Biggest Books of May

"So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end."—Oprah Daily#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big... Read more

What is a happily ever after really worth?Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks... Read more

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York ... Read more

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, work... Read more

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel . . . If you enjoy the “Midnight” experience, climb aboard.” —The New York Times Book R... Read more

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in.Detective Sergeant Stilwe... Read more

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere reclaims her story in a remarkably candid memoir.  Read by the author.Hayden ... Read more

A young author becomes the object of a fan's desire—and rage—in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature.He showed up at Arden Bowie's debut au... Read more

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she’s about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she&r... Read more

In this new collection, recorded live, on-location from Massachusetts to California, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "amo... Read more

NO ONE DOES SUMMER ROMANCE LIKE KATHERINE CENTER.One of the hottest, fastest-rising rom-com stars delivers her latest swoon-worthy novel about a destination wedding on a cruise ship."[Patti] Murin'... Read more

From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced... Read more

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!The Ballad of Falling Dragons is the much-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling phenomenon When the Moon Hatched, featuring an immersive, vibr... Read more

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"This excavation of family, violence and shame is woven through with beautiful imagisti... Read more

BROUGHT TO LIFE BY AUDIO NARRATOR JULIET RYLANCEA READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • "An unputdownable adventure that was both heartwarming and thrilling! Everything I've co... Read more

Instant New York Times Bestseller!From the world's #1 bestselling author, the Women's Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties—young women missing in San Francisco.  SFPD's Sergeant Lindsay ... Read more

A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestse... Read more

The cozy small-town summer romance set in Dream Harbor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Strawberry Patch Pancake House! "Another gentle small-town rom... Read more

Cassandra Calin returns with this charming and comical follow-up to The New Girl, her long-form graphic novel debut that became a New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller!... Read more

A gripping thriller about family and power co-written by Louise Penny, #1 bestselling author of the Gamache novels, and Mellissa Fung, an award-winning journalist.A mother and a daughter race again... Read more

TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF APPLE TV+’S PRESUMED INNOCENT, STARRING EMMY AWARD-WINNER RACHEL BROSNAHANNothing is as it seems—and no one is telling the truth—in this "ad... Read more

Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, adapted and illustrated by bestselling author and Mimi series creator Shauna J. Grant!Karen and her classmates are puttin... Read more

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the national bestselling author of Parents Weekend, comes one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year."Everything I want in a thriller!"―Ashley Elston"I cou... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[A] sizzling summer thriller . . . a kind of morality tale, a Rorschach test for all of us.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)Five... Read more

Revenge demands sacrifice. Don’t miss this action-packed, jaw-dropping, dark and romantic sequel to Dire Bound.CROWNED BY DESTINY. CONSUMED BY VENGEANCE. Against all odds, Meryn Cooper has in... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the heart-pounding sequel to Silver Elite, lines will be crossed, loyalties will be tested, and the fight for the Continent is only just beginning as Wren Darlin... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “old-fashioned love letter to summer” (The New York Times Book Review), set over the course of one transformative season in the lush, beachy enclave o... Read more

“A twisty, heart-pounding, cancel-all-your-plans read.”—Real Simple “A heart-wrenching love story and a mystery that shocks and surprises until the very end.”—Cl... Read more

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Bestselling author Amy Daws delivers the epic, laugh-out-loud finale of the Mountain Men Matchmaker series: a grumpy sunshine sports romance about an Iris... Read more

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKIn time for the 250th Anniversary of the birth of the United States comes a sweeping, intimate portrayal of Abigail Adams—wife of one president and mother to another&#... Read more

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter comes an utterly irresistible romantic comedy about a football star and his team’s die-hard fan who find themselves entangled in a PR st... Read more

A scorching second-chance romance between a talented screenwriter and a phenomenal musician from the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Let Go. "A triumph of art and emotion." —Tal... Read more

When law enforcement, the courts, and the prison system fail, there is a fourth and final option. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a new thriller series.Disillusioned by the ... Read more

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A masterful new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire seriesWhen Pepper McKay, one of the most hated men in Absaroka County, is found murdered on his ... Read more

"Kimberly M. Wetherell gives an endearing performance...and Maggi-Meg Reed narrates with innocence and audacity." — BookPage From the bestselling author of The Collected Regrets of Clover com... Read more

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and "queen of the beach read" (Cosmopolitan) Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina.After the worst... Read more

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visit... Read more

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Laurie Frankel, an exuberant and timely new novel."With wit and a broad vocal range, Becky Ann Baker narrates this provocative audiobook...Acute o... Read more

When the snobbiest girl at Sweet Valley Middle School gets a new horse, Elizabeth is suddenly interested in being her friend and Jessica isn't buying it. The fun and drama continues in this New Yor... Read more

Christina Baker Kline's national bestseller is now an Earphone Awards Winner! Beloved narrator Marin Ireland's rich voice and sensitive performance bring this immersive story to life.From #1 New Yo... Read more

She was born to save this world. But falling in love will destroy it.Still reeling from the mysterious deaths of her father and brother, Ary Gold survives only by sheer will in the icy wilds of the... Read more

Lord Julian Caldicott is battling a severe case of winter doldrums as well as a serious bout of pre-wedding jitters. He longs to summon—invite, rather—his intended, Miss Hyperia West to... Read more

A new epic romantic, dystopian fantasy begins in Seek the Traitor's Son, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica RothElegy Ahn did not ask for destiny to find her.She is happy with her l... Read more

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Only national treasure Steven Rowley could blur the otherworldly with the everyday and turn all of it into heartache-flavored comedy." —Catherine Newman, New Y... Read more

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSLLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLER"A refreshingly compassionate roadmap built on boundaries, clarity, and real communication, because growing a family shouldn't mean ... Read more

New York Times bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty sets sail into the second adventure of pirate Amina al-Sirafi as her quest to track down magical artifacts brings her to the island lair of a s... Read more

★ AN INSTANT USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! ★A battle-worn corporate samurai undertakes one last mission on a merciless planet where death is always a mere breath away, in this standalone science ... Read more

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell finally tells the story that rivals all of the works that precede it: her own. Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselli... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists’ retreat—where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await—in this gripping Prohibitio... Read more

Second chances, surprising revelations, and sweet, unexpected love go hand-in-hand in the tiny lakeside town at the heart of this charming series from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster.... Read more

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Victorian Scotland in the latest in the genre-blending Rip Through Time series. Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Mitchell has grow... Read more

Instant #1 NYT bestseller#1 Indie BestsellerUSA Today Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules comes another incredible summer romance about holding on... Read more

When two misfits discover they’ve inherited the same beach house, sparks fly in the most unexpected ways, in this hilarious and heartfelt rom-com from the New York Times bestselling author of... Read more

Drake and Worm team up with their friend Obi to free the Swamp Dragon when she is mistaken for a terrifying monster in the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series... Read more

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves comes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice set in historical Ko... Read more

"Then, Samkiel, you will know this is how the world ends."But it was not this world. No, it was mine.It was Dianna.The world quakes in fear as the last shred of Dianna's humanity is ripped from her... Read more

From Michael CrichtonCreator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, Rising Sun, and DisclosureWriting as John Lange™Comes a new Hollywood mystery thriller, originally written in 1973 by Crichton but ... Read more

A #1 New York Times bestseller! From acclaimed and #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a "sweet, nuanced, and reflective coming-of-age love story" (Kirkus Reviews, starred revie... Read more

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker comes a sexy and hilarious rom-com trilogy about three broke and beautiful strangers who share an ... Read more

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • In a dazzling ode to human inventiveness and the desire for meaning, four live... Read more

A dark, provocative, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction“Might be the most-anticip... Read more

To All the Boys I've Loved Before is now a major motion picture on Netflix and the inspiration for the spin-off series XO, Kitty—now streaming on Netflix! In this sparkling graphic novel adap... Read more

Lady B may have married Bluebeard; she may have fallen in love with a gorgeous, grumpy solicitor; she may have met a ghost and survived to tell the tale! New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling au... Read more

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always be... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald sets off into the heart of America, following the path of the legendary Johnny Appleseed on an epic journey that ... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bookseller must escape the infamously haunted library that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not as simple as it seems... Read more

From New York Times bestseller Sara Raasch, sports romance gets a Dungeons & Dragons makeover with the next book in the Magic and Romance series that follows half-giant Orok, forced into a PR relat... Read more

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.World famous au... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Roll the dice, strike up the band, and get ready for a swoon-worthy summer! A charming gaming romance that blends the magic of D&D with the camaraderie of band camp&m... Read more

Laugh out loud with the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones—now starring in “a dynamic new graphic ­novel series that stays true to the curious, ­energetic Juni... Read more

Elena and Raphael return for the hauntingly poignant conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s genre-defining Guild Hunter series.A thousand years.It’s been a mille... Read more

A bookseller with a dream of running her beloved bookstore vs. the owner’s out-of-touch grandson who inherits everything. Game on. From the author of Not in My Book comes another irresistible... Read more

"Conversational essays on wonder . . . A meditation on what gives life meaning. . . . A loving sermon on the rewards of children's books." ―Kirkus ReviewsMake Believe is bestselling children's auth... Read more

