Small Town

One Golden Summer

Carley Fortune · Romance

**A radiant, new escape to the lake from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune** I never anticipated Charlie Florek.

slow burn · second chance romance · small town · cozy vibes

Into the Blue

Emma Brodie · Literary Fiction

'The truth is there's no such thing as a normal life.

coming of age · small town · slow burn

Good Spirits

B.K. Borison · Romance

**He’s the Ghost of Christmas Past.

slow burn · grumpy sunshine · small town

Theo of Golden

Allen Levi · Literary Fiction

“[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden.

magical realism · small town

Land

Maggie O'Farrell · Literary Fiction

The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before…

historical fiction · small town

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson · Literary Fiction

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark…

unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · small town · morally grey character

The Pumpkin Spice Café

Laurie Gilmore · Romance

**A spicy small-town romance and TikTok phenomenon, perfect for fans of Hannah Grace and Stephanie Archer.** When Jeanie's aunt gifts her the…

romantic comedy · cozy vibes · small town

The Hive

Melissa Scholes Young · Literary Fiction

The Hive is a story of survival, sisters, and secrets.

found family · coming of age · small town · survival

If It Makes You Happy

Julie Olivia · Romance

An Instant USA Today Bestseller!

slow burn · small town · romantic comedy · cozy vibes

Sunburn

Chloe Michelle Howarth · Literary Fiction

It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place.

coming of age · small town · forbidden romance · historical fiction

Rewind it Back

Liz Tomforde · Romance

Hallie When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his.

second chance romance · slow burn · sports romance · small town

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon · Mystery & Thriller

Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death.

historical fiction · psychological thriller · small town

The Keeper

Sarah Langan · Horror

Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · small town

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King · Horror

Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own…

gothic atmosphere · vampires · small town · haunted setting · redemption arc

Big Girl Blitz

Danielle Allen · Romance

"Nothing is hotter and more fun than Danielle Allen's writing." -- Ali Hazelwood Jazmyn Payne fled the small town of Chance the minute she graduated…

slow burn · small town · coming of age · friends to lovers

The Storm

Rachel Hawkins · Mystery & Thriller

St. Medard's Bay, Alabama, is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town; the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel…

psychological thriller · closed circle · small town · missing person

Wild Side

Elsie Silver · Romance

I’d always dreamed of my wedding day.

enemies to lovers · marriage of convenience · forced proximity · small town · revenge plot

We Are All Guilty Here

Karin Slaughter · Mystery & Thriller

Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone.

psychological thriller · small town · closed circle

Releasing 10

Chloe Walsh · Romance

He was her anchor. She was his storm. Together, they were everything—and it still wasn't enough. From Chloe Walsh, the international bestselling…

slow burn · second chance romance · trauma recovery · small town

The Benefactors

Wendy Erskine · Literary Fiction

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025 'I couldn't put this book down' Sheena Patel, author of I'm a Fan 'A powerful, moving, compelling, utterly…

found family · coming of age · small town

Is This a Cry for Help?

Emily Austin · Literary Fiction

Emily Austin, the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines” (Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus), returns with a luminous…

coming of age · trauma recovery · small town

Done and Dusted

Lyla Sage · Romance

For the first time in her life, Clementine “Emmy” Ryder has no idea what she’s doing.

friends to lovers · brothers best friend · slow burn · small town · romantic comedy

Across the Vanishing Sky

Catherine Cowles · Mystery & Thriller

Braedyn Winslow never expected to return to Starlight Grove-the town that took everything from her.

missing person · coming of age · small town · trauma recovery

Middlemarch

George Eliot · Literary Fiction

Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in the years 1830-32, has several interlocking storylines…

historical fiction · small town · coming of age

The Catcher in the Rye

Jerome David Salinger · Literary Fiction

Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism.

coming of age · small town · anti hero · unreliable narrator

Play Along

Liz Tomforde · Romance

Kennedy I’m the only woman on staff for the Windy City Warriors baseball team, and after years of putting up with a sexist lead doctor, I’m…

grumpy sunshine · slow burn · small town · found family

Shady Hollow

Juneau Black · Mystery & Thriller

The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together…

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

Soul Searching

Lyla Sage · Romance

Home is where the heart is—and this one is haunted.

paranormal romance · small town · slow burn · ghosts · trauma recovery

The Blue Castle

L.M. Montgomery · Literary Fiction

Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love.

coming of age · historical fiction · small town

The Girls Who Grew Big

Leila Mottley · Literary Fiction

Adela Woods is sixteen years old and pregnant.

coming of age · historical fiction · found family · small town · trauma recovery

The Sun and the Starmaker

Rachel Griffin · Fantasy

There once was a village so far north that most considered it the top of the world...

slow burn · romantic comedy · magical realism · small town · paranormal romance

Beg, Borrow, or Steal

Sarah Adams · Romance

**Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves teaming up in this rivals-to-lovers romance by the New York Times bestselling…

enemies to lovers · small town · slow burn · opposites attract

Get Over It, April Evans

Ashley Herring Blake · Romance

A summer job at a lake-town resort brings together two women with an unlikely connection in this new contemporary romance by USA Today bestselling…

second chance romance · coming of age · small town · found family

The Gingerbread Bakery

Laurie Gilmore · Romance

**From the international bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, comes the highly anticipated Dream Harbor…

small town · cozy vibes · romantic comedy · magical realism

Holiday Ever After

Hannah Grace · Romance

Clara Davenport wants to solve Fraser Falls’s biggest problem.

romantic comedy · workplace romance · small town

Boy's Life

Robert McCammon · Literary Fiction

An Alabama boy's innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song.

coming of age · small town · trauma recovery · historical fiction

Us Against You

Fredrik Backman · Literary Fiction

Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. Have you ever seen a town rise? Ours did that, too. A small community tucked deep in the forest,…

found family · coming of age · trauma recovery · small town

Gloria Don't Speak

Lucy Apps · Literary Fiction

Gloria has a learning disability.

coming of age · found family · trauma recovery · small town

Flesh

David Szalay · Literary Fiction

"Teenaged Istvâan lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary.

coming of age · forbidden romance · small town · trauma recovery

These Familiar Walls

C. J. Dotson · Horror

A spine-chilling, heart-pounding suburban horror novel at the heart of the genre, perfect for fans of T.

coming of age · haunted setting · psychological thriller · small town

Go Gentle

Maria Semple · Literary Fiction

'I ADORED THIS NOVEL' NINA STIBBE 'LOADED WITH MARIA SEMPLE'S SIGNATURE WIT' BONNIE GARMUS 'SMART, FUNNY AND DEVASTATING IN A GREAT WAY' JENNETTE…

coming of age · small town · found family

Last One Out

Jane Harper · Mystery & Thriller

From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town.

psychological thriller · small town · closed circle

The Killer Question

Janice Hallett · Mystery & Thriller

Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly…

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle · cat and mouse

Wild and Wrangled

Lyla Sage · Romance

Camille Ashwood had always loved a plan.

second chance romance · small town · slow burn · sports romance

The Christmas Tree Farm

Laurie Gilmore · Romance

**From the author of the viral TikTok sensation, The Pumpkin Spice Café, comes the only spicy grumpy x sunshine Christmas romcom you need this…

grumpy sunshine · romantic comedy · small town · holiday romance

Betting on You

Lynn Painter · Romance

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers.

romantic comedy · coming of age · grumpy sunshine · small town

Redeeming 6

Chloe Walsh · Romance

I'm saving you, six. Joey Lynch's life is falling apart. Obsessed with proving himself to the only person he's ever truly trusted, Joey fights to…

coming of age · slow burn · small town

The Winners

Fredrik Backman · Literary Fiction

A breathtaking new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove, The Winners returns to the close-knit,…

second chance romance · found family · small town · coming of age

Crux

Gabriel Tallent · Literary Fiction

Dan e Tamma sono all’ultimo anno di liceo nella loro cittadina in California, all’ombra del Joshua Tree National Park, una delle mecche mondiali…

coming of age · psychological thriller · small town · trauma recovery

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe · Literary Fiction

coming of age · small town · romantic comedy · friends to lovers

Garden Spells

Sarah Addison Allen · Literary Fiction

**In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small house in the smallest of towns, is an apple tree rumored to bear a very special…

magical realism · small town · found family · cozy vibes

Reckless

Elsie Silver · Romance

Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider, notorious ladies' man, scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package. And he's looking at me like I…

romantic comedy · small town · grumpy sunshine · slow burn

Long Time Gone

Charlie Donlea · Mystery & Thriller

On the first day of an elite two-year fellowship, Sloan Hastings receives a research assignment in the emerging field of forensic genealogy.

psychological thriller · missing person · small town · political intrigue · cat and mouse

Grace

A.M. Shine · Horror

A haunting tale of ancient evil and long-buried secrets in an isolated Irish community from the author of hit horror novel The Watchers.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · closed circle

We Are Always Tender with Our Dead

Eric LaRocca · Horror

Michael McDowell’s Blackwater meets Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense,…

gothic atmosphere · found family · small town · grimdark

Lake Effect

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney · Literary Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one…

historical fiction · found family · small town

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · Literary Fiction

The story is about Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.

coming of age · historical fiction · small town

Sundown Girls

L.S. Stratton · Mystery & Thriller

In the tradition of Jordan Peele and Tiffany Jackson’s The Weight of Blood, a YA thriller about a Black teen whose fight for survival forces a small…

psychological thriller · survival · small town · coming of age

All the Little Houses

May Cobb · Mystery & Thriller

"May Cobb's most explosive book yet.

psychological thriller · small town · twist ending

No Place Like You

Jillian Meadows · Romance

Childhood friends turned high school rivals fall into a small-town fake dating scheme in this sweet, spicy, and utterly irresistible romance from the…

friends to lovers · fake relationship · romantic comedy · small town · enemies to lovers

August Lane

Regina Black · Romance

A Black country music star who lied about writing his only hit risks his comeback to reunite with the woman he stole it from, a first love the lyrics…

second chance romance · small town · redemption arc

Story Of My Life

Lucy Score · Romance

THE ALL-NEW SMALL-TOWN ROMCOM FROM LUCY SCORE Hazel is given a one-two punch when she's forced to move out of her Upper East Side apartment and is…

romantic comedy · small town · coming of age · fish out of water

The Secret Crush Book Club

Karmen Lee · Romance

A dedicated single mother and a librarian with a secret write their own sweet and sexy love story in this small-town rom-com about family,…

romantic comedy · found family · slow burn · small town · coming of age

Needful Things

Stephen King · Horror

“There are two prices for this. Half…and half. One half is cash. The other is a deed. Do you understand?” The town of Castle Rock, Maine has seen…

grimdark · small town · psychological thriller · demons

The Hounding

Xenobe Purvis · Horror

Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on…

gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Good House

Tananarive Due · Horror

Award-winning author Due's spine tingling tale of supernatural suspense "weaves a stronger net than ever" (Kirkus Reviews") as a woman searches for…

haunted setting · found family · small town

Miss Buncle’s Book

D.E. Stevenson · Literary Fiction

Who Knew One Book Could Cause So Much Chaos?

romantic comedy · small town · coming of age

At Home in Mitford

Jan Karon · Romance

"A romance between an Anglican priest and a children's book writer who moves into his neighborhood.

romantic comedy · small town · cozy vibes · slow burn

Wild Love

Elsie Silver · Romance

She's been driving him wild for years .

grumpy sunshine · small town · brothers best friend · forced proximity

When in Rome

Sarah Adams · Romance

Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation…

romantic comedy · opposites attract · slow burn · small town · fish out of water

Wild Eyes

Elsie Silver · Romance

A rugged mountain town seemed like the perfect escape from a life in shambles.

small town · found family · slow burn · grumpy sunshine

Hopeless

Elsie Silver · Romance

Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past.

grumpy sunshine · small town · slow burn · romantic comedy · opposites attract

Swift and Saddled

Lyla Sage · Romance

The last thing Ada Hart needs is a man to take care of her.

forced proximity · opposites attract · small town · slow burn · romantic comedy

A Murder Is Announced

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder…

cozy vibes · small town · twist ending

Seascraper

Benjamin Wood · Literary Fiction

Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker.

coming of age · small town

Good Joy, Bad Joy

Mikki Brammer · Literary Fiction

She's lived by the rules. Now she's breaking them . . . For more than eighty years, Joy Bridport has followed the rules - devoted wife, loving…

coming of age · small town · found family · trauma recovery

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Truman Capote · Literary Fiction

Published with three short stories this novella cemented Capote’s position at the forefront of American literature.

coming of age · small town

Lolly Willowes

Sylvia Townsend Warner · Literary Fiction

Unfintunately, half of the book is missing

coming of age · small town · historical fiction · found family

The Midnight Taxi

Yosha Gunasekera · Mystery & Thriller

When the last fare of the night turns up dead in her backseat, a Sri Lankan American taxi driver works off the clock to clear her name in this…

small town

A Quiet Life in the Country

T E. Kinsey · Mystery & Thriller

Emily, Lady Hardcastle, is a widow with a mysterious and unconventional past.

small town · historical fiction · cozy vibes

A Very Novel Murder

Ellie Alexander · Mystery & Thriller

Opening a detective agency above her beloved bookstore seems like the perfect business plan--until Annie Murray's first case involves a suspicious…

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

Knot Before You Enter

Tish Bouvier · Mystery & Thriller

Maxine Gerimatter, an octogenarian is sharp as a tack and fiercely independent, even if life has landed her at Sunny Ridge Living Care Facility.

cozy vibes · small town · found family

Burn Bright

Nancy Hall · Mystery & Thriller

"Burn Bright" is a tale of moonlight, murders, money and mystery.

paranormal romance · psychological thriller · werewolves shifters · small town · slow burn

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens · Mystery & Thriller

For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast.

psychological thriller · small town · trauma recovery

Darkrooms

Rebecca Hannigan · Mystery & Thriller

'Haunting, fast-paced and unforgettable' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'Astonishing' LUCY ROSE A chilling thriller' PETER SWANSON A masterful, menacing debut' ANNA…

psychological thriller · small town · trauma recovery

A Slow and Secret Poison

Carmella Lowkis · Mystery & Thriller

In the early 1900s, a young gardener at a lush English manor falls in love with her employer whose past is shrouded in deadly secrets—from the author…

forbidden romance · gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · small town · slow burn

Funeral Song

Carly Racklin · Horror

"A grotesque beauty in the vein of Guillermo del Toro, matched only by Carly Racklin's elegant prose." —Rachel Bolton, author of Please Serve Cold…

gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting

June Baby

Shannon Garvey · Literary Fiction

Some summers never leave you. In this moving debut novel, set over the course of one transformative summer in the lush, beachy enclave of Block…

coming of age · small town · trauma recovery

Nowhere

Allison Gunn · Mystery & Thriller

"Rachel Kennan, the new police chief of a fundamentalist southern town, relies on her job to push through the pain of losing her young son and the…

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · small town · morally grey character

Drifting Dawn

Samantha Young · Romance

After eighteen years, I've come home to the Scottish island of my childhood.

second chance romance · small town · slow burn · romantic comedy · trauma recovery

You Again

Amanda Waters · Romance

The summer before her senior year of high school, Rosalee fell in love with George.

second chance romance · small town · slow burn · coming of age

Delicate Escape

Catherine Cowles · Romance

Get ready for your next reading obsession, the spicy small-town romance filled with mystery and suspense from the bestselling author, perfect for…

small town · found family · slow burn

Anderson in Bloom

Jennifer Dugan · Romance

Former child star Anderson “Andy” Ducharme is hiding—has been for a long time, if she’s honest with herself, which she isn’t.

enemies to lovers · second chance romance · romantic comedy · small town · she falls first

Secret Haven

Catherine Cowles · Romance

Get ready for your next reading obsession, the spicy small-town romance filled with mystery and suspense from the bestselling author, perfect for…

small town · romantic comedy · psychological thriller · second chance romance · forced proximity

Everything's Coming Up Rosie

Courtney Walsh · Romance

Sometimes what you think you want and what you actually want turn out to be different things .

coming of age · romantic comedy · small town

A Pack for Autumn

Emilia Emerson · Romance

She was looking for quiet. She found them instead. Starlight Grove needs a new Lighthouse Keeper and Olive Autumn Harvest needs a fresh start.…

paranormal romance · found family · slow burn · small town · fated mates

Lovelight Farms

B.K. Borison · Romance

*Where the lovelight gleams …* A pasture of dead trees.

fake relationship · romantic comedy · friends to lovers · holiday romance · small town

This Ain't Our First Rodeo

Liara Tamani · Romance

Love is a wild ride. Hold on. When life lassoes Josie and Shawn back together three years after their dreamy first date, their second chance at love…

second chance romance · slow burn · small town

It Seemed Like a Good Idea

Lauren Blakely · Romance

"A Lauren Blakely book is a guarantee of a good time." --Meghan Quinn, USA Today bestselling author Grumpy meets sunshine with a Hollywood twist in…

grumpy sunshine · small town · romantic comedy · bodyguard romance · slow burn

Holiday Romance

Jill Sanders · Romance

Just in time for the holidays, take another wonderful trip to Oregon.

romantic comedy · small town · holiday romance · opposites attract

Practice Makes Perfect

Sarah Adams · Romance

Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match—someone who complements her happy, quiet life running the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky.

grumpy sunshine · small town · slow burn · enemies to lovers · redemption arc

Holding the Reins

Paisley Hope · Romance

Nash Carter. Retired ice hockey player and part time cowboy. Also my brother's best friend and therefore strictly off limits. Despite the fact he…

second chance romance · brothers best friend · small town · romantic comedy · slow burn

The Cheat Sheet

Sarah Adams · Romance

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams is a lighthearted and sweet romantic comedy that centers around Bree Camden and Nathan Donelson, two lifelong best…

friends to lovers · romantic comedy · slow burn · small town

In a Holidaze

Christina Lauren · Romance

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but not for Maelyn Jones.

romantic comedy · holiday romance · love triangle · coming of age · small town

It Happened One Summer

Tessa Bailey · Romance

Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels.

grumpy sunshine · small town · romantic comedy · fish out of water · opposites attract

Blackwater

Michael McDowell · Horror

On the crest of the worst flood that Perdido, Alabama has ever seen, the mysterious Elinor Dammart is rescued from the topmost room of a flooded…

gothic atmosphere · dark academia · small town

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving · Horror

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · love triangle

Village Diary

Miss Read · Literary Fiction

Here, the characters include dictatorial Amy, an old college friend, Mr Mawne, whom the village sees as a possible husband for the unwilling Miss…

small town · historical fiction · cozy vibes

The Things We Never Say

Elizabeth Strout · Literary Fiction

Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout’s new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful…

coming of age · small town · found family

Fairydale

Veronica Lancet · Literary Fiction

"I might be evil personified, but you're the only one I'll ever be good to." August 1955, When Miss Darcy O’Sullivan, an orphaned English teacher…

historical fiction · magical realism · coming of age · small town

Stay with Me

Ayobami Adebayo · Literary Fiction

"A novel about a married Nigerian couple who must grapple with staggering levels of loss and betrayal in their quest to create a family for…

coming of age · small town · trauma recovery

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw · Literary Fiction

coming of age · small town

You've Reached Sam

Dustin Thao · Literary Fiction

Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer…

coming of age · trauma recovery · magical realism · small town · missing person

Excellent Women

Barbara Pym · Literary Fiction

The lightly satiric focus is on loneliness bravely borne, the bearing-up being done by that excellent woman Mildred Lathbury, a 30-something spinster…

small town · coming of age · historical fiction · romantic comedy

Fall I Want

Lyra Parish · Romance

Fall I Want is a feel-good, spicy small-town, romantic comedy with a billionaire who falls first and harder!

fake relationship · romantic comedy · small town · he falls first

Last to Fall

Lynn H Blackburn · Romance

Bronwyn Pierce has poured everything into The Haven, her family's exclusive mountain resort in Gossamer Falls.

small town · slow burn · forced proximity · second chance romance · trauma recovery

The Bright Side of Christmas

Morgan Elizabeth · Romance

From #1 Amazon best-selling author of Tis the Season for Revenge comes a new steamy, small-town grumpy sunshine romance!

enemies to lovers · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity · romantic comedy · small town · holiday romance

A Brewed Awakening

Pepper Basham · Romance

Daphne dreams of Mr. Darcy. Finn serves up pints and rock music. Can opposites attract when a tea shop princess meets her pub-owning rival? In the…

romantic comedy · opposites attract · small town · slow burn · grumpy sunshine

All Booked Up

Melody Carlson · Romance

When preserving precious memories means welcoming unexpected changes, Riva finds that her heart has room for so much more than she imagined.

small town · cozy vibes · second chance romance

All the Missing Pieces

Catherine Cowles · Romance

An all new, small-town romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Cowles.

small town · grumpy sunshine · slow burn · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

Broken Harbor

Catherine Cowles · Romance

Get ready for your next reading obsession, the spicy small-town romance filled with mystery and suspense from the bestselling author, perfect for…

slow burn · small town

Summer State of Mind

Kristy Woodson Harvey · Romance

“Queen of the beach read,” (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina.

small town · romantic comedy · forced proximity · second chance romance

Voracious

V.K. Forrest · Romance

When a vampire P.I. hides out in a small coastal town, irresistible desires collide with dangers from the past in this steamy paranormal romance.…

paranormal romance · small town · slow burn · vampires · workplace romance

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey · Mystery & Thriller

"A quietly moving and intimate tale about family mysteries in a small town." —People magazine "We'll make a list.

coming of age · small town · cozy vibes

Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

***Murder at the Vicarage (1930)is the first Miss Marple mystery book by Agatha Christie.*** Miss Jane Marple is a village busybody who applies…

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

Sara Brunsvold · Mystery & Thriller

A throwaway assignment is about to change two lives forever Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the…

small town

Meet Your Baker

Ellie Alexander · Mystery & Thriller

Welcome to Torte-a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the treats are so good that, sometimes, it's criminal...

cozy vibes · small town · coming of age

One for the Money

Janet Evanovich · Mystery & Thriller

Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since…

romantic comedy · small town

Bad Things Happen Here

Mark Morris · Horror

Hardcover with sprayed edges. A new chiller from multi award winning author of over 50 novels, winner of the New York Festival Radio Award for Best…

small town · closed circle · haunted setting · psychological thriller

A Long Winter

Colm Toibin · Literary Fiction

Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, one of Colm Tóibín’s finest short stories and “the most striking example of Tóibin’s…

historical fiction · small town

Pick a Color

Souvankham Thammavongsa · Literary Fiction

Henry Award winner and two-time Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an…

coming of age · small town

Plainsong

Kent Haruf · Literary Fiction

A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a…

small town · found family · coming of age · trauma recovery

Ordinary Saints

Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin · Literary Fiction

What if you had escaped your devout family in Ireland to live your best queer life - then your brother became a candidate for sainthood?

coming of age · small town · found family · trauma recovery

Dubliners

James Joyce · Literary Fiction

James Joyce's disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers, resisting their demands to…

historical fiction · small town

I Hope This Finds You Well

T.R. Mintz · Literary Fiction

One day in early February Nancy Perkins, a nurse in a decaying marriage, receives an assignment to care for a Vietnam War veteran suffering from a…

small town · coming of age · trauma recovery

A Month in the Country

J.L. Carr · Literary Fiction

A short, spellbinding novel about a WWI veteran finding a way to re-enter—and fully embrace—normal life while spending the summer in an idyllic…

coming of age · historical fiction · small town · trauma recovery

Three Days in June

Anne Tyler · Literary Fiction

**A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's…

coming of age · small town · found family · trauma recovery

The Power of the Dog

Thomas Savage · Literary Fiction

**NOW THE WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR AND TWO 2022 BAFTA AWARDS** Discover Thomas Savage's dark poetic tale of a small town in early 20th…

psychological thriller · historical fiction · small town · cat and mouse · morally grey character

The Baby Dragon Café

A. T. Qureshi · Fantasy

magical realism · found family · small town

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith · Mystery & Thriller

This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No.

cozy vibes · small town · missing person

The Only One Who Knows

Lisa M. Matlin · Mystery & Thriller

A disgraced TV news reporter returns to her violent hometown to investigate a series of deadly shark attacks in this nail-biting suspense novel from…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · revenge plot · small town · cat and mouse

The Frozen People

Elly Griffiths · Mystery & Thriller

“A pleasure from finish to start.” —Anthony Horowitz “Fresh and exciting, with both humor and thrills, Griffiths’ first book in her new series knocks…

cozy vibes · found family · small town

The Moving Finger

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna.

small town · cozy vibes

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes

Sandra Jackson-Opoku · Mystery & Thriller

A sparkling debut mystery set on the south side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food café.

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

Stakeouts and Strollers

Rob Phillips · Mystery & Thriller

Amateur private investigator and new dad Charlie Shaw gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to track down a young girl’s missing father in…

cozy vibes · small town

Apple Cider Slaying

Julie Anne Lindsey · Mystery & Thriller

Apples are at the core of the family business run by Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe.

cozy vibes · small town · found family

Waiting On A Friend

TJ Leng · Mystery & Thriller

Paytonville is usually such a quiet town - one of those places where nothing much ever happens to trouble the good folk who live there: the sun beats…

psychological thriller · small town · missing person · cat and mouse

Whiskey Business

Adrian Andover · Mystery & Thriller

Reece Parker is a mixologist—shaken by his recent breakup, stirred up in a mystery, and searching for proof of his innocence...

romantic comedy · small town · second chance romance

A Death in the Dark

Ellie Alexander · Mystery & Thriller

An assistant athletics coach is found murdered at Redwood Grove High School and all evidence points one way--but the Novel Detectives are about to…

closed circle · amnesia · small town · cozy vibes

Eat the Ones You Love

Sarah Maria Griffin · Literary Fiction

“Do you mind me asking—what kind of help do you need?” After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents,…

coming of age · small town · cozy vibes · fish out of water

Big Swiss

Jen Beagin · Literary Fiction

Greta liked knowing people's secrets.

small town · she falls first · slow burn · opposites attract

White Teeth

Zadie Smith · Literary Fiction

One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, WHITE TEETH is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers…

coming of age · found family · small town