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Physical & Mental Differences

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The Foursome

A Novel

by Christina Baker Kline

Hardcover: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline's own distant relatives — who married world-...

All Flesh

A Novel

by Ananda Devi

Paperback: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A ticking bomb of teenage savagery that blows the hypocrisies and prejudice of society to smithereens.

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 ...

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.

Under This Red Rock

by Mindy McGinnis

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a mesmerizing YA psychological mystery following a teen girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio—only to become the number one suspect in ...

Will There Ever Be Another You

A Novel

by Patricia Lockwood

Hardcover: Sep 2025 | Paperback: Oct 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From the Booker Prize finalist and "formidably gifted writer" (The New York Times), a vertiginous novel about a woman's descent into illness and insanity.

One of Us

A Novel

by Dan Chaon

Hardcover: Sep 2025 | Paperback: Sep 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A playfully macabre and utterly thrilling tale about orphaned twins on the run from their murderous uncle who find refuge in a bizarre traveling carnival, from a master of literary horror.

Intermezzo

A Novel

by Sally Rooney

Hardcover: Sep 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family―but especially love―from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Life, and Death, and Giants

A Novel

by Ron Rindo

Hardcover: Sep 2025 | Paperback: Oct 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A remarkable child transforms a small, rural community―and soon the world.

Shred Sisters

by Betsy Lerner

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

No one will love you more or hurt you more than a sister.

From Betsy Lerner, celebrated author of The Bridge Ladies, comes a wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sisters.

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

A Novel

by James McBride

Hardcover: Aug 2023 | Paperback: Jul 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah's Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.

Pink Slime

by Fernanda Trias

Hardcover: Jul 2024 | Paperback: Jul 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolomé-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literature Prize.

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