Adult & Contemporary Fiction

For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock HolmesA Penguin ClassicFor The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual...

New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy brings her signature angst, drama, and humor to a new standalone romance. My Oxford Year meets We Met In December, Girl Abroad finds the daughter of a retired rock star studying abroad in London and...

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School,...

The enthralling tale of a powerful Greek goddess maligned in both myth and ancient history, as told by Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Saint.'A brilliant read' -- Women & Home  'A spirited retelling' -- Times 'Beautiful and absorbing' ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating portrait of life as a Chinese American woman in the 1930s and ’40s.”—The New York Times Book Review “Superb . . . This emotional, informative and brilliant...

What will the end of the world look like? Will it be an old man slowly turned to gold, flowers raining from the sky, or a hole cut through the wire fencing that keeps the monsters out?Is it someone you love wearing your face, or a good old fashioned...

New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar. Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered...

A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into a sweeping meditation on love, ancestry, and the power of storytelling.There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the...

A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It's not the start of a joke, but rather an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. T. Kingfisher's new novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals (and a scholar),...

From the bestselling author of The Best of Friends comes a fast-paced thriller about how one woman’s murder unravels the tangled web of lies and deceit connecting a group of Hollywood elite. When Kiersten McCann, president of the West Hollywood...

After a year in captivity, a kidnapped child escapes—only to reveal horrific truths that lead her psychologist on a race against time in this thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mike Omer. When eight-year-old Kathy Stone turns up on the...

The most influential book of Taiwan’s #MeToo movement—a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolitanarrative upside down as it explores women’s vulnerability,...

Fall in love with this set of three unforgettable romantic comedies, set in the small town of Knockemout.*New York Times bestsellers* *Sunday Times bestsellers* *TikTok sensations* This collection includes all three of Lucy Score's bestselling Knockemout...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller,an attention-seeking copycat from the Women’s Murder Club’s past is recreating murders by a famous killer—with devastating new twists.   Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan...

An effervescent exploration of the romantic comedy and all of its tropes, Curtis Sittenfeld delivers a sophisticated confection of a novel with many enjoyable layers.NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A comedy writer...

Set aboard a dreamy floating library, this is a timelessly relevant story starring tenacious female characters. And amidst the idyllic and wildly entertaining premise is a deeper exploration of where knowledge comes from, what role books play and what...

Little Monsters is a lush, arresting modern retelling of the biblical story of Cain and Abel. This atmospheric story of sibling love and sibling rivalry, set in the wilder edges of Cape Cod, is the perfect book to devour beachside.From the author of...

A hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a Caribbean bachelorette party that takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco.   The party of a lifetime is...

Let’s be honest, the Hawthorne brothers are our favorite characters in the Inheritance Games series, so imagine our collective excitement when we learned Jennifer Lynn Barnes was gracing us with a novel following Greyson and Jameson. This thrilling...

The novel that made the literary icon’s name, Fiesta reeks of the macho, bohemian Spain of the interwar years and contains some of the best writing about bullfighting in twentieth century literature. Crisp, intense and unmistakably...