Bright Burning Things
By: Lisa Harding
3.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Sonya used to perform on stage. She attended glamorous parties, dated handsome men, rode in fast ca…
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1. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
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
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
3. Amazing Grace Adams
By: Fran Littlewood
3.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick Bernadette , Eleanor Oliph… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
4. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"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
5. Maame
By: Jessica George
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards in the Book of the Year, 2023 and the Goodreads Debut and Fi… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist."-Jessica George, Maame
"I can't comprehend living to work, but then I'm afraid of working just to live."-Jessica George, Maame
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist. Because there’s levels to that sh*t. Like a lasagna."-Jessica George, Maame
"It's about what love is. Which is trust, commitment, empathy, and respect. It means really giving a shit about the other person."-Jessica George, Maame
6. Black Cake
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
4.10
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Ele… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"But trying to undo the worry is like trying to undo his blackness."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"More people’s lives have been shaped by violence than we like to think. And more people’s lives have been shaped by silence than we think."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Some people think surfing is a relationship with the sea...but surfing is really a relationship between you and yourself. The sea is going to do whatever it wants."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Young people had always wanted to do things their own way, and Bert had been no different. Only nowadays, there seemed to be this compulsion to eat up everything that was available to you and to let …"-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
7. The Waters
By: Bonnie Jo Campbell
3.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the sou… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Maybe lions keep their promises not to eat your lambs just until they get hungry."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"This is a dog town. A dog gets forgiven for his crimes here. A cat has to pay the price for every transgression. Meow."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"Like any medicine, a tattoo would have its secondary side effect eventually--- might establish who you were or might transform you. Might even poison you."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"Titus is going to come milk Delilah after seven." There was a long silence before Herself said grimly, "Don't tell me I raised the kind of girl who waits for a man to milk her cow."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
8. The Turnout
By: Megan Abbott
3.11
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
With their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers si… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"-Everyone remembers that feeling,- Dara thought. The tortuous waiting of childhood. Waiting for parents, forever, waiting while adults do their adult things. Wanting to understand, the doors always c…"-Megan Abbott, The Turnout
"The entire time Tchaikovsky was composing 'The Nutcracker,' Madame Sylvie told Dara once, he was mourning his beloved sister Sasha. He reanimated her through Clara. It explained the strange heaviness…"-Megan Abbott, The Turnout
"The woman's body twitched suddenly, as if remembering something, and she covered her mouth with a stiff mitten. Dara knew what it was. She'd felt it a dozen times that day already. The body rememberi…"-Megan Abbott, The Turnout
9. Swift River
By: Essie J. Chambers
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
10. Memphis
By: Tara M. Stringfellow
4.10
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
11. We Must Not Think of Ourselves
By: Lauren Grodstein
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"We had never practiced Judaism before, and I thought myself too old to try believing something new, or to take advantage of an accident of birth to claim some brown patch of desert as my home."-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
"Our task is to pay attention... To listen to the stories. We want all political backgrounds, all religious attitudes. The illiterate and the elite. Every ideology. Interview everyone. Learn about the…"-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
"There should be another word for this feeling - a sort of sorrowful happiness, or a happiness that only deepens someone's sorrow. The closest I can come to it is the Portuguese word saudade, which ne…"-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
12. The Sun Sets in Singapore
By: Kehinde Fadipe
3.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Basking in Singapore’s nonstop sunshine, low tax rate, and luxury goods market, Dara, Amaka, and Li… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
13. Good Company
By: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
3.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship.Flora Mancini has be… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
14. The Love of my Life
By: Rosie Walsh
3.89
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an u… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"...it's only when something's damaged beyond repair that we realize how beautiful it was. [LEO PHILBET]"-Rosie Walsh, The Love of my Life
15. The School for Good Mothers
By: Jessamine Chan
3.54
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781982156121 can be found here. In this taut and explosive d… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Lots of people are all cold and heartless. Who do you think works in a prison? Who do you think works on death row? It's a job."-Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
"A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world."-Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
"Loneliness is a form of narcissism. A mother who is in harmony with her child, who understands her place in her child's life and her role in society, is never lonely. Through caring for her child, al…"-Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
16. Sam
By: Allegra Goodman
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What happens to a girl’s exuberance and wonder as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
17. These Impossible Things
By: Salma El-Wardany
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A razor‑sharp debut novel of three best friends navigating love, sex, faith, and the one night that… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"A woman has a way of screaming with her whole body that only other women can hear."-Salma El-Wardany, These Impossible Things
18. Bright Burning Things
By: Lisa Harding
3.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Sonya used to perform on stage. She attended glamorous parties, dated handsome men, rode in fast ca… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- psychology
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
- ireland
- audiobook
19. Lucky
By: Marissa Stapley
3.60
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who wi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Something stirred inside her that felt like hope — the kind of hope a lottery ticket held just before you checked its numbers."-Marissa Stapley, Lucky
20. The Family
By: Naomi Krupitsky
3.57
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of an American Elena Ferrante, a captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
21. Groundskeeping
By: Lee Cole
3.57
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
In the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to li… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"Complication makes life interesting."-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
"You know how doctors are, he said. Could be weeks, could be months. They say it’s not an exact science. I’m like, “What are we paying you for then? Isn’t medicine an exact science?"-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
"Love is simple, she said. That’s my advice to both of you, not that you’re asking for it….People try to make it complicated , but it’s very simple, she said. You’ll realize that when you’re dying."-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
"We both laughed. I felt the competing desires, as I often did when meeting someone new, to know everything at once and to save it all for later. It was like the feeling one has reading a good book, t…"-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
