Snake Oil (2024) Kelsey Rae Dimberg "Snake Oil sheds its light and shining skin to reveal deep and resonant truths about modern life. Dimberg's prose glows with the power of a thousand serums. I underlined the hell out of this perfectly timely yet surprisingly timeless gem."
Lo Fi (2024) Liz Riggs "A backstage pass to late aughts Nashville. . . . A stunning portrait of youth and all its fun yet fraught possibilities, with characters whose chemistry's as strong as their drinks. Liz Riggs's prose pulses like the live music in her novel."
The Astrology House (2024) Carinn Jade "Nine Perfect Strangers meets The White Lotus, plus astrological intrigue all its own. The delightfully flawed cast of characters and edge-of-your-seat suspense had me flipping pages faster than a Scorpio burns bridges. Carinn Jade's a star with off the birth charts talent."
The Art of Pretend (2024) Lauren Kuhl "Delicious and biting, The Art of Pretend probes the artifice of even our most intimate relationships. It kept me up way too late, with a sophistication that removed all guilt from the pleasure."
The Heirloom (2024) Jessie Rosen "Jessie Rosen has created a charming and propulsive international trip, with wanderlust balanced by a grounded truth: there's no place like the home we find in ourselves and with the people we love."
Wedding Issues (2024) Elle Evans "A rollicking ride through the highs and lows-or the I dos and I don'ts-of the wedding and media industries. Elle Evans reveals truths about long-term friendship, ambition, and the heady intoxication of a crush. RSVP to this delicious debut."
Friends in Napa (2024) Sheila Yasmin Marikar "Friends in Napa hits like that first sip of a good bottle: refreshing and juicy, impossible to put down. A sharply observed escape about relationships gone sour and the delicious exploits of the uber-rich - Sheila Yasmin Marikar is a massive talent with heavy pours of wit and hilarity."
Bye, Baby (2024) Carola Lovering "Compulsively readable and highly relatable, Bye, Baby will have you on the edge of your seat. Lovering's best book yet explores the dark space that can open up when close friendships grow, change, and fracture. This novel is both suspenseful and indelible-I devoured it in a day and am still savoring its themes months later."
The Fortune Seller (2024) Rachel Kapelke-Dale "The Fortune Seller is pure magic. A juicy campus novel suffused with complex friendship dynamics and an insider-outsider story of one woman's struggle to fit in with her high-flying peers, Kapelke-Dale weaves suspense with sharp prose for a read that's both fast-paced and thought-provoking. The novel's tarot cards may illuminate the future, but this much is clear: I'd follow Kapelke-Dale anywhere."
