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1 of 65 titles
The American Queen
Tommy Nelson
“Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen by Vanessa Miller, shares the unsung true history of a kingdom built as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life. Published by Thomas Nelson Fiction and on-sale everywhere January 30th, 2024.”
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2 of 65 titles
Anna O
Harper Books
Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn, A. J. Finn, and Alex Michaelides, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the year: a dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again.
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3 of 65 titles
Behind a Closed Door
Hampton Creek Press
50 SHADES meets David Fincher's THE GAME. Soon to be a major motion picture! Sugar & Spice is the latest app craze taking the world, but for Abby and Brendan Hollander, downloading it leads to a dangerous game of life and death. They soon find themselves caught in a twisted web of seduction and violence in this sexually charged dark thriller.
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4 of 65 titles
Blessed Water
Gillian Flynn Books
Tattooed from her neck to her toes and sporting a gold tooth as sharp as her wisecracks, Sister Holiday is back in this fast-paced, blistering follow-up to Scorched Grace.
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5 of 65 titles
The Book of Thorns
Graydon House
Amidst the Napoleonic Wars & the floriography craze, two sisters separated as young girls are bound by a secret language of flowers. As Cornelia heals soldiers in Napoleon's army & Lijsbeth falls for an English soldier, fate reunites them on the battlefield. Can they survive & discover the source of the magic that calls to them?
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6 of 65 titles
Bull’s Eye
Severn River Publishing
When a bull breeder dies mysteriously, Nebraska Sheriff Kate Fox dives deep into the rodeo's secrets. Family and politics collide as she unravels a web of deceit. Bull’s Eye is the gripping eighth installment in Shannon Baker’s bestselling Kate Fox mysteries.
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7 of 65 titles
Children of the Shadows
Kregel Publications
Detective Daniel Swann and debutante Juliette Thorndike once again team up to solve a dangerous mystery--while trying to keep their growing romance secret. Erica Vetsch's popular Regency mystery series concludes with a bang, sure to satisfy readers who have hung on every page since book one.
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8 of 65 titles
The Cleaner
Hanover Square Press
On the fourth floor of an unnamed office in an unnamed city, the night cleaner comes and does what she does best—sorts out the messes of the daytime employees. None of them know her, but she knows everything about them. While scrolling through emails, she’ll discover a hidden secret— one that will put everyone’s job at risk.
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9 of 65 titles
Clear
Scribner
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of Scotland to “clear” the last remaining inhabitant, who has no intention of leaving—an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.
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10 of 65 titles
Cobalt
Severn River Publishing
Discover COBALT: A pulse-pounding thriller where billionaire Max Fend and hacker Renee navigate high-stakes espionage in search of a game-changing resource. As global powers converge on small-town America, unexpected heroes rise. Blending suspense, intrigue, and a fight against unchecked greed, dive into this explosive new series by Chris Bauer.
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11 of 65 titles
Colton Gentry’s Third Act
Grand Central Publishing
"A story of love, healing, and second chances” (Emily Henry) following a down on his luck country musician who, in the throes of grief after a shocking loss, moves back home and rekindles a relationship with his high school sweetheart, from award-winning author Jeff Zentner.
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12 of 65 titles
Crafting Deception: Gasper’s Cove Mysteries Book 2
C&T Publishing
Two generations ago, Winston Churchill’s greatest lie washed ashore in Nova Scotia. Before anyone can recover what was lost, a bus tour director is found murdered, and Duck, an ex-con with a soft spot for animals, is arrested. Promising Duck’s heartbroken cat she will find a way to bring him home, Valerie sets out to find the real killer.
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13 of 65 titles
The Day Tripper
MIRA Books
A page-turning, deeply affecting novel that follows twentysomething Alex as he suddenly wakes one day and finds it’s fifteen years into his future; the next day, it’s nine years later still. Never knowing which day will come next, Alex sets out on an emotional and at times gut-wrenching journey to discover just how much one can change their fate.
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14 of 65 titles
The Days I Loved You Most
Park Row Books
After a lifetime together, Joseph and Evelyn gather their three grown children to share tragic news: she is fatally ill, and he cannot live without her. So, in one year, they will end their lives. As they come to grips with their fate, they retrace their past—the good and bad—and make peace with the legacy they’ll leave behind.
