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Updated May 4, 2025
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Powers, Richard
Paper Book
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first...
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Creation lake : a novel
Kushner, Rachel
Paper Book
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION* *AN INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BYTHE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ATLANTIC, VULTURE, VOGUE, THE...
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The antidote
Russell, Karen
Paper Book
From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town
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The life impossible
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
The New York Times Bestseller "An odyssey of action and awe." --The New York Times "A wry and tender love-letter to the best of being human." --Benedict Cumberbatch The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times...
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Mothers and sons : a novel
Haslett, Adam
Paper Book
At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook-ups with a man who wants more than Peter can give. But when the asylum case of a young gay man...
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Dream count : a novel
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Paper Book
'Reads like a feminist War and Peace. A magnificent novel' SUNDAY TIMES 'A complex, multi-layered beauty of a book. Extraordinary' NEW STATESMAN THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER; LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 A publishing event...
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The Paris Express
Donoghue, Emma.
Paper Book
A woman determined to make her mark. A journey that will change everything. 'Ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the train itself' - Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam 'Riveting' - The Washington Post 'All about speed . . ....
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The River Is Waiting
Lamb, Wally.
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two Oprah Book Club Picks--She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True--Wally Lamb comes the propulsive story of a young father who, after an unbearable tragedy, reckons with the possibility of atonement for the unforgivable...
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Black Woods Blue Sky
Ivey, Eowyn.
Paper Book
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Time of the Child
Williams, Niall.
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Colored television
Senna, Danzy
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION and the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD IN FICTION. Longlisted for the 2025 JOYCE CAROL OATES LITERARY PRIZE, the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FICTION PRIZE, the CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025 and the 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR...
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Tilt
Pattee, Emma.
Paper Book
Picked as a most anticipated book of 2025 by Goodreads, Vogue, LitHub and TIME ------------------------------------------------------- 'Heralds the arrival of a powerful new literary voice' VOGUE 'Pacy, immaculately modulated' OBSERVER 'Had me turning the pages...
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Three days in June
Tyler, Anne
Paper Book
A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding. Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job--or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter,...
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Notes on surviving the fire
Murphy, Christine
Paper Book
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The boy from the sea
Carr, Garrett
Paper Book
As read on BBC Radio 4 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 An Observer Best Debut of 2025 'Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment' - Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses 'A joy . . . vivid, loving and genuinely funny' The Sunday...
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Penitence : a novel
Koval, Kristin
Paper Book
"Gripping and propulsive, Kristin Koval's Penitence is an exploration of the struggles and impossible choices of two families linked by tragedy, guilt, blame and love." --The Washington Post For readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitence is a...
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Rabbit moon : a novel
Haigh, Jennifer
Paper Book
A tense, propulsive drama set in Shanghai, about a fractured American family, secret lives, and the unbreakable bond between two sisters, from the New York Times bestselling author of Mercy Street Four years after...
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Women's Hotel
Lavery, Daniel M.
Paper Book
National Bestseller ONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED READS--New York Times, Vulture, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, and more From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women's hotel in 1960s New York City. ...
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The Original Daughter
Wei, Jemimah.
Paper Book
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Dream State
Puchner, Eric.
Paper Book
"Dream State is a delight...An exquisitely rendered novel about the vagaries of fate, and friendship, and love." --Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner and author of Absolution Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her future in-laws' lake house in...
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Bad Nature
Courage, Ariel.
Paper Book
What would killing him accomplish? Nothing, mostly. Then again, neither would letting him live. When Hester is diagnosed with cancer on her fortieth birthday, she knows immediately what she must do- abandon her possessions and drive to California to...
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The Names
Knapp, Florence.
Paper Book
The story of one family told three different ways, leading to three different fates--a dazzling debut that asks: Can a name shape the course of a life? In the wake of an enormous, history-making storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son's...
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A house for Miss Pauline
McCaulay, Diana
Paper Book
Starring an unforgettably fierce ninety-nine-year-old Jamaican heroine, this "profound and beautiful novel" transports readers to the heart of rural Jamaica with a tender and urgent story about who owns the land on which our identities are forged (Julia Alvarez).
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EMPEROR OF GLADNESS
VUONG, OCEAN
Paper Book
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION Ocean Vuong returns with an achingly beautiful novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive 'A poetic, dramatic and vivid story. It has an epic sweep but it...
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The Strange Case of Jane O
Walker, Karen Thompson.
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In this spellbinding and provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Miracles, a young mother is struck by sudden and puzzling psychological symptoms that illuminate the mysterious dimensions of the human mind--and of love. A...
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The snowbirds : a novel
Clancy, Christina
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! | "A riveting exploration of midlife yearning." --People The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their...
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Twist
McCann, Colum.
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * An "urgent [and] ingenious" (The New York Times Book Review) novel of rupture and repair in the digital age, delving into a hidden world deep under the ocean--from the New York Times bestselling author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin<...
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Tartufo
Buxton, Kira Jane.
Paper Book
From the author of Hollow Kingdom, a fantastically funny story featuring a cast of colorful characters in a dying Italian village and a giant truffle that changes their fate forever in this "deliciously absurd tale....I savored every page of this book." (Shelby Van Pelt, author...
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Audition
Kitamura, Katie.
Paper Book
A GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES, BBC, TIME, VOGUE, MARIE CLAIRE, ESQUIRE and ROLLING STONE BOOK TO READ IN 2025 'An original' RACHEL KUSHNER 'Gorgeously disquieting' HERNAN DIAZ 'One...
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The in-between bookstore : a novel
Underhill, Edward
Paper Book
"What would you tell your teen self if you could go back in time? Underhill's tender, innovative debut is the smartest take on this trope I've ever read. . . and for the record, I read it in a single sitting. A beautiful, thoughtful study of how we find our truest selves, and whom we choose to...
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Run for the Hills
Wilson, Kevin.
Paper Book
A road trip across America brings a family together, in this raucous and moving new novel from the bestselling author of Nothing to See Here. Ever since her dad left them twenty years ago, it's just been Madeline Hill and her mother on their Tennessee farm. It's mostly okay. Maybe...
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Fundamentally
Younis, Nussaibah
Paper Book
A wickedly funny and audacious debut novel following an academic who flees from heartbreak and lands in Iraq with a one-of-a-kind job offer--only to be forced to do the work of confronting herself. When Nadia Amin, a witty and bighearted PhD, publishes an article on...
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Long Island compromise
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * New York<...
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The garden
Newman, Nick (Pseudonym)
Paper Book
A haunting, ethereal and beautiful twist on The Secret Garden, for fans of Shirley Jackson, Piranesi and Unsettled Ground 'Extraordinary... it already feels like a classic' Emerald Fennell, Oscar-winning director of PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN and SALTBURN 'A...
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Beartooth : a novel
Wink, Callan
Paper Book
"Skip Yellowstone for this rawer version of the West."--The New York Times Book Review "This taut, compelling novel explores the great outdoors--and a realm of moral uncertainty. . . . A ferociously gripping book."--The Economist Two...
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Casualties of truth : a novel
Francis-Sharma, Lauren
Paper Book
From the author of Book of the Little Axe, nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed 'Til the Well Runs Dry, a riveting literary novel with the sharp edges of a thriller about the abuses of history and the costs of revenge, set between Washington...
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The three lives of Cate Kay
Fagan, Kate.
Paper Book
" The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past. Cate Kay knows how...
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Stag Dance
Peters, Torrey.
Paper Book
Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby
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