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Reputation: A Novel

Sara Shepard · Dutton
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

In this perfectly-paced new novel from Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, the women of a tight-knit college town learn through gossip, scandal, betrayal, and even murder, who their neighbors and husbands really are.

Aldrich...
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The Glittering Hour: A Novel

Iona Grey · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Iona Grey's next unforgettable historical about true love found and lost and the secrets we keep from one another

Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side...

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Thin Ice: A Mystery

Paige Shelton · Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

First in a new series set in Alaska from beloved author Paige Shelton, Thin Ice will chill your bones.

Beth Rivers is on the run - she's doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become...

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Africaville: A Novel

Jeffrey Colvin · Amistad
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate.

Vogue : Best Books to Read...

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Anyone: A Novel

Charles Soule · Harper Perennial
Pages: 432
Format: Book

Soon to be adapted for television by Carnival, creators of Downton Abbey.  

Bestselling author of The Oracle Year, Charles Soule brings his signature knowledge - and wariness - of technology to his new novel set in a realistic future about a brilliant female scientist...

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Stay

Catherine Ryan Hyde · Lake Union Publishing
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover

An unforgettable novel about the power of friendship and kindness by the New York Times bestselling author of Pay It Forward.

In the summer of 1969, fourteen-year-old Lucas Painter carries a huge weight on his shoulders. His brother is fighting in Vietnam. His embattled...

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Forever Friends

Sarah Mackenzie · Forever
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Perfect for fans of Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis, two mothers -- one pregnant, one sending her child to college -- form an unlikely friendship, finding love, hope, and a new start at life in this charming, laugh-out-loud read.
Single mom Renee Rhodes seems like a woman who has it all together...
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This Is Happiness

Niall Williams · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST and REAL SIMPLE

A profound and enchanting new novel from Booker Prize-longlisted author Niall Williams about the loves of our lives and the joys of reminiscing.

You don't see rain stop, but you sense...

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Would Like to Meet

Rachel Winters · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

In this charming, feel-good debut novel, a cynical assistant at a screenwriting agency must reenact the meet-cute scenes from classic romantic comedy movies in order to help her #1 client get his scriptwriting mojo back--but can a real-life meet-cute be in store for someone who doesn't...
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The Book of Science and Antiquities: A Novel

Thomas Keneally · Atria Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Thomas Keneally, the bestselling author of The Daughters of Mars and Schindler's List, returns with an exquisite exploration of community and country, love and morality, taking place in both prehistoric and modern Australia.

An award-winning documentary filmmaker,...
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All That's Bright and Gone: A Novel

Eliza Nellums · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 247
Format: Hardcover

One of Amazon's Best Books of December 2019!

Fans of Jodi Picoult and Fredrik Backman will fall for this tenderhearted debut mystery following a young girl on a quest to save her family.

I know my brother is dead. But sometimes Mama gets confused.

There's plenty...
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Meg and Jo

Virginia Kantra · Berkley
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

The timeless classic Little Women inspired this heartwarming modern tale of four sisters from New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra.

The March sisters - reliable Meg, independent Jo, stylish Amy, and shy Beth - have grown up to pursue their...

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A Madness of Sunshine

Nalini Singh · Berkley
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town on the edge of the world where even the blinding brightness of the sun can't mask the darkness that lies deep within a killer. ...

On the rugged West Coast of New Zealand, Golden Cove is more than...
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Blitzed

Alexa Martin · Berkley
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

One of Buzzfeed's 16 Romantic Books To Read This Fall
One of Popsugar's Best Books for Winter
One of Refinery29's Best Books of December

"Definitely a must-read!" - La La Anthony, New York Times bestselling author

Maxwell Lewis has to make the play of his life...
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Regretting You

Colleen Hoover · Montlake Romance
Format: Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a poignant novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.

Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more...

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Dead Astronauts: A Novel

Jeff VanderMeer · MCD
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth -- all the Earths.

A messianic...

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The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Prejudice Novel

Molly Greeley · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

For everyone who loved Pride and Prejudice - and legions of historical fiction lovers - an inspired debut novel set in Austen's world.

Charlotte Collins, nee Lucas, is the respectable wife of Hunsford's vicar, and sees to her duties by rote: keeping house, caring for their...

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The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt

Burt Solomon · Forge Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt is a historical thriller from award-winning political journalist and Washington insider Burt Solomon, featuring Teddy Roosevelt's near death...accident or assassination attempt?

Theodore Roosevelt had been president for less than a year...

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Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar

Kate Saunders · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

M. C. Beaton meets Miss Marple in the second book in the Laetitia Rodd Mysteries, which sees Kate Saunders's Victorian detective on the hunt for a missing Oxford academic.

In 1851, private detective Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she gets an urgent request...

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Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo · Hamish Hamilton
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Teeming with life and crackling with energy - a love song to modern Britain, to black womanhood, to the ever-changing heart of London

Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories...

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Brewed Awakening

Cleo Coyle · Berkley
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From Cleo Coyle, the New York Times bestselling author of Shot in the Dark and Dead Cold Brew, comes a delicious new entry in the "fun and gripping" (The Huffington Post) Coffeehouse Mysteries.

When coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi awakens on a bench...
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The Revisionaries

A. R. Moxon · Melville House
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

"A modern-day classic... equally audacious and brilliant." - Ron Charles, Washington Post

All is not boding well for Father Julius. . .

A street preacher decked out in denim robes and running shoes, Julius is a source of inspiration for a community that knows...
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The Peppermint Tea Chronicles

Alexander McCall Smith · Anchor
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

The latest book in Alexander McCall Smith's popular 44 Scotland Street series is a sheer delight.

Summer has come to Scotland Street. The long days have prompted its denizens to engage in flights of fancy. Some, like the Duke of Johannesburg's plan to create a microlite seaplane,...
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The German House

Annette Hess · HarperVia
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

As seen in the New York Times Book Review.

A December 2019 Indie Next Pick!

Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess's international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator - caught...

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Once Night Falls

Roland Merullo · Lake Union Publishing
Pages: 365
Format: Paperback

A harrowing historical novel of the extraordinary acts of ordinary people in Nazi-occupied Italy.

Italy, 1943. Luca Benedetto has joined the partisans in their fight against the German troops ravaging the shores of his town on Lake Como. While risking his life to free his country,...

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The Bridge to Belle Island

Julie Klassen · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

After a humiliating mistake, lawyer Benjamin Booker resolves to never again trust a beautiful woman. When an old friend is killed, the senior partner isn't satisfied with Bow Street's efforts and asks Benjamin to investigate. Eager to leave London for a while, Benjamin agrees. Evidence...
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