Large Print New Releases
May 2026
General Fiction
Before I Knew I Loved You
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible – not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time to revisit the ones you love... The sixth book in the bestselling series, translated from Japanese, Before I Knew I Loved You asks the irresistible question: what would you do if you were offered the chance to go back in time?
The Calamity Club
by Kathryn Stockett

The author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs—and the power of friendship to change everything.
Enormous Wings
by Laurie Frankel

At seventy-seven, Pepper Mills falls in love at the Vista View Retirement Community and gets pregnant. Reporters and medical researchers all descend on Vista View while Pepper struggles to determine her next move. Soon she has some hard decisions to make―and some she’s not allowed to make.
A Fortune of Sand
by Ruta Sepetys

The daughter of an automotive magnate escapes to an artistic retreat that holds more secrets than she could have ever imagined, in this Prohibition-era novel from the author of Salt to the Sea.
A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
by Stephanie Dray

In time for the 250th Anniversary of the birth of the United States comes a sweeping, intimate portrayal of Abigail Adams—wife of one president and mother to another—whose wit, willpower, and wisdom helped shape the fledgling republic.
The Foursome
by Christina Baker Kline

From author Christina Baker Kline comes a reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline’s own distant relatives — who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam.
June Baby
by Shannon Garvey

In this moving debut novel, set over the course of one transformative summer in the lush, beachy enclave of Block Island, a young woman reckons with love, loss, and the choices she must make to move forward.
Take Me with You
by Steven Rowley

A book of poetry that’s small enough to carry with you, but full of messages big enough to stay with you—from one of the most quotable and influential poets of our time.
The Things We Never Say
by Elizabeth Strout

Bestselling author Elizabeth Strout’s new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher’s life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world.
Vengeance: The Last Stands of Custer, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull
by Tom Clavin

A dramatic new look at Custer's Last Stand in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, by the coauthor of The Heart of Everything That Is.
The Wish
by Heather Morris

From the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a contemporary novel full of the understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the unexpected friendship they find together.
Romance
Dolly All the Time
by Annabel Monaghan

A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the author of Nora Goes Off Script.
Love Comes in Small Packages
by Lori Foster

A heartwarming duo of tales about unexpected love and family, from the bonds of sisterhood to the magic of friends to lovers, and the joys of infants and fur babies, plus all the surprises romance has to offer, even amid life’s missteps . . .
The Midnight Train
by Matt Haig

No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie. Before he gave it all away. He wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . .
Our Perfect Storm
by Carley Fortune

Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, new novel from the author of One Golden Summer.
The Shippers
by Katherine Center

One of the hottest, fastest-rising rom-com stars delivers her latest swoon-worthy novel about a destination wedding on a cruise ship.
Mystery & Detective
The Brothers McKay: A Longmire Mystery
by Craig Johnson

The twenty-second novel in the Longmire series, The Brothers McKay is a murder mystery and a survival thriller that tests the sheriff’s hard-won sense of justice. 
Thriller & Suspense
26 Beauties: A Women's Murder Club Thriller
by James Patterson

An uninvited guest crashes the Women’s Murder Club's party: a concerned father needs help in locating his missing daughter. And she’s not the only missing girl. A Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park.  What if all these cases are connected? 
The Anniversary: A Thriller
by Alex Finlay

Every May 1st, a serial killer stalks a small town. Every year he comes for them . . .  And the clock is racing toward another anniversary. Twisty, high-concept, and emotionally charged, The Anniversary is an addictive murder mystery and nail-biting thriller―but it’s also a tender, heartrending story about fate, innocence lost, and two people bound by a single day. 
Caller Unknown
by Gillian McAllister

How far would you go to rescue your child? A mother races against the clock—and finds herself on the wrong side of the law—in a desperate fight to save her teenage daughter in this pulse-pounding thriller from the author of Wrong Place Wrong Time.
Five
by Ilona Bannister

Five lives. Five stories. Four will live—one will die. Who it will be? In this slow-burn masterpiece of psychological fiction, the choice is all yours.
Ironwood: A Catalina Novel
by Michael Connelly

Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in.
The Last Mandarin
by Louise Penny

A mother and a daughter race against time in this all-too-real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all the way to the White House.
New Skin
by Sarah Wang

A scalding, darkly humorous debut following an enmeshed mother-daughter duo, both best friends and enemies, and the plastic surgery addiction that warps their lives into a perilous spiral. 
Robert B. Parker's Booked
by Alison Gaylin

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.
Non-Fiction
The Land and Its People: Essays
by David Sedaris

In The Land and Its People, Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveler, a brother, a lifelong friend. 
True Crime: A Memoir
by Patricia Cornwell

Bestselling author Patricia Cornwell finally tells the story that rivals all of the works that precede it: her own.
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