Adult & Contemporary Fiction

It’s hard to tell what’s more shocking: The nature of the story when it was written or just how pertinent it is today. Maybe these points are equally so — which means you have a couple great reasons to delve into this unearthed classic...

A thrilling and propulsive novel of an Antarctica expedition gone wrong and its far-reaching consequences for the explorers and their families "leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story" (Hilary Mantel)...

A mesmerizing, “fiery page-turner” (Entertainment Weekly) about a teenage boy on summer vacation who makes an irrevocable mistake and becomes trapped in a spiral of guilt and desire—in the tradition of Alice McDermott’s That Night...

One of Poland's most engrossing twentieth-century epics, by the 1924 winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureIn the village of Lipce, scandal, romance and drama crackle in every hearth. Boryna, a widower and the village's wealthiest farmer, has taken the...

A logosophistic approach to one of the most original novelists of our time.

GRAB THE JOYOUSLY FESTIVE AND HEART-WARMINGLY ROMANTIC NEW NOVEL FROM EMILY BELL, WINNER OF THE 2023 ROMANTIC NOVELISTS PRIZEAfter yet another heartbreak, Natasha is flying home for Christmas to Ballyclare, the beautiful old house in the Wicklow hills...

Two strangers. One double-booked cottage. This Christmas will be one to remember. . .Rose used to love Christmas - until the year everything changed. She hasn't been home to visit her family for the holidays since.Charlie is facing his first Christmas...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.'A touching celebration of the beauty and endurance of female friendship. There is nothing mightier. Fact.' -- DAWN FRENCHThe new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit,...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE*It's the eighteenth-century and Celine is in trouble'A terrific novel' -- FINANCIAL TIMES'A radically beautiful new novel' -- SHEILA HETI, author of Pure ColourParis, 1775: Celine's husband is mostly absent. Her...

A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIME.Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and...

VINTAGE CLASSICS FRENCH SERIES: stunning flapped paperback editions showcasing the bestselling, most acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century. Madame Bovary is one of the greatest, most beguiling novels ever written. Emma Bovary is an avid...

The second world war classic of life under Nazi occupation. Némirovsky was sent to Auschwitz in 1942. In 1941, Irène sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through by evoking the domestic lives and...

*A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK *The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the last day of his life, Sheila Armstrong's debut novel is haunting, lyrical and darkly suspensefulOn an isolated...

From the Man Asian Literary Prize-longlisted author, the story of a middle-aged man in contemporary India discovering that neither his life nor his country are as stable as he thought.Alif is a middle-aged, mild-mannered history teacher, living in...

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD "Deftly traversing time, culture and continent to weave a tale of both home and unbelonging, this is truly a novel not to be missed." - Maxine Beneba Clarke, author of Foreign Soil and The Hate Race "Chandran is an...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes her next novel in the Pelion Lake series. How is it possible that perfect Gage Buchanan is still single after all these years? He can't quite figure it out himself. Perhaps he hasn't...

From the NYT bestselling author of Archer's Voice, Mia Sheridan, comes a small town friends-to-lovers romance. Dirt poor. Hillbilly. Backwoods hick. Mountain folk. Tenleigh Falyn struggles each day to survive in the small, poverty-stricken mining town...

A spicy second-chance standalone romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Archer's Voice. Sometimes, you don't even realize anything is wrong until someone comes along and changes you, and makes you want more. Grace Hamilton is the girl with...

Misadventures is a romantic series of spicy standalone novels, each written or co-written by some of the best names in romance. The stories are scandalous, refreshing, and, of course, incredibly sexy. They’re the perfect bedside read, a...

This extraordinary collection celebrates the dazzling worldbuilding of Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction.Banks created many original drawings detailing the universe of his bestselling Culture...