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15 of 65 titles
Early Sobrieties
Astra House
The eloquent confessional of an addict who is lost and found, then lost again. Like a sober, millennial Jesus’ Son, Michael Deagler’s debut novel offers an existential trek into the enigma of sobriety itself, and a narrator in need of a little more grace.
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16 of 65 titles
The Emperor and the Endless Palace
MIRA Books
Across three seemingly unrelated timelines woven together only by the twists and turns of fate, two men are reborn, lifetime after lifetime. Within the treacherous walls of an ancient palace and the boundless forests of the Asian wilderness to the heart-pounding underground rave scenes, our lovers are inexplicably drawn to each other, constantly tested by the worlds around them.
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17 of 65 titles
Everyone Is Watching
Park Row Books
Five contestants, each chosen to compete for their chance to win ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? With zero contact with the outside world, the competitors are completely isolated—and someone is out for blood. They all have their secrets, and the game can’t end until the world knows who the contestants really are…
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18 of 65 titles
Expraedium
Erzenka Publishing House
Ten literary awards winning author’s title, Expraedium. Release date: Dec. 01, 2023. “Expraedium is one of the most creatively, philosophically, culturally, semantically, and thematically ambitious novels I've ever read in my 40 years of professional life.” –Paul McCarthy, Prof. of English, U. of Ulster, Ireland (Former Senior Acquisitions Editor at Simon &Schuster, Harper Collins, Doubleday).
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19 of 65 titles
Fade to Black
Clevo Books
A videographer witnesses a terrorist act in the heart of London that leads him to investigate what happened more closely. As his team gathers more information for his documentary, a wider government conspiracy unfolds until finally, our hero discovers what covering up one person’s mistake can cost society, and him personally.
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20 of 65 titles
The Failures
DAW Books
From a debut voice comes a genre-breaking blend of apocalyptic sci-fi and epic fantasy about a scattered group of unlikely heroes traveling across their broken mechanical planet to stave off eternal darkness. A tightly-coiled puzzle of a thrill ride, The Failures launches The Wanderlands trilogy.
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21 of 65 titles
Faking It
W by Wattpad
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kissing Booth and Lockdown on London Lane, comes a delightful, contemporary romance about looking for love and finding yourself. Maybe some things are even better than a happy ending…
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22 of 65 titles
The Fallen Woman’s Daughter
Woolton Press
Abandoned with her younger sister in a home for girls from broken families, Nora De Lorenzo spends a lifetime coming to terms with her mother's choices in life, beginning with her decision to run away from the misery of her coal-mining town in Southern Iowa when a traveling carnival comes through. A compelling, poignant story of forgiveness, understanding, and redemption.
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23 of 65 titles
Firetrap
Oceanview
A narcotic more deadly than fentanyl is spreading across Washington, D.C., and the bodies are piling up. Homicide detective Marko Zorn investigates the source of the drug, uncovering a far-reaching criminal pharmaceutical operation. Can he shut down the company before they release another new dangerous prescription drug? Only if they don’t kill him first.
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24 of 65 titles
The Framed Women of Ardemore House
Hanover Square Press
The first book in a cozy mystery series starring an autistic, hyperlexic book editor who inherits a crumbling English estate, only to find herself at the center of a murder investigation when a family portrait vanishes and a dead body shows up in the manor.
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25 of 65 titles
Good Half Gone
Graydon House
As a teen, Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped—so why does no one believe her? Now an adult, Iris wants one thing—proof. And if the police still won’t help, she’ll just have to find it her own way; by interning at the isolated Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane. But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simmering beneath the surface of the Shoal, and that the patients aren’t the only ones being observed…
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26 of 65 titles
Granite Harbor: A Novel
Celadon Books
A coastal town in Maine is shaken by a serial killer in this crime novel from Peter Nichols, bestselling author of The Rocks. At once a page-turning thriller and a captivating portrait of the social fabric of a small town, Granite Harbor evokes the atmosphere of HBO’s Mare of Easttown with a villain reminiscent of Silence of the Lambs.
