Paperback Fiction

by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668045152); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 3 "A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley."

by Kaveh Akbar (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593685778); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 16 "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 Emily Henry (Berkley, ISBN: 9780593441213); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 8 "Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common."

by Ariel Lawhon (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593312070); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 24 "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 Ann Patchett (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780063327535); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 3 "In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers."

by Amor Towles (Penguin Books, ISBN: 9780593296394); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 2 "From Amor Towles, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters."

by Lyla Sage (Dial Press Trade Paperback, ISBN: 9780593732472); Weeks on List: 1 "The next book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, a small town romance in which past lovers get a second chance to rediscover what they lost. An April 2025 Indie Next Pick."

by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books, ISBN: 9781649377371); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 31 "Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros."

by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books, ISBN: 9781945492600); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 7 "Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy."

by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780063251984); Last week: 12; Weeks on List: 34 "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."