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A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK "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...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest--and unknowingly alters the fate of her world--in this dazzling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the...

**One of NPR's 15 Books Our Critics Can't Wait for This Summer** **One of Debutiful's Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2026** **One of E! News's Books to Read This Summer** **One of Marie Claire's Best Mystery-Thriller Books of 2026** **One of BookRiot's Best...

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law--a prosecutor and a madam--who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A young indigenous woman and her dragon fight for the independence of their homeland in this epic sequel to the bestselling and multi-award-winning To Shape a Dragon's Breath, "a remarkable novel that is bound to be a staple of fantasy shelves for years to come" (...

AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK * NAMED A MUST READ BOOK FOR SUMMER BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, W MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORK POST, LITHUB, BOOKRIOT, AND MORE! "A sharp, hilarious, unsparing mother-daughter story."--Rachel Khong...

This summer, escape to the Seaside Cottages in the Scottish isles with this delightful mother-daughter story about second chances in love, life, and home renovations, by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THEIR PERFECT HOUSE. BUT HOME IS...

This collectible paperback edition features full-color character art and a never-before-seen bonus chapter. From USA TODAY bestselling author Chelsea Curto comes the first book in her hockey romance series DC Stars, a steamy rivals-to-lovers romance between an NHL...

Two-time Crime Writers of Canada Award-winning author Anne Emery is back with another mystery "[Anne Emery] really is a fine writer; not just a good storyteller but a stylist as well: every word of her prose feels carefully chosen for the way it interacts with the words around...

The Wedding People meets The Celebrants in this hilarious and profound novel about a recently engaged gay man second guessing marriage, and his cousin's chaotic Texas wedding weekend with old friends and unexpected strangers that will help guide him to the truth, from the beloved...

ONE OF LITHUB'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2026 * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER BY THE L.A. TIMES & KIRKUS "A comic masterpiece. The current administration is finally getting the book it deserves."--Kirkus (Starred Review) From...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A taut, exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman's decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s, for readers of The Berry Pickers, Tommy Orange, and The...

Past and present collide in a novel about a girl who might just be a "case of the reincarnation type." Varsha Gupta wants fish for lunch. Her family is shocked; the three-year-old has never tasted fish in her life. The Guptas are strict vegetarians and don't allow it inside their...

A woman just engaged to a man she adores receives a call from the first love she's never quite forgotten in this emotional, powerful novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Pact. Billie has built the perfect life. Her practice as a doctor...

ADJUTANT DESIRED for owner of modest country house. Collection of books, objects, art such as a Picasso to be cataloged be­fore Christmas. Duties: dictation, pruning, shopping, hunting martens. So begins the tale of our young man, an aspir­ing archivist determined to begin a...

This is a work of auto-fiction / biography and memoir resulting in historical literary fiction. There are two sets of memoirs; one from the early 1900s (Grandma) and the other from the 1980s to 2021 (teenager, Mary). I've embellished and rewrote my Grandmother's factually correct memoirs and placed...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women's lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this "deliciously dark, devilishly...

In the second installment of the Nora Breen Investigates series--"perfect for cozy mystery lovers" (Book Riot)--beloved former nun Nora Breen returns, this time to track down a ghostly killer before it's too late. When Dolores Chimes, a famous medium, arrives in Gore-on...

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining of a truly subversive female artist. Our narrator has a lot going on. Her friend Eva's cat is missing--also, she wonders, where is Eva's husband. Their other...

Indigo's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 * CBC Books Spring Fiction List 2026 * CBC Books Canadian Fiction Bestseller A dual coming-of-age story about performance--both public and private--sexuality, envy, and grief. Motherclown explores the most fundamental and...

Two rival volleyball players compete for the championship in this summer romp full of community, crushes, and courting from the author of Flirty Dancing. Jess loves volleyball--she really does. Playing in Southern California Beach Volleyball League with her best friend...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Electric Literature, CrimeReads, The Nerd Daily, Queerty, She Reads, and more! A cinematic, razor-sharp novel following a backlot fixer's daring investigation into the suspicious death of a closeted Black actor within the glamorous...

Named a Most Anticipated Read of 2026 by The New Yorker * The New York Times * GQ * The Guardian * BBC * Libby * The Sydney Morning Herald * USA Today * Town & Country * The Minnesota Star Tribune * Featured in BBC's Spring Preview * Oprah Daily * Goodreads * Harper'...

A spellbinding story collection from Booker Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki, about the lives we almost lived, the people we can't quite forget, and the stories that shape us long after the last page is turned In this spirited and emotionally resonant collection, award-winning novelist...

A Katie Couric Book Club Pick / A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick / A GoodReads Most Anticipated Book of Summer "Ann Patchett's new novel is a rare phenomenon in contemporary fiction: a novel both majestic and intimate, original and masterful in its structure, crystalline in its...

Sparks fly when bitter exes are forced to team up for an elaborate Feywild heist, in this cozy fantasy romance by the bestselling author of the Kingston Cycle and Even Though I Knew the End. Named one of the most anticipated romantasies of 2026 by Book Riot

The risks have never been more personal-or more dangerous-in this powerful Regency romance, as a resilient viscountess risks everything for the daughter she loves . . . and the duke she can't forget. Katherine Wilcox Palmers, the Viscountess of Hampton, has lost custody of the...

An instant New York Times bestseller! From beloved 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...

Gerry Smith grew up in a small town about fifty-five kilometres from Temagami, the hometown of his long-absent father, Dale King. But he's never met the once-legendary hockey player. Even after Gerry, as an adult, reconnects with his Anishinaabe relatives on his dad's side of the family, Dale...

A sharp and moving portrait of Ray -- judge, single parent, and tightly leashed woman whose survival strategies seem suddenly to be coming apart Ray, a single mother and superior court judge, pounds a punching bag in her basement to manage her anger. She has concluded that life...

USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne delights in a brand new cozy sci-fi romance series for fans of Martha Wells. This beautiful trade paper edition features French flaps with exquisite original art on the inside front and back cover! ...

Unspoken tensions simmer between two women under the heat of a Catalan summer in this internationally bestselling, erotic, and quietly radical portrait of queer desire. In a sun-drenched house on the Catalan coast, a young, queer photographer arrives to capture the portrait of a...

An end-of-the-world love story, an epic full of pathos and humor, asking what can be saved of our planet Well, that's about it for the story of planet Earth, poor Earth, reduced to not much more than a piece of burnt coal. But, as Deb Olin Unferth shows in her latest...

In the next installment of the Bruno, Chief of Police series, a newcomer to St. Denis is found dead at the home of one of Bruno's best friends--and for once, Bruno feels as though he is too close to the case to investigate, until it becomes clear that he's the only person who can solve the crime....

Piranesi meets Swordspoint in an elegant relay race through fantasy Venice from Hugo award-winning author Jo Walton The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds. When a laborer...

"Tia Williams is one of the very best romance writers we have. A forever auto-buy for me." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author A New York Times, USA Today, Boston Globe,...

The remarkably life-affirming novel from the highly acclaimed author of Still Life, set in 1940s Cornwall following the unlikely friendship between an eighty-nine-year-old woman at the end of her story and a young soldier, reeling from World War II, at the start of his own.

From celebrated Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas comes a striking new collection tracing the origins and evolution of Haida Manga--a bold visual genre that blends North Pacific Indigenous iconography and framelines with the dynamic energy of graphic storytelling. Inspired by the...