Paperback Fiction

by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square Press, ISBN: 9781501161933); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 20 "Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day."

by Madeline Miller (Ecco, ISBN: 9780062060624); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: * "Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad."

by Fredrik Backman (Washington Square Press, ISBN: 9781501160844); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 15 "An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times."

by TJ Klune (Tor, ISBN: 9781250217318); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 40 "Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place."

by Madeline Miller (Back Bay, ISBN: 9780316556323); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: * "The masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world."

by Richard Powers (Norton, ISBN: 9780393356687); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: * "National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world."

by Maggie O'Farrell (Vintage, ISBN: 9781984898876); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 22 "O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten."

by Richard Osman (Penguin, ISBN: 9781984880987); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 10 "In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club."

by Emily Henry (Berkley, ISBN: 9781984806758); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 23 "Henry's sparkling new novel will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick."

by Frank Herbert (Ace, ISBN: 9780441013593); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 15 "Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture."