Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Naomi and Luca have been pen-pals since fifth-grade. Well, more like bitter rivals caught in an epic battle of insults and verbal jousting...But what starts as a hilarious chain of hate filled letters, slowly develops into a friendship spanning coasts...

‘I want you to remember something, Nat. You’re small on the outside. But inside you’re as big as everyone else. You show people that and you won’t go far wrong in life.’ A compelling story perfect for fans of The Doll...

A witty and warm debut novel from a young Irish writer. A story of family, grief, and the ways we come together when all seems lost.'There's been a little incident...'Molly Black has disappeared. She's been a bit flighty since her parents died (sure,...

From the author of former Scottish Book of the Year The Fair Botanists comes another evocative historical novel of female empowerment, as two women are drawn together by an inconvenient collection of erotic art. You wouldn't suspect it, but scandalous...

Could one rare plant hold the key to a thousand riches?It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. In botanical circles, however, a different kind of excitement has gripped the city. In the...

A novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, from the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Union, and the enduring love story at the center.In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land......a...

Two sisters. One secret. A journey to learn who they really are... As the waves crash on to a wild Atlantic beach, Lou is at a crossroads. For the first time ever, just giving up seems like an option. In just one night, at her own 50th birthday, her...

From the prize-winning and beloved author Valerie Martin (Mary Reilly, Property, Italian Fever) comes a surprisingly inventive tale of female subversion and agency in a patriarchal world, with two brilliantly crafted protagonists to root for.It’s...

While an unexpected ten-day hike might not sound like the start of a life-changing romance, you'll be packing your bags as soon as you start reading You Are Here. P.S. Like all of you, we're hooked on the Netflix series One Day, and we know what you're...

The novel that put the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments on the literary map. The Booker Prize winner's first novel is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism...

From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments • By turns satiric, thrilling, and terrifying, Bodily Harm charts the dark currents of the lust for power—both sexual and political—as it builds to a devastating...

The haunting novel of love and survival that inspired Mexico’s official submission for International Feature Film—now shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards® and streaming on Netflix.  “Prayers for the Stolen gives us words...

From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time Magazine) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring novel about whether to have children.In Motherhood, Sheila...

Belly Up is a story collection that contains ghosts, mediums, a lover obsessed with the sound of harps tuning, teenage girls who believe they are actually plants, gulag prisoners who outsmart a terrible warden, and carnivorous churches. Throughout...

From the acclaimed author of The Employees, a radical, funny, and mercilessly honest novel about motherhood.  After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to...

Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.One of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.From the prizewinning young writer of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and Peacescomes a brilliant and inventive...

"I loved it!”—Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures“An essential, profound read.” —The Washington PostThe right guy, the right place, the wrong time.It’s 1995, and Alex Dean...

A compulsively readable queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee.As Recommended By: Amazon * LitHub * Gizmodo * New Scientist * LGBTQ Reads * Reactor Magazine * KOBO Canada * BookRiotIn the wake of...

What becomes of happily-ever-after for a woman who can’t stand sex with the best guy ever?Her body used to work perfectly. For years, she tallied her orgasms, maintained a Top Humps list, and rated men on whether they excited her more mentally or...

What if your soulmate could only ever be the love of your afterlife?The first time Emery's heart stops, she is only five years old... Emery is born with a heart condition that means her heart could quite literally stop at any moment. The people around...