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Top 10 Current Bestsellers

These books have topped all the charts this month.

Best Books Published in 2024

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

★★★★★

An immersive, unputdownable novel about a wealthy family who owns a camp where both of their children go missing 14 years apart. Ripe with themes of class and gender. Print or digital format is best for tracking the characters and timelines.

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

★★★★★

A light romance with some real-life complexity. I’m still thinking about it!

Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

★★★★★

A razor-sharp take on modern single motherhood. Excellent on audio; narrated by Elle Fanning.

Mercury by Amy Jo Burns

★★★★★

A must for fans of literary fiction and family dramas. It weaves in a mysterious death too!

Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand

★★★★★

Hilderbrand’s final novel delivers everything her readers love in one epic beach read that ends bittersweetly.

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

★★★★☆

A depressed woman stays at a Rhode Island hotel where everyone is a wedding guest. She finds herself comically intertwined in their lives and secrets while sorting out her own problems.

The Women by Kristin Hannah

★★★★★

EVERYONE loves this Vietnam Era historical fiction centered on a young American nurse. It’s a great choice for book clubs with so much to discuss!

Best Books of the Year

2023

Best for fans of classic retellings and/or family dramas

  • New York Times bestseller
  • Oprah’s Book Club pick
  • Over one million copies sold
  • A best books of the year by the New York Times and more

2022

Best for fans of video games and/or complex friendships

  • New York Times bestseller
  • Jimmy Fallon Book Club pick
  • Book of the Month’s Book of the Year
  • A best books of the year by the New York Times and more
  • One of the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

2021

Best for fans of suspenseful mysteries

  • #1 New York Times bestseller
  • Reese’s Book Club pick
  • Over 3 million copies sold
  • Now an Apple TV+ series

2020

Best for fans of diverse literary fiction

  • #1 New York Times bestseller
  • Good Morning America Book Club pick
  • Book of the Month’s Book of the Year
  • A best book of the year by Barack Obama, the New York Times, and more
  • 2021 Women’s Prize Finalist

2019

Best for fans of literary fiction and family dramas

  • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
  • New York Times bestseller and “notable book”
  • A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick
  • A best book of the year by several outlets
  • 2020 Audie finalist: audiobook of the year and best male narrator (Tom Hanks)

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