American Han

Lisa Lee

Synopsis: A profound story about striving and assimilation, difficult love, and family fidelity. A searing portrait that challenges assumptions about the immigrant experience, Lisa Lee’s debut introduces a powerful new voice on the literary landscape.

Debut

Darkening Song

Delphine Seddon

Synopsis: For fans of Daisy Jones and the Six, Euphoria, and Luckiest Girl Alive, a fiercely feminist debut about two young women; one a recording artist failed by the industry which made her an idol, and the other her ambitious manager, forced to make an impossible choice between friendship and power.

Debut

Mothers and Other Strangers

Corey Ann Haydu

Synopsis: Two estranged childhood best friends reunite as expectant mothers, after a mysterious falling-out between their own mothers keeps them apart for years​. Perfect for readers of Claire Lombardo and J. Courtney Sullivan.

Debut

Gunk

Saba Sams

Synopsis: An electrifying first novel from “a fresh new voice in fiction” (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one another—working side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendship—until an unplanned pregnancy reveals the true nature of their connection.

Debut

Big Nobody

Alex Kadis

Synopsis: A wickedly funny coming-of-age novel about a misfit teenager in London determined to eliminate the one thing standing between her and a good life: her father.

Debut

Under Water

Tara Menon

Synopsis: An intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events.

Debut

Westward Women

Alice Martin

Synopsis: For fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, a hypnotic and hopeful debut—part fever dream, part dystopian road trip that claws its way towards a jaw-dropping finale.

Wait for Me

Amy Jo Burns

Synopsis: From the author of Mercury and Shiner comes a novel about the bond between two female folk singers, the love stories that haunt them, and the music that brings them together to burn bright.

Repeat Author

The Complex

Karan Mahajan

Synopsis: A brilliant, sweeping tour de force moving between the US and modern India, following the illicit liaisons, real estate dramas, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family — from the author of the National Book Award finalist The Association of Small Bombs.

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The Shock of the Light

Lori Inglis Hall

Synopsis: For readers of The Nightingale, In Memoriam, and The Postcard, a sweeping novel of siblings, steeped in love, heart-rending loss, and sacrifice, the story of twins who meet shockingly different fates, but whose bond will last forever.

Debut

Almost Life

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Synopsis: Two young women meet in Paris one sultry summer in a decades-spanning tour de force about the enduring power of young love and the poignant heartbreak of missed chances—perfect for fans of One Day and Normal People.

Debut

Where the Girls Were

Kate Schatz

Synopsis: In this electrifying historical novel about coming of age in tumultuous 1960s San Francisco, a pregnant teenager reckons with womanhood and agency after being sent to a home for unwed mothers.

Sweetbitter Song

Rosie Hewlett

Synopsis: Perfect for fans of The Song of Achilles and from the award-winning author of The Witch of Colchis comes a profoundly moving story of two women on the shores of Ithaca, in the shadows of a legendary war, who must face their own battle―one of sisterhood, survival, and a forbidden love that could destroy them both.

The Beheading Game

Rebecca Lehmann

Synopsis: We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?

Debut

Just Friends

Haley Pham

Synopsis: This heartwarming and swoon-worthy second chance romance about childhood friends reconnecting as adults is the highly anticipated debut novel from YouTube creator Haley Pham.

Debut

The Book Tour

Emily Ohanjanians

Synopsis: Sparks fly between a lively debut author and her grumpy publicist on book tour in this sizzling rom-com from a fresh new voice in contemporary romance.

Debut

How to Write A Love Story

Catherine Walsh

Synopsis: Ciara Sheridan’s father has left her with three things: a sprawling and distinctly ramshackle estate on the Irish coast, the outline for the finale to his bestselling epic fantasy series to finish—and writer’s block. So Ciara enlists the help of an editor, Sam. As the summer heats up, so, too, does the tension between them. Will their own love story be the plot twist neither of them see coming?

No Matter What

Cara Bastone

Synopsis: After a traumatic accident threatens the foundations of their happy marriage, a couple tries to rebuild and find their way back to each other—and themselves—in this tender, slow-burn romance by the bestselling author of Ready or Not and Promise Me Sunshine.

