Adult & Contemporary Fiction

They were always in mourning at Carne; the small boys because they must stay and the big boys because they must leave, the masters because respectability was underpaid; and now, as the Lent Half (as the Easter term was called) drew to its end, the cloud...

“A masterwork…mesmerizing…We come away troubled, unsettled — and in some subtle way changed.”–The New York Times."The perfect steamy read for those hot summer nights." –People.A thrilling new novel from...

This is a hilarious meditation on the power of art and language to unite people. Full of heart, humor and history, Ferdia Lennon reminds us that there’s nothing a show-stopping performance can’t fix.An utterly original celebration of that...

"The List of Suspicious Things somehow manages to be heartwarming yet heartbreaking, a story of innocence lost that will make you feel innocent again, and beautifully nostalgic while being an unflinching portrait of the past. I loved it...

Kotaro Isaka might not be a familiar name to you. Yet, what could be more fun than trained assassins looking for each other while looking for a much coveted briefcase? On a train! That’s what could be more fun! Like a locked room mystery, the...

Kamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows is a story for our time by "a writer of immense ambition and strength. . . . This is an absorbing novel that commands in the reader a powerful emotional and intellectual response" -Salman Rushdie.   Winner of...

From Tove Ditlevsen, the acclaimed author of the Copenhagen Trilogy, comes The Faces, a searing, haunting novel of a woman on the edge, portrayed with all the vividness of lived experience.   Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children’s book...

The first novella in Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend, detailing the writer’s early life as refracted through the prism of the untimely loss of his brother.“The earliest and most heartfelt chapter of Kerouac’s fictionalized autobiography...

'She understands Karma, she says: "What I do, I reap."' Her name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine addict, lives without cares in her shabby room with a menagerie of pets and an altar to the Virgin Mary. Based on Jack Kerouac's...

The heat burns and the scandal thickens between this single dad and the daughter of his worst enemy."I always enjoyed the broken in the fairy tales better. The apple always looked shinier because I knew it could destroy me."   Hard, cold, and...

Dirtier than your favorite martini, this reformed bad boy can’t help falling back into his old ways... and Jesse is tougher than she looks. Find out what happens when she refuses to be another one of his play-things."Snow White waited for the...

Prepare to be overwhelmed with this story where the love is forbidden and the secrets run wild."...I live for you. I breathe for you. I will die for you. It. Has. Always. Been. You."   No one has ever made Rosie LeBlanc feel more alive than the man...

Nothing says summer like an Elin Hilderbrand Nantucket novel. Old friends, new strangers and a possible murder are the beginning of the end… of Hilderbrand's bestselling series.The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author brings her...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the million-copy-bestselling Reese’s Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish! “Delicious and shocking.”—Jeneva Rose.“A brilliant page-turner...

Other people's families are always more interesting that our own and we really didn't want to leave Lily and Nick (and the rest of the cast) behind… Grab a friend, this is a family you'll want to talk about.From the award-winning author...

How to catch a killer: put off early retirement. A cat-and-mouse race against time from the witty, sharp and sly voice of Richard Osman.A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve...Steve Wheeler is enjoying...

A coming-of-age story unlike any other in the details, but the real fun lies in the storytelling. This is a wonder of a book, full of laughter and love and insight.INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA’S APRIL BOOK...

With a foreword by Krystal Marquis, author of The Davenports and The Davenports: More Than This. When Fanny Price is taken in by wealthy relatives, she finds herself abused, overlooked and thoroughly unloved. Her only solace is her...

With a foreword by Lauren Asher, author of The Fine Print and Love Redesigned.Craving adventure, seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland leaps at the opportunity to step into the dizzying world of British high society in the resort town of Bath.Adventure...

With a foreword by Alexis Hall, author of Boyfriend Material and A Lady for a Duke Anne and Captain Wentworth fell in love eight years ago. Although Anne broke off their engagement as her father wished, their flame flickers on, however dim...