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Seduction Theory

A Novel

by Emily Adrian

Hardcover: Aug 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

For fans of Conversations with Friends and Vladimir comes a magnetic, fresh take on marriage and loyalty: when two married professors tiptoe toward infidelity, their transgressions are brought to light in a graduate student's ...

James

A Novel

by Percival Everett

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. From the "literary icon" (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure is the ...

The Ending Writes Itself

A Novel

by Evelyn Clarke

Hardcover: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Six authors.

One private island.

Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives.

The Bookshop

A History of the American Bookstore

by Evan Friss

Hardcover: Aug 2024 | Paperback: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest...

Theory & Practice

A Novel

by Michelle de Kretser

Hardcover: Feb 2025 | Paperback: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A new novel of startling intelligence from prizewinning Australian author Michelle de Kretser, following a writer looking back on her young adulthood and grappling with what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art.

On Morrison

by Namwali Serpell

Hardcover: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An illuminating, electrifying exploration of the work of Toni Morrison by an award-winning novelist and Harvard professor.

This Book Made Me Think of You

by Libby Page

Hardcover: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

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 glimmering and heart-stopping novel.

Death of the Author

A Novel

by Nnedi Okorafor

Hardcover: Jan 2025 | Paperback: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a ...

One Aladdin Two Lamps

by Jeanette Winterson

Hardcover: Jan 2026

Critics' Consensus:

"One of the most daring and inventive writers of our time" (Elle) weaves together memoir, manifesto, and a feminist reimagining of One Thousand and One Nights in this impassioned exploration of the power of reading.

A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls

Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature

by Adam Morgan

Hardcover: Dec 2025

Critics' Consensus:

The definitive biography of overlooked queer icon Margaret C. Anderson, whose fight to publish James Joyce's Ulysses led to her arrest and trial for obscenity. Perfect for fans of The Editor and The Book-Makers.

Book of Lives

A Memoir of Sorts

by Margaret Atwood

Hardcover: Nov 2025 | Paperback: Sep 2026

Critics' Consensus:

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures.

Roman Year

A Memoir

by Andre Aciman

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

The author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood.

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