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27 of 65 titles
Grey Dog
ECW Press
In 1901, Ada Byrd — spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist — accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful to live where no one knows her secrets. Soon, Ada realizes that something beastly lives in the heart of the town that both beckons and repels her. As her own grip on reality loosens, she wonders if the real horror is her.
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28 of 65 titles
Hero
Mysterious Press
In this breathless new thriller from the bestselling author of The Old Man and the Jane Whitefield series, a Hollywood bodyguard-for-hire is pulled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after a heroic act while protecting a client puts her name in the news – and puts her life in the crosshairs of a powerful crime kingpin.
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29 of 65 titles
Hero Debut
Kregel Publications
Gemma Bennett is the leading lady of her own life, and her true love is writing screenplays. With her trusty pink notebook in hand, she signs up for the Citizen's Safety Academy to research her newest blockbuster hope, a rom-com with a police officer as the hero. And the fact that the handsome and heroic Lieutenant Karson Zellner is the one leading the training? Well, who can blame her for wanting to spend evenings with the man she swooned over months ago when he responded to a call at her apartment?
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30 of 65 titles
Hidden Yellow Stars
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium.
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31 of 65 titles
Hollywood Hustle
Crooked Lane Books
From 4-time Emmy-nominated actor Jon Lindstrom of General Hospital, Bosch, and True Detective fame, comes a gripping debut thriller. Set in the dark underbelly of the LA film industry, Hollywood Hustle is the perfect read for fans of Alex Finlay and Jeffrey Deaver.
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32 of 65 titles
House of Open Wounds
Head of Zeus
The second book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers series, which Publishers Weekly praised for its “rich, inventive worldbuilding.” Entrusted with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, Yasnic faces a precarious existence. HIs work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and illicit Gods could lead to arrest or worse. Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle . . .
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33 of 65 titles
In the Hour of Crows
MIRA Books
Weatherly Wilder can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives, but only once. This unique gift comes at a price, rooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her backwater ways when they don’t. Imbued with magic and suspense, this is a thrilling tale of friendship, identity, and love.
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34 of 65 titles
Like Happiness: A Novel
Celadon Books
A searing debut novel about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through a letter by a young woman to a legendary writer, recounting and reclaiming the totality of their destructive relationship. Like Happiness explores the nuances of a complicated and imbalanced relationship, catalyzing a reckoning with celebrity, memory, Latinx identity, and power dynamics.
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35 of 65 titles
Lonely for You Only : A Lancaster Novel
Blackstone Publishing
Heiress Scarlett Lancaster meets washed-up singer Tate Ramsey after he performs at her birthday party, and their encounter ends in a kiss that immediately goes viral. After some careful negotiation, the two of them agree to start a fake relationship to help Tate’s career. But before long, they discover their feelings might not be fake after all…
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36 of 65 titles
Molten Death: An Orchid Isle Mystery
Severn House
A glimpse of a quickly melting corpse at the foot of a volcano has amateur sleuth and food enthusiast Valerie Corbin shocked. But how can she investigate a murder, when there’s no evidence the victim ever existed? The first Orchid Isle cozy mystery, set in tropical Hilo, Hawai‘i, introduces a fun and feisty LGBTQ+ couple who swap surfing for sleuthing!
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37 of 65 titles
The Moorings of Mackerel Sky
Hyperion Avenue
A novel of coming out, surviving grief, and embracing myth in a Maine lobstering town purportedly founded when a sea captain fell in love with a mermaid 300 years ago. For readers of Madeline Miller, Alix E. Harrow, and Erin Morgenstern.
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38 of 65 titles
Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way
Beaufort Books
After a highly publicized fall from grace, James flees from the chaos and ends up in a place of abject poverty, commonly referred to as “Around the Way.” When a troubling discovery is made, the entire neighborhood is rocked to its core and James is forced to confront his own past in order to help the community have a future.
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39 of 65 titles
The Murder of Mr. Ma
Soho Crime
For fans of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a powerhouse duo of authors follows two unlikely allies as they race through the cobbled streets of 1920s London in search of a killer targeting Chinese immigrants.
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40 of 65 titles
The New Couple In 5B: A Novel
Park Row Books
Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle has left them his luxury apartment— complete with prewar elegance, historic charm, and a dark history lurking behind its perfect facade. When a neighbor turns up dead, Rosie must get to the truth about the Windermere before she falls under its dangerous spell.
