Summer Reads

“Endearing, exciting, and very clever, Danielle Rollins' Stolen Time is the kind of time-travel story I'm always on the lookout for. I know I can't really speak for him, but I feel like Doc Brown would be onboard with this one.”—Kendare Blake, #1 New...

This is the thrilling and romantic sequel to Defy the Stars from the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline.An outcast from her home -- Shunned after a trip through the galaxy with Abel, the most advanced cybernetic man...

The stunning finale to the Defy the Stars trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline.Hunted and desperate.Abel only has one mission left that matters: save the life of Noemi Vidal. To do that, he not only...

(Available after March 30th, 2022)Set in a gorgeous world of bone and shadow magic, of vengeful gods and defiant chosen ones, The City of Dusk follows the four heirs of four noble houses—each gifted with a divine power—as they form a tenuous alliance to...

A heart-stopping adventure defying time and space that New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu calls "an incredibly intricate, brilliantly paced, masterfully written journey."Time flies when you're plundering history.Farway Gaius McCarthy was...

An Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award winner—Grand Prize and Young Adult Fiction. When Kate Pierce-Keller’s grandmother gives her a strange blue medallion and speaks of time travel, sixteen-year-old Kate assumes the old woman is delusional. But it all...

Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Bookpage, NPR, Washington Post, and The EconomistA moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak.In the...

A Skimm Reads Pick   "The female friendships here are ones we’ll all recognize, and in seeing myself in each of these women – their good moments and their bad - I felt implicated in their stories, and in this book. It’s an outstanding novel.”— Mary Beth...

Few authors can match Melissa Harrison’s evocative descriptions of country life and the natural world and, in All Among the Barley, she allies her redolent prose to a compelling story of community and lost innocence. With a narrative haunted by one war...

It’s summer behind the Iron Curtain, and six girls are about to swim their way to the Olympics — and a new life. In an unnamed Soviet state, six girls meet each day to swim. At first, they play, splashing each other and floating languidly on the water’s...

'An utterly gorgeous novel. It will forever hold my heart in its pages' Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High-Low podcastGrace loves a woman. Annie loves a man. Violet isn't quite sure. But you'll love them all...Grace has what one might call a 'full and...

*Dawn O’Porter’s brand new bestseller, LIFE IN PIECES, is available to buy now! * *The Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick* ‘A total joy’ -- Matt Haig ‘Unputdownable’  --  Marian Keyes Fearless, frank and for anyone who’s ever...

In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy novel with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the social ladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes.   Flare is power.   With only a drop of flare, one can light the...

A. K. Larkwood's The Unspoken Name is a stunning debut fantasy about a young priestess sentenced to die, who at the last minute escapes her fate; only to become an assassin for the wizard who saved her.What if you knew how and when you will die?Csorwe...

(Available after March 14th, 2022)The sequel to A. K. Larkwood's stunning debut fantasy, The Unspoken Name. The Thousand Eyes continues The Serpent Gates series—perfect for fans of Jenn Lyons, Joe Abercrombie, and Ursula K. Le Guin.Just when they thought...

'Prepare to lose yourself in a tale of love, loss and deceit' -- SARA COX, RADIO 2 DJ AND HOST OF BBC 2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS'I was hooked from the beginning' --  CLARE CHAMBERS, AUTHOR OF SMALL PLEASURES'Broke me, put me back together and made me cry...

'A lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' -- Eve Chase, author of The Glass House'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller' --  TimesThe compelling, transfixing novel...

"The perfect book for thriller readers and true-crime podcast addicts...a stunning literary thriller that artfully twists and turns until the very end."--BustleOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best Thrillers and Mysteries of the YearOne of Publishers...

(Available after 3-20 days)In a world of darkness where royal vampires are in charge, I spend my days working as a knight in the city formerly known as London. Instead of a lance and a horse, I rely on my trusty axe, Babe, and ride the occasional dragon...

From the time I joined the Knights of Boudica, I've pretended to be just like all the others. A magic specialty or two. Skilled with a blade. An innate sense of justice.But normal is overrated, right?Now that I know there are more ancient and powerful...