Summer Reads

(Available after September 30th, 2022)A joyful ode—in a single soaring, crazy sentence—to the interconnectedness of great (and mad) minds   Spadework for a Palace bears the subtitle “Entering the Madness of Others” and offers an epigraph: “Reality is no...

Meet Vanessa Salomon, a privileged and misanthropic French-American translator hailing from a wealthy Parisian family. Her twin sister is a famous movie star, which Vanessa resents deeply and daily. The only man Vanessa ever loved recently killed himself...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION "Claire Oshetsky’s novel is a marvel: its language a joy, its imagination dizzying." —Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind An exhilarating, provocative novel of...

The first in a thrilling new series from Emmy Award–winning journalist Tamron Hall, in which a reporter unravels the disturbing mystery around the deaths of two Black girls, the work of a serial killer terrorizing Chicago.   When crime reporter...

* A People Best Book of the Year * Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List * Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence *From the MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and playwright, this “captivating, insightful...

From Tracey Garvis Graves, the bestselling author of The Girl He Used to Know comes a love song of a story about starting over and second chances in Heard It in a Love Song.Love doesn’t always wait until you’re ready.Layla Hilding is thirty-five and...

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKNamed a Best Book Pick of 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar and Real SimpleNamed a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by People, Essence, New York Post, PopSugar, New York Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Town &...

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, OBAMA 2021 BOOK PICK and INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Hunger was a constant, reliable friend in Mei Guo. She came second only to loneliness.'In China she was the daughter of professors. In Brooklyn her family is...

You'll never forget the Alvarado family: Dad wants nothing more than rain (and for his secrets to stay hidden); Mom feels pushed to divorce by Dad's obsession with the weather; and each of their three daughters ? TV chef, architect and social media whiz...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Feeney lives up to her reputation as the “queen of the twist”…This page-turner will keep you guessing.” —Real Simple on Rock Paper ScissorsThink you know the person you married? Think again…Things have been wrong with Mr...

A New York Times and Washington Post Notable BookA Best Book of 2021 by BuzzFeed and Real SimpleAn “unmissable” (Vogue), “exceptional” (The Washington Post), and “evocative” (Chicago Tribune) memoir about three Black girls from the storied Bronzeville...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A “furious and addictive new novel” (The New York Times) about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning as she flees her suburban life.“Exhilarating ... reads like a burning fever dream. A...

A Washington Post best nonfiction book pick of 2021“It is biography as an expression of love.” – The New York TimesNew York Times–bestselling author Julie Klam’s funny and moving story of the Morris sisters, distant relations with mysterious pasts.Ever...

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTIONONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE 2021 READSAN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA BEST BOOK OF 2021 FROM Washington Post, Vogue, Time, Oprah Daily, New York Times, Los...

A frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart—from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel, creator of I May Destroy You) behind Shutterbabe NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL...

"Read it for twists on twists, meditations on faith, and a deeply thoughtful treatment of an evangelical community."  — Glamour, Beach Reads That Are Like Summer in a Book   “A thoughtful and candid meditation on faith, family, and forgiveness . . ...

When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can’t cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer’s had steadily eroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. Surely one’s own father passing should never come as such a relief. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! "Plumbs the depths of marriage, motherhood and friendship with warmth and wit. I devoured it in one gulp!” —Maria Semple A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring...

(Available after 3-20 days)"For those who couldn't stop reading about Lori Loughlin and Operation Varsity Blues, this suspenseful thriller about the lines moms are willing to cross to get their kids into college is for you."—Refinery29   "Book Club...

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Real Simple ​From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell comes an unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel about the lengths one woman will go to save her son.Emma loves her life. She’s...