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Share Your Favorite Books of 2024 --- and Enter to Win SEVEN Fabulous 2025 Releases

We're giving away titles from such authors as Marie Benedict, Fiona Davis and Lisa Genova. Enter by Wednesday, January 22nd at noon ET.

This Bestseller is a Must-Read for All Parents

THE ANXIOUS GENERATION is the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media and big tech --- and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

A Once-Famous Ballerina Faces a Final Choice

Should Natalia Leonova return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or should she walk away forever? CITY OF NIGHT BIRDS, a Reese's Book Club pick, is an incandescent novel of redemption and love.

The Author of OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA Pens a Speculative Reimagining of "King Lear"

Julia Armfield's PRIVATE RITES centers on three sisters who navigate queer love and loss in a drowning world.

JAMES is the Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and B&N's Book of the Year

Both harrowing and ferociously funny, Percival Everett's bestseller is a brilliant reimagining of ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.

This Compassionate, Life-Affirming Novel Transforms the Small Irish Town of Faha

TIME OF THE CHILD is set over the course of one December in the same village as Niall Williams' beloved novel, THIS IS HAPPINESS.

Special Features and Contests


Special Contest: Share Your Favorite Books of 2024 --- and Enter to Win SEVEN Outstanding Book Group Titles Releasing in 2025

We have seen so many “Best Books of the Year” lists over the last couple of months. With that in mind, we would like you and your book group to help us compile ours by entering our special End-of-the-Year contest! All you have to do is fill out this form, sharing both your favorite book that you discussed with your group and your favorite book that you read outside your group in 2024, by Wednesday, January 22nd at noon ET.

One Grand Prize winner will be awarded SEVEN fabulous book group titles releasing in 2025: THE FLOAT TEST by Lynn Steger Strong, A FORTY YEAR KISS by Nickolas Butler, GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson, MORE OR LESS MADDY by Lisa Genova, PRESUMED GUILTY by Scott Turow, THE QUEENS OF CRIME by Marie Benedict, and THE STOLEN QUEEN by Fiona Davis.

» Click here to share your favorite books of 2024 and enter the contest.


Our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for January

Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads. We also feature a number of other prominent selections, including the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, Oprah’s Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the "Read with Jenna" Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.

THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY by Kate Fagan is January's Reese's Book Club pick and the Target Book Club pick. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO meets FIRST LIE WINS in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past.

» Click here for January's Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks.

Latest Guides

A must-read for all parents, THE ANXIOUS GENERATION is the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media and big tech --- and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice --- to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever --- in this incandescent novel of redemption and love.

James by Percival Everett - Historical Fiction

Both harrowing and ferociously funny, JAMES is a brilliant, action-packed reimagining of ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.

Susan Mallery, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE BOARDWALK BOOKSHOP, returns with the joyful and utterly irresistible story of a mother who couldn't love her kids more but hopes that, just this once, they please don't come home for Christmas.

From the award-winning author of OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA comes a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering on three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world.

From the acclaimed author of WAHALA comes a “vibrant” (Charmaine Wilkerson) decolonial retelling of MANSFIELD PARK, exploring identity, culture, race and love.

Time of the Child by Niall Williams - Historical Fiction

From the author of THIS IS HAPPINESS comes a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha.

From a fearless, internationally acclaimed activist comes an impassioned memoir about an indigenous childhood, a clash of cultures and the fight to save the Amazon rainforest.