Adult & Contemporary Fiction

An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Bâtarde relates Violette Leduc’s long search for her own identity through a series of...

“Achingly atmospheric and beautifully sharp, A Study in Drowning will draw you in from the first page.” —Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls Bestselling author Ava Reid makes her YA...

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A darkly funny take on mothers and daughters, about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law.“A quirky, gruesome, utterly original...

Darkly eerie, and utterly evocative, Gallant is a gothic tale of a place where shadows meet light and death meets life. When Olivia Prior is summoned to her family’s home after a lifetime spent in an orphanage, she’s determined to understand what drove...

Acclaimed author Garth Greenwell (Cleanness and What Belongs to You) returns to the United States with a haunting story of one man’s emotional reckoning.Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles...

'She was dead even before I became aware of her existence...'A child has been abducted from a sleepy Kent village, her face plastered across the media. As the crime unleashes a wave of hysteria, the claustrophobic world of Rowan Anderson and his...

A shocking crime leads to a cutting exploration of class and power in this taut tale about news, language and life from the author of Assembly.Remember—words are your weapons, they’re your tools, your currency: a twisty, slippery...

A reflection on the different components that make up a typical day in the lives of ordinary people. This is the perfect read for anyone who loves examining their friends and neighbors from an anthropological perspective.ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE...

From the USA Today bestselling author of Still Beating and The Wrong Heart comes a forbidden, slow-burn age gap romance with high angst and plenty of heat.***Before he discovered my age, he uncovered my heart.Bruised, abused...

“A hilariously fresh and spicy rom-com that I couldn’t put down!” -Meghan Quinn, USA Today Bestselling Author.Help Wanted: Grumpy mountain man seeks baby momma. Job is an incubator position only. Surrogate must be impervious...

Welcome aboard the Hankyu Line train!Come along on a heartwarming, funny, and perfectly cozy voyage with the charming and relatable passengers—including one dashing dachshund—whose lives intersect and affect each other on one of Japan’s...

A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers’s best stories, including her beloved novella “The Ballad of the Sad Café.” Glowingly impressive, informed with feeling and...

Vladimir Nabokov's early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion...

As a sickness runs rampant through an unnamed city, one woman questions her unrecognizable world, the price of survival and what she owes to the people around her.Longlisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature • Named a BEST BOOK...

A witch is thrown into Jenny Greenteeth’s lake — and both of their lives are forever changed. Molly O’Neill introduces us to a beguiling bog being with an appetite for justice in this charming tale with teeth, perfect for fans...

A tale of complex family mythologies and storytelling from a dazzling voice in fiction. This is perfect for fans of Anne Enright and Rumaan Alam.ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • DAKOTA JOHNSON’S TEATIME PICTURES SEPTEMBER...

A terrible heatwave. A very tense baby shower. It will all end in tears.Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions - but when Charlotte organises the baby...

We couldn't put this one down, and we have a feeling you won't be able to, either. A story about the benefits and consequences of wealth and the lengths we'll go to run from our personal mythologies — this cast of characters will hold you for...

Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. All that matters is that he...

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE.FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD.WINNER OF THE WHITING AWARD.WINNER OF THE SAROYAN INTERNATIONALPRIZE FOR WRITING.WINNTER OF THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD.WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD.A PUBLISHERS...