Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Filled with striking, river-like sentences and plenty of humour, the opening volume of Proust’s modernist masterpiece covers the Narrator’s childhood in Combray – including perhaps the most famous cake-eating scene in the history of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE. An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single...

The science fiction series steeped in Chinese history is back with book two! After the thrills of Iron Widow, Zetian is in power, but keeping it will be its own challenge. Get ready for more mecha action delights!Zetian must balance dangerous politics...

If you loved The Inheritance Games, then get ready for The Grandest Game, with many of your favorite characters coming back alongside some soon-to-be favorites. This new series set in the same universe will snare you the same way the first series did...

A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come,...

The rich detail and exquisite draftsmanship of Jim Kay’s pictures have made the illustrated versions of the Harry Potter novels as essential as the original editions. For the fourth installment of J.K. Rowling’s fantasy masterwork Kay has...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is finally getting the full-color treatment with the release of this highly anticipated fifth volume in the series. Coupled with stunningly detailed illustrations from award-winning artist Jim Kay with Neil...

The TikTok-favorite and USA Today bestselling Eden Series ends with an emotional, unrequited love story.Vera Gallagher is chasing constant. For four years, her life was anything but normal. And the years before that she refuses to even remember. Dwelling...

This “intricately plotted, epic” (The Times, London) international bestseller—in the vein of the vivid novels of Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry—follows an orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England as she searches for...

A superspy thriller that’ll evoke lofty comparisons to the likes of James Bond and Jason Bourne, this book spawned the movie for a reason, now it’s time we all get swept up in the action.The globe-trotting spy thriller that inspired the...

The Sun The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead… ’I haven’t killed anyone for three years and I thought that when it happened again I’d feel bad. Like an alcoholic taking a sip of whisky. But no...

"Chilling...this terrific novel is...propelled by an iron-tight plot that becomes increasingly tense." —New York Times Book Review   "It’s a nerve-shredding, emotionally harrowing ride. Don’t miss it.” —Megan...

The enchanting new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling THE WILD ROBOT series from award-winning author-illustrator Peter Brown, packed full of glorious illustrations.Roz the robot has made an unlikely home for herself on an idyllic...

Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American...

“An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King’s greatest literary achievement” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series.A #1 national...

People come as well as go.Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be forever.Two years ago, it ended.Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He...

Now a major motion picture starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Gabe Polsky.In his National Book Award–winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher’s Crossing, his fiercely intelligent,...

Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive.The much-anticipated final installment in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling phenomenon, The Atlas Six.An explosive return to the library leaves...

This brilliant, razor-sharp novel flips the script on cultural myths of the mastermind male serial killer.Bright Young Women seeks justice for the women whose stories were set aside and sheds new light on a story we thought we knew through the lens...

Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected? From the author of such beloved books as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Witches comes a...