| |  | | | ‘Begins with such a gasp-inducing twist that it’s almost impossible to describe’ (Real Simple) | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - Book club queen Jodi Picoult calls this Indie Next pick “one of the best books I’ve read this year”
- Honor longs to have another baby, but her husband, Tom, isn’t sure it’s a good idea. Then, a shocking event changes everything
- “Feels like a movie, with characters and scenes that explode off the page” (Carola Lovering, author of Tell Me Lies)
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 | | | After two teenage girls disappear, deadly secrets engulf a small Georgia town | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - With time running out, Officer Emmy Clifton races to uncover what the girls — and those around them — were hiding
- Take it from Lisa Gardner: “Karin Slaughter always keeps me hooked”
- The bestselling author of Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter “starts big and never lets up” (Library Journal starred review) in this page-turner
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 | | | ‘A book that begs for an immediate reread’ (Bookpage) | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - A “genre-bending tour de force” (Literary Hub) from the National Book Award–winning author of Hell of a Book
- Two Black writers search for meaning and belonging amidst the terrors of gun violence in this deeply affecting, darkly comic novel
- Ripe for discussion, this “riveting” book “takes big swings at topics many people like us are struggling to understand” (Star Tribune)
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 | | | The perfect summer pick for Elin Hilderbrand fans | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - When Betsy’s mother calls her children back home to sell the family beach house, Betsy must face strained relationships and a long-ago forbidden romance
- “Intriguing mother-daughter dynamics, a vivid Martha’s Vineyard setting, a gripping dual timeline and, best of all, a family secret bombshell that I never saw coming” (Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls)
- Set in the summers of 1965 and 1978, “this is historical fiction at its very best” (Nancy Thayer)
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 | | | Murder, mystery, and betrayal in 18th-century London | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - As widow Hannah works to bring an Italian delicacy called iced cream to her confectionary shop, speculation about her secretive husband’s death increases…
- “Beautifully written and richly detailed, but it’s also fiendishly twisting and properly thrilling” (Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark)
- “Readers will race through this” (Publishers Weekly)
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 | | | John Grisham says this ‘heartwarming and hopeful’ memoir ‘will stay with you for a long time’
| | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - After being incarcerated at 19 for a crime he didn’t commit, Calvin Duncan became a self-taught lawyer, practicing law from confinement even as his own case was stalled over and over
- “An eye-opening look at prison life from the point of view of a true warrior for justice” (Kirkus Reviews)
- “I urge all who are in need of inspiration to please read this riveting account of an indomitable spirit” (Jim McCloskey, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Framed)
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 | | | At an Italian lake house, four estranged siblings reckon with their late father’s legacy
| | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - A “gorgeous” new novel (People) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- Find out why Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry, calls this dazzling saga “a must-read”
- “Long after I finished the last page, I found I missed these characters — always the sign of a special book” (Good Housekeeping)
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 | | | ‘Readers will be captivated’ by this ‘unforgettable’ dual-timeline saga (Booklist) | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - When two best friends embark on journeys of self-discovery, their path intertwines with a mother’s decades-long search for her missing daughter
- This August Read with Jenna pick is “mesmerizing” and “lingers long after the final page” (New York Times bestselling author Jean Kwok)
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 | | | The never-before-told story of a women artists’ residence in Belle Époque Paris | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - Meet the talented, ambitious women behind the American Girls’ Club — and how this unique space helped them thrive
- Armchair travelers and art enthusiasts won’t want to miss this “evocative” true account (Publishers Weekly)
- “Feels like an exclusive invitation to a Parisian enclave during an era of artistic and social transformation” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Finkel)
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