Acts of Violet
By: Margarita Montimore
3.49
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Margarita Montimore, the author of GMA Book Club pick and national bestseller Oona Out of Orde…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Dream bigger, aspire harder, pursue the impossible, and find that f***ing magic."-Margarita Montimore, Acts of Violet
"It doesn't only take guts to do the brave thing. It also takes guts to try to do the brave thing."-Margarita Montimore, Acts of Violet
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1. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
2. Margo's Got Money Troubles
By: Rufi Thorpe
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"I’m just saying,"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
3. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
By: Kristen Perrin
3.80
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
4. 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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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
5. 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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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
6. The Celebrants
By: Steven Rowley
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselve… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"My purpose, in this life, has been to love and spend it with you."-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants
"You only live once. That was the truth of it. But if you do it right, and he felt that he had, once is more than enough"-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants
7. Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"-Laurie Frankel, Family Family
8. Killers of a Certain Age
By: Deanna Raybourn
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. They've spent their … read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"Jesus, what did you have for breakfast? A bowl of Honey Bunches of Bitch?"-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age
"He was dressed like a tourist, his T-shirt tucked into belted jeans like a sociopath."-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age
"I'm a woman. Guilt is our birthright. Guilt if we want to be mothers, guilt if we take the Pill instead or choose to abort. Guilt if we stay home with our kids or guilt if we work. Guilt if we sleep …"-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age
"I'm a woman. Guilt is our birthright. Guilt if we want to be mothers, guilt if we take the pill instead or choose to abort. Guilt if we stay home with our kids or guilt if we work. Guilt if we sleep …"-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age
9. 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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- 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
10. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)
By: Elle Cosimano
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They … read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"We can't go in there, Vero! Do you know what happens to women who go into creepy basements? Murder! Murder happens to women to go into creepy basements."-Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)
11. The Woman in the Library
By: Sulari Gentill
3.51
Format: 292 pages, ebook
In every person's story, there is something to hide... The ornate reading room at the Boston Pub… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"I am a bricklayer without drawings, laying words in sentences, sentences into paragraphs, allowing my walls to twist and turn on whim...no framework...just bricks interlocked...no idea what I'm build…"-Sulari Gentill, The Woman in the Library
12. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
4.04
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
13. Flying Solo
By: Linda Holmes
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to he… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"You don't have to be single to be independent. And you don't have to be married to be loved."-Linda Holmes, Flying Solo
14. I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai
3.61
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
15. The Measure
By: Nikki Erlick
3.99
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour … read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
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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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
- 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. 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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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- 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
18. The Golden Spoon
By: Jessa Maxwell
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"Sometimes we must do what we can to keep our mistakes a secret, don't we?"-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon
"It's an optimistic scene of pastel colors and light woods. One that lends itself well to the show's folksy niceness."-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon
"Recipes are like architecture; a combination of tested methods with personal elements is what makes a bake memorable."-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon
"They are all unique and lovingly constructed. There's one for a chocolate ganache tart striped with hazelnut and praline, a honey cake with orange marmalade filling, coconut cream-filled doughnuts wi…"-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon
19. The Ministry of Time
By: Kaliane Bradley
3.62
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
20. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)
By: Steven Rowley
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Now Is Not the Time to Panic
By: Kevin Wilson
3.69
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here comes an exuberant, bighearted no… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"I wondered if this was a sign that, whatever happened this summer, I'd be the one with a scar."-Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic
"To be a teenager, it takes very little to think that someone else might actually know who you are, even as you spend all your time thinking that no one understands you. It's such a lovely feeling."-Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic
"I want to be an artist," he told me, like we were both admitting that we weren't human. We didn't understand how normal this was, to be young, to believe that you were destined to make beautiful thin…"-Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic
"You want to put up posters in Graceland?" I asked. I thought that if there was one place in the entire world where devotees would kill you for desecrating the sanctity of a holy space, it would be th…"-Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic
22. This Time Tomorrow
By: Emma Straub
3.80
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
What if you could take a vacation to your past? With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, belo… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"This time tomorrow, where will we be?"-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
"Forward, that was the idea. Until the future, whatever it was going to be."-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
"It's not about the time. It's about how you spend it. Where you put your energy."-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
"Happy endings were too much for some people, false and cheap, but hope - hope was honest. Hope was good."-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
23. Mika in Real Life
By: Emiko Jean
3.92
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
One phone call changes everything. At thirty-five, Mika Suzuki’s life is a mess. Her last relat… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
24. Acts of Violet
By: Margarita Montimore
3.49
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Margarita Montimore, the author of GMA Book Club pick and national bestseller Oona Out of Orde… read more
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- mystery thriller
- magical realism
- magic
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Dream bigger, aspire harder, pursue the impossible, and find that f***ing magic."-Margarita Montimore, Acts of Violet
"It doesn't only take guts to do the brave thing. It also takes guts to try to do the brave thing."-Margarita Montimore, Acts of Violet
25. Thank You for Listening
By: Julia Whelan
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
For Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"You have a gray hair!"-Julia Whelan, Thank You for Listening
"Of course there should be an HEA. I’m so sick of this question. It’s a Romance! That’s the deal we make with our readers. It’s misogyny, plain and simple. You don’t see anyone telling Mystery readers…"-Julia Whelan, Thank You for Listening
26. 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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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- 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
27. More Than You'll Ever Know
By: Katie Gutierrez
3.73
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
IT WAS A STORY THAT CASSIE BOWMAN COULDN'T RESIST.LORE RIVERA LOVED TWO MEN.UNTIL ONE OF THEM SHOT … read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
28. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)
By: Elle Cosimano
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's a pro at removing b… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
29. Cover Story
By: Susan Rigetti
3.71
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Netflix's Inventing Anna and Hulu's The Dropout meets Catch Me If You Can, a captivating novel abou… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
30. The Villa
By: Rachel Hawkins
3.64
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, s… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"People are never just gone, after all. There are always marks, always signs."-Rachel Hawkins, The Villa
31. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
