Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with...

Tales from Japan that blend humor, surrealism, and sharp societal critique, by the acclaimed author of Where the Wild Ladies Are.   “Piercing and sometimes surreal... Matsuda shines.”—Publishers Weekly. In The Woman...

A novel about the rich stories of small places, from the Nobel Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Books of Jacob and Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the DeadA woman settles in a remote Polish village...

This multi-layered novel about life in, out of and around the ocean riffs on ideas of playgrounds and paradise; computer games and AI; adventure, exploration, colonization and more.New York Times Bestseller.Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize...

The author of The Burning Girl and The Emperor's Children takes us from WWII to modern times in this multigenerational family saga. A sweeping tale of history and time, this is great for fans of Jennifer Egan's Manhattan Beach...

Perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove, Walde's wildly entertaining, equal parts raw and tender novel examines boyhood and the chaos of social change through seven-year-old Andrev whose mother keeps acquiring new 'father' candidates for him...

Surviving the storm is only the beginning…It is a wild night in the middle of December, and GP Enya is crouched over a teenage boy, performing CPR in the freezing rain. She found him on a mountain road near Dublin, the victim of a hit-and-run.The...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else, and this is a rollicking old-school yarn' The Guardian. ‘Mortimer’s verbal specificity and off-kilter humour will keep...

A fictional account of a complex Biblical figure from an iconic storyteller. Challenging the worldview of this infamous ruler and painting a vivid portrait of his life from childhood to his controversial reign and his friendships with people like Mark...

Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett returns with a story about new beginnings, old grudges and complicated family ties. Mothers and Sons is perfect for fans of Elizabeth Strout and Ann Patchett.A mother and son, estranged for years, must...

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Drop everything and run to grab your copy of Janet Evanovich's latest where the case is deadly and Stephanie Plum is hot on the trail.The latest Stephanie Plum novel from #1 New York Times bestseller and “the most popular mystery...

This highly anticipated follow-up to The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp finds Agnes and her octogenarian friends face-to-face with a killer after winning a trip to a beautiful hotel. Will it be an early checkout for anyone in the gang?The year is...

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this unputdownable mystery follows a group of students in an art master’s program that goes dangerously awry, from the internationally bestselling “new queen of crime” (Electric Literature)...

Not only is the government at stake — Detective Cross' family is too. This is a deadly race against time where everything — and everyone — is on the line.Cross on Amazon Prime debuted at #1 in over 100 countries worldwide. Now...

Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, race to find a terrifying, unidentified killer in this twisting, unpredictable thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.Traci Beller was thirteen when her father disappeared...

In this family, everyone is telling lies.Pete never wanted another child. Before baby Erin was born, they were happy. If Natalie hadn't got pregnant, he would never have done what he did.Natalie knows things have been difficult since the surprise arrival...

After the events of The Kingdom, Carl and Roy are content living their small-town lives — but old habits die hard. Tense and chilling, Blood Ties is impossible to put down.From the modern master of Nordic suspense comes an explosive...

Unassuming neighbors may not be what they seem in this twisty, spine-tingling thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Wrong Sister and The Woman Who Lied.   Do you trust the couple living next door? When Lena...

From international bestselling master of suspense Nicci French comes a chilling new psychological thriller about a woman determined to get justice for a murder no one else believes happened.   Nancy North is ready to put her life back together...