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41 of 65 titles
The North Line
Hyperion Avenue
A college student works a small commercial fishing boat in the most extreme part of the Bering Sea for tuition money only to embark on a dark-hearted exploration of his place in a violent world. “A ruggedly erudite story that combines the best of the individualism of Jack London with the introspective ruminations of Raymond Carver . . . not to be missed.” —S.A. Cosby New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed
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42 of 65 titles
One Moment
Forever
A heart-wrenching, page-turning read about friendship, love, and loss. The day Scarlett dies, her hopes and dreams for the future die with her… or so she thinks. Because she’s still here—wherever here is—watching the ripple effect of her death on the lives of those she loved the most, especially Evie, her best friend who needs her now more than ever.
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43 of 65 titles
Pride & Preston Lin
Third State Books
In this modern-day retelling of Pride and Prejudice, the quick-witted contrarian Lissie Cheng must navigate societal pressures and her growing attraction to the accomplished and well-to-do Preston Lin. She mistakenly runs afoul of the wealthy Lin family, whose golden boy, Preston, is handsome and self-righteous. Can Lissie overcome her pride and initial misgivings about Preston and find true love?
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44 of 65 titles
The Queen of Steeplechase Park
Forest Avenue Press
The Queen of Steeplechase Park is the absolutely sexy, positively delicious, practically almost-true story of infamous burlesque queen and magic meatball maker Belladonna Marie Donato. Set in New Jersey and Coney Island during the Great Depression, this debut novel is a rollicking love story about a pregnant teenager, her queer allies, and the holy magic of homemade Italian cooking.
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45 of 65 titles
The Rare Jewel of Everleigh Wheaton
Kregel Publications
Hints of real-life historical events combined with contemporary characters make this first book in the Treasures of Halstead Manor series a masterful blend of romance, mystery, and strong female friendships. Readers of authors like Denise Hunter and Nicole Deese who enjoy unfolding relationships and the organic discovery of God's love will relish this new series.
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46 of 65 titles
Rebecca, Not Becky
Amistad Books
A whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers—one white, one Black—living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America’s all-too-familiar racial reckoning. “A deep exhale of a narrative, Rebecca, Not Becky kept me laughing… and thinking.” — New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Woodson
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47 of 65 titles
Red String Theory
Forever
From the author of Lunar Love comes a charming fated-love romance about two star-crossed lovers. After Rooney and Jack's enchanting first date, all signs point to destiny. Only Jack doesn’t believe. They might be lost to each other forever until they’re given one more chance to reconnect. Can Rooney convince a reluctant skeptic to take a leap of fate?
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48 of 65 titles
The Royal Game
Blackstone Publishing
American pop singer Jennie Jensen is ready to marry the love of her life, England’s Prince Hugh, but someone is determined to keep her from becoming a princess—any way they can. To give her fairy tale a happy ending, she’ll have to play the royal game.
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49 of 65 titles
Shanghailanders
Spiegel & Grau
A dazzling and ambitious debut novel that follows a cosmopolitan Shanghai household—beginning in 2040 and moving through our present and the recent past—exploring their secrets, their losses, and the ways a family makes and remakes itself across the years. This literary debut presents an unforgettable exploration of marriage, relationships, and the layered experience of time.
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50 of 65 titles
She’s Not Sorry
Park Row Books
ICU nurse and single-mom Meghan Michaels has always stayed emotionally detached from her patients. When a patient named Caitlin arrives in a coma after jumping from a bridge, she ends up entangled in the case—and in Caitlin’s past. Then, a witness comes forward with shocking details that change everything. Was Caitlin pushed and if so, by whom and why?
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51 of 65 titles
The Silver Bone: A Novel
HarperVia Books
From the Ukrainian Stieg Larsson, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that introduces a rookie detective, Samson Kolechko, in Kyiv tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early twentieth century.
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52 of 65 titles
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
DAW Books
A creepy, charming monster-slaying cozy fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell. Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. She hates keeping her identity secret from her girlfriend Homily, but just as she’s about to confess, Homily reveals why she’s in the area: she’s hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere?
