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Updated June 5, 2026
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The Midnight Train
Matt Haig
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...
The Shippers
Katherine Center
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...
Marion
Leah Rowan
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." --...
The Burning Side
Sarah Damoff
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
Jesmyn Ward
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...
The Disaster Gay Detective Agency
Lev AC Rosen
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
Ann Patchett
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...
The Children: A Novel
Melissa Albert
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
Caitlin Mullen
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
Andrew Sean Greer
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...
The Fake Divination Offense
Sara Raasch
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
Annabel Monaghan
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
Samantha Allen
Paper Book
"Full of mischief and romance, this book is everything you'd want in a Shakespearean retelling. A joyful, riotous romp!" --Ashley Herring Blake, award-winning author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care Named a Most Anticipated Romance of 2026 by Marie Claire and USA TODAY<...
Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
Brooke Averick
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...
A Fortune of Sand
Ruta Sepetys
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
Lisa See
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
Maggie O'Farrell
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...
The Satisfaction Café
Kathy Wang
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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