Half-Blown Rose
By: Leesa Cross-Smith
3.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of …
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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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
2. Pineapple Street
By: Jenny Jackson
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed her heart, t… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"But you know foundations shouldn't have to be the answer. The real problems are tax laws, anti-labor policies, and the slow expansion of the welfare state," Chip said. Everyone turned and looked at h…"-Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street
3. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
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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- 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. Come and Get It
By: Kiley Reid
3.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
6. Stone Cold Fox
By: Rachel Koller Croft
3.67
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
A compelling debut novel about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mo… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
7. It All Comes Down to This
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic mo… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
8. 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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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- 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
9. The Half Moon
By: Mary Beth Keane
3.40
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful novel about a couple in a small town who… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
10. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
By: Tia Williams
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
11. The Art of Scandal
By: Regina Black
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..." On the night of her husband Matt’s fortiet… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
12. Vacationland
By: Meg Mitchell Moore
3.72
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Louisa has come to her parents' house in Maine this summer with all three of her kids, a barely wri… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
13. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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
14. 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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- literary fiction
- 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
15. 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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- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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?
16. Everything Is Not Enough (In Every Mirror She’s Black #2)
By: Lola Akinmade Åkerström
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literature. A Jennette McCurdy Book Club Pick. Am… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
17. Mercury Pictures Presents
By: Anthony Marra
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini's It… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Being broken delicately is what I call being whole."-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
"Your father is the worst thing that's ever happened to me," her mother said. "He also happens to be the love of my life."-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
"Artie had named the canary Charles Lindbergh, on account of it being an excellent aviator but otherwise a real piece of work."-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
"Vincenzo told him he was naïve, but was it naïve to believe documentary photography could serve as an antidote to the propaganda poisoning the body politic?"-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
18. Mercury
By: Amy Jo Burns
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
19. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- 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
20. 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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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
21. 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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- romance
- 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
22. 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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- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- 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
23. The Snow Hare
By: Paula Lichtarowicz
3.91
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestse… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Disappointment is a land to which women journey, my dear."-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
"I was the told it's the blackest clouds you want to keep an eye on."-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
"Is it better to love or be loved, do you think?" "It's easier to be loved," Ala says, "but better to try to have both."-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
"If you embrace all the suffering that life hands out it’s too much to bear. If you refuse to embrace it, what kind of person does it make you?"-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
24. 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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- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
25. The Shore
By: Katie Runde
3.51
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A mother and her two daughters spend a summer grappling with heartbreak, young love, and the weight… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
26. Half-Blown Rose
By: Leesa Cross-Smith
3.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of … read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- travel
- france
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
27. Other Birds
By: Sarah Addison Allen
4.03
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
An enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go. B… read more
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- romance
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"This grown-up thing isn’t for sissies."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
"There is no bigger snoop than a writer."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
"Maybe some stories aren’t meant to be told."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
"There are some stories that shouldn't be told."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
28. The Wedding People
By: Alison Espach
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
29. Someday, Maybe
By: Onyi Nwabineli
3.90
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
A stunning and witty debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss,… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Nobody tells you that irrational hope is a side effect of grief. And they should because it is dangerous."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
"when someone you love dies, there's this period of disbelief-a time of dug-in heels, the refusal to process your new reality."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
"...there is no easy way to articulate what it means for your loved ones to worry that your person's ability to love you is limited by their inability to comprehend many of your lived experiences."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
30. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
31. The Queens of Crime
By: Marie Benedict
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling stor… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
