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A Novel
by Anne Tyler
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by Camilla Barnes
Published Apr 2026
Read ReviewsAn often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their wickedly observant daughter—for fans of A Man Called Ove and The Royal Tenenbaums.
by Emma Straub
Published Apr 2026
Read ReviewsFrom New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you're already an adult.
by Elizabeth Strout
Published Aug 2025
Read ReviewsFrom 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.
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Published Jun 2024
Read ReviewsThe first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth • Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine stories
by Mike Gayle
Published Aug 2022
Read ReviewsIf you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on in this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping).
by Liu Xinwu
Published Dec 2021
Read ReviewsIn this sprawling, award-winning novel, celebrated Chinese writer Liu Xinwu cordially invites you to an epic, riotous, and moving neighborhood feast.
by Tessa Hadley
Published Feb 2020
Read ReviewsThe lives of two close-knit couples are irrevocably changed by an untimely death.
by Anne Tyler
Published Apr 2019
Read ReviewsA delightful novel of one woman's transformative journey, from the best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
L.A. Women by Ella Berman
Two ambitious writers in 1960s LA face betrayal when one writes a novel based on the other's life.
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