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From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes Faithful, a heart-wrenching yet hopeful novel of survival, guilt, and love.
Faithful
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes Faithful, a heart-wrenching yet hopeful novel of survival, guilt, and love. Shelby Richmond’s life is shattered by tragedy, but in New York City she finds healing, belonging, and even a touch of the extraordinary. With 4.3 out of 5 stars, Hoffman’s lyrical prose makes this a modern tale of resilience.
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Shelby Richmond was an ordinary Long Island teenager until one tragic night rewrote her life. Her best friend’s future was destroyed in a single accident, while Shelby survived—left with guilt, grief, and a heart she no longer recognizes.
As she stumbles through the aftermath, Shelby pulls away from love, from her family, from any sense of hope. Chinese takeout, stray dogs, and the wrong men become her companions in place of a future she can’t yet imagine. But New York City brings unexpected connections: a circle of lost souls, a chance at healing, and the presence of an angel who’s been with her since that icy night.
In Faithful, Alice Hoffman spins beauty from sorrow in a moving story of survival, love, and the long road back to yourself.
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A Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick and New York Times bestseller, Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes is a powerful exploration of love, family, and forgiveness.
Ask Again, Yes
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction
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A Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick and New York Times bestseller, Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes is a powerful exploration of love, family, and forgiveness. Hailed as “a gem of a book” by Taylor Jenkins Reid and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Vogue, this moving novel holds a stellar 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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Named one of the Best Books of the Year by People, Vogue, Parade, NPR, and Elle
“A gem of a book.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A triumphant New York Times bestseller and Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick about love, forgiveness, and family—perfect for book clubs and fans of Little Fires Everywhere and The Paper Palace.
How much can a family forgive?
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, rookie NYPD cops, are neighbors in the suburbs. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis’s wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian’s wife, Anne, sets the stage for the explosive events to come.
In Mary Beth Keane's extraordinary novel, a lifelong friendship and love blossoms between Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, born six months apart. One shocking night their loyalties are divided, and their bond will be tested again and again over the next thirty years. Heartbreaking and redemptive, Ask Again, Yes is a gorgeous and generous portrait of the daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness.
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From her place in a storefront, an Artificial Friend studies the world with patient devotion, waiting to be chosen.
Klara and the Sun
Literary Fiction · Dystopian · Contemporary Fiction · Speculative Fiction
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From her place in a storefront, an Artificial Friend studies the world with patient devotion, waiting to be chosen. In Klara and the Sun, Klara enters a household where illness and ambition shape a fragile family dynamic, and her faith in the Sun becomes both comfort and quiet rebellion. This literary science fiction novel reflects on artificial intelligence, loneliness, and the meaning of love through an observant, restrained voice.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick!
Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
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Noah Hawley’s Before the Fall—winner of the Edgar Award and the International Thriller Writers Award—is a gripping suspense novel from the creator of Fargo.
Before the Fall
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Contemporary Fiction · Political Thriller
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Noah Hawley’s Before the Fall—winner of the Edgar Award and the International Thriller Writers Award—is a gripping suspense novel from the creator of Fargo. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it follows a painter and a young boy, the sole survivors of a plane crash, caught in a storm of media, secrets, and conspiracies.
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Eleven passengers board a private jet from Martha’s Vineyard to New York. Sixteen minutes later, the plane vanishes into the ocean. Only two survive: Scott Burroughs, a struggling painter, and a four-year-old boy who has just lost his powerful family.
In the aftermath, Scott is thrust into a media storm. Was the crash a tragic accident, or a calculated strike against the wealthy and influential passengers onboard? As suspicion mounts, Scott becomes both a hero and a target, hunted by headlines and conspiracies alike.
At the center of the chaos is the fragile bond between survivor and child, a connection that may be the only thing keeping them afloat. Noah Hawley delivers a riveting, award-winning thriller of fate, morality, and survival.
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After her magician husband’s sudden death, Sabine discovers the family he claimed was lost is very much alive.
The Magician’s Assistant
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism
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After her magician husband’s sudden death, Sabine discovers the family he claimed was lost is very much alive. Traveling from Los Angeles to rural Nebraska, she unravels his secrets and her own identity. This emotionally resonant novel holds 4.2 stars on Amazon and more than 50,000 Goodreads ratings.
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From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself.” (Newsweek)
When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the journey she takes, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her.
