If We Were a MovieBooksmart meets Phantom of the Megaplex in Zakiya N. Jamal's debut enthralling enemies to lovers queer romance, set against the backdrop of a historic Black owned movie theater, the quirky employees who work there, and the suburbs of Long Island. Perfect for fans of Leah Johnson and Today Tonight Tomorrow. A sapphic love story as sweet and funny as it is nostalgic and cinematic. Leah Johnson, bestselling author of You Should See Me in a Crown Lights.

As the police close in on Jack

single mum Nadia’s life changes in ways she never expected: her Glasgow flat feels suddenly huge

her husband of forty-six years

a giant cake

but her future is a blank

Smith brings back former Chicago detective turned private eye Ashe Cayne in this eagerly anticipated mystery in which the investigator finds himself in a race against the clock to protect a high-profile Chicago news anchor and solve the racially charged murder of a Black teen by a white police officer

Sasha emerges from the exam as Password

gigantic foosball table—by dumping them onto the curb…until complaints from the neighbors get the police involved

are drawn from Chekhov’s most fruitful years as a short story writer

sports action

“Barbara Graham is a literary alchemist

who seasons his text with witty parentheses