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Updated October 27, 2025
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The woman in cabin 10 : a novel
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author of the "twisty-mystery" (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware--this time, set at sea. In this tightly wound, enthralling story...
Regretting you
Hoover, Colleen
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture starring Mckenna Grace, Mason Thames, Allison Williams, and Dave Franco. From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers...
Frankenstein or The modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Paper Book
A stunningly creepy deluxe hardcover edition with spot gloss, black sprayed edges, black-stained pages, and black endpapers. Part of a six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro.
Frankenstein or The modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Paper Book
A stunningly creepy deluxe hardcover edition with spot gloss, black sprayed edges, black-stained pages, and black endpapers. Part of a six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro.
Frankenstein or The modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Paper Book
A stunningly creepy deluxe hardcover edition with spot gloss, black sprayed edges, black-stained pages, and black endpapers. Part of a six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro.
The running man
King, Stephen
Paper Book
In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for President, they run for their lives…. Ben Richards is out of work and out of luck. His eighteen-month-old daughter is sick, and neither Ben nor his wife can afford to take her to a doctor. For a man with no cash and no...
Hamnet & Judith
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[An] exceptional winner.... It expresses something profound about the human experience that seems both extraordinarily current and...
The housemaid /
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
Over two million copies sold! Soon to be a major motion picture starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried--trailer out now! Don't miss the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller and addictive psychological thriller with a jaw...
People we meet on vacation
Henry, Emily
Ebook
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Funny Story comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.
Wuthering Heights
Bronte, Emily
Paper Book
Verity
Hoover, Colleen.
Paper Book
Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed--soon to be a major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson--from the #1 New York Times bestselling...
Sunrise on the Reaping :
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
The unforgettable fifth book in the Hunger Games series: Haymitch's story. Feature film scheduled for November 2026. #1 USA Today Bestseller * #1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Indie Bestseller * #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller * A New York Times Editors'...
Klara and the sun
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, THE GUARDIAN, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, TIME, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE TIMES (UK),...
Deep Cuts : A Novel
Brickley, Holly.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT CANADIAN BESTSELLER A love story about two people pulled apart by the same force that draws them together: music. It's a Friday night in a campus bar in Berkeley, fall of 2000, and Percy Marks is pontificating about music again. Hall and Oates is on the...
The love hypothesis /
Hazelwood, Ali
Paper Book
Third-year PhD candidate Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships - but her best friend does. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating was always going to require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees - Adam Carlsen, a young...
The five-star weekend /
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket: After tragedy strikes, food blogger Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket. Hollis Shaw's life seems...
The husbands : a novel
Gramazio, Holly.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK | AN NPR BOOKS WE LOVE PICK FOR 2024 | A CHATELAINE BEST BOOK OF SPRING 2024 This exuberant debut, praised by Gabrielle Zevin as a "time-bending gem," asks: how do we navigate life, love and...
The Thursday Murder Club /
Osman, Richard,
Paper Book
Now a Netflix Film The first installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first...
The better sister :
Burke, Alafair.
Paper Book
Now a Prime Video TV series starring Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel A Washington Post and Sun Sentinel Best Book of the Year "Cunning. . . . Get ready to be led down the garden path to a conclusion so morally ambiguous a professional ethicist might have to be called in." ...
Washington Black : a novel
Edugyan, Esi.
Paper Book
Winner of the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize A dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom, from the author of the international bestseller Half-Blood Blues When two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have...
Long bright river
Moore, Liz
Paper Book
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, PARADE, REAL SIMPLE, and BUZZFEED AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "[Moore's] careful...
Kill Your Darlings
Swanson, Peter
Paper Book
"A dazzlingly clever murder mystery, told backwards, asking the question: why would this loving wife murder her husband?"--Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Famous Last Words and Wrong Place Wrong Time From the New York Times ...
Little house on the prairie /
Wilder, Laura Ingalls,
Paper Book
Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.  Laura Ingalls...
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