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May
The chateau : a novel
by Jaclyn Goldis

The Lady of the Chateau, Séraphine Demargelasse invites her
grand-daughter, Darcy
to Provence to visit the  Darcy and her
three friends are plunged into a nightmare when Séraphine is
brutally murdered and they are stalked by a faceless killer who
pits them against each other.
The making of another major motion
picture masterpiece

by Tom Hanks

The Academy Award-winning actor and bestselling author presents
a thought-provoking novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film based on a series of comic
books that depict the changes in America and American culture
since WWII.
Not alone : a novel
by Sarah K. Jackson

Katie and her young son live in a world ravaged by an environmental disaster. She discovers there's life beyond their familiar flat that is 
full of new dangers, other survivors and many surprises that push
her to the brink and put her son in danger.
Yellowface : a novel
by R. F. Kuang

After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author
June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece. She sends it
to her agent as her own work. As emerging evidence threatens
her success, she discovers just how far she'll go to keep what
she thinks she deserves.
April
Enter ghost : a novel
by Isabella Hammad

A stage actress returns to Palestine to visit her older sister and
becomes unwittingly involved with a local group who wants to
put on a production of Hamlet in the West Bank using all
Palestinian actors.
Happy place
by Emily Henry

Despite breaking up months earlier, a picture-perfect couple
still haven't told their friends about the split and attempt to
pretend they are still together at an annual Maine getaway,
in the new novel from the best-selling author of Book Lovers.
The soulmate
by Sally Hepworth

Pippa's husband becomes a local hero, saving person after person
from ending their lives, until one night he fails to save one woman.
Pippa discovers that he knew the victim and wonders if she jumped
or was pushed. This question that cracks the foundations of the life they've built.
This bird has flown : a novel
by Susanna Hoffs

A novel about music, fate, redemption, and love, from a
songwriter and the co-founder of "The Bangles."
Summer on Sag Harbor : a novel
by Sunny Hostin

When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of 
the "Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineve," the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black
utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship,
community and family.
Natural beauty : a novel
by Ling Ling Huang

Giving up her future as a pianist to take care of her parents, the
narrator starts to work at a high-end beauty and wellness store
in NYC. This affords her entry into a new world of privilege where
she discovers, beneath the fancy creams and tinctures, lies a
terrible truth threatening to consume her.
You know her
by Meagan Jennett

Officer Nora Martin is new to the unwelcoming Bellair Police
Department. She begins to suspect something's not quite right
with the unnerving, enigmatic female bartender and discovers
this bartender is the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Nora wonders if anyone will believe her.
The secret diaries of Charles Ignatius
Sancho : a novel

by Paterson Joseph

Set in 1746 Georgian London, a young Black man and escaped
slave, Charles Ignatius Sancho meets the king, after an
unexpected twist of fate. Charles
 writes and plays highly
acclaimed music. He becomes the first Black person to vote
in Britain and leads the fight to end slavery.
The Half Moon : a novel
by Mary Beth Keane

Longtime bartender Malcolm Gephardt finally realizes his dream
of owning a bar. His wife Jess, a lawyer struggling with fertility
issues, wonders how to reshape her life. The novel is told over the course of one tumultuous week, laying bare the complexities of marriage, family, longing and desire.
The salt grows heavy
by Cassandra Khaw

On the run, a mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor
with a darkness of their own and when they stumble upon a
village of ageless children thirsty for blood, they must embrace
the cruelest parts of their true nature to survive.
In the lives of puppets
by TJ Klune

When an unwitting act of betrayal leads to the capture of his
android Gio, who once hunted humans, Victor Lawson and his
assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and
otherworldly country to the City of Electric Dreams to rescue
Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Like the Appearance of Horses
by Andrew Krivak

Rooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania,
where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, 

Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives
of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great
conflicts of the past century.
March
The collected enchantments
by Theodora Goss

This vibrant collection brings together World Fantasy Award
winner Goss's exquisite interpretations of and variations on familiar
folk and fairy tales. The [poems and stories] span the length of
Goss's career.
Marvelous : a novel
by Molly Greeley

Set in the French royal court of Catherine de'Medici during the Renaissance, this novel follows Pedro Gonsalvus. Pedro was an
unusual man who, delivered by a slave broker into France's royal
court, becomes the favorite of the queen who is determined to
find him a bride.
Weyward : a novel
by Emilia Hart

Told over five centuries through three connected women, this
riveting novel follows Kate. In 2019 Kate seeks refuge in Weyward Cottage; Altha. In 1619, she uses her powers to maintain her freedom. In 1942, as she searches for the truth about her mother's death.
The god of endings
by Jakki Holland

A lonely artist heading an elite fine arts school for children in
1984, Collette LeSange is an immortal beauty who has endured
centuries of turmoil and heartache. She finds her life upended by
the arrival of a gifted child from a troubled home and her own mysteriously growing hunger.
Pineapple Street : a novel
by Jenny Jackson

A novel of family, love and class follows three women in one
wealthy Brooklyn clan.
Our best intentions : a novel
by Vibhuti Jain

