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#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later. Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Bestseller A Good Morning America Book Club Pick An Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads Pick Acclaimed author Kiley Reid’s fresh and provocative story about desire, consumption, and bad behavior. It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas, and Millie Cousins—a super-senior resident assistant at Belgrade Dormitory—just wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a writer and visiting professor itching for her next big topic, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity for them to help each other further their own interests, Millie naturally jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle quickly becomes jeopardized by a lonely transfer student, unruly residents, and illicit intrigue. Both Millie and Agatha are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want. Sharp and intimate, Come and Get It , the new thought-provoking, singular novel by the bestselling and critically acclaimed author Kiley Reid, explores the choices we make, particularly for the things that can and cannot be paid for.

A dark bargain. An unforgettable curse. A life lived in the shadows.

France, 1714: Desperate to escape a predetermined life, a young woman named Addie LaRue makes a fateful deal with a mysterious god. She'll live forever, but at a terrible price: everyone she meets will forget her.

Thus begins an extraordinary journey spanning centuries and continents, where Addie leaves her mark on the world in ways no one will ever remember. She learns to survive, to adapt, and to find fleeting moments of joy in a world that can never truly know her. Her only constant companion is the dark and alluring god who cursed her, who visits each year to tempt her with an end to her immortal solitude.

But after nearly 300 years, everything changes. In a small, hidden bookstore, Addie meets a young man who remembers her name. Now, Addie must confront her past, her curse, and the possibility that she might finally be seen for who she truly is. But is it worth the risk?

From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us, comes a captivating novella about the elusive nature of happily ever after.

One fateful hour in the dark. That's all it took for eighteen-year-old Daniel and a mysterious girl to fall in love, bound by a promise of make-believe. But as quickly as their fairytale began, it vanished when she rushed off into the night, leaving Daniel to believe that such perfect moments only exist in dreams.

A year later, jaded by a failed relationship, Daniel meets Six—a girl as unconventional as her name. She challenges everything he thought he knew about love at first sight. Yet, finding his Cinderella might not guarantee a happy ending. An unbearable secret looms, threatening to shatter their fragile connection and jeopardize their only chance at saving each other.