Summer Reads

"This is a rare thing: an original, intelligent novel that’s not just a perfect summer beach read, but one that deserves serious awards consideration as well. Put down your phone and pick it up… A major accomplishment.”—Kirkus (starred)From the...

A *Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club pick* and razor‑sharp debut novel of three best friends navigating love, sex, faith, and the one night that changes it all.   It’s always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the...

Based on the Reddit sensation, a horror thriller of a young couple who buys the perfect, secluded house—only to discover the terror within. It’s the house of their dreams. Former marine Harry and his wife, Sasha, have packed up their life and their...

A goop Book Club Selection and Best Book of the Year“This unsparing and absorbing family portrait broke my heart and remade it a hundred times over.”—Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, VitaminIt is the day of her brother’s wedding and our narrator is still...

A charged, hypnotic debut novel about a boy’s life-changing summer in rural Pakistan: a story of fathers, sons, and the consequences of desire.At age sixteen, Fahad hopes to spend the summer with his mother in London. His father, Rafik, has other plans:...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)A thrilling portrait of political terror and the violent pleasures found in warehouses, bathrooms, and dungeons across New York City, X is a novel that delves into the psyches of characters on the marginsThe world is...

(Available after August 30th, 2022)Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize!“Belinda Huijuan Tang’s debut novel is a beautifully drawn, sensitively rendered portrait of a man desperately searching for his father—and for reconnection...

Noli Me Tangere is Latin for "touch me not." In this modern classic of Filipino literature, Jose Rizal exposes "matters . . . so delicate that they cannot be touched by anybody," unfolding an epic history of the Philippines that has made it that...

"Beautiful, complex, and subversive, The Last Karankawas is an important book about Texas from a powerful new voice in American fiction. I loved it." —Elizabeth Wetmore, New York Times bestselling author of ValentineA blazing and kaleidoscopic debut...

(Available after September 30th, 2022)In Joma West's Face, Margaret Atwood meets Kazuo Ishiguro in this sci-fi domestic drama that reimagines race and class in a genetically engineered society fed by performative fame.How much is your Face worth?Schuyler...

A Phenomenal Book Club Pick • A Vogue Book Club Pick • A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick • A The Rumpus Book Club Pick“All This Could Be Different is a bildungsroman, a gorgeous queer love story, and a musing on labor and immigration. But you’ll fall...

“Both a heartbreaking and heart-warming story, Melody Razak’s debut transports the reader into the home of a Brahmin family in 1940s Delhi. . . . The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you'll truly care what happens to...

(Available after September 30th, 2022)Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize"Lungfish is a force of nature—a deeply felt marvel of a book that navigates grief, parenthood, and the mysteries of family with unrelenting power and...

A boy befriends a very special fox whose uniqueness leads them both on a whirlwind adventure in this gripping and heartwarming tale about courage and companionship.   A heartwarming story about family, friendship and finding your inner fire. Between...

(Available after 3-20 days) Soul-splitting rituals in the North Tower of a recently reopened College of Arts spell danger for roommates Lottie and Alice in this sexy, sinister supernatural YA thriller.   A dark and funny YA thriller with a...

(Available after 3-20 days)"Full to the brim with teenage angst, werewolf lore, and plenty of pining, this supernatural romance is perfect for fans of Wranglestone and The Fell of Dark." - Philip Ellis   Max Remus couldn't care less about finding his...

Addressing issues of mental health, gender and privilege, Dawson's novel is an irrepressibly stylish take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.      Alice lives in a world of stifling privilege and luxury - but none of it means anything when your own...

For a Good Doctor there's only one rule: first do no harm.On the planet of Lobos, the Doctor halts a violent war between the native Loba and human colonists. Job done, the TARDIS crew departs - only for Ryan to discover he's left his phone behind. Again...

A richly imagined story of unexpected love, independence, and belonging – The Morning Gift is a classic WWII romance from Eva Ibbotson, with an introduction from Sarra Manning.Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her family,...

(Available after September 30th, 2022)From the author of Cottonmouths, a Los Angeles Review Best Book of 2017, comes an evocative suspense about the cost of keeping secrets and the dangers of coming home.   Beneath the roiling waters of the Arkansas...