Empire Book Store's Best Fiction of 2023

An elegant, deluxe edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller—marking the 2nd anniversary of its publication—that will make the perfect gift or treat for yourself.Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket: After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill.New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It’s a rich man’s...

Curl up with this page-turning mystery perfect for fall The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • USA Today Bestseller • Washington Post’s The Twelve Best Thrillers of the Year • TIME’s 100 Must Read Books of the Year • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee • USA Today’s Best...

A fascinating, genre-bending achievement, Biography of X is the story of X, an art star in an alternate United States. Engrossing and engaging, it is a book that asks us if we can ever really know anyone — even ourselves.Named one of the Ten Best...

From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture—bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream—comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent...

A New Yorker Best Book of 2023 • A New York Public Library Best Book of 2023 • The Frontlist, Adam Morgan's Substack, Favorite Book of 2023 • A Publishers Weekly Best Fiction of 2023 • A Best Book of Fall 2023 by Bustle...

Named One of the Best Books of the Year by VOGUE and VOX.A "very funny, very good" (B. J. Novak) debut novel about a graduate student who follows her disgraced mentor to a university that gives safe harbor to scholars of ill repute, igniting a...

A startling new portrait of George Eliot, the beloved novelist and a rare philosophical mind who explored the complexities of marriage.In her mid-thirties, Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot—an author celebrated for her genius as...

With her daughter in the throes of drug addiction, a mother takes over the care of her granddaughter—and is transformed by the bond that forms between them—in this warm, sharp-witted, and psychologically acute story of familial love by a...

One of The Washington Post’s 50 Best Works of Fiction of 2023A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceOne of Them’s Best Books of 2023One of Crimereads Best Crime Novels of 2023“Theranos but make it gay.” —Electric...

A bereaved DCS who trusts her instincts and an Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity join forces to crack two missing persons cold cases in this gripping, powerful and truly original debut thriller. Waterstones Thriller of the Month for January...

A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into a sweeping meditation on love, ancestry, and the power of storytelling.There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the...

Named a Top Ten Best Book of the Year by Time and People Named a Best Book of the Year by: Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * New Yorker * Chicago Public Library * NPR * Oprah Daily * Philadelphia Enquirer A taut, groundbreaking, and highly acclaimed...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR!“One of those rare emotionally intelligent books that are also fun reads… Going to keep readers turning pages late into the night.” –The New York...

Through the story of the twenty-first century's most intense urban fire, Vaillant examines the devastating effect of climate change on the temperature of the planet and how deadly wildfires will only become more prevalent. Winner...

Teju Cole is back with his first major novel since Open City. Another brilliant work of autofiction, Tremor reckons with the passing of time, survival, and how stories make up the fabric of our lives.An “extraordinary,...

Readers of Claire Lombardo, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, and J. Courtney Sullivan will delight in this debut novel delving deep under the well-manicured facade of a wealthy Brooklyn family.A New York Times bestseller | A Good Morning America Book...

Just read this one. It’s deceptively slim and deeply satisfying, with fabulous characters and two storylines — full of love and grief and joy — driven by the snappy dialogue and wit of Lorrie Moore.From “one of the most acute and...