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The Duke Undone
by Joanna Lowell
After Royal Academy artist Lucy Coover discovers the unconscious, naked Duke of Weston in an alley, she captures his likeness on canvas—creating a scandal that could ruin them both. To protect his reputation, the Duke offers Lucy a bargain: he will save her family business if she helps him find his missing sister. As they navigate a dangerous search through Victorian London, their professional arrangement ignites into a passionate, high-stakes romance.
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The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
A mysterious, black-and-white circus appears without warning, open only at night. Within Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a deadly duel of imagination choreographed by their mentors. As the competition intensifies, the rivals fall into a profound, magical love—unaware that their game demands only one survivor. With the lives of the entire troupe at stake, their romance threatens the very fabric of the circus.
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The Goldfinch: A Novel
by Donna Tartt
Thirteen-year-old Theo Decker survives a New York City tragedy that kills his mother, leaving him adrift and haunted by grief. He finds solace in a small, captivating painting—a secret talisman that anchors him to his past but slowly pulls him into the dangerous criminal underworld.
As Theo navigates a life of wealth, isolation, and the dusty world of antiques, his obsession with the painting becomes a perilous tether. The Goldfinch is a sweeping tale of loss and survival, exploring how one stolen object can define a man’s identity and fate.
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A Kiss at Midnight
by Eloisa James
Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball, Kate meets a prince... and decides he's anything but charming. A clash of wits and wills ensues, but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman—a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfill his ruthless ambitions. Gabriel likes his fiancee, which is a welcome turn of events, but he doesn't love her. Obviously, he should be wooing his bride-to-be, not the witty, impoverished beauty who refuses to fawn over him. Godmothers and glass slippers notwithstanding, this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy any chance that Kate and Gabriel might have a happily ever after. Unless a prince throws away everything that makes him noble... Unless a dowry of an unruly heart trumps a fortune... Unless one kiss at the stroke of midnight changes everything.
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An Offer from a Gentleman
by Julia Quinn
Will she accept his offer before the clock strikes midnight? Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball—or that "Prince Charming" would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight. Who was that extraordinary woman? Ever since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other—except, perhaps this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaid's garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation. He has sworn to find and wed his mystery miss, but this breathtaking maid makes him weak with wanting her. Yet, if he offers his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his only chance for a fairy tale love?
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The Ghost Bride
by Yangsze Choo
In colonial Malaya, Li Lan receives a macabre proposal: to become a "ghost bride" for the deceased son of the wealthy Lim family. While the union would save her bankrupt family, it drags Li Lan into a haunting world of spirits and shadows. As she navigates the Chinese afterlife and uncovers dark family secrets, Li Lan finds herself torn between her attraction to the Lims’ new heir and a mysterious, unpredictable guardian spirit. She must solve a murder and find a way back to the living before she is permanently trapped in the realm of the dead.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold...
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The Blue Castle
by L. M. Montgomery
An unforgettable story of courage and romance. Will Valancy Stirling ever escape her strict family and find true love? Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she finds her only consolation in the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle--a place where all her dreams come true and she can be who she truly wants to be. After getting shocking news from the doctor, she rebels against her family and discovers a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams.
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A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting
by Sophie Irwin
Desperate to save her sisters from financial ruin, the cunning and unconventional Kitty Talbot heads to London with one goal: secure a wealthy husband in just twelve weeks. She is prepared for every challenge of the Season, except for the worldly Lord Radcliffe.
Radcliffe easily sees through Kitty’s mercenary schemes and resolves to thwart her plans. However, as the two engage in a high-stakes battle of wits and repartee, their mutual antagonism sparks an unexpected attraction that threatens to upend Kitty’s mission.
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Crazy Rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nick Young, she expects a modest family visit. Instead, she is thrust into a world of unimaginable dynastic wealth, private planes, and cutthroat social hierarchies. As the "American-born Chinese" girlfriend of one of Asia’s most eligible bachelors, Rachel becomes a target for jealous socialites and Nick's formidable mother, Eleanor. Crazy Rich Asians is a hilarious, opulent look at the clash between old and new money, exploring the lengths families will go to protect their legacies and control who their heirs love.
