Summer Reads

(Available after November 30th, 2022)The conclusion of the epic trilogy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Awakening and The Becoming.Talamh is a land of green hills, high mountains, deep forests, and seas, where magicks thrive. But...

In the tradition of his renowned father, James J. Butcher’s debut novel is a brilliant urban fantasy about a young man who must throw out the magical rule book to solve the murder of his former mentor.On the streets of Boston, the world is divided into...

(Available after December 30th, 2022)"Exquisitely drawn characters imbue Lang’s unconventional plot with verisimilitude and heart, inspiring readers to ponder whether the world is stranger and more beautiful than it appears. Effervescent, ethereal, and...

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts "a glorious fantasy" (Neil Gaiman) — a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City, in the final book of the Great Cities Duology...

C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End.“Stylish supernatural noir with a heart and a thrumming pulse. I devoured it.”—Laini TaylorA magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine...

For three women living through World War II, the threat of war poses very separate issues - that is, until their lives become intertwined in the most tragic of circumstances.New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the...

(Available after 3-20 days) The richly atmospheric and luminous debut about three generations of women whose magic is as much a part of life as love, death, and the rich, dark earth beneath their feet—perfect for fans of Practical Magic and Midnight at...

From Brian McClellan, author of The Powder Mage trilogy, comes the first novel in the Glass Immortals series, In the Shadow of Lightning, an epic fantasy where magic is a finite resource—and it’s running out."Excellent worldbuilding and a truly epic...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by The Millions, a Best Book to Read in April by Town & Country and The AV Club, and one of 2022’s Best Beach Reads by Southern Living   “Read if you like: Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation,...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasized about escaping their daily lives and starting over.Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On...

“A harrowing portrait of race relations in America, as beautiful as it is urgent.”—Entertainment Weekly   “Black satire with bite, like Zora Neale Hurston used to do, with a smile and a sharp elbow. A touch of Paul Beatty, a dose of Dolemite, and a...

(Available after 3-20 days) The Icepick Surgeon is a tale of doctors gone amok, crossing the line from experiment to crime, often wrong for all well-intentioned reasons, and what these stories reveal about historic times in which they took place. Sam...

Scotland Yard had Sherlock Holmes. However, Kate Winkler Dawson shows us in American Sherlock that we, too, had someone who knew all too well about deductive reasoning. Our favorite true crime books read like fiction and emphasize that “truth is...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)Spanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. Boccaletti, of The Nature Conservancy, “tackles the most important story of our...

In the tradition of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a darkly humorous modern classic of Scottish literature about a doomed adolescent growing up in the mid-19th century—featuring a new introduction by Maggie O’Farrell, award-winning...

“A remarkable and gifted debut novel” (Colson Whitehead) about two outsiders—a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Earth—as they grapple with love, regret, and survival in a world transformed. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE...

A TODAY.COM MOST ANTICIPATED LATINX BOOK OF 2022!Three sisters. Three vastly different lives. A maelstrom of family secrets. For fans of María Amparo Escandón and Laurie Frankel, Margo Candela pens a riotous, provocative tale of family and sisterhood...

“Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion. The way she finds the extraordinary in the everyday is nothing short of poetry. She’s a writer’s writer—and a human’s human.”—New York Times bestselling...

(Available after 3-20 days)Four hikers enter the mountains. Only two return. But is it tragedy? Or treachery?   When sisters Cat and Ginny travel with their husbands to the idyllic Swiss Alps for a hiking holiday, it’s not just a chance to take in the...

(Available after October 30th, 2022) What do you do when your job really is Hell? Claudia Lux’s novel takes readers into the afterlife where Hell is a corporation, and its inhabitants are the employees. This book has wickedly funny characters and an...