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One woman’s perspective on living in a Christian commune drives this reflective yet playful, richly layered yet laugh-out-loud funny novel. If you’ve always wanted a sneak peak at what it feels like to be a part of a deeply cloistered religious community, this story invites you in.

Named a Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2025

Named a Washington Post Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025

Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, Marie Claire and Vanity Fair

"I loved RUTH."—Lorde

“It would never work out, but I’m in love with Ruth.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post

“A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait … [a] standout.”—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal

“There are inklings of greatness in Kate Riley’s first novel… I suspect it will become an underground class...