Fiction

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Updated April 14, 2026
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Vigil : A Novel
Saunders, George
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "After his spectacular Lincoln in the Bardo, Saunders returns . . . with a new novel even more spectacular than the last."--Los Angeles Times A "daring" (Time) novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize...
Kin
Jones, Tayari.
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage--Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after...
The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Desai, Kiran
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE * 2025 KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of Barack Obama's Favourite Books of 2025 * ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * ONE OF PEOPLE'S TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE YEAR ...
Far-Flung Life : A Novel
Stedman, M. L.
Paper Book
From the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Light Between Oceans comes a breathtaking and epic novel set in the vast outback of Australia--about tragedy, family secrets, and the enduring power of love. When we do something that can't be undone or mended, how do we go...
The eleventh hour
Rushdie, Salman
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker * Financial Times * The Guardian * The Economist From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman Rushdie, an inventive collection of fiction that explores life, death, and what comes into focus at the...
Is this a cry for help?
Austin, Emily
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER 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...
Guardian and a Thief: Oprah's Book Club : A Novel
Majumdar, Megha
Paper Book
An Oprah's Book Club Pick Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Finalist for the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Fiction Megha Majumdar's electrifying...
John of John
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by GQ * The New York Times * The Guardian * Esquire * Chicago Review of Books * The Sydney Morning Herald * Time * Oprah Daily * Vogue * ELLE * Kirkus Reviews * Los Angeles Times * Literary Hub * Washington Post * Goodreads *...
Good People : A Novel
Paper Book
"[A] gorgeous and powerful debut."--Tommy Orange, The New York Times "Good People is the year's first great novel."--The Minnesota Star Tribune "A stunning read. I could not recommend it more enthusiastically. . . . What a spectacular triumph...
This is where the serpent lives
Mueenuddin, Daniyal.
Paper Book
A stunning new work from universally acclaimed Daniyal Mueenuddin, whose debut short story collection won the Story Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE. NAMED A...
News from Dublin
T oib in, Colm
One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 From Colm Tóibín, "one of the world's best living literary writers" (The Boston Globe), comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America--about...
Discipline
Pham, Larissa
A taut, electrifying debut about a woman forced to confront unsettling truths about herself, her past, and the life she rebuilt following a ruinous affair with her former mentor, from "a writer to keep a close eye on" (The New York Times Book Review) "Precise and spellbinding...
Some bright nowhere
Packer, Ann
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Extraordinary. Books like this are why I love reading. This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel." --Elin Hilderbrand "Profound and moving and real."--Andrew Sean Greer "Some Bright...
What we can know
McEwan, Ian
Paper Book
BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of Barack Obama's Favourite Books of 2025 * The Atlantic's Top 10 * The Standard's Best 2025 Titles to Buy for Book Lovers...
Lost Lambs : A Novel
Paper Book
National bestseller. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Vulture, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, Playboy, The Times (UK), Our Culture, Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Harper's Bazaar. A Book Club Pick from...
Palaver
Washington, Bryan
Paper Book
Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction Finalist for 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 . . . [...
The river is waiting
Lamb, Wally
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick, a...
Beast Slinks Towards Beijing : A Novel
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...
Queen Esther
Irving, John
Paper Book
Indigo's Best Books of 2025 After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award winner The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud's, Maine, where Dr. Larch takes in Esther, a three-year-old Jew whose...
Pick a colour
Thammavongsa, Souvankham
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2025 GILLER PRIZE Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Globe and Mail * The New Yorker * CBC * Indigo * TIME * Kirkus * Publishers Weekly * Real Simple * The Boston Globe From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham...
Half his age
McCurdy, Jennette
AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER and NATIONAL BESTSELLER. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the...
Flashlight
Choi, Susan
Paper Book
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker * Time * New York * The Washington Post * NPR * Los Angeles Times * The Boston Globe * The Guardian * Vanity Fair * Elle *...
Minor black figures
Taylor, Brandon
Paper Book
A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his part-time...
The wilderness
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 ...
Helm
Hall, Sarah
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Daily Mail, The Independent, and the Chicago Public Library * From the twice-Booker-nominated writer of Burntcoat, a bold and astonishing literary masterpiece that...
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