All Hail Chaos is Sarah Rees Brennan's wicked, unmissable, New York Times acclaimed, second book in the Time of Iron series. "A must-read if there ever was one." —Kirkus (Starred Review) ... Read more

"A refreshing ray of hope in the darkness." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) As seen on LitHub's "May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books" In the abandoned New York Botanical Gardens, fo... Read more

An instant USA Today bestseller!From the USA Today bestselling author of The Book Eaters comes The Girl with a Thousand Faces, a stunning Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong that meshes ancie... Read more

When a member of his Cabinet is killed in a plane crash, President Jack Ryan suspects that the "accident" is anything but in this latest shocking entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.... Read more

Two eras. One future. An impossible choice that will determine the course of history.As a time-crosser, Ally lives in two worlds. In 1849, in an attempt to secure her family's future during the Cal... Read more

They taught him what family means...now he'll risk everything to protect it.Raised in the foster system, Kylo "Pyro" Mullins knows what it's like to have nothing to call his own. Parents, siblings,... Read more

New York Times bestselling author of The Night Huntress series Jeaniene Frost returns with a brand-new series! It's Beauty and the Beast meets The Witcher, except Beauty IS the Beast, and he's the ... Read more

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The launch of a brand-new series from blockbuster Warriors author Erin Hunter about two orphaned cat sisters who discover a secret world of magical creatures . . . and t... Read more

Secrets built this republic. One truth could burn it down.High Priestess Kerasea Vestal is hiding a deadly secret: she's the last heir of a bloodline the republic tried to erase. If anyone discover... Read more

Sarah Gailey's MAKE ME BETTER is an eerily seductive look at the desire for community connection and self-improvement—and the darkest places inside us all. Urgent and yet timeless, this liste... Read more

OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION by Amazon MGM StudiosFrom the publisher who brought you Fourth Wing comes your next romantasy obsession...WELCOME TO AMERY ACADEMY.SURVIVE THE TRIALS.HIDE YOUR POWER.DON'T F... Read more

The sizzling, darkly seductive saga continues with the Ravenhood Legacy's third installment. Here is the exhilarating, deeply emotional story of Tyler and Larissa...in his words.NEVER BEFORE PUBLIS... Read more

STARRED Kirkus ReviewSTARRED Library Journal Review"A breath of romantasy fresh air! Mai Corland is such a skilled storyteller, weaving together layered world-building, tense political intrigue, an... Read more

Old Town Virginia's entertaining guru and occasional sleuth Sophie Winston – a young Martha Stewart in the making – juggles Fourth of July fireworks, a houseful of guests, and homicide ... Read more

The Boys meets Assistant to the Villain in the electrifying, sharp, violent, and hilarious sequel to the highly acclaimed novel, Hench. Filled with a queer and neurodiverse cast, Villain asks the q... Read more

When the crew goes rogue, the stakes get deadly.With Sebastian and Nessa out on their own, Jessie and the gang must join Austin to rally the shifters to their cause. The first stop: a collection of... Read more

"Every generation has its iconic detective—Holmes, Poirot and Morse—but Cross is emerging as the one for now. Treasure him."—Daily MailHe's a victim. But is he innocent?Detective ... Read more

From New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winner Matt Goldman comes Liar's Creek, which asks how far we'll go to protect the people we love.Riverwood, Minnesota is a scenic town threade... Read more

From USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo comes a beautiful new tale in the Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle, drawn from the earliest days of Chih's career as a wandering cleric."Nghi Vo is s... Read more

"This is Booktok catnip."―STARRED Publishers Weekly Review, for The Never ListThey said the trials were over.They were wrong.I survived the Choosing. I claimed my mates. I became immortal. But the ... Read more

The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare. In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart ... Read more

In this spicy, heart-wrenching dark romantasy, one mage must unite forces with her cruel enemy—and first love—while fighting the growing angst and passion between them."I felt it then .... Read more

Daphne dreams of Mr. Darcy. Finn serves up pints and rock music. Can opposites attract when a tea shop princess meets her pub-owning rival? Perfect for fans of Courtney Walsh and Emma St. Clair.In ... Read more

"This is one addictively swoony book." —Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author"The dual narration allows Clover and Bennett their own perspectives, yet [narrators Heather] Firth ... Read more

A Kirkus Reviews Earphones Award WinnerKausar Khan returns to dispense more vigil-aunty justice in the second installment of the critically acclaimed Detective Aunty series—and this time, the... Read more

Birdie Whiskey has spent years watching love find everyone else. She has a successful chocolate business, an incredible family, and a full life. All that's missing is someone to share it with. When... Read more

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