Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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The Short List
Welcome to the Short List, a curated selection of rare discounts on today's biggest, buzziest books. Happy reading!
Strangers
Strangers
By Belle Burden
This brand-new #1 New York Times bestseller stunning the book world is an “instant classic” and “must-read” (New York Times bestselling author Graydon Carter). Belle was blindsided when her husband of 20 years suddenly announced he was leaving her. And she’d soon learn he wasn’t the man she thought she knew… A “riveting” conversation starter (Joyce Carol Oates) that “reads like a love story and a horror story and, in one nail-biting section, like a financial thriller” (The New Yorker).
  #1 NYT Bestseller
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The Devil's Daughter
The Devil’s Daughter
By Danielle Steel
“The world’s most popular author” (Booklist) adds to her incomparable legacy with a New York Times bestseller just released in January! Having clashed as polar opposites on their parents’ rural Iowa farm, bookish Billie and bold, calculating Mickie reconnect in California — causing tensions to bubble to the surface.
  NYT Bestseller
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Truly
Truly
By Lionel Richie
Witness cultural legend Lionel Richie at his most candid in a New York Times bestselling memoir lauded as “wildly entertaining, utterly charming” (Kirkus Reviews). The iconic musician opens up about his one-of-a-kind life, from growing up in Alabama during the civil rights movement to his stratospheric career, and the results are “genuinely vulnerable… and often very funny… Truly captivated me” (The New Yorker).
  NYT Bestseller
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I See You've Called in Dead
I See You’ve Called in Dead
By John Kenney
“Book clubs will find much to discuss” (Library Journal) in this NPR Best Book of 2025 that’s “riotously funny, poignantly introspective” (Weike Wang, author of Rental House), and sure to delight fans of A Man Called Ove. After a lonely middle-aged obituary writer accidentally publishes his own obituary, he vows to change his life — by attending the funerals of strangers! “If this doesn’t bring a grin to your face or tears to your eyes, check your pulse” (Booklist).
  Critics' Choice
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Whispers of Dead Girls
Whispers of Dead Girls
By Marlee Bush
“Fans of Lisa Jewell and Mary Kubica will be obsessed with this riveting thriller that will keep you guessing, but trust me, you’ll be wrong,” promises The Hunting Wives author May Cobb! Ten years after her sister’s murder, Ren takes a job at their old high school — where she becomes convinced history is about to repeat itself… “I devoured this powerful, gutsy book” (USA Today bestselling author Carter Wilson).
  Critics' Choice
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She Thought She Was Safe
She Thought She Was Safe
By Terri Parlato
Just this week, an author hailed as “a must-read for anyone” (Lisa Jackson) released an atmospheric thriller sure to send hearts racing. Emma is taken aback when the father she’s never met invites her to his creaky Victorian mansion on the shores of a Maine lake. And after a neighbor is found dead, she begins to wonder if he was better left out of her life…
  Hot New Release
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Captain's Dinner
Captain’s Dinner
By Adam Cohen
“A terrific and an important story” (Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi) comes to life in this “gripping” book (Publishers Weekly) perfect for readers of The Wager! After drifting across the Atlantic for weeks without food, four survivors of an 1884 shipwreck made an impossible decision — one that that would ignite a legal battle that reshaped history… “Strikes gold” (Kirkus Reviews).
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The Man Next Door
The Man Next Door
By Sheila Roberts
A USA Today bestselling author loved by Debbie Macomber “infuses a charming domestic comedy with a soupçon of suspicion” (Publishers Weekly) in this recent release. After newly divorced Zona moves back in with her elderly mom, Louise, they start spying on their neighbor — who might be hiding a killer secret! “When I read anything by Sheila Roberts I know I will… close the book with a happy sigh” (RaeAnne Thayne).
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Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
By Emily Krempholtz
“I have rarely read a book so charming,” raves Ashley Poston about this “irresistibly delightful” and “warm and wonderful” cozy fantasy (Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop). Soon after witch Violet Thistlewaite and her sentient houseplant open a flower shop in a seemingly sleepy town, Violet must team up with a grouchy local alchemist to save the community!
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