Angie, an introverted teenage is caught in the middle of a criminal investigation after finding her classmate stabbed and bleeding.
She must navigate conflicting narratives while her father attempts
to shield her and protect his hard-earned efforts to assimilate.
A fact which overshadows his ability to see right from wrong. 
Now you see us : a novel
by Balli Kaur Jaswal

When a Filipina maid is arrested for murdering her female employer, three Filipina other domestic workers, Corazon, Donita and Angel
are shocked into action. They use their moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened. Meanwhile, they are exposing the secrets of Singapore's elite along the way.
What happened to Ruthy Ramirez
by Claire Jimenez

Jessica spots her missing sister, Ruthy, who disappeared when
she was 13, on her TV screen in Catfight, a raunchy reality show. Jessica, along with her younger sister, mother, and her mother's
holy roller best friend, set out on a family road trip to find the truth.
The perfumist of Paris
by Alka Joshi

In 1974, Paris perfumer Radha, on the cusp of a breakthrough,
travels to India where she enlists the help of her sister and the courtesans of Agra, who use the power of fragrance to seduce,
while finally confronting a past secret, which threatens her
already vulnerable marriage.
A brief history of living forever
by Jaroslav Kalfar

In a 2030 America led by an isolationist authoritarian government,
a star biotech scientist trying to discover the key to immortality
becomes a whistleblower when she uncovers alarming activity
in the wastelands of what was once Florida.
The curator : a novel
by Owen King

Searching for the truth behind the secret she's long concealed,
Dora, a former domestic servant, is given curatorship of The
National Museum of the Worker by her lover. It turns out that the
place that isn't at all what it seems as she unravels a monstrous conspiracy that brings her to the edge of worlds.
A house with good bones
by T. Kingfisher

Warned by her brother that their mother seems “off,” Sam visits
and discovers a once-cozy home with sterile white walls, her
mom a jumpy, nervous wreck, and a jar of teeth hidden in the rosebushes.
February
Maame
by Jessica George

When her mum returns from her latest trip to Ghana, Maddie leaps
at the chance to get out of the family home and finally start living. Maddie begins to navigate her 20s and finds her place in the world.
Burner
by Mark Greaney

Court Gentry and his lover, Zoya Zakharova, discover they both
want to capture Alex Velesky, who stole records from his Swiss
bank employer. However, they want to capture him for very
different reasons, in the 12th novel of the series following Sierra Six.
Stone blind : a novel
by Natalie Haynes

Attacked by Poseidon in Athena's temple, Medusa, the most
beautiful of the Gorgon sisters, is punished and transformed
into a monster whose gaze will turn any living creature to stone,
forcing her into a life of solitude until Perseus embarks upon a
fateful quest.
Never never : the complete series
by Colleen Hoover

The #1 New York Times best-selling author of It Starts with Us
joins forces with the New York Times best-selling author of The
Wives
have created a gripping, twisty, romantic mystery.
The last orphan
by Gregg Hurwitz

Only one little mistake lands him under the control of the President,
who makes him a deal: eliminate a man she considers too dangerous
to live and she'll guarantee his survival. Evan Smoak, a former
Orphan assassin, must choose between his principles and his life.
Code name Sapphire
by Pam Jenoff

Inspired by true events, this novel follows the story of a female
World War II resistance fighter who risks her life and secret
organization to save her family, in the new novel from the
best-selling author of The Lost Girls of Paris.
More than meets the eye
by Iris Johansen

When brutal murders with the same signature as serial killer
James Michael Barrett mysteriously continue after his death, FBI consultant Kendra Michaels teams up with the only survivor of
Barrett's attacks and soon discovers the killer has a terrifying plan
that they are only beginning to understand.
The house of Eve : a novel
by Sadeqa Johnson

From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and
redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC,
that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal.
Essex dogs
by Dan Jones

A group of unruly archers and men-at-arms land on the
beaches of Normandy in 1346 to fight for the throne in the
fiction debut of the best-selling New York Times historian
behind Powers and Thrones.
Don't fear the reaper
by Stephen Graham Jones

Returning to rural Proofrock after being released from prison,
Jade Daniels runs afoul of a convicted serial killer, who escapes
from a prison transfer in a blizzard, in the second novel of the
series following My Heart is a Chainsaw.
Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel
by Rachel Joyce

Ten years after her husband's iconic walk across England, Maureen
Fry, receives an unexpected message from the North. She embarks
on her own journey during which she struggles to form bonds with
the people she meets as she searches for a way to reconnect with
the world she left behind.
January
Alias Emma : a novel
by Ava Glass

A brand-new secret agent, Emma Makepeace, is tasked with having
only 12 hours to bring the son of Russian dissidents into protective custody while avoiding the assassins looking for him in one of the
world’s most-surveilled cities.
Sam : a novel
by Allegra Goodman

Grappling with self-doubt and insecurity as she grows into her
teens, Sam, yearns for her climbing coach’s attention. She is
dealing with her father’s absence and raging against her mother’s constant pressure. Sam must decide who she wants to be in the
face of what she’s expected to do.
This other Eden : a novel
by Paul Harding

Inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island
off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast, this novel brings to life an unforgettable
cast of characters who struggle to preserve human dignity in the
face of intolerance and injustice.
The Villa
by Rachel Hawkins

While on a girls trip to Italy with her best friend, Chess, Emily
discovers their high-end villa was once the scene of a brutal
murder. Digging into the past, she finds the truth seeping into
the present as dangerous betrayals emerge.
Loathe to love you
by Ali Hazelwood

From the New York Times best-selling author of The
Love Hypothesis
comes a collection of steamy novellas
and their loves in loathing, with a special bonus chapter!
Really good, actually : a novel
by Monica Heisey

29-year-old Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a "Surprisingly Young Divorcee." With the help of her tough-loving
academic advisor, her newly divorced friend, and her group chat,
she barrels through her first year of singledom, searching for what
truly makes her happy.
How to sell a haunted house
by Grady Hendrix

Forced to return to the small Southern town where she grew up
to sell her late parents' house, Louise discovers that her and her brother's old grudges pale in comparison to the terror that still
lurks within its walls.
Heart bones : a novel
by Colleen Hoover

Bound for Penn State with a full scholarship, Beyah Grim must first
spend the remainder of summer in Texas with a father she barely
knows, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling
It Ends with Us.
Age of vice
by Deepti Kapoor

After a speeding car kills five people late at night in New
Delhi, the driver, a shell-shocked servant is unable to explain
the series of strange events that lead to the crime.
Foster
by Claire Keegan

An Irish child taken by her father to live with relatives on a
farm finds the love and affection she never knew before and
begins to thrive, in the internationally best-selling novel now
available as a standalone book.
The house at the end of the world
by Dean R. Koontz

Katie lives alone on Jacob's Ladder island until two agents arrive
in search of someone, or something that they refuse to identify.
Katie, along with a brave young girl, finds herself in an epic
and terrifying battle with a mysterious enemy that could bring
about the end of the world.
Sleep no more
by Jayne Ann Krentz

Hoping to connect with others who also had a lost night they
can’t remember, Pallas, receives a tip on her podcast. She travels
to a small college town to explore an abandoned asylum, where she helps her mysterious tipster investigate a murder that is connected to them both.
December
Robert Ludlum's The Blackbriar genesis
by Simon Gervais

Undercover Treadstone agent is murdered in Prague, but none of
his superiors know what he was doing there. Blackbriar operatives,
Helen Jouvert and Donovan Wade are sent to investigate, drawing
them into a world of conspiracy and fake news.
Godmersham Park : a novel of the
Austen family

by Gill Hornby

A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family,
by the #1 International best-selling author of Miss Austen.
The Ingenue : a novel
by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

Former piano prodigy, Saskia Kreis is forced to reexamine her own
past, and the romantic relationship that changed the course of her
life. Her mother has bequeathed
her family estate is bequeathed to
the man with whom she shares a complicated history.
November
Factory girls : a novel
by Michelle Gallen

Taking a summer job at a local shirt factory in 1994, Maeve
Murray, who grew up during the Troubles, looks forward to saving
money for University while working alongside Protestants and an untrustworthy English boss.
Never ever getting back together
by Sophie Gonzales

Eighteen-year-old Maya Bailey enters a reality dating competition
to get revenge on her cheating, royal-adjacent ex-boyfriend,
and she ends up falling for another girl on the show--in fact,
the girl he cheated on her with.
Dawnlands : a novel
by Philippa Gregory

On the brink of civil war, Livia has convinced Alinor to save
the queen from the coming siege while her brother returns from
America to join the rebel army, in the third novel of the series
following Dark Tides.
The couple at the table : a novel
by Sophie Hannah

While on their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only retreat, Jane receives a chilling note warning her about five other couples present at dinner, setting in motion a murder for which there are no suspects.
The serpent in heaven
by Charlaine Harris

The granddaughter of Rasputin, Felicia provides the hemophiliac
Tsar Alexei with the blood transfusions that keep him alive until
she discovers her true heritage and what she's capable of, making
her a target in the capital of the Holy Russian Empire where only
her courage will keep her alive.
The Cloisters : a novel
by Katy Hays

A sinister, atmospheric novel follows a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New Yorks famed Met Cloisters.
They're going to love you : a novel
by Meg Howrey

Nineteen years after a passionate love affair created a rift in
her family, Carlisle must face the events of that fateful summer.
This mesmerizing tale of betrayal, art and ambition is set in the
world of professional ballet, NYC during the AIDS crisis and
present day Los Angeles.
October
The boys from Biloxi
by John Grisham

The #1 New York Times best-selling author sets the stage for
his most gripping thriller yet as he returns to Mississippi where
his page-turning twists and turns lead to a stunning conclusion.
Demon Copperhead : a novel
by Barbara Kingsolver

The son of an Appalachian teenager uses his good looks, wit
and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction,
disastrous loves and crushing losses, in the new novel from
the best-selling author of Unsheltered.
September
Less is lost
by Andrew Sean Greer

In this highly anticipated follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning
Less: A Novel, Arthur Less, after the death of an old lover and a
sudden financial crisis, sets out on a literary adventure across the
U.S. during which he must finally face his personal demons.
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