Fiction A to Z
August 2025
Recent Releases
What Kind of Paradise
by Janelle Brown

Teenage Jane lives isolated from the outside world in a remote cabin with her beloved father, an enigmatic genius. After discovering disturbing information about him, she flees, finding herself in Silicon Valley in the 1990s. This twisty coming-of-age novel offers intriguing looks at extremism, technology, and humanity. Read-alikes: What Mother Won't Tell Me by Ivar Leon Menger; Godshot by Chelsea Jean Bieker.
The Catch
by Yrsa Daley-Ward

After their mother's belongings were found near the Thames River in 1995, young twins Clara and Dempsey were adopted by different families. Now 30, successful author Clara meets a woman who looks exactly as their mom did in the 1990s. While Clara thinks somehow this woman is their mom, administrative clerk Dempsey doesn't, leading to tension between the estranged sisters in this thought-provoking debut novel by a poet and memoirist. Read-alike: August Blue by Deborah Levy.
The Homemade God
by Rachel Joyce

Not long after their larger-than-life 76-year-old artist father suddenly marries a 27-year-old they've never met, the four Kemp siblings learn he has drowned in an Italian lake he'd swam in for decades. Descending on the vacation villa during a sweltering heatwave, they meet their enigmatic stepmother, question their dad's mysterious death, hunt for his unfinished masterpiece, and confront long-hidden familial wounds. Read-alike: Lynn Steger Strong's Flight.
These Summer Storms
by Sarah MacLean

After their billionaire patriarch's death, the Storms come together at their New England island. There, they are introduced to Jack, their father's right-hand man and daughter Alice's recent one-night-stand, who says they must all complete individual tasks or no one inherits anything. Bestselling historical romance author Sarah MacLean delivers a fun contemporary family novel that will please fans of HBO's Succession.
The Girls Who Grew Big
by Leila Mottley

In the Florida Panhandle, young mothers support each other amid upheavals while others judge and put obstacles in their paths. Three of them narrate: de facto leader Simone, a 20-year-old mother of twins who's pregnant again; newcomer Adela, a champion teen swimmer from Indiana who's been sent to live with her grandmother; and determined Emory, who brings her infant to high school with her. Read-alikes: Sarai Johnson's Grown Women; Brit Bennett's The Mothers.
Endling
by Maria Reva

In 2022 Ukraine, two sisters talk a scientist intent on saving an endangered snail species into helping them kidnap Western men on so-called "romance" tours looking for docile brides. But Russia invades, changing everything in this "page-turning, genre-bending meta-novel as entertaining as it is gut-wrenching" (Library Journal). For fans of: inventive, stylistically complex literary debuts, like Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated.
Vera, or Faith
by Gary Shteyngart

Highly intelligent ten-year-old Vera loves words and lists. She also worries a lot, including about money, her Jewish dad and WASP stepmother divorcing, that they love her brother more, and how to find her Korean mom. This highly anticipated satirical latest from an acclaimed author explores a modern New York family in a politically troubled world. Read-alike: Alice Franklin's Life Hacks for a Little Alien; Eiren Caffall's All the Water in the World.
Atmosphere 
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

In 1980, professor Joan begins training for the Space Shuttle in Houston with Top Gun pilot Hank, scientist John, mission specialist Lydia, warm-hearted Donna, and aeronautical engineer Vanessa, who become unlikely friends -- until December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, when everything changes in an instant.
The Unwanted 
by Boris Fishman

Forced to flee their war-torn country, Susanna, George and their daughter Dina embark on a perilous journey through refugee camps and treacherous seas, grappling with sacrifice, betrayal and the desperate fight for survival and dignity.
Goddess Complex
by Sanjena Sathian

Grappling with the aftermath of a failed marriage and the pressure to conform to societal expectations, Sanjana Satyananda finds herself entangled in a bizarre quest to find her missing ex-husband and confront the choices she made about motherhood.
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
by Evie Woods

Nestled among the cobblestone streets of Compiáegne, there existed a bakery unlike any other. Rumours were whispered through the town that its pastries offered a taste of magic, chasing away the darkest of sorrows. Just one bite of a croissant might bring luck, unlock a precious memory or reveal hidden longings. But dark clouds were looming on the horizon... For Edie Lane, a recipe for disaster doesn't require that many ingredients. Take an unhealthy amount of wishful thinking and a sprinkle of desperation and that's how Edie left everything behind in Ireland for her dream job at a bakery in Paris. Except the bakery isn't in Paris--and neither is Edie. This might not be where Edie intended to be but she soon realizes it's exactly where she needs to be...
Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy

On a remote island near Antarctica, the Salt family's fragile existence is upended by the arrival of Rowan, a mysterious woman who washes ashore during a storm, forcing them to confront rising dangers and the hope of rebuilding trust amidst isolation and loss.
Jane and Dan at the End of the World
by Colleen Oakley

While celebrating their anniversary at La Fin du Monde, unhappy couple Jane and Dan find themselves taken hostage by bumbling climate activists whose actions are eerily similar to those in Jane's failed novel, so only they know what will happen and how to stop it
The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits
by Jennifer Weiner

Cassie and Zoe Grossberg, former pop superstars as The Griffin Sisters, have been estranged for two decades since their band's rise and tragic fall, when Zoe's ambitious daughter Cherry sets out to uncover the hidden truths behind their breakup and heal their fractured family.
Sky Daddy 
by Kate Folk

Linda is sexually attracted to planes, and a round-trip flight from San Francisco makes her feel like no human lover could -- but when coworker Karina invites her to brunch and Linda's life becomes unbalanced, she must choose normalcy or her dream of “marrying” a suitor by dying in a plane crash.
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