| |  | | | This sensational novel from 'a writer with boundless imagination' (NPR) has the book world abuzz | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - The winner of 2025's National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- Outside the tiny apartment Raja shares with his elderly mother, Beirut is in turmoil — but Raja's search for love and hope is eternally optimistic
- "It's a ravishing performance… Skillfully juxtaposes unflinching depictions of war and deprivation with the narrator's joie de vivre" (Publishers Weekly)
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 | | | The winner of this year's Booker Prize is a profound coming-of-age story | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - A finalist for the Kirkus Prize and a Best Book of the Year according to The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews
- This haunting portrait of a Hungarian man attempting to overcome shocking childhood trauma "will leave readers in awe" (Publishers Weekly starred review)
- "There's brilliance on every page. Szalay is an ingenious conductor of time, and of the fates and forces that give shape to a life" (Samantha Harvey, author of Orbital)
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 | | | Amazon's Best Book of 2025 is 'refreshingly timeless' (The New York Times) | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Jenna Bush Hager calls her September book club pick "a once-in-a-decade novel"
- Across generations, two Midwestern families find their lives irrevocably transformed by the consequences of a shattering secret
- Rave reviews from Ann Patchett, Ann Napolitano, and Chris Whitaker, who says, "It's my book of the year. I couldn't love it more"
- An instant New York Times bestseller
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 | | | The Guardian praises the National Book Award winner for Nonfiction as 'damn hard to put down' | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - "Exceptionally powerful, as a howl of rage and grief against the status quo must be" (Financial Times)
- This New York Times bestselling manifesto argues the West has betrayed its own core values with its indifference to the war in Gaza
- "With precision and passion, [El Akkad] compels readers to close the emotional distance between 'us' and 'them'" (The New York Times)
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 | | | The 25th novel from a beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author is an instant classic | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - This Goodreads Choice Finalist for Fiction and New York Times bestseller "is like reading a hug" (Star Tribune)
- On the eve of her daughter's wedding, Gail's ex-husband appears on her doorstep…
- "To read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love" (People)
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 | | | Barnes & Noble booksellers across the country crowned this 2025's Book of the Year! | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Ten-year-old Mona is losing her eyesight — so every Wednesday for a year, her grandfather takes her around Paris to show her as much beauty as possible
- This sensational international bestseller and "life-affirming narrative" (Booklist) is sure to captivate US readers
- James Daunt, Barnes & Noble's CEO, raves, "This is a novel for everyone, a gentle, moving tale about family, beauty, and the fleeting moments that make lasting memories"
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 | | | An epic scientific rivalry comes alive in this 'enthralling' work of history (Publishers Weekly) | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - 2025's Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography is "an entertaining compendium of fascinating facts" (The Spectator)
- In the 18th century, two men set out to document every species on Earth. How did their conflicting viewpoints shape our understanding of nature today?
- "Engaging and thought-provoking… Focused on the theatrical politics and often deeply troubling science that shape our definitions of life on Earth" (The New York Times)
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 | | | This unforgettable 'masterpiece' (Chicago Tribune) earned the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man who accompanies Huck Finn down the river
- "Remarkable… Subversive and thrilling, James is destined to become a modern classic" (Esquire)
- Also won the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction — and landed a film deal with Steven Spielberg
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 | | | The New York Times calls this acclaimed Goodreads Choice finalist 'an Animal Farm for our age' | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - A Good Morning America Book Club pick that's "every bit as addictive as your favorite guilty pleasure… but with all the substance of a literary classic" (Oprah Daily)
- Twenty contestants arrive on a remote desert compound to compete on a reality show — but the line between winning and making it out alive soon becomes blurred
- One of 2025's best books, according to Oprah Daily and Good Housekeeping
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 | | | The 2025 Anthony Award went to this 'expertly paced' family mystery (The New Yorker) | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Don't wait any longer to read one of 2024's biggest novels, which spent months on the New York Times bestsellers list!
- When a teen girl vanishes from an Adirondack summer camp, it's a disturbing echo of her brother's disappearance 14 years earlier
- "Breaking free of the spell Moore casts is close to impossible" (The Washington Post)
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 | | | An 'exceptional and important' history of the Iranian Revolution (The New York Times) | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - This groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling narrative history won the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
- The acclaimed author of Lawrence in Arabia unearths the full story behind one of the most consequential events of the 20th century
- "A must-read for anyone looking to understand the origins of the Middle East's most dangerous regime" (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Joby Warrick)
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