Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Strong Women

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Book Jacket: Hot Girls with Balls

Hot Girls with Balls

A Novel

by Benedict Nguyen

Hardcover: Jul 2025 | Paperback: Jul 2026

Critics' Consensus:

In this outrageous and deeply serious satire, two star indoor volleyball players juggle unspoken jealousies in their off-court romance ahead of their rival teams' first rematch in a year.

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Book Jacket: Song of the Six Realms

Song of the Six Realms

by Judy I. Lin

Hardcover: Apr 2024 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy gothic romance worthy of the heavens in Song of the Six Realms.

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Book Jacket: Earth 7

Earth 7

A Novel

by Deb Olin Unferth

Hardcover: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An end-of-the-world love story, an epic full of pathos and humor, asking what can be saved of our planet.

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Book Jacket: Atmosphere

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 ...

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Book Jacket: Lovers XXX

Lovers XXX

by Allie Rowbottom

Hardcover: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A raw and unforgettable portrait of sex, friendship, and the perilous edge of liberation for two young women—set against the neon-lit porn world of 1980s Los Angeles.

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Book Jacket: Endling

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-...

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Book Jacket: Returns and Exchanges

Returns and Exchanges

A Novel

by Kayla Rae Whitaker

Hardcover: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A sweeping novel of one Kentucky family's rise and fall throughout the 1980s—a tragicomic tour de force about love and marriage, parents and children, and the perils of mixing family with business, from the acclaimed author of The Animators.

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