven-year-old boy when the case begins exposing disturbing truths about the child’s background and his own. False Positive follows a damaged detective through bloodlines, mass murder, obsession, and a dangerous partnership, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 600 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want twisty crime thrillers with flawed investigators and dark family secrets.
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For fans of Craig Johnson and James Lee Burke—False Positive follows up the powerful punch of Andrew Grant’s novel RUN with a staggering second dose of thrills and suspense that is just as smart, atmospheric, and soul-searing.
Alabama detective Cooper Devereaux makes no apologies for his luxe lifestyle or the way he does his job. Most cops haven’t lived the kind of life he has—starting out as an orphan, raised by a grizzled cop savior—and most don’t use his kind of high-risk tactics. But he may have met his match in fellow detective Jan Loflin, who’s fresh off a long undercover stint in Vice when they’re partnered on a case that will test them both beyond their direst nightmares.
A seven-year-old boy has disappeared from his home in the Birmingham suburbs. But the more Devereaux digs into the missing child’s background, the more he discovers about his own, eventually shaking loose a series of harrowing truths—about bloodlines, mass murder, obsession, and what two damaged detectives have in common with the innocent victim they’re so desperate to save. This twisty page-turner—the debut of the Detective Cooper Devereaux series—hurtles at a mile a minute through an action-packed search for a missing child, culminating in an ending that no reader will see coming.
Praise for False Positive
“A fast-moving thriller . . . Readers who like defects in their heroes will love this guy, who knows he’s not as good as he’d like to be. The final twist comes just as all finally seems well with the world. A dark, enjoyable novel. One of Grant’s better works.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Good for readers who want dark sci-fi about infection, survival, and forced evolution.
Clay’s Ark
Dystopian · Thriller · Genetic Engineering · Suspense
Our take
Blake Maslin and his teenage twin daughters are ambushed in an alternate America and taken to an isolated compound where a contagious alien disease has transformed its carriers into powerful, dangerous outcasts. Clay’s Ark follows their fight to escape, warn the world, or accept a new reality that could change humanity’s future, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 1,000 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want dark sci-fi about infection, survival, and forced evolution.
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From the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together and changing the destiny of the human race.
Blake Maslin is traveling with his teenage twin daughters through an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare when their car is ambushed. Their attackers appear sickly yet possess inhuman strength, and they transport Blake's family to an isolated compound. There, the three captives discover that the compound's residents have a highly contagious alien disease that has mutated their DNA to make them powerful, dangerous, and compelled to infect others.
If Blake and his daughters do not escape, they will be infected with a virus that will either kill them outright or transform them into outcasts whose very existence is a threat to the world around them.
In the following hours, Blake and his daughters must make a vital choice: risk everything to escape and warn the rest of the world, or accept their new reality—as well as the uncertain fate of the human race.
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Good for readers who want transgressive pulp pastiche, sci-fi horror, and dark psychosexual conflict.
A Feast Unknown
Horror · Erotica
Our take
Lord Grandrith and Doc Caliban, thinly veiled versions of Tarzan and Doc Savage, are half-brothers born from Jack the Ripper and bound by an affliction that links violence with sexual pleasure. A Feast Unknown follows their brutal battle for immortality and the forces manipulating their fate, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 100 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want transgressive pulp pastiche, sci-fi horror, and dark psychosexual conflict.
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Sci-fi meets gritty, erotic horror in the Hugo Award–winning author's controversial pastiche of mid-twentieth century pulp fiction icons.
Philip José Farmer took the art of literary mashups to an epic new level with his novels of the Wold Newton Universe, in which fictional characters such as James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, and Philip Marlowe crossed paths in a complex narrative web. In A Feast Unknown, he presents thinly veiled versions of two iconic characters—Tarzan and Doc Savage—in a dark tale of psychosexual ferocity.
Lord Grandrith, the fabled "king of the jungle," is endowed with special powers that come at a terrible cost. He can only experience sexual pleasure while engaged in acts of violence. His affliction is shared by his nemesis, Doc Caliban, the legendary Man of Bronze. These two titans are also half-brothers—progeny of the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. As they face each other in an epic battle for immortality, they discover a common enemy: the dark manipulators behind their tragic fate.
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Good for readers who like possessive shifter heroes, one bed tension, and moody fairytale retellings.
Cursed by Moonlight
Romantasy · Paranormal Romance
Our take
After trading her freedom to save her father, a desperate woman is pulled into the secretive world of Dominik Riven, a dangerous wolf shifter who needs her to pose as his fated mate and fiancée. Cursed by Moonlight blends dark paranormal romance, Beauty and the Beast retelling elements, fake dating, enemies to lovers, and high spice, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 200 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like possessive shifter heroes, one bed tension, and moody fairytale retellings.
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Beauty and the Beast meets Twilight in this spicy wolf shifter romance…
I thought it was just a one night stand.
