Adult & Contemporary Fiction

**Now a major Netflix film starring Christian Bale and Gillian Anderson**April 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I'll be dead.So begins the chilling last testament of Gus Landor, a retired New York City police constable, whose numerous talents include...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SHOW, FROM THE NETWORK BEHIND THE WALKING DEAD'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (...) made [it] feel so contemporary and relevant' -- Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her...

A series of childhood mistakes set our characters down winding paths propelled by fate and questionable decisions. Can forgiveness ever truly be found? Are we worthy of it? NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate...

A peek into the life of icon Marilyn Monroe who, to this day, captivates audiences and readers alike. A mesmerizing and moving portrait into the imagined reality of her life and thoughts, from celebrated author Joyce Carol Oates. The National Book...

Now a major new Netflix film from Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver and Greta GerwigHow strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves and the people we love. Yet we walk around, talk to people, eat and drink. We manage to...

A heartwarming story of love, loss, serendipity, and texting.Soon to be a major motion picture starring Sam Heughan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.After a heated argument, Clara's fiancé stormed out of their apartment, but before they have a chance to...

Will a forty-year-old woman with everything on the line – her high-stakes career, ticking biological clock, bank account – risk it all for a secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback, for good?Jenna Jones, former It-girl fashion...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A mystery that reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power in New York and "captures the city’s dangerous, magnetic allure" (The New York Times). • Available to stream on Apple TV+ on May 12“As close to a...

(Available after July 30th, 2023)SOON TO BE A HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER STARRING JASON STATHAM. For the first time, the captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood - and it wants more... They thought it was over. But it's only just beginning. Four...

MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror is the book that launched New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's franchise and inspired an international blockbuster starring Jason Statham.Seven years ago and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr...

Now a major motion picture from Sony Classics starring Glenn Close.One of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer’s most beloved books—an “acerbically funny” (Entertainment Weekly) and “intelligent...portrait of deception” (The New York Times).The Wife is the...

(Available after 3-20 days)Soon to be a Netflix original series! “Matthew Quirk moves into David Baldacci and John Grisham territory with The Night Agent, a paranoid, pulse-pounding thriller that could not be more prescient. If you’re wondering where the...

(Available after August 30th, 2023)In the hilarious follow-up to the breakout rom-com Dating Dr. Dil, Nisha Sharma adds shakkar and mirch to Shakespeare’s iconic comedy Much Ado About Nothing for one sweet and spicy love story.   Bobbi Kaur is determined...

(Available after August 30th, 2023) And now we take you back to the thrilling days of yesteryear with this debut, It Happened One Fight, a Golden Age of Hollywood Rom Com! Yes, maybe those movie characters never did much on-screen sizzling back in the...

(Available after 3-20 days) “Writing with both sharp wit and terrific emotional warmth, Phillips delivers another of her supremely satisfying contemporary romances.” —Chicago Tribune Perennial New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is...

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter Mosley, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up. (National...

(Available after April 30th, 2023)“The thing I love about Connie Briscoe now is the same thing I’ve always loved about Connie Briscoe—she writes highly commercial, pacey, character-driven stories. She was made for domestic suspense.” —Karin...

“Darkly delicious . . . Nice Girls is about the girlhood we never really leave behind, and what happens when we dare to confront our past demons. A pulsating mystery with a narrator you won't soon forget.” — Laura Dave, #1 New York Times Bestselling...

In Olivia Matthews's Against the Currant, the first Spice Isle Bakery Mystery, investigating a murder was never supposed to be on the menu…Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York: Lyndsay Murray is opening Spice Isle Bakery with her family, and it’s...