A Book Set in New England

A selection of books that meet the criteria for the UBN 2026 category.

Updated January 12, 2026
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Maine Characters A Novel
Orenstein, Hannah.
Paper Book
A May 2025 LibraryReads Pick Named Most Anticipated by Today.com, New York Post, Bustle, PureWow, and BookRiot From beloved author Hannah Orenstein, this love letter to lake life is "the Parent Trap for adults," the story of two half...
MANSION BEACH
MOORE, MEG MITCHELL
Paper Book
From Summer Stage national bestselling author Meg Mitchell Moore comes a sparkling novel following a young woman entwined in the opulent lives of her neighbors on Block Island, set against a backdrop of scandal, secrets, and a not-so-subtle love triangle, perfect for...
On beauty : a novel
Smith, Zadie
Paper Book
Howard Belsey, a Rembrandt scholar who doesn't like Rembrandt, is an Englishman abroad and a long-suffering professor at Wellington, a liberal New England arts college. He has been married for thirty years to Kiki, an American woman who no longer resembles the sexy activist she once was....
The Red Garden
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
The Red Garden introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts, capturing the unexpected turns in its history and in our own lives.      In exquisite prose, Hoffman offers a transforming glimpse of small-town America, presenting us with some three hundred...
The wedding people : a novel
Espach, Alison
Paper Book
The runaway New York Times bestseller with over one million copies sold A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and a #1 Indie Next Pick Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Time,...
The widows of Eastwick
Updike, John.
Audiobook
More than three decades have passed since the events described in The Witches of Eastwick. Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie each had remarried and left town. Now all three are widowed and return to the Rhode Island seaside community, in this long-awaited follow-up. Unabridged. 10 CDs.

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