Ask Again, Yes
By: Mary Beth Keane
3.94
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, two rookie cops in the NYPD, live next door to each other outsi…
Want to Read $ 13.99"not all problems looked the same, but that didn’t mean they weren’t problems."-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
"At some point Lena realized that she could go a whole day without speaking or hearing a single human voice if she kept the TV turned off."-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
"It was one of the first things he’d noticed about America, that everyone felt at ease asking each other any question that came into their minds."-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
"Speaking was a habit she'd gotten into years ago, in the distant past, and now that she'd stopped she felt no desire to start again. It was pointless anyway - all the blah-blah-blabbing and, still, no one understood each other."-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
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1. The Five-Star Weekend
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend
2. 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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- romance
- 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
3. 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
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. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
7. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- adult
- book club
- fiction
- audiobook
8. 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
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- book club
- 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
9. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
10. 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
- literary fiction
- 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
11. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
12. 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
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- 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
13. Ask Again, Yes
By: Mary Beth Keane
3.94
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, two rookie cops in the NYPD, live next door to each other outsi… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"not all problems looked the same, but that didn’t mean they weren’t problems."-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
"At some point Lena realized that she could go a whole day without speaking or hearing a single human voice if she kept the TV turned off."-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
"It was one of the first things he’d noticed about America, that everyone felt at ease asking each other any question that came into their minds."-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
"Speaking was a habit she'd gotten into years ago, in the distant past, and now that she'd stopped she felt no desire to start again. It was pointless anyway - all the blah-blah-blabbing and, still, n…"-Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes
14. Demon Copperhead
By: Barbara Kingsolver
4.50
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Set in t… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"A kid is a terrible thing to be, in charge of nothing."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
"I can still feel in my bones how being mad was the one thing holding me together."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
"Counting on Jesus to save the day is no more real than sending up the Batman signal."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
"life is a wild, impetuous ride. There could be good shit up ahead, don’t rule it out."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
15. 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
- family
- 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
16. The Measure
By: Nikki Erlick
3.99
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
17. Mad Honey
By: Jodi Picoult
4.09
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behin… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Being gay or straight,"-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
"People always talk about their love for you is unconditional. Then you reveal your most private self to them, and you find out how many conditions there are in unconditional love."-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
"Dark honey from the second harvest. It's made late in the season after the nectar drought at the end of July when the bees turn to goldenrod and sunflowers instead. It's deeper and richer, it tastes …"-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
"My father taught me that beekeeping is both a burden and a privilege. You don’t bother the bees unless they need your help, and you help them when they need it. It’s a feudal relationship: protection…"-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
18. Dear Edward
By: Ann Napolitano
4.08
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 o… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"He watches his new life walk into his old life."-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
"Take stock of who we are and what we have and then use it for good."-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
"Since death is certain, but the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?" Pema Chodron"-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
"Because there are so many kids, they run schools like factories, or dare I say, jails. You're put into lines and rows and moved when a bell rings. None of this is conducive to deep thinking or creati…"-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
19. The Most Fun We Ever Had
By: Claire Lombardo
3.93
Format: 532 pages, Hardcover
A multigenerational novel in which the four adult daughters of a Chicago couple--still madly in lov… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"You're ethereal. My intangible everything."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"Sometimes it was enough just to listen to voices that weren't your own."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"The best thing about the cold was the comfort that came from escaping it."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"Life’s insistence on juxtaposing darkness and light would never cease to amaze him."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
20. Same As It Ever Was
By: Claire Lombardo
4.00
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was
21. 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
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
