Infinite Country is a 2021 novel by the Colombian/American novelist Patricia Engel. It is a general fiction work covering a 20-year period during which a Colombian wife and husband emigrate to the United States, remaining as illegal aliens after their six-month travel visas expire. Their story is complex in that Mauro, the husband, is deported while Elena, the wife, remains in the United States with the older two of their three children. The heart of... Read Infinite Country Summary

Little Fires Everywhere is a New York Times bestselling novel by Celeste Ng published in 2017. In the town of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Elena Richardson rents her family’s property on Winslow Road to Mia and Pearl Warren, a mother and daughter duo who inspire her sense of charity. Mia is an artist, and her lack of rootedness and intense focus on her art unnerve Mrs. Richardson, who lives an orderly life. Their lives become further... Read Little Fires Everywhere Summary

Lucky by Marissa Stapley was originally published in 2021. Lucky is a Reese’s Book Club Pick and a New York Times bestseller. It is a thriller mostly set in 2008 during the financial crash. The book delves into Luciana Armstrong’s past as a grifter. She travels extensively, staying in places such as New York City, Las Vegas, and Seattle. Thematically, the novel explores The Power of Luck and Hope, Familial and Romantic Influences, and Performance... Read Lucky Summary

Maybe Next Time (2023) is a work of adult contemporary fiction written by Cesca Major. In modern-day London, literary agent Emma Jacobs experiences a stressful day that ends with the death of her beloved husband, Dan, on the 15th anniversary of their first meeting. When Emma wakes up the next morning, it’s Monday again, and Dan is alive. Stuck in an endless repetition of the same day, Emma cycles through confusion, despair, and then optimism... Read Maybe Next Time Summary

Mother-Daughter Murder Night (2023) is a crime novel written by American author Nina Simon. The novel revolves around Jack, a young woman who becomes a murder suspect, and her family’s efforts to prove her innocence. As with many crime novels, the book features both police detectives as well as amateur sleuths. It centers around themes such as Abuse of Power by Law Enforcement, The Limits of Family Bonds, and The Struggles of Powerful Women. The... Read Mother Daughter Murder Night Summary

Next Year in Havana is a novel by Chanel Cleeton, a Cuban-American writer of contemporary romance and historical fiction. The book was the July 2018 selection for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club and a New York Times bestseller. The novel alternates between 2017, when Cuban-American writer Marisol Ferrera goes to Cuba to scatter the ashes of her grandmother Elisa (Perez) Ferrera, and 1958-1959, when Elisa falls in love with a revolutionary. This guide is based on... Read Next Year In Havana Summary

Northern Spy is a thriller novel detailing the gripping story of two sisters caught on opposing sides of a conflict in Northern Ireland, 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement. Written by American author Flynn Berry, the book was originally published by Viking as part of Penguin Books on April 5, 2021. Northern Spy was chosen for Reese’s Book Club Pick and earned its place as an Instant New York Times Bestseller, as part of... Read Northern Spy Summary

One Day in December is a romance novel by Josie Silver, told through the first-person point of view of two characters: Jack O’Mara and Laurie James. The story focuses on specific months in the characters’ lives, providing a circular narrative that encourages the reader to notice how people develop but do not necessarily change over time. A #1 New York Times bestseller, the novel was published in 2018 by Broadway Books of Crown Publishing Group... Read One Day in December Summary

Our Missing Hearts is a contemporary dystopian fiction novel by New York Times best-selling author Celeste Ng. Published in 2022, it is a reaction to the fears and racism in America following the COVID-19 pandemic. The novel follows two protagonists, Bird and his mother Margaret, as they navigate an oppressive society that victimizes them due to their Asian identity. Margaret, a poet, goes into hiding to help advocate against the government, while Bird, a child... Read Our Missing Hearts Summary

Outlawed by Anna North, published in 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing, is Anna North’s second novel. It was a New York Times bestseller, selected for Reese Witherspoon’s book club, and chosen by the popular Belletrist book club. Anna North is a journalist as well as a novelist, and her background in reporting on women’s issues imbues her prose in Outlawed.Outlawed is a hybrid of genres: It has elements of historical fiction, characterizations of American Western exploration... Read Outlawed Summary

