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Books Mom Will Love 2024

Mother’s Day is a time to recognize the woman who raised and nurtured us. To celebrate, we gave you the opportunity to win 11 books for you or the special lady in your life in our 19th annual "Books Mom Will Love" contest. Scroll down to see the five winners!

Spring Preview 2024

The arrival of spring signals the end of our Spring Preview contests. Many thanks to all who entered --- and a big congratulations to our winners! Below are the books that we believe you will be talking about over the next few months.

» Click here to see the winners of this year's Spring Preview contests.

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers that the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. The king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen --- and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain his favor. As Luzia's notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath.

Leigh Bardugo, author of The Familiar

In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position.

Week of March 24, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of March 24th include ONE PERFECT COUPLE by Ruth Ware, a high-tension thriller that follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them; CLOSE TO DEATH, the ingenious fifth literary whodunit in Anthony Horowitz’s Hawthorne and Horowitz series, in which Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case --- a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community where suspects abound; Leigh Bardugo's THE FAMILIAR, a spellbinding fantasy that centers on Luzia, a servant in the household of an impoverished Spanish nobleman who reveals a talent for little miracles; REAL AMERICANS, an exhilarating novel of American identity from Rachel Khong that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?; and A GOOD BAD BOY by Margaret Wappler, an artful and contemplative tribute to late actor Luke Perry, best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay on "Beverly Hills, 90210."