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.
Kakigori Summer
by Emily Itami

Three sisters -- ambitious London finance expert Rei; single mom Kiki, who works at a care home; and young pop star Ai -- reunite at their Japanese childhood home after Ai is caught up in a scandal. Over the summer, they support each other and navigate memories of their troubled mother and their early years, where being half-British and half-Japanese made them outsiders. For fans of: Emily Giffin's The Summer Pact. 
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.
Great Black Hope
by Rob Franklin

Amid the glitz and glamour of New York, a 20-something gay Black man from a well-to-do Atlanta family flounders after the mysterious death of his roommate, the daughter of a famous singer. Grief-stricken, he's soon arrested for cocaine possession and caught between the worlds of race and class in this debut that's perfect for book clubs. For fans of: Rumaan Alam's Entitlement; Vinson Cunningham's Great Expectations.
For richer for poorer : a novel
by Danielle Steel

As fashion designer and single mother Eugenia Ward faces business setbacks, her daughter's questionable, lavish wedding and a looming hurricane, she finds unexpected support and a chance for a new beginning with a real estate developer.
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.
The Bright Years
by Sarah Damoff

Ryan and Lillian fall for each other in 1979 Fort Worth, Texas. Though both have secrets (Ryan's dad was an abusive alcoholic; teenage Lillian gave a baby up for adoption), they marry and have daughter Jet. But Ryan's own struggles with alcoholism lead to a troubled marriage. Narrated by the three of them, this poignant first novel explores loss and family over four generations and several decades.
The doorman : a novel
by Chris Pavone

In a new novel from the bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon, a New York City doorman is drawn into a web of intrigue, robbery and murder.
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.
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