Better Luck Next Time
By: Julia Claiborne Johnson
3.60
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank with Me, a charming st…
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1. The Shadow of the Bear (A Fairy Tale Retold #1)
By: Regina Doman
4.12
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Once upon a time... In New York City, a young, secretive street tough who calls himself, Bear, land… read more
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- romance
- fiction
"Can you imagine anything more tragic?' Rose asked. 'To be born a princess --native and to the manor born-- and then to forget who you are and settle for being something horrible like an--an accountan…"-Regina Doman, The Shadow of the Bear (A Fairy Tale Retold #1)
2. The Garden of Small Beginnings
By: Abbi Waxman
3.93
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three years—ever since her husband died in a car acciden… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Now if I sat in one position for more than five minutes, I seized up. I felt like the Tin Man: oil . . . can . ."-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings
"I was lounging in the kitchen, enjoying the small fermata between emptying the dishwasher and reloading it. It's a glamorous life."-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings
"I filled my mouth with spaghetti and thanked God for the Italians. Spaghetti, pizza, ice cream. If they weren't so busy making love and whizzing around on Vespas, they'd probably rule the world."-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings
"I lined the back fence with salvia (kind of a blue-purple color) with something called Scabiosa "summer berries" (kind of pinks and purples, including one that was almost black- so cool, a gothic flo…"-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings
3. Scarlett Undercover
By: Jennifer Latham
4.05
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A voice-driven mystery perfect for fans of Veronica Mars. Meet Scarlett, a smart, sarcastic, kick-b… read more
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- fiction
4. Die for Love (Jacqueline Kirby, #3)
By: Elizabeth Peters
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
The annual Historical Romance Writers of the World convention in New York City is calling to Jacque… read more
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- romance
- humor
- fiction
5. Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir
By: Wendy Burden
2.50
Format: 62 pages,
In the tradition of Sean Wilsey's Oh The Glory of It Alland Augusten Burrough's Running With Scisso… read more
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- humor
6. Dear Committee Members
By: Julie Schumacher
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
Finally, a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary." Jason Fitger is a beleaguered profe… read more
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- humor
- fiction
- audiobook
7. Staged to Death (Caprice De Luca Mystery #1)
By: Karen Rose Smith
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Cozy mystery, Book 1 in the Caprice DeLuca home-stager mystery series Caprice DeLuca stages houses … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
8. The Burglar on the Prowl (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #10)
By: Lawrence Block
4.12
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
A philosophical yet practical gentleman, Bernie Rhodenbarr possesses many admirable qualities: char… read more
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9. This is Where I Leave You
By: Jonathan Tropper
4.11
Format: 40 pages,
A riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that b… read more
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10. La's Orchestra Saves the World
By: Alexander McCall Smith
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
La Stone is a widow who, as the Nazi threat looms, assembles a ragtag orchestra in rural Suffolk in… read more
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11. 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
- historical fiction
- 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
12. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
13. No Two Persons
By: Erica Bauermeister
4.09
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
14. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
15. 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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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- 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
16. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
17. 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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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
18. April May June July
By: Alison B. Hart
3.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A triumphant family story and sharply observed exploration of privilege, identity, and love in all … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
19. Musical Chairs
By: Amy Poeppel
3.81
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The “quick-witted and razor-sharp” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
20. The Summer Wives
By: Beatriz Williams
3.74
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—an… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"You mustn't ever try to save me, all right?I like to sail close to the wind, as close as I can,but I won't capsize"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"There's something about the smells of your childhood, isn't there? ... You still remember those small sublime joys with an ache of longing because there's no getting it back, is there? You cannot ret…"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"They say human beings are creatures of habit, that we are wont to follow the scripts already written in our heads, the stories we have learned to believe, over and over again in the same implacable, …"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"You must find whatever ugliness there exists within him and have the courage to extract it, like a bad tooth, or if it cannot be extracted to actually journey inside him and gather the ugliness in yo…"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
21. Better Luck Next Time
By: Julia Claiborne Johnson
3.60
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank with Me, a charming st… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- westerns
- historical
- humor
- fiction
- historical fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
22. The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier
By: April White
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth… read more
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- historical
- adult
- audiobook
23. Troubled Waters
By: Mary Annaïse Heglar
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with … read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
24. Ralph Lauren A Way of Living: Home, Design, Inspiration
By: Ralph Lauren
4.38
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A stunning celebration of Ralph Lauren’s signature home collections—including the designer’s own ho… read more
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25. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
26. Off the Books
By: Soma Mei Sheng Frazier
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Recent Dartmouth dropout Mei, in search of a new direction in life, drives a limo to make ends meet… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
"Going karura mean ride service off the books."-Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Off the Books
"On the Fourth, he’d been cowardly. And this time he hadn’t missed."-Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Off the Books
"Was the decline of journalistic ethics an inevitable result of capitalism?"-Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Off the Books
"She would hate it, but she’s saving her hate for the Three I’s. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana."-Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Off the Books
27. White Elephant
By: Julie Langsdorf
3.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A turf war between neighbors leads to a small-town crisis in this sharply observant debut novel per… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
28. Bethlehem
By: Karen Kelly
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With the atmospheric storytelling of Kate Morton and Lisa Wingate, Karen Kelly weaves a shattering … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
29. Dealer's Choice (Dealer's Choice, #1)
By: Liz Cain
4.48
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
He finally caught up. I never should have made that deal. One moment of pain and despair, one mo… read more
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30. Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures
By: Jessica Freeburg
3.20
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
Is scaring yourself silly by telling creepy tales around a campfire your idea of a good time? Paran… read more
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31. More Miracle Than Bird
By: Alice Miller
3.09
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of World War I, twenty-one-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees—on her own for the first time—is i… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