But he’s an alpha wolf shifter.
And I’m his fated mate.
When the wickedly handsome, tattooed stranger saved me from getting stranded, I thought he was a good guy.
I thought it would be one night of passion in a misty, fog-shrouded forest. A night where I didn’t have to be the good girl, the dutiful daughter. A night where, for once, I didn't feel so lonely.
Turns out Dominik Riven is a wolf shifter. Powerful. Dangerous. Obsessed with me.
And he's holding my father prisoner.
So I do what any desperate girl would do.
I trade myself to the alpha wolf.
But Dominik says outsiders aren't allowed into his wealthy, secretive wolf pack. He says there's only one way around it.
I have to pretend to be his fated mate. His fiancée.
That means sleeping in his bed every night. Pretending to be lovers with my enemy.
Except that he touches me like he can’t keep his hands off me. Looks at me like I really am his.
The only thing worse than getting in a fake relationship with the man who took me captive…
Is that I might be falling for him for real.
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Good for readers who want YA romcoms with music, family illness, humor, and first love.
The Heartbreakers
Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Contemporary Romance
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A #1 Best Seller in Teen & Young Adult Music Fiction eBooks called “Adorably romantic and fun!” by Kasie West, The Heartbreakers follows a teen girl who falls for the lead singer of a world-famous boy band while her sister is sick with cancer, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 1,400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want YA romcoms with music, family illness, humor, and first love.
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"When I wasn't reading this book, it was all I wanted to be doing. Adorably romantic and fun! I loved it." —Kasie West author of The Distance Between Us
From beloved Wattpad sensation Ali Novak, author of My Life with the Walter Boys, comes this swoon-worthy YA romcom about a teen who accidentally falls for the lead singer of a world-famous boy band, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Miranda Kenneally
When I met Oliver Perry, I had no clue he was the lead singer for The Heartbreakers. And he had no idea that I was the only girl in the world who hated his music.
Stella will do anything for her sick sister, Cara—even stand in line for an autographed Heartbreakers CD…for four hours. She's totally winning best birthday gift this year. At least she met a cute boy with soft brown hair and gorgeous blue eyes while getting her caffeine fix. Too bad she'll never see him again.
Except, Stella's life has suddenly turned into a cheesy love song. Because Starbucks Boy is Oliver Perry—lead singer for the Heartbreakers. And even after she calls his music crap, Oliver still gives Stella his phone number. And whispers quotes from her favorite Disney movie in her ear. OMG, what is her life?
But how can Stella even think about being with Oliver—dating and laughing and pulling pranks with the band—when her sister could be dying of cancer?
First a hit on the online community Wattpad, Ali Novak's second novel has over 38 million reads and is loved by readers around the world.
With a perfect balance of humor, heart, and romance, The Heartbreakers is a great choice for readers looking for:
- fun contemporary romance for teens
- Wattpad love stories
- romcoms that cover deeper issues like family, illness, and self-discovery
- binge-worthy YA novels
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Good for readers who want WWII history focused on aviation, rescue missions, and the Pacific theater.
Indestructible
Biographies & Memoirs
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During WWII, maverick pilot Pappy Gunn revolutionizes aerial warfare while desperately searching for his family imprisoned by Japanese forces, leading to a decisive American victory at Bismarck Sea, with a 4.7-star rating from more than 1,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want WWII history focused on aviation, rescue missions, and the Pacific theater.
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In this remarkable WWII story by New York Times bestselling author John R. Bruning, a renegade American pilot fights against all odds to rescue his family -- imprisoned by the Japanese--and revolutionizes modern warfare along the way.
From the knife fights and smuggling runs of his youth to his fiery days as a pioneering naval aviator, Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn played by his own set of rules and always survived on his wits and fists. But when he fell for a conservative Southern belle, her love transformed him from a wild and reckless airman to a cunning entrepreneur whose homespun engineering brilliance helped launch one of the first airlines in Asia.
Pappy was drafted into MacArthur's air force when war came to the Philippines; and while he carried out a top-secret mission to Australia, the Japanese seized his family. Separated from his beloved wife, Polly, and their four children, Pappy reverted to his lawless ways. He carried out rescue missions with an almost suicidal desperation. Even after he was shot down twice and forced to withdraw to Australia, he waged a one-man war against his many enemies -- including the American high command and the Japanese--and fought to return to the Philippines to find his family.
Without adequate planes, supplies, or tactics, the U.S. Army Air Force suffered crushing defeats by the Japanese in the Pacific. Over the course of his three-year quest to find his family, Pappy became the renegade who changed all that. With a brace of pistols and small band of loyal fol,lowers, he robbed supply dumps, stole aircraft, invented new weapons, and modified bombers to hit harder, fly farther, and deliver more destruction than anything yet seen in the air. When Pappy's modified planes were finally unleashed during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, the United States scored one of the most decisive victories of World War II.
