Sandwich is another case of beautifully wrought complications and mutual adoration from Catherine Newman, with unapologetically...

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Katherine Center offers a writing-focused story in which forced proximity, past secrets, complicated life circumstances, and a fear of...

ICYMI: Towles's closed-door tale of a Russian aristocrat under house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel manages to be at times playful,...

ICYMI: The post-Depression-era city of New York is such a powerful presence in this story, it feels like a main character. I was taken by...

Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery to this steamy interspecies romance that has lots of heart and kept...

In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly...

Flawed main characters Jack and Elizabeth try to find their way back to an emotional connection in this literary fiction work. Wellness...

The Other Valley is literary fiction with a captivating setup: three adjacent valleys, each of which is a different timeline of the same...

Just for the Summer is another Jimenez story with wonderful banter and a romantic connection that's anchored in and shaped by incredibly...

Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in...

Sarah Grunder Ruiz serves up an irresistible rom-com with great banter and with interesting and difficult, complex issues of loss, grief,...

Lynn Painter delivers funny, charming banter and an opposites-attract tension in this heartwarming rom-com about divorce, trust, blended...

Elif Shafak's The Island of Missing Trees explores past Turkish-Greek conflicts in a small island community while illustrating the...

This captivating story involves time travel, but it's primarily about deep human connections, complete with fantastic, funny banter;...

ICYMI: A death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical scenes in this...

Funny Story is the perfect rom-com read. Henry offers funny banter that made me laugh, some steamy moments, and a sweet love story....

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Emily Habeck's debut novel offers an unusual premise in which one member of a newlywed couple begins transforming into a great white...

Katherine Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical fiction story with a...