New out May 26, 2026
The Divorce
- NYT bestseller · 8 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“The Divorce” is a tense, twist-driven thriller in which a discarded wife becomes fixated on her husband’s young girlfriend. Some readers find Naomi too wrapped up in self-pity in the opening chapters and only warm to the story once the point of view shifts. Others guess a twist or two early, are still caught out by the rest and get through it fast.
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About the book
A brand-new, gripping thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid! What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family... Then--he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something. It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, get back into the workforce, and piece together the shattered remains of her life. Except, why should she? Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession--and then into something far darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realizes her own life may be in danger. But if it keeps her perfect family intact, isn't it worth it? In The Divorce, #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a razor-sharp, subversive thriller where love curdles into vengeance, and survival becomes the most dangerous game of all.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.9 across 84 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 84 | 100% |
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