Repeat Author

Once and Again

Rebecca Serle

Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Serle, the author behind “heartbreaking, redemptive, and authentic” (Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author) modern classic In Five Years, returns with an unforgettable tale of a family of women with an astonishing gift: the ability to redo one moment in their lives.

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This Story Might Save Your Life

Tiffany Crum

Synopsis: Best friends Benny and Joy like to say they’ve been saving each other’s lives since the moment they met. Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is suspected of murder . . .

Debut

Sorry for Your Loss

Georgia McVeigh

Synopsis: The story of two people, both as magnetic as they are dangerous, who get caught in an electric game of cat and mouse.

Debut

The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives

Elizabeth Arnott

Synopsis: A remarkable trio whose lives have been cracked wide open by their husbands’ crimes unite to catch a serial killer in this dazzlingly captivating novel.

Debut

The Plans I Have for You

Lai Sanders

Synopsis: Lai Sanders’s debut novel is a timely, razor-sharp thriller exploring race and privilege, perfect for fans of R. F. Kuang.

Debut

Hard Times

Jeff Boyd

Synopsis: An extraordinary crime novel from a rising star, that follows the ripple effects of a tragic shooting throughout a Chicago community from the view of the teachers, police officers, and students impacted.

Nothing Tastes As Good

Luke Dumas

Synopsis: The nationally bestselling author of The Paleontologist and A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with terrifying side effects.

Dig

J.H. Market

Synopsis: Eight years ago, a boy took up an axe and slaughtered a dozen people. That odd, troubled boy, Jericho Dodd, has been dead and buried in his father’s yard for years, but ever since that massacre, Crow Island has been a dark and unsettling place. When Jericho’s father begins digging up the past he buried, a compulsion to dig sweeps over the island and soon everyone else is obsessively churning up dirt, desperate to uncover buried secrets.

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The Only One Who Knows

Lisa M. Matlin

Synopsis: A disgraced TV news reporter returns to her violent hometown to investigate a series of deadly shark attacks in this nail-biting suspense novel from the author of The Stranger Upstairs.

Repeat Author

Wolf Worm

T. Kingfisher

Synopsis: Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher

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Turn Off the Light

Jacquie Walters

Synopsis: Two women living centuries apart are bound by the same dark secret in this haunting novel that “upends everything you think you know about ghost stories”.

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You Did Nothing Wrong

C.G. Drews

Synopsis: Dark domestic suspense meets haunted house horror in this unnerving adult debut guaranteed to keep you awake for days afterward, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Let the Forest In and Hazelthorn.

Repeat Author

Ruinious Creatures

Jessi Cole Jackson

Synopsis: For fans of One Dark Window and T. Kingfisher, comes a standalone romantasy debut about a woman who accidentally awakens the power to siphon magic from two phoenix skulls, binding her fate to a vengeful stranger and forcing them to navigate the devastating cost of their unbreakable bond.

Debut

Lady Tremaine

Rachel Hochhauser

Synopsis: As if Bridgerton met Circe, and exhilarating to its core, Lady Tremaine reimagines the myth of the evil stepmother at the heart of the world’s most famous fairy tale. It is a battle cry for a mother’s love for her daughters, and a celebration of women everywhere who make their own fortunes.

Debut

The Quarter Queen

Kayla Hardy

Synopsis: A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and racially divided nineteenth-century New Orleans to save her mother—and the soul of the city itself—in this lush debut novel inspired by the life of Marie Laveau.

Debut

The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts

Kim Fu

Synopsis: From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century comes The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts—an eerie, spellbinding novel of grief and guilt, with a razor-sharp eye for the absurdity and melancholy of the internet age.

Debut

Only Spell Deep

Ava Morgyn

Synopsis: Rebecca meets The Craft in this dark, atmospheric novel of one witch rediscovering her power while on the run from another willing to kill her for it.

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

Ilona Andrews

Synopsis: The page-turning politics of Game of Thrones meets the worlds-spanning romance of Outlander in this blockbuster new epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews.

Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress

Cazzie David

Synopsis: In this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the irony and existential crises of leaving youth behind.