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The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
Fourteen-year-old Mary Boleyn arrives at court and quickly captivates King Henry VIII. Dazzled by her "golden prince," she embraces her role as his mistress, only to realize she is a pawn in her family’s ruthless political schemes. As the King’s favor shifts toward her ambitious sister, Anne, Mary is forced to navigate a treacherous court where she is both a rival and a confidante. To survive the deadly whims of the Tudor monarchy, Mary must eventually defy her family and seize control of her own destiny.
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The Housemaid
by Freida McFadden
As the Winchesters’ new maid, I clean their mansion, cook their meals, and retreat to my tiny attic room, all while watching Nina Winchester’s erratic behavior push her husband, Andrew, to the breaking point. Envious of Nina’s glamorous life and drawn to Andrew’s pain, I make the mistake of trying on one of her dresses—only to discover my bedroom door now locks from the outside. But the Winchesters have made a grave mistake. They don't know who I really am, or just how far I’ll go to survive.
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The Matchmaker's Gift
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
In 1910 New York, Sara Glikman possesses a mystical gift for matchmaking, a vocation she must practice in secret to avoid the wrath of the traditional men who dominate the trade. Decades later, her granddaughter Abby, a cynical Manhattan divorce attorney, inherits Sara’s handwritten journals. As Abby digs into the records of her grandmother's matches, she begins to question her own career and her skepticism toward love. To honor a mysterious promise found within the pages, Abby must decide if she is willing to risk her professional life for the possibility of soulmates.
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The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
by Eva Rice
In 1950s London, Penelope struggles to maintain her family's crumbling ancestral estate alongside her widowed, legendary mother, Talitha. When Penelope is swept into the glamorous world of high-society parties by her free-spirited friend Charlotte, she finds herself caught in a complex social web. Her life is upended by Charlotte’s brother, Harry, who uses her in a scheme to spark jealousy in his ex-girlfriend, and the arrival of a wealthy American movie producer who may hold the key to her family’s salvation. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is a witty, vibrant exploration of a family fighting to hold onto the past while postwar London races toward a cultural revolution.
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel Little Women follows the four March sisters—Jo, Beth, Meg, and Amy—as they navigate love, loss, and poverty in Civil War-era New England. Based on Alcott’s own life, this timeless classic transcends the "girl’s book" genre to explore the universal struggle between personal ambition and family duty.
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The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
In 1939 France, two sisters follow divergent paths to survive the Nazi occupation. Vianne Mauriac, left behind in her village when her husband heads to the front, is forced to house a German captain. To protect her daughter, she must endure the escalating horrors of the occupation, making agonizing choices to keep her family fed and safe. Meanwhile, her younger sister, Isabelle, channels her rebellious spirit into the Resistance. While thousands flee, Isabelle risks everything to join the underground fight, embarking on a perilous journey to save fallen Allied airmen. The Nightingale is a hauntingly beautiful tribute to "the women’s war," exploring the different faces of courage and the unbreakable bond between sisters in a fractured land.
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The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.
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Romancing Mister Bridgerton
by Julia Quinn
Penelope Featherington has spent a lifetime pining for her best friend’s brother, the charming Colin Bridgerton. But when she discovers his deepest secret, she realizes the man she thought she knew is far more complex. Returning from abroad, Colin is frustrated by his reputation and the constant barbs of the gossip columnist Lady Whistledown. He soon finds himself seeing Penelope in a startling new light—until he uncovers a secret of her own. Now, the perennial bachelor must decide if Penelope is a threat to his reputation or the key to his happily ever after.
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Sea of Poppies
by Amitav Ghosh
At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of Canton.
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The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath. They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.
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A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
by Manda Collins
In 1865 England, Lady Katherine Bascomb uses her influential newspaper column to warn the women of London about the city’s most dangerous criminals. After her reporting helps catch a killer, Katherine flees the resulting fame for a country house party, only to witness a murder on her first night. Detective Inspector Andrew Eversham, whose career was nearly derailed by Katherine’s media interference, is determined to keep the "beautiful widow" away from his new investigation. However, as they are forced to work together, their mutual professional respect sparks an undeniable attraction. To explore their passion, they must first outmaneuver a killer who is closer than they realize.
