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July 2024
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May 2024

The Garden
The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically thrilling tale of women yearning to become mothers and the ways the female body has always been policed and manipulated, from the award-winning author of The Illness Lesson (“A masterpiece” – Elizabeth Gilbert)
April 2024

Diavola
Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothic. Beautifully unhinged and deeply satisfying, Diavola is a sharp twist on the classic haunted house story, exploring loneliness, belonging, and the seemingly inescapable bonds of family mythology.

James
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure is the basis for Cord Jefferson’s critically acclaimed film American Fiction.

How to Solve Your Own Murder
For fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club, an enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate…. Now it’s up to her great-niece to catch the killer.
March 2024

Wandering Stars
The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous.

The Warm Hands of Ghosts
During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
February 2024

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making… (OR) In this enchanting love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem.

The Clinic
From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast, in which the death of a woman inside prompts her sister to enter the clinic as a patient in order to find the truth. Perfect for fans of Stacy Willingham and Tarryn Fisher!
January 2024

Chain-Gang All-Stars (2023 Members' Choice Winner)
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black.
December 2023

The Fiction Writer
From the USA Today-bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools, Jillian Cantor's The Fiction Writer follows a writer hired by a handsome billionaire to write about his family history with Daphne du Maurier and finds herself drawn into a tangled web of obsession, marital secrets, and stolen manuscripts.

What Waits in the Woods
Her ballet career derailed by injury, a once-promising young dancer returns to her hometown only to face a grisly discovery – and the increasingly alarming realization that nothing from her past is quite what she believed – in this electrifyingly twisty suburban thriller for fans of Stacy Willingham, Greer Hendricks, and Megan Miranda.

Yours for the Taking
The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world.
November 2023

The Reformatory
A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.

Midnight is the Darkest Hour
From the critically acclaimed author of In My Dreams I Hold A Knife and The Last Housewife comes a gothic Southern thriller about a killer haunting a small Louisiana town, where two outcasts—the preacher's daughter and the boy from the wrong side of the tracks—hold the key to uncovering the truth.
October 2023

Rouge
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother’s fate—and find a connection that is more than skin deep?
September 2023

Learned by Heart
Based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, Learned by Heart is a heartbreakingly gorgeous novel from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder.

Bridge
A grieving daughter’s search for her mother becomes a journey across alternate realities in this dazzling new thriller from the author of The Shining Girls that is "sheer thrilling madness with a big, beating heart that reminds us we're all connected" (Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author).

The Long Game
A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children’s team in this smalltown love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and It Happened One Summer —from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception.
August 2023

Mister Magic
Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and discover the secret of its enigmatic host—in this “skin-crawling story of pop culture fandom and ‘90s nostalgia” (Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Woods) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide.
Aardvark Exclusive
Horror anthology by Aardvark authors.
No, you can't get it anywhere else.

One Bad Night & Other Stories
Aardvark Book Club launched in October 2022, and we’re celebrating our three-year anniversary with this original horror anthology featuring past 8 Aardvark authors.
Authors
Kay Chronister, Del Sandeen, Kylie Lee Baker, Rachel Harrison, CJ Leede, Jennifer Thorne, S.A. Barnes, Stephen Graham Jones
"An absolutely phenomenal anthology of short stories from some of the best voices in horror right now!" - Trisha
"Not a bad story in the bunch. “One Bad Night” wrecked me." - Brittany
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Members’ Choice Winners
Every year Aardvarkians vote on their favourite reads and we celebrate with a special reprinting. These titles have won our hearts and minds over the last few years.
Books FAQ
When are new books dropped?
We drop 5-7 new books on the first of the month at 8am ET. Yes, even January 1st! We drop the 1st rain or shine, holiday or not!
Do I get to pick my books?
Yes! Every month members can select 1 book using their credit and purchase up to 2 extra books at a discount. The first book must be from the newest month’s picks but the extra books can be from any month.
What types of books do you carry?
We carry a range of genres from horror to literary fiction to romance to thriller and more! We love spotlighting debut voices and introducing our members to under-the-radar picks. We have a full-time editorial team dedicated to curating our selections.
Do you offer e-books or audiobooks?
We exclusively offer hardcover Aardvark editions with a matte dust jacket and buttery soft hardcover underneath. Check under the dust jacket and you’ll notice a foiled hardcover spine. Hardcover > ebooks any day. Our books won’t die on a trans-Atlantic flight!
Can I order a box without a book from the current month?
No, every order must include at least one book from the current month’s selections. Your add-ons (up to 2) can be from any month.
How do I remove a book from my box in-app?
You can remove a book from your box by following these steps:
1. Click the book that is on your box and view its page with the synopsis
2. Click the "View in box" button in the bottom
3. Click the top right corner of a book that you'd like to remove
Will out-of-stock books come back?
Very rarely, our team is focused on carrying upcoming picks for our members!
Do I get to keep my books?
Yes, they’re yours to read, donate, share, annotate or hoard! Loan them to friends at your own risk!





















































