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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER A finalist for the 2025 Giller Prize Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle,...

In this "engrossing" (Los Angeles Times) novel that sweeps from present-day California to the Vietnam War and back, a grieving young man is drawn into the orbit of a charismatic cult leader who forces him to reconsider why people give up control--and what it takes, ultimately, to find one...

One of Goodreads, Book Riot, and AV Club's Most Anticipated Horror Novels of the Year "Incendiary...this one hits hard." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) * "Intense, visceral, and not to be missed." --Booklist (starred review) *...

AN INDIE NEXT AND LIBRARYREADS PICK! The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and...

Virginia Feito's Mrs. March was hailed as "a brilliant debut . . . [by] a writer who keeps pace with the grandees she invokes" (Sarah Ditum, Guardian)--from Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson to Patricia Highsmith. Now, Feito returns with her "silver-polish sentences and her eerie psychological...

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ** A bold, witty, magical new voice in fiction, Justin Haynes weaves a cross-generational Caribbean story of migration, superstition, and a search for family in the novel Ibis. ...

From Jess Kidd, the bestselling author of Things in Jars who "is so good it isn't fair" (Erika Swyler, nationally bestselling author), the first in a cozy mystery series about a former nun who searches for answers in a small seaside town after her pen pal mysteriously disappears.<...

"You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night."-Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of the World A queer woman must fight her way out of a craft store run by a megachurch in this...

From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister--and Earth's environmental salvation. In Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate...

"Lockwood has written a roving chronicle of the madness of illness and the frightening porousness of what it means to be yourself in the hilariously profound way that only she could." - Vulture "Bonkers." - The New York Times "Reliably brilliant." - The...

The perfect summer read, full of charm and heart, written in the vein of The Thursday Murder Club or Only Murders in the Building but with a southern California twist. Mrs. B, the landlady of The Marigold Cottages is a stubborn idealist who only rents to people...

"Utterly charming . . . I would read a hundred of these stories." --Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures Seven struggling customers are given the unique opportunity to take home a "blanket cat" . . . but only for three days,...

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a heart-shattering standalone romantasy of sapphic longing, medieval folklore and a love that spans the centuries--in a stunning hardcover edition featuring designed endpapers, silver foiling, and a soft...

Drawing on inspiration from the Mauryan Empire of Ancient India, debut author Maithree Wijesekara plunges readers into the first amazing book of the Obsidian Throne trilogy, a new fantasy series of hunted witches, romantic angst, and political intrigue. Perfect for fans of The Hurricane Wars...