Books set primarily in New Hampshire, Vermont or Maine

Baby in a Box

Stories

by Sarah Braunstein

Paperback: Jun 2026

Prescient and idiosyncratic stories about the cost and joys of caretaking from a "sharp-witted, ravishing" (New York Times) writer.

Tell Me Everything

A Novel

by Elizabeth Strout

Hardcover: Sep 2024 | Paperback: Aug 2025

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

Spent

A Comic Novel

by Alison Bechdel

Hardcover: May 2025

The celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction.

The Frozen River

A Novel

by Ariel Lawhon

Hardcover: Dec 2023 | Paperback: Nov 2024

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who investigates a shocking murder that...

Promise

A Novel

by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Hardcover: Jul 2023 | Paperback: Aug 2024

Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, and their dreams as the Civil Rights Movement sweeps the nation in this "magical, magnificent novel" (Marlon James) from "a startlingly fresh voice" (...

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

A Novel

by Emma Torzs

Hardcover: May 2023 | Paperback: Jun 2024

In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection - a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and ...

Beyond That, the Sea

A Novel

by Laura Spence-Ash

Hardcover: Mar 2023 | Paperback: May 2024

A sweeping, tenderhearted love story, Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash tells the story of two families living through World War II on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the shy, irresistible young woman who will call them both her own.

This Other Eden

A Novel

by Paul Harding

Hardcover: Jan 2023 | Paperback: Dec 2023

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast.

Unlikely Animals

A Novel

by Annie Hartnett

Hardcover: Apr 2022 | Paperback: Feb 2023

A lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake.

This Might Hurt

by Stephanie Wrobel

Hardcover: Feb 2022 | Paperback: Jan 2023

From the USA Today bestselling and Edgar-nominated author of Darling Rose Gold comes a dark, thrilling novel about two sisters - one trapped in the clutches of a cult, the other in a web of her own lies.

Five Tuesdays in Winter

by Lily King

Hardcover: Nov 2021 | Paperback: Nov 2022

By the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers, Lily King's first-ever collection of exceptional and innovative short stories.

Night of the Living Rez

by Morgan Talty

Paperback: Jul 2022

Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy.