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Article  •  16 May 2024

 

Top May Picks

Thrills, romance, contemporary fiction and more; check out our top reads for May!

Enlightenment Sarah Perry

A story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.

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Real Americans Rachel Khong

Real Americans is a family epic about identity, sacrifice, choices and fate. It is a wildly imaginative and profound story of betrayal and forgiveness that asks us how far we should go for those we love.

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Black Shield Maiden WILLOW, Jess Hendel, WILLOW and Jess Hendel

From Willow Smith and Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings.

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All My Kisses for You Monica Murphy

The Lancaster Prep series is back but this time follows a new generation of students in this steamy, swoony, campus romance.

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Lies and Weddings Kevin Kwan

Taking us from the sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Beverly Hills to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan has written a juicy, hilarious and sophisticated tale of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.

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Table For Two Amor Towles

Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.

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Clive Cussler’s The Heist Jack Du Brul

Isaac Bell returns for another white-knuckled mission in a new installment of the thrilling series

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