Before the Fall by Noah Hawley Coming May 31th

From the award-winning creator of the television show Fargo comes a story about the only two survivors of a plane crash: a down-and-out artist and a small boy who has just inherited a media empire.

Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley Coming June 7th

This poignant tribute to an aging dog and his man is an adventure of the heart that combines the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life of Pi.

I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan Coming June 7th

The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaning, showing it is never too late to become the person you want to be and that taking chances, both with your life and your heart, is always worthwhile.

The Girls by Emma Cline Coming June 14th

A middle-aged woman looks back on her experience with a California cult reminiscent of the Manson Family in Cline’s provocative, wonderfully written debut.

Riveting Gone Girl read-alike.

The Nix

Tragicomedy about anger and sanctimony in America, similar to The World According to Garp.

A Great Reckoning

Inspector Gamache comes out of retirement to clean up the corrupt Surete Academy du Quebec.

Darktown

Compulsively readable cross between In the Heat of the Night and The Wire.

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Coming September 13th

A Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur Fellow goes all out in this imaginative reconstruction of the antebellum South where the Underground Railroad is not metaphorical but real; tracks and tunnels hidden beneath the soil. Whitehead continues the African-American artists’ inquiry into race mythology and history with rousing audacity and razor-sharp ingenuity; he is now assuredly a writer of the first rank.

Leave Me

Best-selling YA author of If I Stay, goes adult with this story of working mother Maribeth Klein, so frantic she doesn’t realize she’s had a heart attack. Upset that her recuperation seems an imposition on others, she packs her bags and flees.

The Bookshop on the Corner

Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? The New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a funny, moving new novel perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella.

Today Will Be Different

The best-selling author of Where’d You Go Bernadette? Presents a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living.

The Mothers

In a contemporary black community in Southern California, 17-year-old Nadia Turner and 21-year-old Luke Sheppard fall in love. She’s lost her mother to suicide, he’s lost a football career to injury, and the decisions they make when Nadia becomes pregnant will reverberate throughout their lives.

Small Great Things

Parents at a hospital to have a baby insist that one of the nurses be reassigned; they are white supremacists and Ruth is black. The hospital complies, but Ruth is the only nurse available when the baby goes into cardiac arrest, and her caution about rushing to the baby’s aid leads to tragedy–and a trial. What’s crucial is the unfolding of a deeper understanding between Ruth and her (white) public defender, who is initially reluctant to make race an issue.