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Yellowface
by R. F. Kuang
After witnessing the freak death of her literary rival, Athena Liu, struggling writer June Hayward steals Athena’s unpublished masterpiece about Chinese laborers in WWI. June rebrands herself as "Juniper Song," adopts an ambiguous ethnic persona, and releases the book as her own to massive critical acclaim. As the novel climbs the bestseller lists, June becomes consumed by the effort to protect her secret from emerging evidence and Athena’s lingering shadow. Yellowface is a dark, satirical thriller that explores cultural appropriation, the cutthroat publishing industry, and the lengths one woman will go to keep a stolen legacy.
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Persuasion
by Jane Austen
Eight years after being persuaded to break her engagement to the ambitious but poor naval officer Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot remains unmarried and regretful. When her vain father is forced to rent out their family estate to Wentworth’s sister, the two are thrust back into each other's lives. While Anne has matured into a woman of quiet resilience, Wentworth has returned from the Napoleonic Wars with a fortune and a lingering resentment toward the woman who rejected him.
Set against the social backdrop of Bath and the meritocratic world of the Royal Navy, Persuasion is a mature, biting satire of the landed gentry. It follows Anne as she navigates second chances, family vanity, and the internal struggle between duty and the desires of her own heart.
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Forever Your Earl
by Eva Leigh
Eleanor Hawke loves a good scandal. And readers of her successful gossip rag live for the exploits of her favorite subject: Daniel Balfour, the notorious Earl of Ashford. So when the earl himself marches into her office one day and invites her to experience his illicit pursuits firsthand, Eleanor is stunned. Gambling hells, phaeton races, masquerades…What more could a scandal writer want than a secret look into the life of this devilishly handsome rake? Daniel has secrets and if The Hawk’s Eye gets wind of them, a man’s life could be at stake. And what better way to distract a gossip than by feeding her the scandal she desperately craves? But Daniel never expected the sharp mind and biting wit of the beautiful writer, and their desire for each other threatens even his best laid plans. But when Eleanor learns the truth of his deception, Daniel will do anything to prove a romance between a commoner and an earl could really last forever.
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The Gentleman's Gambit
by Evie Dunmore
Catriona Campbell, a dedicated suffragist and Oxford scholar, is drowning in the demands of an ailing estate and the fight for women’s rights. Her controlled life is upended by the arrival of Elias Khoury, a distractingly attractive colleague of her father. While Catriona keeps her romantic desires buried after a string of failures, Elias is operating under false pretenses—he is a secret agent of restitution, intent on reclaiming stolen artifacts from her father’s collection for his Middle Eastern homeland. As Elias attempts to seduce Catriona to further his mission, he finds himself genuinely captivated by her intensity. Forced together in the hallowed halls of Oxford, the two must decide if their growing connection is worth the risk of their conflicting loyalties and secret ambitions.
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To Sir Phillip, with Love
by Julia Quinn
Sir Phillip knew from his correspondence with his dead wife's distant cousin that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her... Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking... and wondering... and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except... he wasn't. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered. And he certainly should have mentioned that he had two young - and decidedly unruly - children, as much in need of a mother as Phillip is in need of a wife.
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A Most Dreadful Guide to Ruin
by Samantha Blok
Henrietta Tolliver is a "perfect" young lady who is bored to tears by Regency expectations. To escape her inevitable marriage to a dull suitor, she hatches a plan to ruin her own reputation through a public scandal. She enlists her childhood friend—and notorious flirt—Theodore Winslow, the Earl of Langley, to stage a mock courtship that is supposed to end in disaster. Instead, their fake romance backfires brilliantly: Hetty is crowned the "Diamond of the Season," and their supposed scandal becomes the most celebrated love story in London. As they navigate "accidental" duels and moonlit kisses, Hetty realizes that the only thing more dangerous than a social ruin is the very real love developing between her and Theo.