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld is a contemporary romance published in 2023. It is an instant New York Times bestseller and a selection for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club.Curtis Sittenfeld is the best-selling author of eight novels, including the teen classic Prep (2005), Eligible (2016), which is a modern-day retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and two fictional novels reimagining the lives of two former US first ladies, Rodham (2020) and American Wife (2008).In Romantic... Read Romantic Comedy Summary

Published in 2021 by Catapult, Sankofa is the second novel by Nigerian author Chibundu Onuzo. Sankofa tells the story of Anna Bain, the daughter of a white English woman and a Black West African man. In her 40s, Anna feels adrift after the recent loss of her mother and the dissolution of her marriage. After discovering that her father is the disgraced former prime minister of Bamana, Anna journeys to Bamana to confront him and... Read Sankofa Summary

Seven Days in June by American novelist Tia Williams was published in 2021. It was a Reese Witherspoon book club pick and a New York Times Bestseller. The novel follows two Black writers, Eva Mercy and Shane Hall, who reunite 15 years after a passionate and destructive week in June that connected them forever. Please note that the text includes potentially triggering scenarios including assault, suicide, self-harm, and substance use.Plot SummaryEva Mercy is a successful... Read Seven Days in June Summary

Slow Dance, an adult novel by Rainbow Rowell’s published in 2024 and selected as Reese Witherspoon’s August 2024 Book Club pick, provides a nostalgic look at the lives of Shiloh and Cary, two teenage best friends now in their 30s who reconnect at a friend's wedding after 14 years apart and unpack the challenges of their history and present to find the love they never truly understood. Rowell’s story of missed opportunities, enduring friendship, and... Read Slow Dance Summary

Society of Lies (2024) is a murder mystery and thriller by Lauren Ling Brown. Brown’s debut novel, Society of Lies revolves around two sisters, Maya and Naomi, and their experiences with an inimical secret society at Princeton. Like her characters Maya and Naomi, Brown is a Black Chinese American. Brown also went to Princeton, where she studied English, and the less sensational aspects of the book partly derive from her personal experiences at the Ivy... Read Society of Lies Summary

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman is an adult psychological thriller published by Ballantine Books in 2018. When Mark and Erin Roberts decide to keep a mysterious duffle bag full of dirty money and gems, they start down a rode of criminal behavior, secrets, and greed. Something in the Water examines the lies we tell and how far we’ll go to protect those lies. The book was a #1 New York Times bestseller and... Read Something in the Water Summary

Written by Hugo Award–winning author Alix E. Harrow in 2023, Starling House is a Southern Gothic work of speculative fiction about finding a place to call home. The story focuses on Opal, an impoverished woman struggling to free herself and her brother from their prejudiced small town. When she accepts a job as a housekeeper at the mysterious Starling House, she begins to fall for its equally mysterious inhabitant, Arthur Starling, as the property’s deeper... Read Starling House Summary

Such a Fun Age (2019) is a debut novel from Kiley Reid, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons (an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC). The novel quickly garnered critical acclaim, including a NY Times Bestseller spot, and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in 2020. Another novel by Reid is Come and Get It. Plot Summary Though it starts with Emira’s perspective, Such a Fun Age alternates almost evenly between Emira Tucker and Alix Chamberlain... Read Such a Fun Age Summary

The Alice Network is the seventh novel by author Kate Quinn. First published in 2017, the book is classified as historical fiction. It became a New York Times and USA Today bestseller and was also listed as a Summer Pick by Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal, and Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club. Quinn has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set during the Italian Renaissance. The Alice Network and her... Read The Alice Network Summary

The Chicken Sisters, written by K. J. Dell’Antonia, is a contemporary fiction novel that was published in 2020 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. In the novel, an omniscient third-person narrator switches between the perspectives of two sisters, Mae and Amanda, as they attempt to help their families’ rival fried chicken restaurants win a reality television competition, Food Wars. The novel explores how the medium of reality television manipulates personal narratives to expose and frame certain... Read The Chicken Sisters Summary