Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A touching tale of connection, healing and the magic of handwritten words from the author of Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop Hidden away in Tokyo's Ginza district lies Shihodo, a hidden gem known only to insiders, with an abundant...

“Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of All Adults Here.   In these fourteen tales, Laurie Colwin explores love and...

Dark academia fans: dive into the intricate magic system of this complex fantasy that is not for the faint of heart.The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic...

Love. Loyalty. Sacrifice. Grey Flynn has dedicated her life to her mage, Kier. She will be his blade on the battlefield, his healer and protector. The deep well of raw power inside her is Kier’s to wield. They are bound together by blood and...

A lively and poignant exploration of life’s latter decades. In The Rest of Our Lives, memoirist Judy Goldman brings her devoted readers dispatches from the edge of life, when turning eighty can be as surprising and baffling as losing your...

Beloved by booksellers, readers and writers including Elizabeth Strout, Zadie Smith, and Jhumpa Lahiri, the first installment in the Neapolitan Novels series is deeply satisfying story of friendship, childhood and coming-of-age.#1 BEST BOOK OF THE...

Humor and heartbreak collide in this inventive tale that takes on war, art and human connection. Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, this is a thought-provoking novel about a character grappling with survival, identity and existential...

"Bratton’s electric debut novel transforms Shakespeare into a modern, queer drama that’s as bawdy as it’s sharp." —THE NEW YORK TIMES.   LAUGH NOW. CRY LATER. It’s London, 2014, and Hal Lancaster, son and heir of Henry,...

A slow-burn love story unfolds on a fading Malaysian farmstead. Hailing in the winds of change with vividly poetic prose, this teenage summer coming-of-age journey will leave its mark.A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys...

A group of three best friends in Belfast approach thirty and start to question their days at dead-end entry-level jobs, and their nights of never-ending bar tabs.Sometimes friends hold you together.Sometimes they’re why you’re falling apart...

A classic queer text of trauma, written by one of the most talented novelists of her generation.The reason it’s never just once is the same reason money’s only a part of it. Most anyone can take or leave that, though they don’t think...

From Hugo Award winning author T. Kingfisher.Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new bodyguards is a far too good-looking paladin with a martyr complex.Shane is a paladin with three problems...

Welcome to the Iron Tangle! Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, have to team up with other contestants not just to survive, but to solve a deadly puzzle in this third, mind-twisting novel in the New York...

Fleeing a nameless war, a soldier emerges from the Mediterranean scrubland, filthy, exhausted and seeking refuge. A chance meeting forces him to rethink his journey, and the price he puts on a life. On 11 September 2001, aboard a small cruise ship near...

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...

There are the books you read and then there are the books you experience, like this one by poet, photographer and bestselling writer Ocean Vuong, whose novels are spun from gorgeous prose and vibrant, original imagery.“The Emperor of...

From popular content creator Kelsey Impicciche, Voice of the Ocean follows a daring young siren who defies her people to save a human prince, unearthing ancient magic and igniting a dangerous romance amid treacherous waters.   As the...

DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION. 'Feared and hated by friend and foe. The King's General in the West. The man I love.' On her eighteenth birthday, Honor Harris meets Sir Richard Grenvile - proud, reckless, and utterly captivating - and...

A whirlwind adventure about star-crossed lovers, their doomed romance and love that transcends time and space, Our Infinite Fates is perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and Adrienne Young. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets This is...

Return to Sue Lynn Tan’s highly acclaimed, bestselling Celestial Kingdom fantasy romance duology with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events in Daughter of the Moon Goddess and Heart of the Sun...