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The Ladies Rewrite the Rules
by Suzanne Allain
Diana Boyle, a wealthy young widow, has no desire to ever marry again. Particularly not to someone who merely wants her for her fortune. So when she discovers that she’s listed in a directory of rich, single women she is furious, and rightly so. She confronts Maxwell Dean, the man who published the Bachelor’s Directory , and is horrified to find he is far more attractive than his actions have led her to expect. However, Diana is unmoved by Max’s explanation that he authored the list to assist younger sons like himself who cannot afford to marry unless it’s to a woman of means. She gathers the ladies in the directory together to inform them of its existence, so they may circumvent fortune hunters’ efforts to trick them into marriage. Though outraged, the women decide to embrace their unique position of power and reverse the usual gender roles by making the men dance to their tune. And together… the ladies rewrite the rules.
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The Davenports
by Krystal Marquis
In 1910 Chicago, the Davenports are a beacon of Black wealth and excellence, having built a carriage empire from the ground up. While the family navigates a world of crystal chandeliers and high-society galas, the four young women at the heart of the story are charting perilous paths toward love and independence. Olivia, the dutiful eldest daughter, finds her world upended by a charismatic civil rights leader, while her sister Helen prefers auto-mechanics to the marriage market. Meanwhile, their maid and childhood friend, Amy-Rose, dreams of entrepreneurship and a forbidden romance with the Davenport heir—a man already being pursued by the scheming socialite Ruby. Inspired by the real-life C.R. Patterson family, The Davenports is a lush exploration of a frequently overlooked era of African American history, where ambition and heart collide.
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Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo
Teeming with life and crackling with energy — a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood. Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.
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The Perfect Rake
by Anne Gracie
Plain Prudence Merridew seizes a rare opportunity to rescue her four beautiful sisters from their abusive grandfather by concocting a daring lie: she claims to be engaged to a Duke. However, her plan hits a snag when she arrives at the Duke’s doorstep and mistakes his cousin, the notorious rake Gideon, Lord Carradice, for the man himself. Gideon is instantly infatuated with the "delightful spitfire" and decides to play along with her matrimonial deception rather than expose her. As they embark on a fake engagement filled with stolen kisses and escalating lies, Prudence’s desperate mission to save her family risks being undone by her growing feelings for the wrong man.
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The Queen's Governess
by Karen Harper
Katherine Ashley, the daughter of a poor country squire, happily secures an education and a place for herself in a noble household. But when Thomas Cromwell, a henchman for King Henry VIII, brings her to the royal court as a spy, Kat enters into a thrilling new world of the Tudor monarchs. Freed from a life of espionage by Cromwell's downfall, Kat eventually befriends Anne Boleyn. As a dying favor to the doomed queen, Kat becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Elizabeth Tudor. Together they suffer bitter exile, assassination attempts, and imprisonment, barely escaping with their lives. But they do, and when Elizabeth is crowned, Kat continues to serve her, faithfully guarding all the queen's secrets (including Elizabeth's affair with the dashing Robert Dudley) . . . and ultimately emerging as the lifelong confidante and true mother-figure to Queen Elizabeth.
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The Luxe
by Anna Godbersen
In 1899 Manhattan, sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland are the reigning royalty of the social scene—until they discover their family fortune is gone. To save their status, Elizabeth is expected to marry the wealthy Henry Schoonmaker, despite her secret love for someone else.
As backstabbing socialites and a vengeful maid threaten to expose the Hollands' precarious reality, Elizabeth’s carriage plunges into the East River. Her sudden disappearance leaves New York wondering if the "Gilded Age" golden girl buckled under the pressure of the social code, or if someone in her inner circle ensured she vanished for good.
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Gossip Girl
by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Serena van der Woodsen is back from boarding school -- but is she still the Upper East Side's It Girl? The wickedly funny first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the original hit CW show and the HBO Max series.Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep -- sometimes with each other. S is back from boarding school, and if we aren't careful, she's going to win over our teachers, wear that dress we couldn't fit into, steal our boyfriends' hearts, and basically ruin our lives in a major way. I'll be watching closely...You know you love me, gossip girl
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
by Kay Redfield Jamison
A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
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Queen Charlotte
by Julia Quinn
In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent--not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed because George had secrets-- secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy. Thrust into her new role as a royal, Charlotte must learn to navigate the intricate politics of the court, all the while guarding her heart, because she is falling in love with the King, even as he pushes her away.
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