Contemporary fiction focusing on women's experiences, relationships, and personal growth
Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran is a New York Times bestseller that traces the decades-long friendship of Ellie and Homa against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Iran, from the early 1950s through 2022. Published by Gallery Books on July 2, 2024, the novel earned a starred notice from Kirkus Reviews as "a touching portrait of courage and friendship," and People called it "an evocative read and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism." Kamali, a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award recipient whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages, brings her command of Iranian history and culture to what is widely regarded as her most ambitious work to date.
Apr 7, 2026
Libby Page's novel This Book Made Me Think of You is a moving work of contemporary fiction about widower Tilly Nightingale, who discovers that her late husband Joe left her a year's worth of carefully chosen books — one per month, each with a handwritten letter — to guide her through the first year of life without him. Published by Berkley and a National Bestseller, the novel has drawn starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, earning praise as one of the most emotionally resonant works of fiction for book lovers in recent memory.
May 15, 2026
Marie Bostwick's novel follows four women — Margaret, Viv, Bitsy, and Charlotte — whose suburban book club becomes an unlikely engine of feminist awakening when they take up Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, making it a humorous, thought-provoking, and nostalgic work of historical women's fiction published by Harper Muse on April 22, 2025.
May 13, 2026
Marie Benedict's Carnegie's Maid is a USA Today bestseller that imagines the fictional Irish immigrant Clara Kelley as a hidden force behind Andrew Carnegie's transformation from industrial titan to history's great philanthropist — a propulsive premise that makes it a natural choice for historical fiction book clubs.
May 8, 2026
Laura Dave's The Last Thing He Told Me is a tightly constructed domestic thriller in which Hannah Hall races to uncover the true identity of her vanished husband, Owen Michaels, while forging an unlikely alliance with his fiercely resistant sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. A Reese's Book Club pick, a Goodreads Mystery & Thriller of the Year for 2021, and the basis of an Apple TV+ series, the novel earned wide commercial and critical traction — and readers who gravitate toward fast-paced mysteries laced with emotional stakes will find it squarely in their wheelhouse.
May 11, 2026
Tell Me Everything is a New York Times bestseller, an Oprah's Book Club pick, and a Women's Prize for Fiction shortlistee in which Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout reunites readers with Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, and Bob Burgess in autumn-drenched Crosby, Maine — weaving a murder investigation, a profound new friendship, and meditations on memory and meaning into what the publisher describes as Strout operating at the height of her powers.
Apr 12, 2026
Alice Feeney's My Husband's Wife is a 2026 psychological thriller built on identity theft, conspiracy, and revenge, set against the cliffside drama of a Cornish village — and it landed on multiple major bestseller lists, including the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly, on the strength of its escalating plot and a premise that readers found nearly impossible to put down.
Apr 5, 2026
Rosie Walsh's The Love of My Life is a New York Times bestselling novel and Good Morning America Book Club pick that entwines a deeply felt love story with a steadily tightening domestic mystery, following a woman whose hidden past threatens to undo everything she's built with her husband and young daughter.
Apr 4, 2026Search
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