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53 of 65 titles
Still See You Everywhere
Grand Central Publishing
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie Elkin is an expert at finding the missing persons that the rest of the world has forgotten, but even she couldn’t have anticipated this latest request—to locate the long-lost sister of a female serial killer facing execution in three weeks’ time.
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54 of 65 titles
Storm
Clevo Books
Laura Wagner finds her boss dead and a voice message he left with instructions. At the same time, Daniel, a popular meteorologist, convinces her that human technology is behind the bizarre extreme weather patterns the world is experiencing. Can they work together to uncover a conspiracy and prevent further environmental destruction before an assassin catches up to them?
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55 of 65 titles
Summer Heat
Head of Zeus
The third novel-in-translation from Turkish author Defne Suman, Summer Heat sees a mysterious meeting one hot summer day in Istanbul between an art historian and a man who emailed her out of the blue—a meeting which threatens to unravel generations-long secrets.
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56 of 65 titles
This Plague of Souls
Soho Press
This follow-up to Booker-listed literary sensation Solar Bones, is a terse, metaphysical exploration of the connections between rural Ireland and the globalized cruelties of the twenty-first century. It is also an incisive portrait of a young and struggling family, and a ruthless interrogation of what we owe to those nearest to us, and to the world at large.
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57 of 65 titles
This Wretched Valley
Quirk Books
“Kiefer’s debut heralds the arrival of a major new horror talent.”—Publishers Weekly, ★ starred review Inspired by the infamous Dyatlov Pass incident, this bone-chilling novel about an unsolved hiking tragedy is being likened to survival horror classics like The Blair Witch Project, Scott Smith’s The Ruins, and Nick Cutter’s The Troop.
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58 of 65 titles
To Cage a God
DAW Books
Perfect for romantasy fans of Fourth Wing and Shadow and Bone, this dark, Imperial Russia-inspired romantic fantasy novel launches the These Monstrous Gods duology of draconic gods, political revolutions, and deadly magical powers from a Sunday Times bestselling author. To cage a god is divine. To be divine is to rule. To rule is to destroy.
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59 of 65 titles
The Unchartered Flight of Olivia West: A Novel
MIRA Books
Olivia West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. When she learns of the Dole Air Race, she sets her sights on qualifying. But it soon becomes clear that only men will make the cut. In a last-ditch effort, Livy manages to be picked as a navigator, before setting out on a harrowing journey.
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60 of 65 titles
The Unwedding
Grand Central Publishing
The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in The Unwedding, the adult fiction debut from #1 New York Times bestselling YA author Ally Condie, about a recent divorcee whose vacation at an exclusive Big Sur resort unravels when she discovers a dead body on the day a wedding was set to occur.
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61 of 65 titles
We Three Kings: A Romance Christmas Collection
Kregel Publications
Best-selling romance authors Caudill, Putman, and Strong follow three generations of the Weise family in this third collection of Christmas novellas from Kregel that will prove just as popular as the previous award-winning volumes.
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62 of 65 titles
Wolf at the Table: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a family pursuing the American dream while harboring a serial killer in their midst. With gorgeous acuity, Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp cuts to the heart of each character as he reveals the devastating reality beneath the veneer of good society.
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63 of 65 titles
Women of Good Fortune
Graydon House
Set against a high-society Shanghai wedding, a heartfelt, funny, dazzling novel about a reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own motives and fed up with the way society treats women, who forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big day.
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64 of 65 titles
The Work Boyfriend
RE:BOOKS Publishing
Debut Author Rebecca Mardon Delivers Holiday Magic For fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Rachel Lynn Solomon, and Emily Henry comes a tale where 'perfect on paper' may not be the perfect fit. Kelly's world shifts as her heart leans to her 'work boyfriend,' not her actual one. Funny, heartfelt, and fantastically relatable, The Work Boyfriend is as addictive as Kelly's coffee.
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65 of 65 titles
Your Dark Secrets
Hyperion Avenue
When publicist extraordinaire Addison Stern agrees to disclose classified information about an affluent client to her ex—a high-dollar private investigator—the two uncover a dangerous conspiracy led by the world’s most elite and powerful people…whose deadly sights are now set on them.
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