Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

In this breathtaking new novel from the #1 bestselling author of Every Summer After, a random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks, with life-changing effects. Purchase book here.

The Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di Zhang

Angel Di Zhang’s intensely cinematic debut novel travels from the streets of New York City to northeast China, on the trail of a young photographer who needs to reconcile with her dead mother before she is able to see the world again. Purchase book here.

Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr

For fans of Jodi Picoult, Kate Hewitt and Ashley Audrain, a heart-wrenching novel about two women whose eggs are switched during IVF. Purchase book here.

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning in the wake of an unexpected breakup, from comedian, essayist, and award-winning screenwriter Monica Heisey. Purchase book here.

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

A haunting debut novel where dreams, family and spirits collide. Purchase book here.

Healing Through Words by Rupi Kaur

‘Healing Through Words’ is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing. Purchase book here.

All I Want For Christmas by Maggie Knox

A pitch-perfect holiday rom com about two oil-and-water reality-star country singers who must fake a relationship in order to win the opportunity of a lifetime. Purchase book here.

’Where We End & Begin’ by Jane Igharo

Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they’re reunited at a wedding in Nigeria, in a heartfelt novel from the acclaimed author of ‘The Sweetest Remedy’. Click here to purchase.

’The Witches of Moonshyne Manor’ by Bianca Marais

A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist-gone-wrong. A looming threat. Click here to purchase. 

’Blood Like Fate’ by Liselle Sambury

In the spellbinding sequel to Blood Like Magic, Voya fights to save her witch community from a terrible future. Click here to purchase.

’Sari, Not Sari’ by Sonya Singh

This delightful debut rom-com Sari Not Sari follows the adventures of a woman trying to connect with her South Asian roots and introduces readers to a memorable cast of characters in a veritable feast of food, family traditions, and fun. Click here to purchase.

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant, Percy and Sam had been inseparable. And when Percy returns, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until she can confront the decisions she made, they’ll never know whether their love is bigger than the mistakes of their past. Click here to purchase.

Jameela Green Ruins Everything

Jameela Green has only one wish. To see her memoir on The New York Times bestseller list. When her dream doesn’t come true, she seeks spiritual guidance at her local mosque. New imam and recent immigrant Ibrahim Sultan is appalled by Jameela’s shallowness, but agrees to assist her on one condition: that she perform a good deed. Click here to purchase.

Looking For Jane

Author: Heather Marshall Book Club Pick for April 2022

“This story is about 3 women who’s lives are bound together by a long lost letter, a mother’s love and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose.”

When We Lost Our Heads

Author: Heather O’Neill Book Club Pick for March 2022

Marie and Sadie are immediately inseparable. United by their passion and intensity, they attract and repel each other in ways that set them both on fire. Marie, with her bubbly charm, sees all the pleasure of the world, whereas Sadie’s obsession with darkness is all-consuming. Soon, their childlike games take on the thrill of danger and then become deadly. Click here to purchase.

The Maid

Author: Nita Prose Book Club Pick for January 2022

Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Click here to purchase.

Hunting By Stars

Author: Cherie Dimaline Book Club Pick for December 2021

Seventeen-year-old French lost his family to these schools and has spent the years since heading north with his new found family: a group of other dreamers, who, like him, are trying to build and thrive as a community. But then French wakes up in a pitch-black room, locked in and alone for the first time in years, and he knows immediately where he is—and what it will take to escape. Click here to purchase.

Denial

Author: Beverley McLachlan Book Club Pick for October 2021

Jilly Truitt has made a name for herself as one of the top criminal defense lawyers in the city. Where once she had to take just about any case to keep her firm afloat, now she has her pick—and she picks winners. So when Joseph Quentin asks her to defend his wife, who has been charged with murdering her own mother in what the media are calling a mercy killing, every instinct tells Jilly to say no. Click here to purchase.

Hana Khan Carries On

Author: Uzma Jalaluddin Book Club Pick for May 2021

From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of “You’ve Got Mail,” set in two competing halal restaurants – When her mysterious aunt and her teenage cousin arrive from India for a surprise visit, they draw Hana into a long-buried family secret. A hate-motivated attack on their neighbourhood complicates the situation further, as does Hana’s growing attraction for Aydin, the young owner of the rival restaurant—who might not be a complete stranger after all. Click here to purchase.

My Mother’s Daughter

Author: Perdita Felicien Book Club Pick for April 2021

Decades before Perdita Felicien became a World Champion hurdler running the biggest race of her life at the 2004 Olympics, she carried more than a nation’s hopes—she carried her mother Catherine’s dreams. Click here to purchase.

Gutter Child

Author: Jael Richardson Book Club Pick for March 2021

Set in an imagined world in which the most vulnerable are forced to buy their freedom by working off their debt to society, Gutter Child uncovers a nation divided into the privileged Mainland and the policed Gutter. In this world, Elimina Dubois is one of only 100 babies taken from the Gutter and raised in the land of opportunity as part of a social experiment led by the Mainland government. Click here to purchase.

The Push

Author: Ashley Audrain Book Club Pick for January 2021

A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family–and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for–and everything she feared. Click here to purchase.

The Vanishing Half

Author: Brit Bennett Book Club Pick for October 2020

“From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.”

Stay Where I Can See You

Author: Katrina Onstad Book Club Pick for June 2020

“For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Liane Moriarty and Zoe Whittall, Katrina Onstad’s new novel explores whether our most intimate relationships can survive our most unforgivable actions. Stay Where I Can See You is a penetrating story about the pendulum swing of fortune, the ferocity of mother–daughter devotion and the stories we tell—and withhold—because of love.”

They Said This Would Be Fun

Author: Eternity Martis Book Club Pick for May 2020

“From award-winning journalist Eternity Martis, a look at race and gender on campuses, and a personal tale of struggle and survival.”

Followers

Author: Megan Angelo Book Club Pick for March 2020

“Followers traces the paths of Orla, Floss and Marlow as they wind through time toward each other, and toward a cataclysmic event that sends America into lasting upheaval. At turns wry and tender, bleak and hopeful, this darkly funny story reminds us that even if we obsess over famous people we’ll never meet, what we really crave is genuine human connection.”

Recipe For A Perfect Wife

Author: Karma Brown Book Club Pick for February 2020

“A modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home’s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman’s life and her own, it causes her to question the foundation of her own relationship with her husband–and what it means to be a wife fighting for her place in a patriarchal society.”

Twice In A Blue Moon

Author: Christina Lauren Book Club Pick for December 2019

“From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners and the “delectable, moving” (Entertainment Weekly) My Favorite Half-Night Stand comes a modern love story about what happens when your first love reenters your life when you least expect it…”

Royal Holiday

Author: Jasmin Guillory Book Club Pick for December 2019

“From the New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal and a “rising star in the romance genre” (Entertainment Weekly) comes a dazzling novel about a spontaneous holiday vacation that turns into an unforgettable romance.”

Frying Plantain

Author: Zalika Reid-Benta Book Club Pick for November 2019

“Set in the neighbourhood of “Little Jamaica,” Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.”

Empire of Wild

Author: Cherie Dimaline Book Club Pick for October 2019

“From the author of the YA-crossover hit The Marrow Thieves, a propulsive, stunning and sensuous novel inspired by the traditional Métis story of the Rogarou – a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of Métis communities. A messed-up, grown-up, Little Red Riding Hood.”

The Farm

Author: Joanne Ramos Book Club Pick for June 2019

“A present-day work of fiction that follows a group of Filipino women living in New York trying to build a better life for themselves and their families. Jane is a young single mother, desperate to make enough money to support herself and her baby.”

The Matchmaker’s List

Author: Sonya Lalli Book Club Pick for April 2019

“One devoted modern girl + a meddlesome, traditional grandmother = a heartwarming multicultural romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it.”