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…
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1. Romantic Comedy
By: Curtis Sittenfeld
3.64
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamily handsome pop star flips the script on… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Just to be clear,"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"Aren't we all performing the role of ourselves?"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"I don't write from a point of clarity. I write out of confusion."-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"Isn't the goal to live with out demons, not to expect them to go away?"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
2. The Marriage Portrait
By: Maggie O'Farrell
4.01
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The author of award-winning Hamnet… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"May I keep this?"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
"Was there no hope? the tigress seemed to be asking her. Will I always remain here? Will I never return home?"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
"The animal was orange, burnished gold, fire made flesh; she was power and anger, she was vicious and exquisite;"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
"Is it possible for a woman to be so unsettled in spirit that a child will have no hope of taking root within her?"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
3. 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
- fiction
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
4. Honey & Spice
By: Bolu Babalola
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Introducing internationally bestselling author Bolu Babalola's dazzling debut novel, full of passio… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"There's a whole universe in her and I would be so lucky to live in it, explore it. Over and over."-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
"My heart had never been compelled into competitive sports by boys and yet here it was, acting like an Olympian, beating like its name was Serena."-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
"I got scared and I backed her into a corner. She was going through something, and I didn’t give her space to feel that. I was thinking about myself."-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
"Romance was a waste of time, a form of manipulation utilised by boys who didn't wash their bed sheets regularly. It existed sure, but I wasn't surrounded by anyone I believed engaged in it properly, …"-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
5. Before We Were Innocent
By: Ella Berman
3.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
6. The House of Eve
By: Sadeqa Johnson
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
7. Our Missing Hearts
By: Celeste Ng
3.80
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a mother’s unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear. Twelve-year-old Bird Gard… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Succulents would grow anew from a broken-off leaf, pushing roots out into the air, then down into the soil: a piece of its own body, transformed into its child."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
"Evidence of his mother, out there, elsewhere, so worried about somebody else's children though she'd left her own behind. The irony of it leached into his veins."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
"Why did I tell you so many stories? Because I wanted the world to make sense to you. I wanted to make sense of the world, for you. I wanted the world to make sense."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
"And we need their generosity to keep this place open. Or, just as likely, someone got nervous and got rid of it preemptively. Us public libraries--a lot of us just can't take the risk."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
8. 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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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
9. 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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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
10. 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
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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?
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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- music
- adult fiction
- unfinished
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- african american
- audiobook
12. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
By: Cheryl Strayed
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. An anniversary edition of the best… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"This is how you get unstuck. You reach."-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
"You get to define the terms of your life."-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
"Be fearless enough to let love transform you."-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
"Don’t listen to those people who suggest you should be “over"-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
13. 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
- historical
- fiction
- 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
14. 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
- adult
- fiction
- 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
15. The Most Fun We Ever Had
By: Claire Lombardo
3.93
Format: 532 pages, Hardcover
A multigenerational novel in which the four adult daughters of a Chicago couple--still madly in lov… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"You're ethereal. My intangible everything."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"Sometimes it was enough just to listen to voices that weren't your own."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"The best thing about the cold was the comfort that came from escaping it."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"Life’s insistence on juxtaposing darkness and light would never cease to amaze him."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
16. 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
- audiobook
17. The Unwedding
By: Ally Condie
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in this bold novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling autho… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Interesting, her mind noted, that she would accept an increase in the risk of death over looking rude."-Ally Condie, The Unwedding
18. 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
- adult
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
19. 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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- adult fiction
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
20. The House in the Pines
By: Ana Reyes
3.11
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend's sudden, mysterious death… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
21. The Cliffs
By: J. Courtney Sullivan
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A novel of family, secrets, ghosts, and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine, by the New Y… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
