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Summer of Love

by Kerri Maher

Three women reshape their family's Napa Valley winery after the 1967 Summer of Love.

Merry-Go-Round Broke Down

by David Woo, Margalit Shinar

Nine linked stories reveal how globalization sparks life-changing consequences across continents.

The Top of the World

"Ethan Joella's fourth novel is a meditation on grief and recovery."

Ethan Joella's novel The Top of the World centers on Chip Bishop, an eighteen-year-old with terminal leukemia. After his high school graduation in 1974, he leaves home without telling his family where he's going, eager to have new experiences...

Tenderness

by Rowan Beaird

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

The Cloak and Dagger Club

by Jackie McMahon

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

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 ...

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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July 15, 2026

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Henry Tudor Must Die

by Jillian Laine

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

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Another Word for Love

by Carvell Wallace

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Hot Springs Drive

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by Sara Freeman

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 ...

This Book Made Me Think of You

by Libby Page

A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lost—a year of books, one for every month—launching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this ...

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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An Infinite Love Story

by Chanel Cleeton

“A tender, romantic drama that soars as high as it’s astronauts.” —Kate Quinn

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...

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The General and Julia

by Jon Clinch

Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy in this epic and ...

July 7, 2026

Our Most Anticipated Books for 2026 (July–December)

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 ...

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, ...

The Book of Birds

"Nonfiction, poetry, and art combine in this dynamic, singular ode to the wonder of birds and to the beauty we stand to lose if more species become extinct."

The Book of Birds is the latest collaboration between writer Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris, whose works have celebrated and taken inspiration from various aspects of nature. In their new book, the duo profile 49 different bird species, ...

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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.

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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