The Midnight Library
By: Matt Haig
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library,…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Happy moments can turn into pain, given time."-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
"Happy moments can turn into pain, given time."-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
"There is no rejection, there is only redirection."-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
"There is no rejection, there is only redirection."-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
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1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
3.24
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when sh… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
2. The Nightingale
By: Kristin Hannah
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isab… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
3. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
4. None of This Is True
By: Lisa Jewell
4.12
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True
"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True
5. First Lie Wins
By: Ashley Elston
4.05
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
6. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
By: Gail Honeyman
4.23
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She stru… read more
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- adult fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"It’s SpongeBob, Eleanor,"-Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
"You can't have too much dog in a book."-Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
"In the end, what matters is this: I survived."-Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
"In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder."-Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more
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- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
8. Lessons in Chemistry
By: Bonnie Garmus
4.29
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to poi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Sometimes I think," she said slowly, "that if a man were to spend a day being a woman in America, he wouldn't make it past noon."-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
"(On religion) "I think it lets us off the hook. I think it teaches us that nothing is really our fault; that something or someone else is pulling the strings; the ultimately, we're not to blame for t…"-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
"Whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change - and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself b…"-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
9. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
By: Gabrielle Zevin
4.15
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative p… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Friendship,"-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
"How I will miss the horses."-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
"You try again. You fail better."-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
"There are no ghosts, but up here"-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
10. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
11. Happy Place
By: Emily Henry
3.99
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt a… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"You, you, you."-Emily Henry, Happy Place
"How many universes do you think we’re together in?"-Emily Henry, Happy Place
"Love means constantly saying you're sorry, and then doing better."-Emily Henry, Happy Place
"I mean that you have the weirdest laugh of anyone I’ve ever met, Harriet,"-Emily Henry, Happy Place
12. Funny Story
By: Emily Henry
4.27
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"No, no, no,"-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
13. The Silent Patient
By: Alex Michaelides
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photo… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"We're all crazy, I believe, just in different ways."-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient
"Love that doesn't include honest doesn't deserve to be called love."-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient
"Sometimes it takes courage, you know, and a long time, to be honest."-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient
"Perhaps some of us are simply born evil, and despite our best efforts we remain that way."-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient
14. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
By: Abby Jimenez
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more
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- adult fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
15. Normal People
By: Sally Rooney
3.81
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"People are a lot more knowable than they think they are."-Sally Rooney, Normal People
"I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me."-Sally Rooney, Normal People
"No. I was frustrated sometimes but not lonely. I never feel lonely when I'm with you."-Sally Rooney, Normal People
"Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone."-Sally Rooney, Normal People
16. Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3.69
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a c… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Thank you, for the honor of having you."-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
"Negativity is food for malady, one might say."-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
"She wanted to do things without having to worry what others thought. She simply lived for her freedom."-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
"With the coffee in front of her, she closed her eyes, and inhaled deeply. It was her moment of happiness."-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
17. The Seven Year Slip
By: Ashley Poston
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love wit… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I kept him at arm's length because at least there he wouldn't be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying."-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"But mostly because he was very handsome, and I was very much attracted to him, and that was the kind of surprise that I did not see coming."-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new br…"-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone.…"-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
18. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
By: Victoria Schwab
4.18
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever an… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
"Dine with me,"-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"The vexing thing about time,"-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"There is a defiance in being a dreamer"-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"It is sad to forget. But it's a lonely thing to be forgotten."-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
19. The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
By: T.J. Klune
4.40
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. … read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I may have lost my mind," he told her. "Isn't it wonderful?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"I don't know why you can't see it." "See what?" "You. Everything you are."-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"I'm not depressed!' she looked him up and down. 'You aren't? Why on earth not?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"And he should be found at fault for existing? What choice did he have in the matter?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
20. The Midnight Library
By: Matt Haig
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library,… read more
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- adult fiction
- magical realism
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- science fiction
- adult
- book club
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Happy moments can turn into pain, given time."-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
"There is no rejection, there is only redirection."-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
"Well, that you can choose choices but not outcomes."-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
"Never underestimate the big importance of small things"-Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
21. Daisy Jones & The Six
By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip,… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"...if you redeem yourself, then believe in your own redemption."-Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
"That’s the glory of being a man. An ugly face isn’t the end of you."-Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
"And, baby, when you think of me I hope it ruins rock 'n' roll Regret me"-Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
"If she knew how often I was thinking about her, she wouldn't feel lonely."-Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
