Wednesday, March 04, 2026

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The Short List
Welcome to the Short List, a curated selection of rare discounts on today's biggest, buzziest books. Happy reading!
The Emperor of Gladness
The Emperor of Gladness
By Ocean Vuong
“You’re going to be hooked,” Oprah Winfrey promises about her “truly great” book club pick (NPR) that instantly hit the New York Times bestseller list and landed on over half a dozen publications’ best books of 2025 lists! In small-town New England, a teenage boy forms a life-changing bond with an elderly widow. “A triumph” (The New York Times) that “soars to astonishing heights” (Publishers Weekly).
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The Final Score
The Final Score
By Don Winslow
Raved about by Stephen King, who calls it “the best crime fiction I’ve read in 20 years,” and James Patterson, who guarantees it’s “a masterpiece,” this long-awaited new release is a must-read! These “unforgettable” tales of suspense (Booklist) penned by “America’s greatest living crime writer” (The Providence Journal) prove he’s “one of the most successful, lauded, and imitated to ever do it” (The Washington Post).
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All in Her Hands
All in Her Hands
By Audrey Blake
Kate Quinn meets The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek in a “compelling” brand-new release that “sweeps you along to a satisfying and breathless conclusion” (Heather Webb). As a deadly cholera epidemic overtakes London, the only female surgeon in all of England assembles a group of talented midwives to save lives. From a USA Today bestselling author who writes “the best kind of historical fiction” (Library Journal).
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Wolf Hour
Wolf Hour
By Jo Nesbø
February brought “another standout” (Kirkus Reviews) from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller legend Jo Nesbø, whose books are always “a 100% buy-today-read-tonight delight” (Lee Child)! When Minnesota is gripped by a puzzling string of murders, disgraced police officer Bob Oz sets out to solve them — as does a dogged crime writer six years later… “A powerhouse” (Booklist).
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Ours Is a Tale of Murder
Ours Is a Tale of Murder
By Nora Murphy
Expect “sleek, serpentine twists” (Ashley Winstead, author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife) and a shocking moment that “pulls the rug out from under the reader” (Publishers Weekly) from this February release that “entertains from beginning to end” (Darby Kane). With its picket fences and friendly neighbors, Hawthorne Heights seems like a great fit for picture-perfect couple Klara and Troy. So why does their story lead to murder?
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Firestorm
Firestorm
By Jacob Soboroff
This New York Times bestseller just released in January is a “gripping, unshakeable firsthand account” (San Francisco Chronicle) of the costliest wildfire in American history, and it “read[s] like a sci-fi thriller” (Los Angeles Times). Follow the devastating fires that burned across Los Angeles last year in this “heart-pounding” and “riveting” blend of memoir and reporting (BookPage) from a journalist who witnessed it all.
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Lucky Seed
Lucky Seed
By Justinian Huang
In this “delightfully over-the-top” USA Today bestseller (Publishers Weekly) described as “Crazy Rich Asians and Knives Out all in one” (Booklist), the Sun family’s wealthy matriarch calls upon her favorite nephew to father a son and preserve the family name… Cue chaos! “Full of heart and high jinks. Reader, I cackled” (Alexander Chee).
  Critics' Choice
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Detour
Detour
By Jeff Rake and Rob Hart
Fans of The Martian, strap in for “a blast from the first page to the last” (FirstClue)! A civilian returns from a first-of-its-kind voyage — a two-year mission to one of Saturn’s moons — only to realize nothing on Earth is quite as he left it… Cowritten by the creator of Manifest, this “propulsive and exciting” read is “a thrilling ride” (New York Times bestselling author Jake Tapper).
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The Shop on Hidden Lane
The Shop on Hidden Lane
By Jayne Ann Krentz
A beloved New York Times bestselling author “delivers everything her readers crave” — including “a clever canine who almost steals the show” (Booklist) — in her “pulse-pounding” latest (Publishers Weekly)! Touched by the paranormal, the Harper and Wells families have feuded for generations. But when a member of each vanishes, Sophy Harper, Luke Wells, and Luke’s hellhound, Bruce, must come together to find them…
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The Library of Amorlin
The Library of Amorlin
By Kalyn Josephson
Just released yesterday, this bookish fantasy from a New York Times bestselling author is “absolutely fantastic — I couldn’t put [it] down” (Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop). Tasked with infiltrating an enchanted library, Kasira faces strange beasts, powerful tomes, and the prickly head librarian… “Pure magic” (Adrienne Young, author of The Unmaking of June Farrow).
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