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THE HOUSEMAID

by Freida McFadden

You will not see it coming. Then you will be irritated that you didn't. Compulsively readable, genuinely unsettling, and over before you know it.

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THE HOUSEMAID'S SECRET

by Freida McFadden

A snore, honestly. But Sara is still showing up for The Divorce — and her review is more entertaining than the book. Read the review first.

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YELLOWFACE

by R.F. Kuang

Razor sharp, deeply uncomfortable, and impossible to read without having at least one opinion about publishing, authenticity, or the internet eating people alive.

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SEVERANCE

by Ling Ma

A quiet apocalypse that hits far too close to home. Funny, bleak, and the sort of book that makes your commute feel spiritually suspicious.

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY

by Matt Haig

Every life you didn't live, lined up neatly on a shelf. Emotional, readable, and designed to make you feel something inconvenient.

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THE MANOR OF DREAMS

by Jane Shen

A house that remembers everything you would rather not. Atmospheric, layered, and just haunted enough to feel personal.

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SHE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING

by Shari Lapena

A wife vanishes from a luxury condo. Everyone inside has a secret. You will suspect the wrong person with total conviction. There is a spoiler button in the review and you will click it.

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ASK NOT

by Maureen Callahan

The Kennedy myth, dismantled chapter by chapter. The women history tried to erase, given their names back. You will be furious. You will also be unable to stop reading.

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Twenty years ago, there was someone. We never put a label on it, but it was something. I reached out recently, and she wrote back warmly...

— Stirred, Not Shaken
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Mercury retrograde didn’t make you do it. You did it. That is, unfortunately, the more interesting problem.

Mercury was convenient branding for a choice you already wanted to make. The sting is not that she has someone. The sting is that she was warm with you first, and then the door still closed. That warmth is what keeps biting. Not the girlfriend. Not the timing. The almost.

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