Adult & Contemporary Fiction

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From the author of the runaway hit, Hidden Pictures, comes a stunning new work of domestic suspense. “Part conspiracy thriller, part family drama, The Last One at the Wedding kept my heart racing and my mind reeling...

IT’S. FINALLY. HAPPENING. The thrilling fake-dating, bodyguard romance YA debut from the original BookTok content creator of the year, Eden Victoria (@EdenVictorria and @edenslife)Being the heiress of Greenway Discoveries, Daphne...

The Fallon Spring Reads Book Club Pick.A mother is forced to the breaking point when her life and the lives of her children are threatened by an intruder.Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD LONGLIST * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, TIME, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE * A DAKOTA JOHNSON x TEATIME BOOK...

We doubt fights with your siblings are ever this deadly — like Game of Thrones with a corporate edge, Gifted & Talented will have you rooting for your favorite heir to win it all. From the New York...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD. "A beautiful portrait of a family reaching for their dreams while holding on to their roots."—Publishers Weekly. "Each chapter reads like a small masterpiece."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review). An...

The sweet (and laugh-out-loud) start of a brand-new bookish romance series, perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Tessa Bailey, and Ali Hazelwood. If you’ve ever wanted to drop everything and move to a small town, this one's for you. A Gilmore Girls...

Thomas Mann wrote his last great novel, Doctor Faustus, during his exile from Nazi Germany. Although he already had a long string of masterpieces to his name, in retrospect this seems to be the novel he was born to write. A modern reworking of the Faust...

Daring and dark, Hungerstone is a decadent retelling of a centuries-old classic. Centered on a woman's unraveling at the hands of a ravenous houseguest, this one is not for the faint of heart.A Rolling Stone 10 Most Anticipated Books of the Year...

The Monthly Pick author of The Dead Romantics returns with a heartwarming, ear-wormy tale. There's nothing worse than falling for someone you loathe — especially in show business.A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty, best friend's brother, second chance romance and the second interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series.   Elliot Carson left Sugarlake and has never looked back...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty second chance romance and the first interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series.   Alina Carson meets Chase Adams when she's eleven years old, after he moves in down the...

A bestselling romance author flees to Alaska to reinvent herself and write her first murder mystery, but the rugged resort proprietor soon has her fearing she’s living in a rom-com plot instead in this earnestly spectacular debut by a stunning new...

We're always charmed by Rebecca Serle. One Italian Summer was a super fun B&N Book Club pick, and her latest is equally lovely, especially if you believe fate has a plan for you.Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the...

Has a book ever totally changed your life? A group of teens at a home for pregnant girls face adversity, shame and more until a book of witchcraft changes everything for them. Triumphant and terrifying, you won't put this one down.There’s power in...

Another of Morrion’s marvels, this story digs into all the emotional touchpoints of friendship, love, and societal roles. It’s the tale of two lifelong best friends and how far they’ll go to repair what is thought lost.Sula and Nel are...

A whirlwind story of friendship, love and linguistics on dragon back. If you love the complex characterization of Tahereh Mafi or the vivid worldbuilding of V.E. Scwhab, this one is for you.In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the...

Like a fever dream brought to life, this is the epic story of an ancient empire, political intrigue and destiny. When Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrives in Tenochtitlan, the glory and grandeur that greet him make him suspect that...

Lose yourself in the tortured love lives of expats in 1920s Paris in this iconic cult classic. 'Nightwood is itself. It is its own created world, exotic and strange, and reading it is like drinking wine with a pearl dissolving in the glass ... From now...

“Masterly ... absolute bliss.” – Sunday Telegraph. Bernard Samson is tormented. After years on the “other side,” his wife, Fiona, is finally back in his life. Cool and sophisticated, Fiona doesn’t know that she finds...