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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND NPR WINNER OF THE 2023 L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION "Stunning not only on account of the author's talent, of which there is clearly plenty, but...

National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 HonoreeLonglisted for the Women's Prize for FictionNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Vulture, and BBC An enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and...

Before the fire, it was the perfect place to raise a family.An idyllic community where neighbors knew one another...or so they thought. Jenna Abbott's life went up in flames even before the fire started in Tenmile, Oregon. She was still coping with her husband's...

Is there a recipe for the perfect life? Thirty-two-year-old 'happiness guru' Dr Cooper Hunziker has it all - a dream job as assistant psychology professor at Yale University, a soon-to-be published self-help book, The Happiness Connection, and the perfect man. But there's a problem....

Loose in the Bright Fantastic is an adult fiction book that will be of interest to readers of women's fiction and family dramas, particularly those who are dealing with "sandwich generation" issues of caring both for growing children and aging parents. Grey-haired Maggie, who...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an uplifting novel about an author who--to her surprise--inherits a grand estate near London.Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in the Berkshires...

The acclaimed author of the "sweeping and beautifully written novel" (Woman's World) The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal set against World War II. Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what's expected of...

She's the key witness to a drive-by shooting. But what happens when her duty to justice threatens the most important thing in her world-her family?Reagan Ramsey-mother and middle school teacher extraordinaire-knows how to hold it together in the face of adversity. In the aftermath...

Nell McDaragh never knew her grandfather, the celebrated Irish poet Phil McDaragh. But his love poems seem to speak directly to her. Restless and wryly self-assured, at twenty-two Nell leaves her mother Carmel's orderly home to find her own voice as a writer (mostly...

The debut of a wonderful new series, The Scoop is #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels's introduction to The Godmothers, four unforgettable women who are about to get a whole new lease on life. . . Teresa ""Toots"" Amelia Loudenberry has crammed...

"This rich, endlessly engaging novel is, one hopes, the first in a long career for an author who has the talent and imagination to write whatever she wants." --The New York Times In the tradition of Station Eleven, Severance and The Dog Stars, a...

What if your best friend returns to town and helps you snag a date with the guy you've had a crush on since you were sixteen? That would be fabulous. Or would it?Tara helps her brother run their family's restaurant in Moonbeam. Not that...

New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's bighearted novel about family, secrets, small-town Texas romance, and--with a little bit of luck--starting over.Family doesn't mean everyone has to like each other. That's the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas,...

"A compellingly heartbreaking debut novel about the echoes of Partition and four friends whose dark secrets lead to a life-changing night that comes back to haunt them decades later"--Author: Nigar AlamISBN-10: 0593544072ISBN-13: 9780593544075Publisher: G.P. Putnam's SonsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2023Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.40w...

Short Story Collection Red Road Redemption is an unforgettable collection of short stories filled with haunting characters, both human and animal, overflowing with thought-provoking drama, humor, and nostalgia. Take an unquiet walk in the woods, peer through a poignant lens at disappearing family farms,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep...

After one too many questionable decisions, Anthony Romano has lost his job and entr馥 to his favorite watering hole. At a crossroads, Anthony seeks professional help. But when his psychiatrist suggests his issues stem from his tumultuous childhood, Anthony realizes he must return to...

A People Magazine Pick. "In delicious, decadent prose, Denene Millner does what few authors can-compose a sprawling multigenerational tale that is necessary American reading. One Blood sings the song of the South in a voice that is heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient. A masterpiece."-Tara M....

In this engrossing novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a top Hollywood executive seeks a new beginning when his career takes an unplanned turn.As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every conceivable...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door."I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter." --Reese WitherspoonThink: Gilmore Girls, but...

One moody Turkish husband, one screaming toddler, thirty days to find true happiness . . .​After marrying Mesut, the man of her dreams, having an adorable little boy and moving to a beautiful Scottish seaside town, Jess knows she should feel more grateful. But...

Off to Join the Circus focuses on an overly enmeshed, neurotic Jewish family in the Washington, D.C., area, and what happens when a relative returns after 64 years. Adele Pinsky ran away as a teenager back in 1954, perhaps to join a circus. The...

In That Night, New York Times bestselling author Alice McDermott, "has taken a suburban teenage romance and pregnancy and infused it with the power, the ominousness, and the star-crossed romanticism of a contemporary Romeo and Juliet" (Chicago Tribune) A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize...

Family is not always destiny and houses are sometimes more than a home.When Air Force pilot Joe Jackson moves his family to Santa Clara Valley during the turbulent sixties, Harriet, her father's eyes and ears, is drawn to next-door neighbor, Bobby, aspiring circus performer...