Sabine's extraordinary tale, “with its big dreams, vast spaces, and disparate realities lying side by side” captures the hearts of its readers and “proves to be the perfect place for miraculous transformations.” (The New Yorker)
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Amber Smith’s The Way I Used to Be—a New York Times bestseller praised by The Boston Globe as “heart-twisting, but ultimately hopeful”—is a searing YA novel in the…
The Way I Used to Be
Literary Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction
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Amber Smith’s The Way I Used to Be—a New York Times bestseller praised by The Boston Globe as “heart-twisting, but ultimately hopeful”—is a searing YA novel in the tradition of Speak. With 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this powerful debut follows a young woman’s journey through trauma, heartbreak, and the quiet strength of survival.
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Eden was always the good girl. She kept rules, trusted easily, and believed in love. That ended the night her brother’s best friend raped her. Suddenly nothing in her world makes sense.
What she once loved, she now hates. What she thought was true, she now doubts. She knows she should tell someone, but silence feels safer. So she hides the truth, along with the version of herself that used to exist.
Told across her four years of high school, Eden’s story is raw, painful, and ultimately resilient. Through heartbreak, broken friendships, and moments of quiet strength, she learns survival is its own kind of power. Her journey exposes the deep scars of trauma, but also the possibility of healing.
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Nathan Hill’s Wellness—a New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club pick, and NPR Best Book of the Year—blends wit, poignancy, and social satire in a tale of modern…
Wellness
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Nathan Hill’s Wellness—a New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club pick, and NPR Best Book of the Year—blends wit, poignancy, and social satire in a tale of modern marriage. With 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it examines love, identity, and the absurdities of suburban life in a story both hilarious and heartbreaking.
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Jack and Elizabeth meet in the Chicago art scene of the 1990s, two dreamers clinging to each other and to the thrill of creation. Twenty years later, they are suburban parents, struggling to balance marriage, family, and the bizarre rituals of modern happiness. Polyamorous suitors, renovation obsessions, and wellness fads push them into a maze of discontent.
As middle age sets in, the cracks widen. Jack wrestles with unrealized ambitions. Elizabeth carries the weight of her family’s past. The people they once were seem far removed from the spouses they have become.
To survive, each must confront private demons and uncover whether love can endure the weight of time, compromise, and disappointment—or whether even the best partnerships unravel in silence.
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Jodi Picoult’s Plain Truth—a New York Times bestseller with 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon—blends legal drama with Amish tradition in a gripping, emotional tale.
Plain Truth
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Jodi Picoult’s Plain Truth—a New York Times bestseller with 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon—blends legal drama with Amish tradition in a gripping, emotional tale. When a young woman is accused of infanticide, a disillusioned attorney must defend her in a world far removed from her own. A haunting, thought-provoking read from a master storyteller.
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Lancaster County is rocked when a dead infant is discovered in an Amish barn. The evidence points to Katie Fisher, an eighteen-year-old unmarried Amish woman who quietly insists on her innocence. In a community defined by tradition, her alleged crime is unthinkable.
Enter Ellie Hathaway, a weary defense attorney who flees her high-profile city career for a fresh start. But when she’s drawn into Katie’s case, Ellie finds herself trapped between two worlds: a justice system that demands answers and a Plain culture that resists intrusion.
As Ellie searches for truth, she must also confront her own past when an old love resurfaces. In a case where every revelation cuts deeper, the line between guilt and innocence is as fragile as faith itself.
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One brief transgression in the shadow of World War II binds two Ohio families to a secret neither time nor distance can fully bury.
Buckeye
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · World War 2
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One brief transgression in the shadow of World War II binds two Ohio families to a secret neither time nor distance can fully bury. In Buckeye, Cal, Becky, Margaret, and Felix move through love, loss, spiritual longing, and postwar change as one choice reshapes generations. This is intimate historical fiction about regret, loyalty, forgiveness, and the quiet aftermath of lives altered by what cannot be undone.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “A glorious sweep of a novel” (Ann Patchett) that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century.
“Mesmerizing.”—People
“Captivating.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A once-in-a-decade novel . . . I fell in love with these characters.”—Jenna Bush Hager
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, People, Minnesota Star Tribune, New York Post, Chicago Public Library
LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
That, as he saw it now, was his life’s work: trying to make right what he’d gotten wrong. Wasn’t that a fair measure of a person, what they did with their mistakes?
