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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret

"One of the best books I've read in my entire life. It's epic. It's transportive . . . It was unputdownable!"-Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning--and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.

A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.

Both a gritty paranormal thriller and a poignant coming-of-age story set in the Navajo Nation, Ramona Emerson’s Shutter follows Rita Todacheene, a forensic photographer tormented by the crime victims she documents. An explosive debut from one of crime fiction's most powerful new voices, this blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation.

Indigo Isle is a Southern retelling of Beauty and the Beast that’s a perfect summer book club read. When Sonny discovers a secluded island, she comes across “the Monster of Indigo Isle.” Discover if two people haunted by their pasts can find a second chance in each other in this romance.

Don't trust anyone at Blackwood Abbey…  

A young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets.

Far in the future, earth has split apart into thousands of islands dangling between the stars. Privateers search for relics, artifacts, and manuscripts that were lost when the earth split, ships sail the stars like they once sailed oceans, and banished Olde Beings lurk in the Mysts between the islands.

A family wedding. A summer of secrets. A chance to start over again. 

In a heart-wrenching tale that spans decades, Dolça—the muse behind Don Quixote—embarks on a harrowing journey across Golden Age Spain to reveal a lifelong secret to her paramour on his deathbed. A feminist Shakespeare in Love reimagining of Cervantes, Dulcinea is a must-read for fans of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks and The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd.

It’s been 40 years since Melissa Harmon was kidnapped with her mother being the chief suspect. Now a successful podcaster, Melissa must confront the demons of her past to save her missing stepdaughter.

In this gorgeously written, deeply haunting ghost story, debut author Trang Thanh Tran explores complex family dynamics and exhilarating romance as a teen girl tries to save her family and herself from a deadly haunted house.

As Beyond Bias make clear, workplace gender inequality is a systemic problem caused largely by the (unintended) discriminatory operation of personnel systems, policies, and practices. Beyond Bias presents the four-prong PATH program for directly attacking this structural discrimination—and with it, individuals’ discriminatory conduct