THE QUEENS OF CRIME
Marie Benedict
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie—a thrilling story of the five greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and their bid to solve a real-life murder. London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a…
A LOVE SONG FOR RICKI WILDE
Tia Williams
In this enchanting love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem. Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can…
THE GOOD WAR
Elizabeth Costello
Elizabeth Costello's atmospheric and lyrical debut follows a mother and a daughter pursuing art, science, and autonomy in post war America. Part feminist noir, part queer coming of age, The Good War is an intense, beautifully written novel that explores the intimate bonds of family and big questions about the meaning…
BARE ANA AND OTHER STORIES
Robert Shapard
Robert Shapard's exquisitely crafted short stories take readers to enchantingly peculiar realms: A young girl poignantly rejects immortality in favor of love. A startling revelation confronts a son who discovers his father's head is only burlap with piercing Marks-A-Lot eyes. A couple in their early 30s engage in sex role-play…
THE DOLLHOUSE ACADEMY
Margarita Montimore
From the National Bestselling author of GMA Book Club Pick Oona Out of Order a novel about two best friends and aspiring actresses who join the Dollhouse Academy, where stars are made and dangerous secrets are hidden. Ivy Gordon is living on borrowed time. For the past eighteen years, she…
MASQUERADE
O. O. Sangoyomi
Òdòdó’s hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of Yorùbáland, and living conditions for the women in her blacksmith guild, who were already shunned as social pariahs, grow even worse. Then Òdòdó is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of Ṣàngótẹ̀, where…
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UNDER THE SAME STARS
Libba Bray
From New York Times-bestselling author Libba Bray comes an evocative and groundbreaking young adult historical mystery that examines truth, rebellion, reconciliation, and what must be sacrificed for a better world. It was said that if you write to the Bridegroom's Oak, the love of your life will answer back. Now,…
SONG OF A BLACKBIRD
Maria van Lieshout
"This is essential, illuminating reading.” —R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of Wonder Fight hate. Make art. In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma’s world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. That pivotal moment lights a fire within her, and she decides to join the Dutch Resistance.…
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