When I Ran Away
By: Ilona Bannister
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rich, bighearted debut that takes us from working-class Staten Island in the wake of the Septembe…
Want to Read $ 4.99"They don't know that birth and life and death are just chance. Who gets what has nothing to do with us."-Ilona Bannister, When I Ran Away
"They don't know that birth and life and death are just chance. Who gets what has nothing to do with us."-Ilona Bannister, When I Ran Away
"We want to know more than we want to survive. We want to know what death looks like before we run away from it. But we don't know that about ourselves until it's happening. Until we see it we don't know that we're the kind of people who run toward death; the kind of people who don't run away even when it's coming for us."-Ilona Bannister, When I Ran Away
"We want to know more than we want to survive. We want to know what death looks like before we run away from it. But we don't know that about ourselves until it's happening. Until we see it we don't know that we're the kind of people who run toward death; the kind of people who don't run away even when it's coming for us."-Ilona Bannister, When I Ran Away
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1. The Knockoff
By: Jo Piazza , Lucy Sykes
3.63
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
An outrageously stylish, wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age, The Knockoff is the st… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Imogen sometimes wondered if people weren't letting social media dictate their entire lives. Did they choose to go to one party over another because it would look better on Instagram? Did they decide…"-Jo Piazza, The Knockoff
2. It Happens All the Time
By: Amy Hatvany
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
I want to rewind the clock, take back the night when the world shattered. I want to erase everythin… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
3. Before I Go
By: Colleen Oakley
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching debut novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You about a young woman w… read more
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4. She's Not Sorry
By: Mary Kubica
3.81
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller. Megha… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
5. 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
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
6. Piglet
By: Lottie Hazell
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
7. Last One at the Party
By: Bethany Clift
4.09
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
It's November 2023. The human race has been wiped out by the 6DM virus (Six Days Maximum - the long… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
8. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way
By: Rebecca Wait
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Waterstones Book of the Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- family
- contemporary
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
9. Someone Always Nearby
By: Susan Wittig Albert
3.52
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, pla… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
10. Acts of Forgiveness
By: Maura Cheeks
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how m… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- historical fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"You can't tour a plantation and come home to 512 Lewaro without understanding its significance. By walking through the front doors of their home, they were rewriting history."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
"During moments of national importance, it feels as though bills will be paid and mortgages covered, dreams no longer deferred. It feels as though, maybe, it can be less about money than about honor."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
11. The Collected Regrets of Clover
By: Mikki Brammer
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life? … read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring the simpler truth: We are here."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"Maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life— and the people we love—will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"The secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.... Promise me, kid,...that you'll let yourself live."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"Grief plays tricks on you that way - a familiar whiff of cologne or a potential sighting of your person in a crowd, and all the knots you've tied inside yourself to manage the pain of losing them sud…"-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
12. Scripted
By: Fearne Cotton
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Jade Shaw has lost control of her life. Pushed around by her warring family, and taken for grant… read more
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- romance
- contemporary
- fiction
- audiobook
13. Deadly Animals
By: Marie Tierney
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chilling debut mystery… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
14. The Last Love Note
By: Emma Grey
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of … read more
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- romance
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"I've learned that love outlives death. It holds steady through despair. It won't fade, even as time elapses and distance increases and your world shifts."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
15. Shark Heart
By: Emily Habeck
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their weddin… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"What if magic is just mislabeled peace?"-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"What a privilege it was to mark time with the sun."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"Lewis, you've told me so much about Wren, sometimes I think I miss her, too."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"What a tragedy it is, being a woman. I would rather be a million other things."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
16. Love & Other Scams
By: Philip Ellis
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
You are cordially invited to a crime extravaganza: two con artists join forces to pull off a huge s… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
17. I'm Not Done with You Yet
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
3.67
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Some friends--and friendships--are worth killing for in this dark, twisty suspense novel by nationa… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
18. brother. do. you. love. me.
By: Manni Coe
4.39
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
brother. do. you. love. me. is the story of two brothers and their extraordinary journey of resilie… read more
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- family
- mental health
19. Oh, Sister
By: Jodie Chapman
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Meet Isobel, Jen and Zelda.Three women whose bodies and minds are not their own.They belong to the … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Jackie
By: Dawn Tripp
4.34
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted… read more
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- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"not only because of the pleasure it will bring, but because the power of ideas, and the ability to express them, is the greatest power we have."-Dawn Tripp, Jackie
21. The Bright Side Running Club
By: Josie Lloyd
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When Keira first receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she never expects to end up joining a runnin… read more
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- romance
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
22. Piece of Cake
By: Mary Hollis Huddleston
3.41
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
She’s only trying to save her job and her reputation. Claire Sommers grew up as a society girl dest… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"The pièce de résistance was the aisle and spot where the couple would say their vows. The aisle itself was made of white plexiglass, and above it were draped lush, dimensional bouquets of white flowe…"-Mary Hollis Huddleston, Piece of Cake
"Long wooden farm tables with turned legs that looked like they'd been collected over a hundred years were placed end to end and ran the entire length of the space. Tapered candles in glass sleeves we…"-Mary Hollis Huddleston, Piece of Cake
"The home I grew up in was something you might expect to find in an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Domed ceilings with ornate moldings, inlaid marble floors, and more powder rooms than people. It was a sm…"-Mary Hollis Huddleston, Piece of Cake
"We walked around the other side of the whitewashed barn structure, where the massive antique doors had been opened and adorned with large wreaths made entirely of baby's breath. Inside, every wooden …"-Mary Hollis Huddleston, Piece of Cake
23. The Lifeline
By: Libby Page
4.19
Format: 391 pages, ebook
Everybody needs saving sometimes… For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alon… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
24. What We Could Have Been
By: Jess Sinclair
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
2024 STORYTRADE WOMEN'S FICTION AWARD WINNER 2023 READERS' CHOICE BOOK AWARD FINALIST In this ric… read more
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- romance
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
25. At Sea
By: Emma Fedor
3.57
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Cara and Brendan first meet, she’s fresh out of college, recovering from the recent death of h… read more
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- romance
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
26. The Same Bright Stars
By: Ethan Joella
3.87
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
27. When I Ran Away
By: Ilona Bannister
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rich, bighearted debut that takes us from working-class Staten Island in the wake of the Septembe… read more
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- romance
- new york
- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"They don't know that birth and life and death are just chance. Who gets what has nothing to do with us."-Ilona Bannister, When I Ran Away
"We want to know more than we want to survive. We want to know what death looks like before we run away from it. But we don't know that about ourselves until it's happening. Until we see it we don't k…"-Ilona Bannister, When I Ran Away
"I was angry that Harry wasn't a woman. That's still the problem. He hasn't been trained since before he could speak to intuit the needs of others. He hasn't been shown how to push against the pulsing…"-Ilona Bannister, When I Ran Away
28. A Funny Kind of Paradise
By: Jo Owens
4.10
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
When her husband left her with a baby, a toddler and a fledgling business, Francesca managed--she w… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- family
- contemporary
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
29. Bright and Tender Dark
By: Joanna Pearson
3.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Notes on an Execution and I Have Some Questions for You, an enthralling, wire-t… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
30. Not Safe for Work
By: Lindsey Lanza
4.10
Format: None pages, None
A major dilemma. An unlikely hero. A lot of inappropriate texting. Olivia Diamond’s life i… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Plays Well with Others
By: Sophie Brickman
3.21
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Annie Lewin is at the end of her rope. She’s a mother of three young children; her crypto-VC husban… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
