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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...

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...

"Meg Mitchell Moore is my own go-to for beach reading, and Down With the Shipmans is a pure delight. It's a family drama with three sisters, some very charismatic dogs, and a glorious setting. I promise you will LOVE this--and all of Meg's other books as well." --Elin Hilderbrand<...

A hypnotic debut about the pivotal summer that shatters the delicate balance between three best friends Fifteen-year-old Mina's whole world is her two best friends, but after an unexpected kiss, the established dynamics of their trio quickly unravel. Everything that was once shared openly...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2026 by NPR, People, Oprah Daily, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country, Esquire, The New York Post, The Boston Globe, WGBH, Real Simple, The Root, Our Culture, Woman's World, Publishers...

"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...

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...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 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...

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Heated Rivalry for the tennis set...charming, funny, and big-hearted."--Town & Country "[A] debut romance novel that will capture your heart."--Cosmopolitan Love evens the score between two tennis players in this...

New from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Summers at the Saint and Hello, Summer! Pack your bags for a summer journey shaped by family secrets, long-buried history, and charming men with Irish accents. Maeve and Therese Dunigan haven't...

A New York Times bestseller from the world's #1 bestselling author: They're ex-Special Forces. They're on American soil. Their code name is "Rocket's Red Glare."  "Rocket's Red Glare moves fast and hits hard. Nat Phillips is an old...

READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY "Funny, drama-fueled, and full of Jackson's breezy wit. . . Brilliant." --Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters "The platonic ideal of a beach read." --The New York...

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...

Instant USA Today Bestseller Stepford Wives meets Big Little Lies in this twisty thriller that uncovers the untruths, petty grievances, and local school politics underneath a seemingly quaint...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Included in "The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by The New York Times A novelist once wrote, "There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them." Jill Biden's time to...

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...

From the best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, the eleven surviving crewmen face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory but...