The Wishing Game
By: Meg Shaffer
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents …
Want to Read $ 13.99"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wrong. That's why they act out, because they see the house is burning down, and they're screaming for help. That was you."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
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1. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
2. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
3. None of This Is True
By: Lisa Jewell
4.12
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True
"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True
4. First Lie Wins
By: Ashley Elston
4.05
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
5. Listen for the Lie
By: Amy Tintera
4.13
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"Men say shit,"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
"What are you doing here?"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
6. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
7. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
8. Funny Story
By: Emily Henry
4.27
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"No, no, no,"-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
9. The Husbands
By: Holly Gramazio
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
10. The Heiress
By: Rachel Hawkins
3.87
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest w… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"One rarely finds salvation in Florida."-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress
"Sometimes it's fun to give people enough rope with which to hang themselves."-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress
11. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
By: Abby Jimenez
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
12. The Paradise Problem
By: Christina Lauren
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem
13. Expiration Dates
By: Rebecca Serle
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
14. The Rom-Commers
By: Katherine Center
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
15. The Seven Year Slip
By: Ashley Poston
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love wit… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I kept him at arm's length because at least there he wouldn't be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying."-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"But mostly because he was very handsome, and I was very much attracted to him, and that was the kind of surprise that I did not see coming."-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new br…"-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone.…"-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
16. The Wishing Game
By: Meg Shaffer
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
- books about books
- audiobook
"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wron…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Once, he'd loved the ocean. Loved seeing it every morning, every night. Seeing all its facets, all its faces. Not many people knew what the sea looked like in all seasons, under all phases of the moo…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
17. Hello Stranger
By: Katherine Center
3.94
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
18. The Collected Regrets of Clover
By: Mikki Brammer
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life? … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring the simpler truth: We are here."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"Maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life— and the people we love—will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"The secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.... Promise me, kid,...that you'll let yourself live."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"Grief plays tricks on you that way - a familiar whiff of cologne or a potential sighting of your person in a crowd, and all the knots you've tied inside yourself to manage the pain of losing them sud…"-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
19. Shark Heart
By: Emily Habeck
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their weddin… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"What if magic is just mislabeled peace?"-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"What a privilege it was to mark time with the sun."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"Lewis, you've told me so much about Wren, sometimes I think I miss her, too."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"What a tragedy it is, being a woman. I would rather be a million other things."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
20. The Unmaking of June Farrow
By: Adrienne Young
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance,… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"[He] was the kind of handsome that was carved from forests and rivers. He had the look of someone who'd spent his life in the sun, hands in the dirt. Every color, curve, and angle of him was shaped w…"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
"I didn't care that this crossed the line of keeping my distance or confusing boundaries. In that moment, I needed there to be no space between the three of us. I needed to feel us together, with no b…"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
"My eyes focused on the chart that hung on the wall behind him. It was a diagram of the human heart, with detailed renderings of the muscle and tissue, and I immediately thought how fortunate I would …"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
21. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
