Fiction A to Z
March 2026

Recent Releases
Lost Lambs
by Madeline Cash

A suburban family is in trouble in this buzzy, funny first novel. Bud and Catherine's relationship is sputtering, while their three girls have their own issues: Abigail, 17, is dating a security guard nicknamed "War Crimes Wes," Louise, 15, has an online boyfriend who encourages her to make bombs, and super-smart Harper, 13, investigates a sketchy local billionaire, who is her dad's employer. 
So Old, So Young
by Grant Ginder

Over the course of 20 years, six college friends find jobs, partners, and challenges as they move in and out of each other's lives. Organized around five get-togethers, the first on New Year's Eve in 2007 New York and the last at a funeral, this character-driven latest from Grant Ginder (The People We Hate at the Wedding) explores change, friendship, and growing older.
We Were Never Friends by Kaira Rouda
We Were Never Friends
by Kaira Rouda

Sisters? Forever. Friends? NEVER. Who knew a reunion weekend could be so deadly?
This Is Not about Us
by Allegra Goodman

This "unsparingly frank, wryly funny" (Kirkus Reviews) linked story collection is narrated by three generations of the Rubenstein family as they navigate 74-year-old Jeanne's death, a feud between her older sisters over apple cake, and various other gatherings for holidays, divorces, a bat mitzvah, and more. 
This Book Made Me Think of You
by Libby Page

When her new husband Joe dies of cancer, grief-stricken London book editor Tilly learns from their local bookseller that Joe has arranged for her to receive a book -- along with a note -- every month for a year. As the weeks pass, Tilly becomes friends with struggling bookstore owner Alfie and tries new things with Joe's literary encouragement in this charming read. 
Such Sheltered Lives by Alyssa Sheinmel
Such Sheltered Lives
by Alyssa Sheinmel

Guests stay at Rush's Recovery in the Hamptons for various reasons--although not always of their own volition--but some never leave. 
Family Drama
by Rebecca Fallon

As actress Susan Bliss finds stardom on a soap opera in the 1980s and '90s, she commutes from Massachusetts, where her college professor husband works, to filming in California. This continues even after she becomes a mother, causing tension, and then when her twins are seven, she dies. As they grow into adulthood, artist Sebastian clings to his mother's memory while Viola ignores it, until she falls for her mom's former costar.
Paper Cut by Rachel Taff
Paper Cut
by Rachel Taff

Lucy Golden is notorious for her dramatic escape from the Oasis cult nearly two decades ago as well the subsequent trial that saw her acquitted of murder. Now 35 and on the cusp of releasing an anniversary edition of her bestselling memoir, Lucy is pulled deeper into her past when filmmaker Isaac Coleman approaches her about a documentary he's making about Oasis that he wants her to participate in.
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