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Female Friendships

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Baby in a Box

Stories

by Sarah Braunstein

Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

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

Atmosphere

A Love Story

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love ...

Meet Me at the Crossroads

A Novel

by Megan Giddings

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly, a dazzling novel about two brilliant sisters and what happens to their undeniable bond when a mysterious and possibly perilous new world beckons.

Endling

A Novel

by Maria Reva

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-...

Woodworking

by Emily St. James

Hardcover: Mar 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An unforgettable and heartwarming book-club debut following a trans high school teacher from a small town in South Dakota who befriends the only other trans woman she knows: one of her students.

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton

A Novel

by Jennifer N. Brown

Hardcover: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A dual-timeline murder mystery set in an English country manor, when an ambitious professor discovers the long-lost manuscript of a Reformation-era prophetess.

Sky Daddy

A Novel

by Kate Folk

Hardcover: Apr 2025 | Paperback: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Cross the jet bridge with Linda, a frequent flyer with an unusual obsession, in this "razor-sharp and tender-hearted" (Lily Brooks-Dalton) debut novel by the acclaimed author of Out There.

Mothers and Other Strangers

A Novel

by Corey Ann Haydu

Hardcover: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Two estranged childhood best friends reunite as expectant mothers, after a mysterious falling-out between their own mothers keeps them apart for years​. Perfect for readers of Claire Lombardo and J. Courtney Sullivan.

We Do Not Part

A Novel

by Han Kang

Hardcover: Jan 2025 | Paperback: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Han Kang's most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter of Korean history.

Sisters in Yellow

A Novel

by Mieko Kawakami

Hardcover: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From Mieko Kawakami, award-winning author of Breasts and Eggs, comes a bold novel of sacrifice and the tumultuous bonds of sisterhood, set in the gritty Tokyo of the 1990s.

Under Water

A Novel

by Tara Menon

Hardcover: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events.

Stag Dance

A Novel & Stories

by Torrey Peters

Hardcover: Mar 2025 | Paperback: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

The kaleidoscopic follow-up to the bestselling Detransition, Baby.

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