In the jubilant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, shares a single, life-altering moment with Margaret Salt, a woman determined to outrun her past. Cal is married to Becky, whose spiritual gifts help the living speak to the dead, while Margaret’s husband, Felix, is serving at sea, believed to be safe—until a telegram suggests otherwise.
What begins as a fleeting transgression becomes a complex secret that irrevocably binds all four of them in unexpected ways. As their small Ohio town remakes itself in the postwar boom, the Salt and Jenkins families remain in each other’s orbit, and the consequences of choices made long ago begin to emerge, reshaping their lives in ways that will forever impact the next generation.
Sweeping yet intimate, resplendent with moments of deep emotion and unforgettable characters, Buckeye is a transportive story of love, loyalty, sacrifice, and forgiveness.
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Matt Haig’s How to Stop Time—soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch—is a witty, poignant love story across centuries.
How to Stop Time
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Speculative Fiction · Time Travel
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Matt Haig’s How to Stop Time—soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch—is a witty, poignant love story across centuries. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, Haig (author of The Midnight Library) delivers a novel that blends history, romance, and heartache. Bighearted and unforgettable, it asks: is love worth breaking the rules of time?
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Tom Hazard looks like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher. In reality, he’s been alive for centuries.
He’s strummed a lute with Shakespeare, sailed with Captain Cook, and shared drinks with F. Scott Fitzgerald. But after centuries of running, all Tom wants is something simple: a normal life. Maybe even love.
Enter Camille, the French teacher who seems to see through him. She could be the answer to a loneliness that’s lasted lifetimes—except Tom belongs to the Albatross Society, a secret group that protects long-lifers like him. Their rule is clear: never fall in love.
As Tom’s past collides with the present, he must decide if he’ll keep hiding in history or risk everything for a future worth living.
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Jude Deveraux’s The Girl from Summer Hill kicks off her bestselling Summer Hill series with a modern, steamy spin on Pride and Prejudice.
The Girl from Summer Hill
Literary Fiction · Romance · Contemporary Fiction · Contemporary Romance · Women's Fiction
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Jude Deveraux’s The Girl from Summer Hill kicks off her bestselling Summer Hill series with a modern, steamy spin on Pride and Prejudice. With 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this witty romance pairs a Hollywood heartthrob with a no-nonsense chef in small-town Virginia. Sparks, banter, and sizzling chemistry make this retelling irresistible for Austen and Deveraux fans alike.
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Casey Reddick is ready for quiet. After ditching a jealous ex and a demanding chef’s life in D.C., she escapes to Summer Hill, Virginia. Peace is short-lived when she spots a naked man on her cottage porch—Tate Landers, Hollywood heartthrob and owner of the estate. Their first meeting? A disaster. Tate mistakes her for a nosy reporter and Casey gives as good as she gets.
But fate isn’t done with them. Recruited for a local production of Pride and Prejudice, Casey lands the role of Elizabeth Bennet opposite Tate’s Mr. Darcy. Sparks fly onstage and off, even as gossip and rivalries threaten to tear them apart.
Jude Deveraux delivers a witty, steamy modern retelling where love, pride, and passion battle center stage.
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Sue Miller’s Monogamy is a New York Times Notable Book and NPR Best Book of the Year—an engrossing, haunting story of marriage, grief, and betrayal.
Monogamy
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Sue Miller’s Monogamy is a New York Times Notable Book and NPR Best Book of the Year—an engrossing, haunting story of marriage, grief, and betrayal. With 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this revelatory novel exposes the fragile complexities of love. Poignant, perceptive, and unforgettable, it’s Miller at her finest.
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For nearly thirty years, Graham and Annie were the couple everyone envied. Graham, the gregarious bookseller with a magnetic charm, and Annie, the thoughtful photographer quietly shaping her art, built a life that seemed golden. Their marriage, their family, their love—unshakable.
Until it wasn’t.
When Graham dies suddenly, Annie is left devastated, grappling with the absence of the man who anchored her world. But grief soon takes a darker turn. A secret emerges, one that calls into question not just Graham’s fidelity but the very foundation of their marriage. Did she ever truly know him?
With wit, humanity, and aching precision, Sue Miller crafts a revelatory novel of love, betrayal, and the unbearable contradictions of intimacy.
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