Paperback Fiction

by Kaveh Akbar (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593685778); Weeks on List: 1 "A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction."

by Samantha Harvey (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802163622); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 8 "Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024."

by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780063251984); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 19 "Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction."

by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books, ISBN: 9781649377371); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 16 "Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros."

by Ariel Lawhon (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593312070); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 9 "A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history."

by Amanda Peters (Catapult, ISBN: 9781646222384); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 10 "A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years."

by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN: 9781635575569); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: * "From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read."

by Daniel Mason (Random House Trade Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780593597040); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 14 "When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike."

by Gregory Maguire (William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062852847); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 6 "The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony Award-winning hit musical, now a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande."

by Gabrielle Zevin (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593466490); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 28 "Two college friends--often in love, but never lovers--become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before."