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The Cloak and Dagger Club

by Jackie McMahon

Inspired by Agatha Christie's Detection Club, a murder mystery and second-chance romance collide.

Henry Tudor Must Die

by Jillian Laine

One exiled. One condemned. Two queens unite for revenge against Henry VIII.

A Well-Trained Wife

by Tia Levings

"Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn't a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me."

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How to Kill a Crime Writer

by Sarah Lotz

A young woman joins forces with her late mother's fictional heroine to solve her murder.

Villa Coco

by Andrew Sean Greer

"An Absolute Delight to Read! Charming, Entertaining, and Richly Imagined"

This book is everything—an original, clever story, quirky characters, and superior writing. It's also funny, as in laugh-out-loud funny and at the most unexpected times. I lost count of how many times...

Tenderness

by Rowan Beaird

A 1970s island wedding is threatened when a bride's sinister former cult resurfaces.

Pool House

"A famous but broke actress and her 20-year-old daughter struggle to understand one another."

Moon was once a Hollywood ingénue. Now that she's nearing 50, the roles have dried up, and she lends out her lavish home via a short-term rental site in order to pay the mortgage. She and her 20-year-old daughter, Stevie, live in the ...

Lovers XXX

"Two young women come of age in the 1980s amid Los Angeles's adult film industry."

When eighteen-year-old Jude thinks back on the happiest days of her life, her mind always returns to the time she spent with her childhood best friend, Winnie. The two once imagined running away together from their small Pacific Northwest town, ...

So Many Stars

Award-winning novelist Caro De Robertis offers a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of queer and trans elders of color, from leading activists to artists to ...

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It’s that time again. That time when we bring you a glimpse into the books we’re most excited about for the rest of the year, starting with the first ones publishing in July and looking ahead to December. 2026 has already been exciting ...

The Door in Penrose Forest

"The Door in Penrose Forest starts with an enticing hook and deepens into an eerie, absorbing mystery."

In 1997, young Nico Calloway goes on an expedition with his lepidopterist mother to study the behavior of monarch butterflies in nearby Penrose Forest. In the middle of the night, she wakes up, walks towards a mysterious glowing door in a forest ...

Too Old for This

by Samantha Downing

A retired killer's secret is at risk when a visitor arrives, her only option? Another murder.

1873

"Liaquat Ahamed's new book of financial history describes the frenzied speculation and inflated bond market of the mid-1800s, and the long deflationary aftermath of the inevitable crash."

Liaquat Ahamed's new nonfiction book 1873 is a compelling exploration of the mid-1800s United States and Europe through the lens of financial markets and monetary policy. Ahamed's story of 1873—the year of the market crash that led to what he ...

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The members of the Girls' Night In Book Club in the Washington DC area are an eclectic bunch of women with a shared love of books. They particularly ...

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The Night Hunter

by Natalie Moss

Two sisters confront family secrets, and a deadly predator, in the South African bush.

Do you read one book at a time or can you read multiple books at once? I can ONLY read one book at a time.

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The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.'

The Land and Its People

"Wonderful essays on a range of subjects that showcase the wit and cynicism of David Sedaris as he manages his life in the United States and abroad."

There is a passage in David Sedaris' new book of essays where he is trying to engage his fourteen-year-old godson Tommy in a conversation. He remembers his own godfather Nick, and not fondly. Nick was "a complete dud. A deadbeat. No birthday gifts ...

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The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue

"Through art, friendship, memory, and a splash of magic, a grieving teen discovers strength and resilience as she journeys towards healing."

The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue centers on Jihad, a Syrian-American Muslim teenager navigating everyday life at home and at her new school, where she experiences constant discrimination and harassment from her classmates due to her Muslim faith and ...

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