Adult & Contemporary Fiction

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...

`Few venture as thou hast in the alarming paths of sin.' This is the final judgement of Satan on Victoria di Loredani, the heroine of Zofloya, or The Moor (1806), a tale of lust, betrayal, and multiple murder set in Venice in the last days of the...

From the bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the Worldcomes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for our peculiar times.We begin with a nameless young...

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...

Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy's clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she...

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...

The final book in the Lakefront Billionaires series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Asher.   LORENZO Five months. Two people "in love." One fake relationship with an expiration date. Sounds simple enough. But Lily Muñoz and I have...

“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...

He's a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She's a nun from a secretive order, on the trail of the raiders who burned her convent and kidnapped her sisters.   When their paths cross at the point of a sword,...

A young boy in danger and an empathetic young woman determined to protect him. This chilling and lingering horror thrives in how grounded and realistic it feels, despite a rather hairy foe. Good luck sleeping after reading this.Nat Cassidy, author of the...

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...