Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Rainbow Rowell's new novel is a will-they-won't-they for the ages — from high school to weddings and funerals, we love dancing our way through these pages. A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From #1 New...

From the bestselling author of Born Survivors, a novel inspired by the powerful true story of a man who risked everything to protect children in Auschwitz. Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts . . . Amid the brutality of the...

Acclaimed author Garth Greenwell (Cleanness and What Belongs to You) returns to the United States with a haunting story of one man’s emotional reckoning.Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Long-listed for the National Book...

Longlisted for The Center For Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize• Named a Best Book of 2024 by Elle, Vogue, and Debutiful.“This new novel is a real heart-squeezer. Beautiful, one of a kind and perfectly titled...

A stunning debut novel from the acclaimed young Irish poet Seán Hewitt, reminiscent of Garth Greenwell and Justin Torres in the intensity of its evocation of sexual awakening.Set in a remote village in the north of England, Open,...

A struggling vineyard owner gets a second taste of her first crush in this romantic comedy that sparkles with humor and heat. Zoe Brennan may be the loneliest lesbian in Blue Ridge, but at least she has her family vineyard to keep her busy.When a...

The author of The Wedding Date and By the Book is back with a red-hot romance that takes two women out of their comfort zones and into each other’s hearts. This is perfect for fans of Kennedy Ryan and Honey Girl by...

Jane Austen meets Bridgerton in this sapphic romance between Charlotte Lucas and Mary Bennet that begins four years after the end of Pride and Prejudice.When Mr. Collins dies after just four years of marriage, Charlotte is lost. While not...

Meryl Wilsner's spicy romance, their first with a nonbinary lead, where two lifelong best friends go on a nonrefundable honeymoon together and discover sometimes to find a happily ever after, you just have to ask.   Elsie Hoffman has been engaged to...

Murdlers, sharpen your pencils and get ready to sleuth — there are even more puzzling problems to solve.Inspired by the global phenomenon of the Murdle puzzle books comes the first novel in a new thrilling mystery series, for fans of Mr...

The fourth installment of a timeless series from an award-winning author. Banville takes us back to Ireland in this page-turning thriller set on rocky shores.From the renowned Booker Prize winner and nationally bestselling author of Snow comes...

A #1 Sunday Times Bestseller! The Shadowhunter Chronicles meets Chinese diaspora folklore in Darker by Four, the first in an epic contemporary fantasy duology from Jade Fire Gold author June Tan. A vengeful girl. A hollow...

Suddenly single and unemployed, Shell Pine thinks working at the mall flower shop will cheer her up… little does she know that shes about to enter a dangerous love triangle. This darkly funny LGBTQIA retelling of Little Shop of Horrors will make...

This is a gorgeous travel story, an ode to the world and its changes and a search for home, full of curiosity, compassion and characters that come to life. Fans of Matt Haig's Midnight Library and V. E. Schwab's The Invisible Life of...

The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, feminist fantasy in this stunning tale of two great warriors, a war-torn land, and an ancient magic that is slowly awakening.Britain, 60AD...

Sisterhood is the stuff of fairytales, and Julia Phillips has written a wild story about the collision between people's dreams and animals' realities.NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the celebrated author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of...

Engaging in the perpetually relevant theme of pressing on after loss, After Annie does not shy away from intense subject matter like opioid addiction and sexual abuse. All the while, the urgent and relevant depictions of real life will resonate...

The ultimate Elizabeth Strout story: Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge teaching us about ourselves, one page at a time.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout...

WINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE.A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice."Theory & Practice is a thrillingly original hybrid work that seeks truthful answers to the most difficult questions of the day—questions about the nature of...

I Found Myself: Last Dreams confirms again the richness and variety of Mahfouz's storytelling—"the single most important writer in modern Arabic literature" (Newsweek).   I found myself in our old house in El Abbassiya, visiting my mother...