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April 2026

Recent Releases
Cover of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Yesteryear
by Caro Claire Burke

A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1855--where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel.
Cover of Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen
Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead
by Mai Nguyen

Darkly humorous yet uplifting, Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead follows a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live.
Cover of Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich
Python's Kiss
by Louise Erdrich

This latest from Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich collects 13 stories written over the past two decades. Taking place mainly in a vividly depicted Midwest, the tales include a range of characters, such as a young girl concerned for a dog and a group at a bar. Enhanced by woodcut artwork by Aza Erdrich Abe, the author's daughter, this thought-provoking book "puts Erdrich’s powers on full display" (Publishers Weekly).
Cover of The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances
by Glenn Dixon

In a self-running, smart house, a young and sentient Roomba listens as her owner, Harold, reads aloud to his dying wife, Edie. Mesmerized by To Kill a Mockingbird and craving the human connection she witnesses in Harold's stories, the little vacuum renames herself Scout and embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Cover of The End of Romance by Lily Meyer
The End of Romance
by Lily Meyer

Having left her emotionally abusive husband, Sylvie Broder attends graduate school to study philosophy. She heals and ponders if straight women can only be happy once romance is eliminated as she enjoys no-strings-attached sex with a variety of men. But then she meets warm, kind Robbie and disarming, dynamic Abie, and falls for both. For fans of: spicy literary novels with philosophical musings and flawed characters.
Cover of Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg
Just Watch Me
by Lior Torenberg

Fleabag meets Big Swiss in this bold debut about a charismatic misfit who livestreams her life for seven days and nights to raise money to save her comatose sister--a poignant and darkly funny exploration of grief, forgiveness, and redemption. 
Cover of Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez
Last Night in Brooklyn
by Xochitl Gonzalez

New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbor's secret past, laying bare the mounting tensions at play in a rapidly gentrifying, early 2000's Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Cover of Son of Nobody by Yann Martel
Son of Nobody
by Yann Martel

From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from the perspective of two commoners: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar.
Cover of The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead
The Future Saints
by Ashley Winstead

Tight-knit California band the Future Saints are flailing and playing to empty clubs after the death of their beloved manager, who was lead singer Hannah's sister. They all feel the loss, but Hannah starts to self-destruct, even as she channels her pain into a stunning new song that goes viral. Music executive Theo is sent to get the band on track, which isn't going to be easy, especially when he falls for Hannah. For fans of: Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid; Deep Cuts by Holly Brickely.
Cover of Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix
Small Boat
by Vincent Delecroix

Vincent Delecroix's acclaimed Small Boat is a fictional first-person account of the French navy officer who took the migrants' calls--and her attempts to justify the indefensible. Powerful, forceful, and haunting, Small Boat confronts the most difficult but important moral questions of our time: to what extent are we all complicit?
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