Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A hilarious and moving story of one girl’s fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere.Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of...

An intergalactic romance, a quest to save humanity, a mystery, a space odyssey and so much more. At its heart, this is a deeply human and universal exploration of what connects us all.In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New...

The second part of the duology, Where The Library Hides packs even more rip-roaring historical adventure through 19th-century Egypt, complete with sizzling romance, unexpected twists and turns and a great sense of humor.The stunning conclusion to the...

Robert Hunter returns in another visceral thriller from the hugely popular Chris Carter, as a series of sinister poems are found inside the corpses of seemingly unconnected murder victims. A killing like no other. A killer more twisted than he's ever...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER. ‘Thirty-seven years in the force, and if I was allowed to choose just one thing to erase from my mind, what’s inside that room would be it...

Be careful before answering your next call. It could be the beginning of your worst nightmare.After a tough week, Tanya Kaitlin is looking forward to a relaxing night in, but as she steps out of her shower, she hears her phone ring. The video call...

In this pulse-pounding thriller from bestselling writer Chris Carter, criminal behavior psychologist turned LAPD detective Robert Hunter finds himself engaged in a brutal game to the finish with a ruthless opponent. But no matter what moves Hunter...

Superbly rendered portraits of modern indigeneity from the acclaimed author of A Minor Chorus. A grieving mother calls out to her faraway son. A student forgoes the lurid appeal of dating apps in exchange for a painter’s love. The anonymous voices...

If you were as sad as we were to say goodbye to Talasyn and Prince Alaric just as their relationship was starting to blossom at the end of The Hurricane Wars, then welcome back to the Night Empire in A Monsoon Rising. Perfect for fans of R. F. Kuang and...

The sixth book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series. Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to forget her childhood in Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's made a new life as a police detective in Heartsdale - but...

'It was useless to think I'd ever be able to throw open the door behind which I was yet again hiding ... Not now. Not ever.' School is a place of unspoken hierarchies and rivalries for a young teenage boy growing up in the provincial town of Ferrara. But...

Emily and Elizabeth spend their childhood locked in a bedroom and terrorized by a mother who drinks too much and disappears for days. The identical twins are rescued by a family determined to be their saviors.But there’s some horrors love...

Romance, mystery, and magic: a trifecta of addictive storytelling and The Unmaking of June Farrow has it all. The second adult novel of a fixture on the YA scene, this is layered deep with secrets that will keep you hooked from the start.NEW...

An instant USA Today bestseller. Bestselling author Lucinda Berry serves up a haunting thriller about four friends sworn to secrecy over the events of one fateful summer―and the dark truths that threaten to erupt years later. They never...

The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the first appearance of...

When Alex Howard felt the ghostly presence of a cat pass through the walls of his Scottish home, the spark for a story (and fanfare from TikTok) led to The Ghost Cat, an enchanting story told through the eyes of a feline friend.A charming novel for fans...

Featured in Us Weekly's 'Hottest New LGBTQIA+ Romances to Read during Pride Month 2024.' Red, White and Royal Blue meets Formula 1! Kian Walker has always been the golden boy of motorsport. The four-time Championship winner has racing in his DNA –...

Instead of the book he’s meant to write, Rudolph, a Viennese musicologist, produces this dark and grotesquely funny account of small woes writ large, of profound horrors detailed and rehearsed to the point of distraction. We learn of...

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from New York Times-bestselling author Clare Pooley.When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she...

A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body Problem. In a sunlit clearing in central Gondwana, on an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of Earth's first and greatest...