1. "Don’t Let Her Stay" by Nicola Sanders
In this indie book, Joanne and Richard’s adult daughter, Chloe,
reappears, in time for the birth of her sister. Chloe offers to move in to help
her stepmother with the new baby and Joanne starts making mistakes, wondering
if she’s losing her mind. Is this new motherhood or is it Chloe?
2. "By a Thread" by Lucy Score
This romance involves feuding co-workers at a fashion magazine.
Dominic and Ally clash when he gets her fired from a pizza shop, but then his
mother hires her at the family publishing empire. Now the two have even more
tension to work through.
3. “Things We Never Got Over” by Lucy Score
Another Lucy Score novel, this one involves a runaway bride rushing
to the aid of her twin in a rough country town. There’s also a child that needs
looking after and a reluctant bartender all tangled in the mess.
4. "If He Had Been With Me" by Laura Nowlin
Angsty teen romance unfolds in this novel, which has now
become a viral sensation. Once inseparable, Finn and Autumn have grown apart and
now she’s with Jamie. But it doesn’t stop Autumn from thinking about what might
have been.
5. "Twisted Love" by Ana Huang
Alex and Ava have a forbidden kind of love. He has a heart
of ice and is haunted by the past. She is his best friend’s sister with
childhood trauma of her own. Now together, their love releases secrets that
could destroy both of them.
6. "The Idiot" by Elif Batuman
This
is not your usual BookTok romance novel. The Pulitzer Prize finalist follows Selin,
who is starting her freshmen year at Harvard in 1995. Through her email correspondence
with Ivan, a math student from Hungary and her friendship with Serbian Svetlana. Selin begins to open up her world and find out who she is.
7. "Happy Place" by Emily Henry
Henry has recently become a vacation book darling and her
newest is no exception. In it, a former couple pretend they haven’t broken up on their
annual friend group getaway, but that might start sparks flying all over again.
8. "Normal People" by Sally Rooney
This perennial classic was already adapted into a TV series,
but readers still want to explore the book about Connell and Marianne, two
opposites in school who become magnets to one another, despite their stark differences.
9. "Verity" by Colleen Hoover
Hoover’s name seems to come up most on BookTok, on both best
and worst lists. In this blockbuster novel, Lowen is hired by Jeremy to finish a
manuscript by his injured novelist wife. The manuscript turns out
to be a confession-filled autobiography. Should Lowen shelter Jeremy from these
bombshells or show him to further push him into her arms?
10. "Bad Eminence" by James Greer
An action thriller about a translator, this satirical novel
follows Vanessa, a privileged woman chasing down dueling projects. There are also
doppelgangers, sponsored content and an appearance from actress Juno Temple, keeping this book very left of center.