Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Irrepressibly hedonistic, Diaz’s short story about the roguish behaviour of his Dominican-American protagonist is a wonderful, sensuous curio and a textbook example of the form. Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents...

Go deeper with the Ravenhood Legacy in this second installment of the sizzling, darkly seductive, internationally bestselling series spin-off. Here, at last and in his own words, is Tyler’s story…NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.Once upon a time there...

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...

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...

The wait is finally over — we’ve all grappled with the heart wrenching ending to Jill Santopolo’s bestseller, and now we can finally find some closure. Join Lucy on a journey to Rome to uncover secrets of the heart and mend old wounds...

When the past unexpectedly comes back, it's up to three siblings to decide what happens next. This harrowing thriller is unique in premise, sharp in prose and rich in twists, turns and every other form of misdirection. With underlying themes of family...

A slow-burn romance and dragons aplenty — start a brand-new series and get lost in this enchanting world of magic and political intrigue.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THIS NEW PAPERBACK EDITION FEATURES METALLIC AND EMBOSSED COVER...

A gorgeous historical fiction combining the investigative suspense of Louise Penny and the compelling historical backdrop of Outlander. This is the story of a woman ahead of her time and the impact she makes on a world that isn't ready for her...

One woman’s reappearance throws her family into turmoil, exposing dark secrets and the hidden, often devastating truth of family relationships.   Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young...

From the bestselling author of The Party comes a "dark and wild ride of redemption, betrayal, and friendship" (Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push) following a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous...

A beautifully written short novel about the price of isolation and the desire for community and connection that's perfect for fans of one of our fiction monthly picks, Paul's Harding's This Other Eden.“Tender, riveting, and inventive...

Follow heiress and author Allison Stafford on her third national book tour. Cautious and living with a wounded heart, she tries to put her life back together after Sean McGuire deserted her and their baby daughter six years ago. Learning to live...

THEY THOUGHT SHE'D BE EASY. THEY THOUGHT WRONG.It all began with the phone call asking former porn star Angel Dare to do one more movie. Before she knew it, she'd been shot and left for dead in the trunk of a car. But Angel is a survivor. And that means...

An exclusive thriller writer’s retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered.“Twisty and fabulously fun . . . This debut is not to be missed!”—Amy Tintera, New York...

In this icy, knife’s-edge story of a life that progresses backward through time, unfolding into one of the darkest episodes of the 20th century, Amis (“at his intriguing, heedful, and powerful best” —Time Out), finds a...

'One of his masterpieces . . . without doubt a great novel' Guardian One of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a...

Hines’s classic story of a troubled Yorkshire lad and the salvation he finds in raising a kestrel hawk combines a bleakly compelling coming-of-age tale with a blistering slice of social realism. With prose that is every bit as raw, intense and...

James Joyce's Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. This Penguin Classics edition includes notes and an introduction by Terence Brown.Joyce's first...

Nobel Prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude andLove in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez blends the natural with supernatural in Of Love and Other Demons - a novel which explores community, superstition and...