The Last Story of Mina Lee
By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot,…
Want to Read $ 13.49"Her mother had once screamed, “How am I going to pay for this? Why don’t you take better care of yourself?"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"Her mother had once screamed, “How am I going to pay for this? Why don’t you take better care of yourself?"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"Beauty is a construct, but theory is not at the reality we live, she thought. Theory didn't live in the bones. Theory didn't erase the years of self-scrutiny in a mirror and not seeing anyone at all, not a protagonist or a beauty, one a television sidekick, a speechless creature, who at best was 'exotic,' desirable but simple and foreign."-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"Beauty is a construct, but theory is not at the reality we live, she thought. Theory didn't live in the bones. Theory didn't erase the years of self-scrutiny in a mirror and not seeing anyone at all, not a protagonist or a beauty, one a television sidekick, a speechless creature, who at best was 'exotic,' desirable but simple and foreign."-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
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1. His Only Wife
By: Peace Adzo Medie
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstres… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
2. L.A. Weather
By: María Amparo Escandón
3.18
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
3. Cassandra in Reverse
By: Holly Smale
3.56
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A Time-Twisting Delight” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 … read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Not everyone is like me: that much is painfully clear."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"Maybe love prefers to be eaten warm, like biscuits out of the oven."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"I can't help wondering: Am I a monster? And--if so--was I born or was I made?"-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"I get caught up with trying to read all the music around me, instead of one note inside myself."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
4. Mother-Daughter Murder Night
By: Nina Simon
3.58
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a gran… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
5. The Scent Keeper
By: Erica Bauermeister
3.93
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, present… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Salmon always return to the same stream."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
"Once you change the scent, you change the memory."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
"This city was too big, too fast, for such quiet details."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
"Scents were like rain, or birds. They left and came back."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
6. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
By: Crystal Smith Paul
3.75
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of mode… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"We always have a choice; we only say we don't to soothe our conscience from what we're capable of."-Crystal Smith Paul, Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
7. Whisper Network
By: Chandler Baker
3.59
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truvi… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"We have been programed to work with secrets."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
"Sloane played by the rules of the game. So she could stay. She could keep her seat at the table."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
"Children turned men into heroes and mothers into weaker employees if we didn't play our cards right."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
"We wanted to be treated just like men, at work, for the same reason that people buy smart phones: to make our lives easyer."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
8. Northern Spy
By: Flynn Berry
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The acclaimed author of Under the … read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
9. The Secrets We Kept
By: Lara Prescott
3.66
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--the real-life sto… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"Only privileged men romanticize tragedy"-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
"The way he pushed himself to write his great work no matter the cost."-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
"And as the years passed, her age always stayed the same, her beauty sealed in amber."-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
"Reading the letter, I felt something I think only the nuns of the camp could understand—the warmth and protection of faith."-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
10. The Last Story of Mina Lee
By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot,… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- historical fiction
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
"Her mother had once screamed, “How am I going to pay for this? Why don’t you take better care of yourself?"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"Beauty is a construct, but theory is not at the reality we live, she thought. Theory didn't live in the bones. Theory didn't erase the years of self-scrutiny in a mirror and not seeing anyone at all,…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"But if she allowed that story to continue to be told, over and over again - that her mother was a nobody, anonymous, an immigrant who couldn't speak the language, another immigrant who worked a job t…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"She wondered how many women had been trapped - in terrible marriages, terrible jobs, unbearable circumstances - simply because the world hadn't been designed to allow them to thrive on their own. The…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
11. On the Rooftop
By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides wit… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. The Jetsetters
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, s… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood."-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
"Somehow she'd labeled those days a humiliation. She'd based her choices--her giant house, her daughters' schools, her constant attention to family life--on erecting a wall between her grim childhood …"-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
13. The Chicken Sisters
By: K.J. Dell'Antonia
3.40
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. In tiny Merinac, Kansas, Chicken… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"The next morning, when she bent to buckle Ryder into the taxi to go to the airport, he was clutching the chicken tightly to his chest, looking so much like his father that it made Mae catch her breat…"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
"The restaurants are very different, by asking which you like. The restaurants are very different, Mimi's is pretty simple and BYOB while Frannie's has a bar. Some people go to Mimi's because they rea…"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
"Mimi's and Frannie's both served fried chicken, yes. And they had the same kind of name. And they had been started by sisters. But from there, the similarities---and any competition---ended. Frannie'…"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
"Good fried chicken was remarkably hard to come by in New York, but this---tender, with just enough crust-only bits protruding, skin peeling easily away from the meat---this was good . The fries were …"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
14. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
15. Counterfeit
By: Kirstin Chen
3.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Reese's Book Club hardcover edition can be found here. For fans of Hustlers and How to Get F… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"I'd nodded dumbly, unable to conceive how it was that I still had my grandmother while by baby no longer had his."-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit
"What had once been their greatest strength--their perceived docility and obedience, their relative invisibility--had become their weakness. The narrative flipped. Now their Asian features read as sch…"-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit
"She'd gone to the right schools, chosen the right career, married the right partner, formed the right family - and made enormous sacrifices in the process, and yet here she was, thoroughly miserable,…"-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit
16. The Cactus
By: Sarah Haywood
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An unforgettable love story that shows sometimes you have to embrace the unexpected. Susan Green… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"But, these days, fairy-tale endings come in all shapes and sizes. It’s okay for the princess to end up with the prince, it’s okay for her to end up with the footman, it’s okay for her to end up on he…"-Sarah Haywood, The Cactus
17. Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
By: Denise Mina
3.53
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
It’s just a normal morning when Anna's husband announces that he's leaving her for her best friend … read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"Sorg är ett ärr. Vävnaden blir hård och när såret går upp igen läker det dåligt."-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
"Just when you think something can’t get any worse someone who dislikes you comes to watch."-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
"This is who I was for my children. I told them to go. I told them to leave me. I said their dad had gone a wee bit mad but he had decided to do this and there was no going back. Jess shrank in her ch…"-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
"The disposable girl should develop a drink problem or take drugs. She should become the victim of someone else, somewhere else. At best she becomes a campaigner against whatever she was a victim of. …"-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
18. Still Lives
By: Maria Hummel
3.26
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her … read more
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- fiction
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- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
19. Maybe Next Time
By: Cesca Major
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063239920. One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
20. Everything Inside
By: Edwidge Danticat
3.70
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vivi… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
21. Redwood Court
By: DeLana R.A. Dameron
3.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its yo… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