The first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric "The Entertainer," an engaging and entertaining crime caper that is a valentine to close-knit black families and tightly woven communities struggling to get by during the Depression and World War II. Babe...

Hersey James is the patriarch of both a TV family, and the family that mirrors them in real life. Apart from Glenn, who was only a child when The James Gang was cancelled from network TV in the late 1970s, the rest of Hersey's...

The "queen of beach reads" (New York Magazine) presents nine captivating stories of summer on Nantucket--and days that last forever--to carry us through when those warm sandy days feel far off. Inside the collection, you'll find: - Three years after Mallory Blessing's death (in...

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library...

Readers of Patrick Taylor's books know Mrs. Kinky Kincaid as the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled town doctors in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. A trusted fixture in the lives of those around her, it often seems as though Kinky...

There are no secrets in a small Kansas town. Everyone knows everything about everyone, and Summer Steven's life is no exception.Six-year-old Summer isn't sure about her new stepfather, who whistles when sober and swears when drunk. Her mom isn't much help. Ever since she...

Joe and Abigail Sawyer married at a young age. They purchased land north of the Grizzlies Eye Mountain and south of the Grizzlies Back Falls with money they inherited, and turned a rundown old barn found hidden among tall brush, weeds and trees into...

Will the duke and his daughter reignite a long-lost dream for the princess? Find out what happens in this heartwarming royal story by Jennifer Faye for Harlequin Romance. A ready-made family...for the princess? Princess Beatrix knows widower Duke Rez turned away from high-society life...

From neuroscientist and bestselling author Lisa Genova comes a story of resilience in the face of a devastating diagnosis. After a car crash leaves a vibrant mother in her thirties with a traumatic brain disorder called "left neglect," she learns what truly matters most...

In the latest Harlequin Romance by Jennifer Faye, the CEO is in for two shocking surprises when the princess regains her memory... The CEO, his housekeeper... and her double confession! When CEO Antoine meets a stranger in need, he offers her work and refuge...

Workaholic Henrietta Wegner can feel her edge beginning to dull in middle age. Once the company's hottest mergers and acquisitions executive, Henri can see the ambitious and impossibly young up-and-comers gunning for her job. When her boss makes it clear she'll be starting the...

As mothers we never dare to delve into our worst-nightmare scenarios. What if... we might murmur to each other, and then shake our heads, telling ourselves it'll never happen to us if we're just good enough mothers. Yet here we are. And the steady...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new novel about love, family, friendship, secrets, and a life-changing journey. Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a...

Lydia Wienewski discovers that her family's ever-popular kielbasa isn't the only thing that's been pricked when she finds a body in this entertaining and smartly written cosy. A Woman's World Book Club PickLydia Wienewski can't wait to open her dream Polish-American cafe and bakery...

The story of Judy Hartzell begins with the disappearance of her father and the murder of her mother--two events that shocked the small community of Lost Creek, West Virginia, a region of Appalachia in the 1940s. She is separated from her six siblings when...

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is an emotionally powerful novel that "succeeds mightily...truly a wonderful story" (Boston Globe). Aria is no stranger to tragedy -- as a young girl, she and her older sister and mother...

This story is about a young boy who grew up with nothing he worked hard his whole young life and still had nothing until one day he got a break from a farmer's wife. He promised her he would put a crop in the...

As a young farm girl, Bonnie, lives through tragedy when her younger brother dies in a fire. Just as Jonah from the Bible did, she learns how to continue her faith in God with the help of her family.This journey through heartbreak and hope...

The ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love who she hasn't seen in fourteen years, but who she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling into...

With The Hole We're In--a bold, timeless, yet all too timely novel about a troubled American family navigating an even more troubled America--award-winning author and screenwriter, Gabrielle Zevin, delivers a work that places her in the ranks of our shrewdest social observers and top...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this heartfelt novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a young woman with an unforgettable voice fights for the freedom to pursue her dreams. Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting...

An instant New York Times bestseller - A New York Times Notable Book - Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more - A Reese's Book Club Pick...

"A glorious treat awaits you at the literary table of Donia Bijan." --Adriana Trigiani Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. When we first meet Noor, she...

"Wonderful. . . . Dark, funny, full of emotional intelligence and gripping from the start . . . beautifully written."--Daily MailThe internationally bestselling author and host of The Graham Norton Show returns with a tense and darkly comic novel that casts a caustic light...

All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover... That was what Elliot--the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookshop--believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed Book Hater. Now...

FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022 "An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious...