20 Best Books At Target (2023 Update)

Experience the internet's most talked-about book, now a major motion picture, from anna todd, the writer cosmopolitan called “the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation.” there was the time before tessa met hardin, and then there’s everything after… life will never be the same. #hessa tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. she’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way. but she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into hardin. with his tousled brown hair, cocky british accent, and tattoos, hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to. but he’s also rude—to the point of cruelty, even. for all his attitude, tessa should hate hardin. and she does—until she finds herself alone with him in his room. something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she’s never known before. he'll call her beautiful, then insist he isn’t the one for her and disappear again and again. despite the reckless way he treats her, tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real hardin beneath all his lies. he pushes her away again and again, yet every time she pushes back, he only pulls her in deeper. tessa already has the perfect boyfriend. so why is she trying so hard to overcome her own hurt pride and hardin's prejudice about nice girls like her? unless…could this be love?

Killing is court gentry's business. now, his business is about to get personal in the second gray man novel from #1 new york times bestselling author mark greaney. four years ago, court gentry was betrayed by his handlers in the cia. to survive, he had to eliminate his own brothers in arms. now, as a master assassin known as the gray man, he makes his living killing other people. but when an old comrade he thought dead returns to haunt him, his own life is put in the crosshairs. the man wants court to complete a mission, with one crucial catch to his orders: instead of a difficult assassination, the job will entail a near impossible kidnapping–and court must return his quarry to the very cia team that turned on him. with his unforgiving employers on one side, his blackmailing former friends on the other, and a doomed mission ahead, court gentry would kill to get out of this one alive…

Now an hbo limited series starring ben mendelsohn!​ evil has many faces…maybe even yours in this #1 new york times bestseller from master storyteller stephen king. an eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is discovered in a town park. eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of flint city’s most popular citizens—terry maitland, little league coach, english teacher, husband, and father of two girls. detective ralph anderson, whose son maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. maitland has an alibi, but anderson and the district attorney soon have dna evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. their case seems ironclad. as the investigation expands and horrifying details begin to emerge, king’s story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. terry maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? when the answer comes, it will shock you as only stephen king can.

The instant #1 new york times bestselling mystery and reese witherspoon book club pick that’s captivated more than two million readers about a woman searching for the truth about her husband’s disappearance…at any cost. despite her confusion and fear, hannah hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, bailey. bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. as hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to owen go unanswered, as the fbi arrests owen’s boss, as a us marshal and federal agents arrive at her sausalito home unannounced, hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. and that bailey just may hold the key to figuring out owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared. hannah and bailey set out to discover the truth. but as they start putting together the pieces of owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated. with its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, the last thing he told me is a riveting mystery, certain to shock you with its final, heartbreaking turn.

Chief inspector armand gamache returns to three pines in #1 new york times bestseller louise penny's latest spellbinding novel, the madness of crowds. – you’re a coward. – time and again, as the new year approaches, that charge is leveled against armand gamache. it starts innocently enough. while the residents of the québec village of three pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the chief inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. he’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. a visiting professor of statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. while he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the sûreté du québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. that is until gamache starts looking into professor abigail robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. – they refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. before long, professor robinson’s views start seeping into conversations. spreading and infecting. so that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it’s near impossible to tell them apart. – discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. as sides are declared, a madness takes hold. abigail robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. all will be well. but not, gamache and his team know, for everyone. – when a murder is committed it falls to armand gamache, his second-in-command jean-guy beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion.

A netflix original seriesa collection of the first three books in the new york times bestselling the last kids on earth series. the perfect gift for hours of entertainment and nonstop action and laughs!

Sequel to the #1 new york times bestseller! maas's sexy, groundbreaking crescent city series continues with the second installment.bryce quinlan and hunt athalar are trying to get back to normal—they may have saved crescent city, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. slow down. figure out what the future holds.the asteri have kept their word so far, leaving bryce and hunt alone. but with the rebels chipping away at the asteri’s power, the threat the rulers pose is growing. as bryce, hunt, and their friends get pulled into the rebels’ plans, the choice becomes clear: stay silent while others are oppressed, or fight for what’s right. and they’ve never been very good at staying silent.in this sexy, action-packed sequel to the #1 bestseller house of earth and blood, sarah j. maas weaves a captivating story of a world about to explode—and the people who will do anything to save it.

#1 new york times bestseller – winner of the man booker prizethe “devastatingly moving” (people) first novel from the author of tenth of december: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than abraham lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and inventednamed one of paste’s best novels of the decade – named one of the ten best books of the year by the washington post, usa today, and maureen corrigan, npr – one of time’s ten best novels of the year – a new york times notable book – one of o: the oprah magazine’s best books of the year february 1862. the civil war is less than one year old. the fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. meanwhile, president lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, willie, lies upstairs in the white house, gravely ill. in a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, willie dies and is laid to rest in a georgetown cemetery. “my poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “god has called him home.” newspapers report that a grief-stricken lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy’s body.from that seed of historical truth, george saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. willie lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. within this transitional state—called, in the tibetan tradition, the bardo—a monumental struggle erupts over young willie’s soul.lincoln in the bardo is an astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. formally daring, generous in spirit, deeply concerned with matters of the heart, it is a testament to fiction’s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. a luminous feat of generosity and humanism.”—colson whitehead, the new york times book review “a masterpiece.”—zadie smith

#1 new york times bestseller from the new york times bestselling author of invisible girl and the truth about melody browne comes a “riveting” (popsugar) and “acutely observed family drama” (people) that delves into the lingering aftermath of a young girl’s disappearance.ellie mack was the perfect daughter. she was fifteen, the youngest of three. beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers, and half of a teenaged golden couple. ellie was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. now, her mother laurel mack is trying to put her life back together. it’s been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in ellie’s case was unearthed. so when she meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than laurel at how quickly their flirtation develops into something deeper. before she knows it, she’s meeting floyd’s daughters—and his youngest, poppy, takes laurel’s breath away. because looking at poppy is like looking at ellie. and now, the unanswered questions she’s tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt laurel anew. where did ellie go? did she really run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? who is floyd, really? and why does his daughter remind laurel so viscerally of her own missing girl?

#1 new york times bestseller – over two million copies sold! it is phenomenal.”—elizabeth gilbert, author of city of girls and eat pray lovethis is how you find yourself.there is a voice of longing inside each woman. instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. for many years, glennon doyle denied her own discontent. then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. three words flooded her mind: there she is. at first, glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. but she soon realized they had come to her from within. this was her own voice—the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. this was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. she quit being good so she could be free. she quit pleasing and started living. soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. it is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. it is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. untamed shows us how to be brave.

Soon to be a major netflix original series! geralt the witcher — revered and hated — holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures in the nyt bestselling series that inspired the blockbuster video games. geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. but not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good…and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. – andrzej sapkowski, winner of the world fantasy lifetime achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his witcher series. the last wish short story collection is the perfect introduction to this one of a kind fantasy world. witcher collections – sword of destiny – witcher novels – blood of elves the time of contempt – baptism of fire the tower of swallows – lady of the lake – season of storms – the malady and other stories: an andrzej sapkowski sampler (e-only)translated from original polish by danusia stok

After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when atlas asks her on a date. but her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, ryle is still very much a part of her life—and atlas corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life. revealing more about atlas’s past and following lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like colleen hoover” (anna todd, new york times bestselling author).

#1 new york times bestseller – named one of the best books of the year by booklist in her now classic novel outlander, diana gabaldon told the story of claire randall, an english ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the scottish highlands in 1946, and disappears . . . into 1743. the story unfolded from there in seven bestselling novels, and cnn has called it "a grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across centuries]." now the story continues in written in my own heart's blood. 1778: france declares war on great britain, the british army leaves philadelphia, and george washington's troops leave valley forge in pursuit. at this moment, jamie fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, ian, wants to marry a quaker. meanwhile, jamie's wife, claire, and his sister, jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. the frasers can only be thankful that their daughter brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century scotland. or not. in fact, brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family's secrets. her husband, roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy . . . never suspecting that the object of his quest has not left the present. now, with roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: brianna herself. written in my own heart's blood is the brilliant next chapter in a masterpiece of the imagination unlike any other. praise for written in my own heart's blood " written in my own heart's blood] features all the passion and swashbuckling that fans of this historical fantasy series have come to expect."–people "another breakneck, rip-roaring, oh-so-addictive page-turner from gabaldon . . . take a deep breath, jump aboard, and enjoy the ride."–library journal "with her outlander series, gabaldon . . . successfully juggles] a sizable and captivating cast of characters; developing thrilling plotlines that borrow equally from adventure, history, and romance; and meticulously integrating a wealth of fascinating period details into the story without slowing down the pace. the result is a sprawling and enthralling saga that is guaranteed to keep readers up long past their bedtimes."–booklist (starred review)

A new york times bestseller"at once a scholar's homage to the iliad and startlingly original work of art…. a book i could not put down." –ann patchett, author of the dutch housea thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of achilles and the trojan war from the bestselling author of circea tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, the song of achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines homer's enduring masterwork, the iliad. an action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights–and fans of mary renault, bernard cornwell, steven pressfield, and colleen mccullough's masters of rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient greece in the age of heroes." a captivating retelling of the iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of patroclus: it's a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity." — donna tartt, the times

A true story from raina telgemeier, the #1 new york times bestselling, multiple eisner award-winning author of smile, sisters, drama, and ghosts raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. it soon becomes clear that raina's tummy trouble isn't going away… and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. what's going on? raina telgemeier once again brings us a thoughtful, charming, and funny true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face — and conquer — her fears.

An instant new york times bestseller! stephanie and patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin girls. the babies are a handful, but even as stephanie struggles with the disorientation of sleep deprivation, there's one thing she's sure of: she has all she ever wanted. then erica, a woman from patrick's past, appears and makes a disturbing accusation. patrick had always said his first wife's death was an accident, but now erica claims it was murder. patrick insists he's innocent, that this is nothing but a blackmail attempt. still, erica knows things about patrick–things that make stephanie begin to question her husband. stephanie isn't sure what, or who, to believe. as stephanie's trust in patrick begins to falter, patrick stands to lose everything. is patrick telling the truth–is erica the persuasive liar patrick says she is? or has stephanie made a terrible mistake? how will it end?

An instant new york times bestseller! stephanie and patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin girls. the babies are a handful, but even as stephanie struggles with the disorientation of sleep deprivation, there's one thing she's sure of: she has all she ever wanted. then erica, a woman from patrick's past, appears and makes a disturbing accusation. patrick had always said his first wife's death was an accident, but now erica claims it was murder. patrick insists he's innocent, that this is nothing but a blackmail attempt. still, erica knows things about patrick–things that make stephanie begin to question her husband. stephanie isn't sure what, or who, to believe. as stephanie's trust in patrick begins to falter, patrick stands to lose everything. is patrick telling the truth–is erica the persuasive liar patrick says she is? or has stephanie made a terrible mistake? how will it end?

The new york times bestselling author of get out of your head offers practical solutions for creating true community, the kind that's crucial to our mental and spiritual health. but science confirms that consistent, meaningful connection with others has a powerful impact on our well-being. in find your people, bestselling author jennie allen draws on fascinating insights from science and history, timeless biblical truth, and vulnerable stories from her own life to help you: – overcome the barriers to making new friends and learn to initiate with easy-to-follow steps – find simple ways to press through awkward to get to authentic in conversations – understand how conflict can strengthen relationships rather than destroy them – identify the type of friend you are and the types of friends you need – learn the five practical ingredients you need to have the type of friends you've always longed for you were created to play, engage, adventure, and explore–with others. in find your people, you'll discover exactly how to dive into the deep end and experience the full wonder of community. because while the ache of loneliness is real, it doesn't have to be your reality. biographical note: jennie allen is the founder and visionary of if: gathering as well as the new york times bestselling author of get out of your head, made for this, anything, and nothing to prove. a frequent speaker at national events and conferences, she is a passionate leader, following god's call on her life to catalyze a generation to live what they believe. jennie earned a master's in biblical studies from dallas theological seminary. she and her husband, zac, have four children.

#1 new york times bestseller – the acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the pen/faulkner award and the orange prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. – one sunday afternoon in southern california, bert cousins shows up at franny keating’s christening party uninvited. before evening falls, he has kissed franny’s mother, beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. spanning five decades, commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. spending summers together in virginia, the keating and cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. – when, in her twenties, franny begins an affair with the legendary author leon posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another. – told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. it is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together.

#1 new york times bestseller – the acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the pen/faulkner award and the orange prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. – one sunday afternoon in southern california, bert cousins shows up at franny keating’s christening party uninvited. before evening falls, he has kissed franny’s mother, beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. spanning five decades, commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. spending summers together in virginia, the keating and cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. – when, in her twenties, franny begins an affair with the legendary author leon posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another. – told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. it is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together.