Adult & Contemporary Fiction

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...

The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, feminist fantasy in this stunning tale of two great warriors, a war-torn land, and an ancient magic that is slowly awakening.Britain, 60AD. Hoping...

A deft, witty homage to classic country house crime ideal for readers of Janice Hallett and Richard Osman, Sweet's irresistible whydunit centres on an extremely toxic love triangle in danger of turning deadly. Edward is living in a world he can't...

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writersMarianne Clifford, 15, only child of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife, Lal, falls helplessly and absolutely for Simon Hurst, 18, whose cleverness...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam.  In 1969, sisters...

Venturing into the forest with nothing but a suitcase and the company of her only true friend-the imaginary Shadow Boy-Ruby discovers a group of siblings who live alone in the woods. The children take her in, and while they offer the closest Ruby's ever...

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice * ALA Notable Children's Book “Pratchett’s unique blend of comedy and articulate insight is at its vibrant best. Full of rich humor, wisdom, and eventfulness.” —Horn...