Fiction A to Z
March 2026

Recent Releases
The Social Circle by Sophie Wan
The Social Circle
by Sophie Wan

In 2005, Maggie Tang arrives at UC Berkeley and befriends Adam, Charles, and Hari, the group that goes on to create Circle, the world’s first major social media platform until ambition, love, and friendship lead to Maggie’s dramatic departure. Ten years later, a reunion on a private island in Norway and a journalist investigating their past force the former friends to confront the truth about what tore them apart.
Lost Lambs
by Madeline Cash

A suburban family is in trouble in this buzzy, funny first novel. Bud and Catherine's relationship is sputtering, while their three girls have their own issues: Abigail is dating a security guard nicknamed "War Crimes Wes," Louise has an online boyfriend who encourages her to make bombs, and super-smart Harper investigates a sketchy local billionaire, who is her dad's employer.
Turn Off the Light by Jacquie Walters
Turn Off the Light
by Jacquie Walters

Four hundred years apart, Edith—a healer on Virginia’s isolated Eastern Shore and modern-day Claire, who returns to her childhood home to care for her dying father, are haunted by a sinister presence in the same house. As whispers, shadows, and something beneath the floorboards grow stronger, the two women discover they are bound by a dark secret that may be the only way for either of them to survive.
Family Drama
by Rebecca Fallon

Actress Susan Bliss rises to soap-opera stardom in the 1980s and ’90s while commuting between Massachusetts, where her professor husband works, and California, even after becoming a mother. After her death when her twins are seven, Sebastian clings to her memory while Viola avoids it—until she falls for her mother’s former co-star..
So Old, So Young
by Grant Ginder

Over the course of 20 years, six college friends find jobs, partners, and challenges as they move in and out of each other's lives. This character-driven latest from Grant Ginder is organized around five get-togethers, the first on New Year's Eve in 2007 New York and the last at a funeral.
Trust No One: A Thriller by James Rollins
Trust No One: A Thriller
by James Rollins

After the ritualistic murder of a professor at the University of Exeter, American student Sharyn Karr becomes the prime suspect when he entrusts her with an encrypted diary said to hold the secret to immortality. Forced to team up with fellow student Duncan Maxwell, she races across Europe while pursued by police and a powerful cabal determined to claim the book’s world-changing secret
How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh
How to Write a Love Story
by Catherine Walsh

After her father’s death, Ciara Sheridan inherits his ramshackle Irish coastal estate and the unfinished finale to his bestselling fantasy series—but also a crippling writer’s block. When devoted fan and sharp-tongued editor Sam Avery arrives from New York to help finish the book before the deadline, their constant bickering begins to turn into an unexpected romance.
Under Water by Tara Menon
Under Water
by Tara Menon
 
After losing her mother, Marissa moves to Thailand with her marine biologist father, where she forms a deep friendship with Arielle as they explore reefs and islands alongside a community of researchers. When a devastating wave shatters their world, Marissa must years later confront the loss as another looming catastrophe in New York forces her to face the past and find a way to survive.
The Hiding Season by Ava Glass
The Hiding Season
by Ava Glass

After a painful divorce, Maya Landry takes a quiet summer job watching over empty ski lodges in the remote Montana mountains—until she discovers a dead body that later mysteriously disappears. Now the only witness to a murder no one believes happened, Maya becomes the killers’ next target. 
Lady Tremaine: Reese's Book Club Pick (a Novel) by Rachel Hochhauser
Lady Tremaine: a novel
by Rachel Hochhauser

Meet Lady Tremaine in this spellbinding reimagining of Cinderella, as told by its iconic evil stepmother, revealing a propulsive love story about the lengths a mother will go for her children.
A Far-Flung Life by M. L. Stedman
A Far-Flung Life
by M. L. Stedman

Set in remote Western Australia in 1958, the MacBride family’s lives are shattered when a split-second accident on their vast sheep station sparks a chain of tragedies and difficult choices. As secrets surface over the years, the youngest son, Matt, must navigate love, duty, and sacrifice in the aftermath of a moment that changed everything.
It Girl by Allison Pataki
It Girl
by Allison Pataki

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Evelyn Talbot rises from shopgirl to the nation’s first self-made female celebrity, embodying the iconic Gibson Girl amid New York’s electrifying transformation. As powerful men, fame, and a scandalous murder threaten her, Evelyn must rely on herself to survive and rewrite her own destiny.
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