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A Novel

by Joyce Carol Oates

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspenseabout the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author "who is surely on any ...

The Sisters K

by Maureen Sun

Hardcover: Jun 2024

Critics' Consensus:

"You're my sister, but I'm not sure I love you. I'm not sure I love anyone. But if someone hurt you I'd want to kill him. I'd want him to die in pain. And he has hurt you…"

Four for the Road

by K J. Reilly

Hardcover: Aug 2022 | Paperback: Aug 2023

Critics' Consensus:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy about four unlikely friends dealing with the messy side of grief who embark on a road trip to Graceland.

Scoundrel

How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free

by Sarah Weinman

Hardcover: Feb 2022 | Paperback: Feb 2023

Critics' Consensus:

From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around him - including conservative thinker William F. Buckley - into helping set him free

In the Time of Our History

by Susanne Pari

Paperback: Jan 2023

Critics' Consensus:

Inspired by her own family's experiences following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Susanne Pari explores the entangled lives within an Iranian American family grappling with generational culture clashes, the roles imposed on women, and a tragic ...

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza

Hardcover: Jun 2021 | Paperback: May 2022

Critics' Consensus:

From the cocreator of Deadpool comes a hilariously entertaining debut featuring two unlikely and unforgettable amateur sleuths. An engrossing and entertaining murder mystery full of skewering social commentary, Suburban Dicks examines the racial ...

Edison

by Edmund Morris

Hardcover: Oct 2019 | Paperback: Nov 2020

Critics' Consensus:

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.

You Bring the Distant Near

by Mitali Perkins

Hardcover: Sep 2017 | Paperback: Apr 2019

Critics' Consensus:

This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart.

The Radium Girls

The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

by Kate Moore

Hardcover: May 2017 | Paperback: Mar 2018

Critics' Consensus:

The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger.

Edgar and Lucy

by Victor Lodato

Hardcover: Mar 2017 | Paperback: Feb 2018

Critics' Consensus:

A new literary novel from Weissberg Award winning playwright and PEN USA Award for Fiction winning writer Victor Lodato, Edgar and Lucy is a masterfully written story of a broken family struggling to stay together.

Jack of Spades

A Tale of Suspense

by Joyce Carol Oates

Hardcover: May 2015 | Paperback: May 2016

Critics' Consensus:

An exquisite, psychologically complex thriller about the opposing forces within the mind of one ambitious writer and the line between genius and madness.

Girl Waits with Gun

by Amy Stewart

Hardcover: Sep 2015 | Paperback: May 2016

Critics' Consensus:

An enthralling novel based on the forgotten true adventures of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs.

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