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Updated May 24, 2026
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Kin
Jones, Tayari
Paper Book
Kin is the kind of all-encompassing reading experience I'm always hoping to find- smart and funny. ANN PATCHETT A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage-a novel that sparkles with wit, intelligence...
Vigil: A Novel
Saunders, George.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A scorching portrait of modern America. And yet it also brings a sense of sense of hope, not only because [it] reminds us how powerful a great novel can be, but because of the sense . . . that a universal justice will prevail."--R. J. Palacio for Time,<...
The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Desai, Kiran
Paper Book
When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Sonia, an...
A far-flung life
Stedman, M. L.
Paper Book
John of John
Stuart, Douglas
Paper Book
From Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo comes a stunning new novel, John of John. Set in the Isle of Harris, John of John is a tender and devastating story of love...
This is not about us
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
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
THE LATEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MATRIX 'Brawler captures a towering talent.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Groff conjures a whole world in each brilliant story.' CLAIRE FULLER 'You'll walk...
The eleventh hour
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...
The complex
Mahajan, Karan
Paper Book
A New York Times Editors' Choice * A New Yorker Best Book of the Year So Far * A Most Anticipated Book of 2026: The Washington Post, Vulture, Lit Hub, The Millions, Chicago Review of Books "A sweeping tale of political machinations,...
Guardian and a thief
Majumdar, Megha
Paper Book
Megha Majumdar's electrifying new novel, following her acclaimed New York Times bestseller A Burning--longlisted for the National Book Award--is set in a near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, in which two families seeking to protect their children...
Golden Boy
Finn, Patricia
Paper Book
Departure(s)
Barnes, Julian.
Paper Book
Departure(s) is a work of fiction - but that doesn't mean it's not true. 'An elegant, thoughtful final book' THE TIMES 'His "last book" ... proves one of his best' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Metafictional, moving, unmistakably Barnes'...
The news from Dublin
Toibin, Colm
Paper Book
A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War....
Python's kiss
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
Intimate and epic, elegiac and profoundly moving: a tour de force destined to become a classic of contemporary literature 'Set to be a standout novel of 2026 ... Brutal, funny and brilliantly told' Patrick Gale, Guardian 'All the makings of a classic'<...
The ferryman and his wife
Grytten, Frode
Paper Book
A powerfully moving novel of love, loss and a life well-lived for fans of healing Scandi fiction in the vein of Fredrik Backman and Per Petterson.
Good people
Sabit, Patmeena
Paper Book
CHOSEN AS A 2026 MUST-READ BOOK BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, NEW ARAB AND BBC CULTURE 'AWFULLY ADDICTIVE . . . PEOPLE, GOOD AND BAD, ARE GOING TO LOVE IT' GUARDIAN 'SHARP,...
All the World Can Hold
Yun, Jung.
Paper Book
Let the Great World Spin meets My Name Is Lucy Barton in this novel set aboard an aging cruise ship bound for Bermuda, where growing tensions lead three strangers to confront their past regrets and imagine different futures. It's Sunday, September 16, 2001. Franny...
A Better Life
Shriver, Lionel
Paper Book
'A superb satirical novelist' WASHINGTON POST 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. 'An incendiary provocateur'...
Westward Women
Martin, Alice
Paper Book
'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood's provocative first novel The Edible Woman' JOYCE CAROL OATES 'Intimate, nostalgic, and downright terrifying' OLIVIA GATWOOD 'Haunting, nostalgic and sharply observant' WOMAN'S WEEKLY<...
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...
The river is waiting : a novel
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...
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...
What we can know : a novel
McEwan, Ian
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Booker prize-winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be...
Flashlight : a novel
Choi, Susan
Paper Book
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Some Bright Nowhere
Packer, Ann.
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 'One of those rare books that once you've finished, comes with you for life' RACHEL JOYCE 'A moving book ... I was enraptured by it' PHILIPPA PERRY 'Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book' ANDREW SEAN GREER ...
Discipline
Pham, Larissa
Paper Book
A taut, provocative debut novel about creativity and sex, coercion and control, with shades of Rachel Cusk and Katie Kitamura.
So old, so young
Ginder, Grant
CD
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Novel of 2026 by Time, Town & Country, Bustle, and Zibby Media * A Best New Book by People, New York Post, Library Journal, and BookBub * February Book Club Pick by Good Housekeeping<...
Take
Yang, Kelly
Paper Book
Palaver
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 . . . [...
Saoirse
Hurtubise, Charleen
Paper Book
Exploring the fine line between dishonesty and reinvention, Saoirse is an evocative and compelling story of a woman perpetually in flight. A book for fans of Trespasses by Louise Kennedy and Barbara's Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead.
Pick a color : a novel
Thammavongsa, Souvankham
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE A USA Today Bestseller From O. Henry Award winner and two-time Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply...
Helm
Hall, Sarah
Paper Book
The wondrous, elemental new novel from a 'writer of show-stopping genius' - about nature, people and the sliver of time we have left.
Queen Esther
Irving, John
Paper Book
Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board the ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr. Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther; in fact, he won't find any family who'll adopt her. When Esther is...
The wilderness : a novel
Flournoy, Angela
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITIC CIRCLES AWARD FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ...
The Frenzy: Stories
Oates, Joyce Carol
Paper Book
A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates "who is surely on any shortlist of America's greatest living writers" (The New York Times Magazine) "A genius in the truest sense of the word."--Rebecca Makkai ...
Lost lambs
Cash, Madeline
Paper Book
'A voice like no other' Lena Dunham The instant Sunday Times bestseller 'I LOVED IT . . . Masterfully and totally realised' PANDORA SYKES 'The most wildly original book of the year' ...
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
Yang, Alice Evelyn.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the...
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