Adult & Contemporary Fiction

One of Us Is Lying meets A Deadly Education in this fantasy thriller that follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.Ren Monroe has spent four years proving she’s...

Their lives are a lie. Their memories may not be real. A new young adult psychological thriller by #1 NYT bestselling author, Kelley Armstrong.Blythe and her friends — Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya — have always been a tight friend...

"Funny, sweet, utterly heart-wrenching." —Entertainment WeeklyThe New York Times bestseller from the critically acclaimed author of MosquitolandVictor Benucci and Madeline Falco have a story to tell.It begins with the death of Vic’s father.It ends with...

(Available after 3-20 days)“Feels revolutionary in its freshness.” —Entertainment Weekly“The Arsonists’ City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan’s hands, one family’s tale becomes the story of a nation—Lebanon and Syria,...

A New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club 2.0 selection, the epic, unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the town desperate to destroy her. This beautiful and devastating debut heralds the arrival of a major new...

The USA Today bestselling author of In Another Time reimagines the pioneering, passionate life of Marie Curie using a parallel structure to create two alternative timelines, one that mirrors her real life, one that explores the consequences for Marie and...

(Available after 3-20 days)From the author of Edgar Award finalist Grit and The Lies They Tell comes a tense, atmospheric novel for fans of E. Lockhart and Marieke Nijkamp, about friendship, truth, and the creeping fears that can’t be outrun.   Whenever...

"A comic horror tour de force." — KIRKUS, Starred Review "Tailor-made for fans of postmodern horror comedy." — BOOKLIST, Starred Review "An endearingly emotional journey." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review "Howard’s writing is so razor-sharp, it might...

Written with a pace as blistering as the South East Asian sun, Alex Garland’s Generation X thriller of backpacker meltdown in Thailand has become a cult classic.  A 20th anniversary edition of this million copy bestseller, with a new introduction by...

A disgraced LA music star faces execution for a crime he didn't commit in the long-lost crime novel of Robert Silverberg, SFF Writers of America Grand Master, available for the first time in over 60 years.HAD L.A.’S HOTTEST BANDLEADERBECOME AN INSTRUMENT...

In 1972, Robert Silverberg, even then an acknowledged leader in the science fiction field, published a book that was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.More than three decades later, Dying Inside has stood the test of time and has been recognized as one...

A hilarious tale of history come to life, from former children's laureate and master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. Living with a ghost can have its difficulties, I discovered, even if he is your friend. Remember Sir Walter Raleigh, who laid his cloak in...

Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children's novel... In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by...

From the Children's Laureate of England, a stunning novel of the First World War, a boy who is on its front lines, and a childhood remembered. Includes After Words bonus features.   As the enemy lurks in the darkness, Thomas struggles to stay awake...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES   In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES   Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. In the first two books alone, the three...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES   Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES   As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home Prufrock Preparatory School, they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will die." This is not...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES   The Baudelaires need a safe place to stay—somewhere far away from terrible villains and local police. A quiet refuge where misfortune never visits. Might Heimlich Hospital be just the place? In Lemony Snicket's eighth...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES   Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun—as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire...