The Secret Book of Flora Lea: A Novel
by Patti Callahan Henry (Atria Books)

Fiction


In the Lives of Puppets
by TJ Klune (Tor Books)

Fantasy


Chain-Gang All Stars: A Novel
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon)

Fiction


No Two Persons
by Erica Bauermeister (St. Martin’s Press)

Fiction


The Postcard
by Anne Berest (Europe Editions)

Fiction


Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
by J Ryan Stradal (Pamela Dorman Books)

Fiction


The Half Moon
by Mary Beth Keane (Scribner)

Fiction


Small Mercies
by Dennis Lehane (Harper)


The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press)

Fiction


The True Love Experiment
by Christina Lauren (Gallery Books)

Romance


To Shape a Dragon’s Breath: The First Book of Nampeshiweist
by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)

Fantasy


The Fiancee Farce
by Alexandria Bellefleur (Avon)

Romance


If We’re Being Honest
by Cat Shook (Caldron Books)

Fiction


The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann (Doubleday)


Clytemnestra
by Costanza Casati (Sourcebooks Landmark)

Fiction


The Salt Grows Heavy
by Cassandra Khaw (Tor Nightfire)

Horror


Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American in Paris Mystery
by Colleen Cambridge (Kensington)

Mystery


Meet Me at the Lake
by Carley Fortune (Berkley)

Romance


You Are Here
by Karen Lin-Greenberg (Counterpoint)

Fiction


The Night Flowers
by Sara Herchenroether (Tin House Books)

Thriller


The East Indian
by Brinda Charry (Scribner)

Fiction


With My Little Eye
by Joshilyn Jackson (William Morrow)

Thriller


Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
by Claire Dederer (Knopf)

Literary Criticism