Taking readers from the blistering skies of the Pacific to the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines to one of the the war's most notorious prison camps, Indestructible traces one man's bare-knuckle journey to free the people he loved and the aerial revolution he sparked that continues to resonate across America's modern battlefields.
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Good for readers who want warm contemporary fiction with second chances, Broadway dreams, and a touch of holiday magic.
The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan
Literary Fiction · Romance · RomCom · Women's Fiction
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A young woman hits rock bottom and embarks on a positively Dickensian adventure in a witty and warmhearted novel about past regrets, old loves, new beginnings, and making up for lost time, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 13,600 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want warm contemporary fiction with second chances, Broadway dreams, and a touch of holiday magic.
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When a young woman hits rock bottom, she embarks on a positively Dickensian adventure in a witty and warmhearted novel about past regrets, old loves, new beginnings, and making up for lost time.
Avery Lawrence thought she had it all—a charming fiancé, a Broadway-themed star-studded engagement, and a picture-perfect life. But when her fraudster of a fiancé’s true identity is exposed and he’s hauled away in handcuffs, Avery’s world comes crashing down faster than the chandelier in Phantom of the Opera. Left stranded on Christmas Day outside the federal prison without her cell phone or wallet, Avery stumbles out of the cold and into the last phone booth in Manhattan. With nothing left to lose, Avery is directed by a mysterious voice on the line to the doorstep of the college boyfriend she thought she’d moved on from over six years ago.
When a second encounter with the phone booth leads Avery to a life-changing audition for Marley Is Dead, a new musical based on Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Avery is blown away by the striking similarities between the show and her own life. Convinced the phone booth is somehow responsible for reuniting her with “the one that got away” and reigniting her acting career, maybe she will finally have the chance to rewrite her future. But as she grapples with the ghosts of her past and the uncertainty of her present, Avery must decide whether to follow her heart or pursue her dream.
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Good for readers who like Arthurian legend, starship adventure, dragons, and reluctant heroes learning to lead.
Here Be Dragons
Sci-Fi · Military Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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Thomas finds Excalibur beneath a Welsh lake and must lead his crew through enemy territory while battling the Draconite, discovering his role as captain of a legendary starship, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 4,800 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like Arthurian legend, starship adventure, dragons, and reluctant heroes learning to lead.
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Thomas never expected to find Excalibur stuck beneath a Welsh lake. He never asked to be a hero. And he certainly never imagined standing between a tyrant and the fate of a galaxy.
Destiny doesn’t wait for permission.
From the mystical world of Avalyeth, Thomas’ journey will lead him and his growing crew into the heart of enemy territory, the halls of ancient dragons, and the path of knights who remember a time when hope still burned bright. Hunted by the Draconite and haunted by the past, they’ll need to risk everything to outmaneuver and overcome those who would see them destroyed.
As new alliances form and old rivalries re-ignite, Thomas must prove he’s more than just the captain of a legendary starship—he must become the leader others believe him to be.
Even if he still isn’t sure he believes it himself.
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Good for readers who want atmospheric Scottish crime fiction with cold cases, hidden guilt, and mounting danger.
In the Silence
Mystery · Detective Fiction · Noir
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Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, In the Silence follows criminology lecturer Anna Scavolini as her return to Glasgow turns deadly when she finds an old flame stabbed in Kelvingrove Park. As Anna investigates, long-buried secrets point back to a decade-old crime, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 6,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want atmospheric Scottish crime fiction with cold cases, hidden guilt, and mounting danger.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE AND LONGLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE, 2019.
Some secrets refuse to stay silent.
Anna Scavolini hasn’t set foot in Glasgow for ten years – and she’s not short of reasons. Her first night back in town takes a decidedly macabre turn when she stumbles upon an old flame, Andrew Foley, bleeding to death on the snow-clad slopes of Kelvingrove Park.
Who killed Andrew in such a savage way – and why? If the police have any leads, they’re keeping them to themselves. Convinced that Andrew was deliberately targeted rather than a random victim, Anna begins her own investigation, unearthing a trail of long-buried secrets leading back to a crime committed over a decade ago.
A crime so unspeakable its perpetrators are prepared to take their silence to the grave.
Perfect for fans of Denise Mina, Rachel Abbott and Val McDermid, In the Silence is the first in a gripping and atmospheric series of Scottish crime novels featuring criminology lecturer Anna Scavolini.
Praise for M.R. Mackenzie
‘One of the most consistently accomplished writers on the current scene.’ – Financial Times
‘Brings a fresh new voice to the field of Tartan Noir.’ – James Oswald
‘Writes with precision and passion.’ – Caro Ramsay
‘An immersive slow burn of a tale, peppered with disquieting fire-crackers of revelation.’ – Morgan Cry
‘Mackenzie has come up with something that defies easy definition and is truly original.’ – NB Magazine
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