A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••The Simp: A Novel Without a HeroUnknowna story by Roshan Sethi•••A novel without a hero. Hellscape with an infinity pool. Raj Ladlani is one of thousands in an unemployable actor. He has reasons to believe he is spectacularly talented (his beloved acting coach Anthony says so), a legend in every way but for the success. His anonymous life working at Yogurtland, obsessively reading Vanity Fair, and

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••A Lady's Handbook to Gadgets and GuileUnknowna story by Angela Bell•••Ambulatory wheelchair user Margaret Kingsley secretly crafts gadgets for the Daughters of Genius Society, a covert team of lady inspectors disguised as harmless bluestocking spinsters. While her fellow inspectors gallivant about London solving crimes, Margaret has been perfectly content assisting from the sidelines--until her expertise

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Scary Movie Nighta story by Miranda Smith•••In this nail-biting thriller, a horror-themed birthday party turns deadly when guests start disappearing—and the birthday girl realizes that she must face a long-buried secret to make it out alive.Tippi is ready for a fresh start. After breaking off her engagement to an increasingly demanding, controlling, and emotionally unstable man, she is newly inspired to

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Pink InkUnknowna story by Avina St. Graves•••Gothikana meets Dexter in this sinfully delicious dark romance about a horror-obsessed film student who's secretly tracking the murders of a serial killer--unaware he's also her brooding professor. There's a serial killer prowling the city, and no one has noticed... Except for me. I see the connections between his kills-- The artistic references, The careful

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••The Gilded BladeUnknowna story by Jennifer Lynn Barnes•••ALL GAMES MUST COME TO AN END.In the stunning finale to the global phenomenon of the Inheritance Games Saga (over 6 million copies sold!), discover danger, riches, romance--and the staggering answers to long-brewing mysteries. All games must come to an end. In this series-shattering conclusion, everyone is a player, long-held secrets are unveiled,

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Fruit Fly: A NovelFictiona story by Josh Silver•••A BBC must-read book of 2026 – “Sharp, dark and humorous, it’s a real nailbiter.” Go gay. Go sad. Go dark. A washed-up author will stop at nothing to claw her way back to relevancy—even if it means appropriating a young gay man’s tragic story. Mallory Maddox is buried under seven years of writer’s block. With her status as a literary sensation

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••You Had Me at Bigfoot (Daphne Drew, #1)a story by Nancy Campbell Allen•••Rookie journalist Daphne and war photographer Clark investigate a missing maid and rumors of Bigfoot sightings—uncovering danger, buried lies, and unexpected romance deep in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.Rookie investigative journalist Daphne Drew is finally on assignment—though it’s not exactly the hard-hitting story she

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Burnsidea story by Devyn Defoe•••A Lynchian, absurdist debut novel for fans of Alexandra Tanner and Emma Cline about two disaffected young women and the local homeless man they become obsessed with.The Bowl is a strange place: surrounded by abandoned almond orchards filled with feral children and neighboring towns that keep burning down, the polluted, riverside city has a decades-old web of serial killers

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Barbie: DreamscapeUnknowna story by Alex Aster•••Step out of the box and into the unexpected in this high-stakes, fantasy-infused Barbie young adult novel, from the premier voice in teen fiction. Out of the box. Into the unexpected. Barbie’s life is perfect. She lives in a pink-hued paradise called Heartland where everything is in order and everyone has a role to play, thanks to the mysterious and

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Her SilenceUnknowna story by S.T. Ashman•••She survived the night. The truth didn't. Nicole gets the call at 4 a.m. Her daughter Lacey was found in the woods beside her friend's dead husband. He was stabbed forty-four times. Lacey is barely alive. Covered in his blood. And completely mute. She hasn't said a word since. Not to the police. Not to her husband. Not even to Nicole. Nicole had Lacey at

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Something About SeptemberUnknowna story by Julia McKay•••Cozy up with your pumpkin spiced latte and a slice of apple pie, because it's time to fall in love in Bramley Hollow... A fall-inspired second-chance romance about a woman who returns home after inheriting her grandmother’s diner, only to discover the contractor she must hire was her high school crush. Sweater weather is better together. Rebecca

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Death on the Books (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #10)a story by Victoria Gilbert•••A sleuthing library director is on the case when a patron drops dead in the tenth installment of Victoria Gilbert’s critically acclaimed Blue Ridge Library mysteries.When a stranger falls over dead in the Taylorsford Public Library, clutching a crumpled piece of paper inscribed only with the words hen and sapphire, Library

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••What Lies Beneath the FlowersUnknowna story by Natasha Diaz•••Two best friends set out to find a missing socialite in the hopes of claiming a hefty reward. But what happens when their investigation forces them to question both their morals and their friendship, in this twisty modern retelling of the classic novel Great Expectations? It-girl Estella Aubergine is everything Pippa and Bidi are wealthy,

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••The Carousel of Forgotten Placesa story by S. Hati•••A romantic, time travelling fantasy filled with humour and a charming cast of found family, the perfect read for those craving a whimsical, cosy romantasy in the vein of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.For nearly 500 years, Ryka has lived by a few golden rules.1. Unravel the time knots.2. Don’t interfere with the timelines3. Avoid at all costs

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••A Man Called OveFictiona story by Fredrik Backman•••Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

What would you do if your child’s daycare suddenly announced it was becoming anAmazon fulfillment center? Jackie gets a shocking call about her daughter’s daycare reopening after renovations—and the “new program” includes sorting packages, labeling boxes, and even forklifts. At first, she tries to make sense of the bizarre new arrangement. But when she realizes what the daycare supposedly expects the kids to do, her reaction goes from confused tofurious. Listen to this

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••The Wedding WeekUnknowna story by Aisha Saeed•••Long-buried secrets resurface when a woman returns home for her sister’s lavish resort wedding in the Everglades, where gossiping aunties and Burmese pythons aren’t the only threats, in this suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Matchmaker. It's been three years since Hena Mirza saw her family. Three years since her fiancé

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••MazywoodUnknowna story by Tananarive Due•••All the Sinners Bleed meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this literary thriller following the grandson of a famous Black actress from the 1940s and 1950s, now a filmmaker himself, who returns to his grandmother’s cabin retreat in the California mountains only to encounter the legacy of her rage. With flashbacks to Johnny’s grandmother, this novel explores

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Under StoryUnknowna story by Chloe Benjamin•••The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story—and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we love, cementing Chloe Benjamin’s place among our best, and most

A NOTE FROM THE READING VAULT"Sometimes the best book is the one you haven't discovered yet."•••Buyer BewareUnknowna story by Catherine Ryan Howard•••From the internationally bestselling author of 56 Days, a page-turning thriller about two women whose shattered lives come crashing together around a house whose secrets could bury them both. If these walls could talk, they’d scream... When Ellie moves to 1 Delaney Row, she hopes to find a fresh start—a place where no one knows her name, her