Fiction

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Updated May 14, 2026
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Jones, Tayari
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR  OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage--Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit...
Vigil : a novel
Saunders, George
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "After his spectacular Lincoln in the Bardo, Saunders returns . . . with a new novel even more spectacular than the last."--Los Angeles Times A "daring" (Time) novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize...
The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny : a novel
Desai, Kiran
Paper Book
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF PEOPLE'S TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE YEAR BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ...
A far-flung life : a novel
Stedman, M. L.
Paper Book
From the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Light Between Oceans comes a breathtaking and epic novel set in the vast outback of Australia--about tragedy, family secrets, and the enduring power of love. When we do something that can't be undone or mended, how do we go...
John of John : a novel
Stuart, Douglas
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Oprah Daily, and Vogue "Douglas Stuart brilliantly weaved a layered, compelling and yet so intimate a story...
THIS IS NOT ABOUT US: FICTION
Goodman, Allegra
Paper Book
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,...
Brawler : stories
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, PEOPLE, TIME, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE "Groff is one of this country's most successful and versatile...
The eleventh hour : a quintet of stories
Rushdie, Salman
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman Rushdie, a spellbinding exploration of life, death, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life "An inventive and engrossing collection of stories which, though death-tinged,...
Is this a cry for help?
Austin, Emily
Paper Book
Emily Austin, the bestselling "queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines" (Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus), returns with a luminous new novel following a librarian who comes back to work after a mental breakdown only to confront book-banning crusaders in an empowering story...
A guardian and a thief
Majumdar, Megha
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE * Megha Majumdar's electrifying new novel, following her acclaimed New York Times bestseller A Burning, is set in a near-future Kolkata, India in which two families seeking to protect their children...
The golden boy
Finn, Patricia (Novelist)
Paper Book
"The Golden Boy is not just an astoundingly ambitious novel, but also--and more importantly, in my opinion--a wildly entertaining one, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. Bravo, Patricia Finn!" ―Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and...
DEPARTURE(S): A NOVEL
Barnes, Julian
Paper Book
On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, one of our great novelists delivers a playful and profound work about memory, love, and the writer's endgame. "A culmination . . . shimmering with [Barnes's] silky, erudite prose; beneath the suave surface is an earnest investigation into...
The news from Dublin : stories
Ti̤bn̕, Colm
Paper Book
From Colm Tóibín, "one of the world's best living literary writers" (The Boston Globe), comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America--about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love. ...
Python's kiss : stories
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
"[A] spectacular collection. . . . A staggering sense of empathy infuses the stories. With its range of voices and styles, this puts Erdrich's powers on full display." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise...
This is where the serpent lives
Mueenuddin, Daniyal
Paper Book
A stunning new work from universally acclaimed Daniyal Mueenuddin, whose debut short story collection won the Story Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE. NAMED A...
The ferryman and his wife
Grytten, Frode
Paper Book
A LIBRARY READS PICK AND ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 For everyone who loved The Correspondent and When the Cranes Fly South, the renowned, bestselling Norwegian author Frode Grytten takes readers on a quietly epic journey: ferry driver Nils...
Good people
Sabit, Patmeena
Paper Book
"[A] gorgeous and powerful debut."--Tommy Orange, The New York Times "The year's first great novel."--The Minnesota Star Tribune "A stunning read."--Khaled Hosseini "Utterly addictive, Good People will have everyone talking."--Paula Hawkins ...
A better life : a novel
Shriver, Lionel
Paper Book
In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant--who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. Gloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her 26-year-old son...
Mule boy
Krivak, Andrew
Paper Book
NPR "BOOK OF THE DAY" NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "WHAT TO READ NEXT" An elegiac novel of men lost in a coal mining disaster and the boy who survives to tell the story On New Year's Day, 1929, Ondro Prach, the thirteen-year-old son of Slovak...
Last night in Brooklyn : a novel
Gonzalez, Xochitl
Paper Book
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY TIME, OPRAH DAILY, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, ELECTRIC LIT, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VULTURE, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, THE BOSTON GLOBE, TOWN & COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AND...
EVELYN IN TRANSIT: A NOVEL
Guterson, David
Paper Book
A crystalline short novel about defying expectations, hitting the road, and seeking the right way to live. Radically open-minded, formidably strong, and unusually clear-eyed about herself and others, Evelyn Bednarz has always been a misfit. She's easily bored, unsuited to life at...
Flashlight : a novel
Choi, Susan
Paper Book
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker * Time * New York * The Washington Post * NPR * Los Angeles Times * The Boston Globe * The Guardian * Vanity Fair * Elle *...
Some bright nowhere : a novel
Packer, Ann
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Extraordinary. Books like this are why I love reading. This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel." --Elin Hilderbrand "Profound and moving and real."--Andrew Sean Greer "Some Bright...
Discipline : a novel
Pham, Larissa
Paper Book
A taut, electrifying debut about a woman forced to confront unsettling truths about herself, her past, and the life she rebuilt following a ruinous affair with her former mentor, from "a writer to keep a close eye on" (The New York Times Book Review) "Precise and...
Palaver : a novel
Washington, Bryan
Paper Book
Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction "A heart-wrenchingly honest, often luminescent exploration of how to find and cultivate true connections, sometimes in the unlikeliest of places . . . [...
Helm
Hall, Sarah
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Daily Mail, The Independent, and the Chicago Public Library * From the twice-Booker-nominated writer of Burntcoat, a bold and astonishing literary masterpiece that...
Minor Black figures
Taylor, Brandon
Paper Book
A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his part-time...
Queen Esther : a novel
Irving, John
Paper Book
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud's, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther--a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism....
Wait for me : a novel
Burns, Amy Jo
Paper Book
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK "Wait for Me left me speechless...An absolutely gorgeous exploration of friendship, authenticity, and the power that a few strings and a well-written lyric can wield." ―Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably...
Lost lambs : a novel
Cash, Madeline
Paper Book
National bestseller. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Vulture, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, Playboy, The Times (UK), Our Culture, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Harper's Bazaar. A Book Club...
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