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Updated June 5, 2026
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Midnight Train
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES | TODAY | SHEREADS | WOMAN'S WORLD | PARADE | THE NERD DAILY | HER CAMPUS | BOOKPAGE When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you...
Shippers
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
NO ONE DOES SUMMER ROMANCE LIKE KATHERINE CENTER. She wants him to help her woo someone else. Genius. Foolproof. Can't go wrong. DELUXE EDITION―a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful sky blue sprayed edges! After a...
Dead bees still sting tales of life at the edge of nature
Cormier, Susan.
For readers of Raising Hare and How to Catch a Mole comes a poetic exploration of life at the precarious edge of nature and human settlement. "I loved every gorgeously-written and surprising page."--Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus<...
Marion
Rowan, Leah
Paper Book
AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of the Summer "A fiendishly clever feminist remix of Psycho. Rowan's bold take on Hitchcock's classic benefits from wicked humor, a well-rounded heroine fueled by righteous anger, and a breakneck pace." --...
Burning side
Damoff, Sarah.
Paper Book
From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. When April and Leo's house burns in the...
On witness and respair essays
Ward, Jesmyn..
Paper Book
The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never-before-published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two-time National...
Disaster Gay Detective Agency
Rosen, Lev Ac.
Paper Book
From award-winning, critically acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery-thriller. Meet the disaster gays: They're messy. They're queer. And they're about to solve a murder... Or die trying. "Madcap and criminally good. Lev Rosen has served up a sharp...
Whistler
Patchett, Ann
Paper Book
The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time. When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan...
Children
Albert, Melissa
Paper Book
"An extraordinary book. It's a page-turner, full of mystery, but that's the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. The Children reminded me of Ray Bradbury at his best." --Stephen King The haunting new novel from New York Times bestselling author Melissa...
Heather
Mullen, Caitlin
Paper Book
"If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you'll love Heather. A gritty cold-case detective story, vividly and insightfully written. Not just a story of murder, it's a thought-provoking and moving meditation on mothers and daughters and the long-reaching consequences of the choices we...
Villa Coco
Greer, Andrew Sean.
Paper Book
Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills. A MOST...
Fake Divination Offense
Raasch, Sara.
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--featuring stunning yellow sprayed edges! From New York Times bestseller Sara Raasch, sports romance gets a Dungeons & Dragons makeover with the next book in the Magic and Romance series that follows half-giant Orok, forced into a PR relationship...
Dolly all the time
Monaghan, Annabel.
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script. "A...
Puck a novel
Allen, Samantha
Paper Book
Meet Puck: the nonbinary, thirty-year-old mastermind behind 'Homewreckers', a dating show that puts troubled couples through hell - with a little help from their exes. Used to being the one pulling the strings, it shocks Puck when their life undergoes a plot twist of its own and their college...
Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
Averick, Brooke
Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she's about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she's determined to finally lose it . . . if her own anxiety doesn't slow her down. The can't-miss debut novel from podcaster and comedian Brooke...
Hunger and thirst
Fuller, Claire
Paper Book
From the celebrated author of Bitter Orange and Swimming Lessons comes an "atmospheric, psychologically vivid, and unputdownable" new novel of complicated friendship and the desperate need to belong (Alice Winn). 1987: After a childhood trauma and years in...
Fortune of Sand
Sepetys, Ruta
The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists' retreat--where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await--in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. "Enthralling . . . While...
Daughters of the Sun and Moon
See, Lisa
Paper Book
From beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty,...
Land
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. "A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural spaces, operating on timescales both intimate...
Satisfaction Cafe
Wang, Kathy.
Paper Book
National Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Minnesota Star Tribune Named a Best Book of the Summer by People, Oprah Daily, and Today A LibraryReads

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