📖 For prose that lingers long after the last page.
These are the books that make you think, feel, and maybe even dog-ear a page or two (despite your principles). Lush writing, layered characters, and lasting impact.
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“Gripping.”—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls “ Shetterly’s debut achieves a subtle grace, a quality of light and shadow worthy of a Bergman film. ”— Allegra Goodman, New York Times Book Review "Pete and Alice in Maine is a tender, big-hearted, clear-eyed portrait...
A loveably cantankerous 80-year-old reflects on life, love, and solitude on the isle of Guernsey in this “masterpiece” hailed as “one of the best novels of our time” ( New York Times ). “Literally one of a kind . . . a true epic, as sexy as it is hilarious.” — O...
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Vulture , Entertainment Weekly , Buzzfeed, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe , Oprah.com, Huffington Post, The A.V. Club, Nylon, The Week, The Rumpus, The Millions, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and more Poet Ocean...
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Good Morning America , FabFitFun , and Marie Claire Book Club Pick “ In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists...
Winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize Finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book Award “Willy Vlautin writes about people overlooked by society and overlooked by literature. In The Horse , he tells the story of a tenderhearted man who has a steady talent and a crushing...
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold , What You Are Looking for Is In the Library , and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop comes an enchanting novel that will linger in your heart long after the last page is turned. 'I honestly can’t remember the last time a single book...
"There are few more skilled practitioners of the craft of summer fiction than Beatriz Williams." — The New York Times Book Review A ravishing summer read from New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams, sweeping readers back to a mid-century New England rich with...
In this heartfelt story about finding love in loss, three widows are forced under the same roof, where they’ll need to overcome grief, anger, and old secrets to put their family back together. Since her husband’s death six months ago, Yesica Diaz-Taylor seems to be...
From the New York Times– bestselling author of Long Bright River: The moving story of a daughter's quest to discover the truth about her beloved father's hidden past. Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs...
"Gemlike stories that sparkle with intelligence and fire." — O, The Oprah Magazine A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this wonderfully imagined collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever , winner of the National Book Award, explores...