Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A madcap, darkly comic novel about the strange fate of a tone-deaf girl who just wants to sing, from a Japanese literary star“Abe's superpower is to transform everything he touches into exciting literature.” — Kotaru Isaka, author of...

Memory is a fascinating concept, and that fascination turns to terror thanks to Kiersten White’s Mister Magic, which tells the chilling story of a children’s TV program gone wrong. And underneath that terror is a bit of warmth not often found...

"Candy is beside me, drenched in sweat. She's breathing gently, long slow breaths. I imagine her soul going in and out: wanting to leave, wanting to come back, wanting to leave, wanting to come back. The day will soon harden into what we need to do. But...

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor, and...

A New York Times Editors’ Choice.A USA TODAY Bestseller.A Booklist Editor’s Choice.A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee.A “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See) debut...

Hello Beautiful is a compelling family story with echoes of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. A story about how love (as well as the lack thereof) shapes us, the Padavano family is one you won't soon forget. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •...

"A proper twisty thriller."—Sarah Pinborough. A stranger has infiltrated your family…and now he’s taking over. Paul’s just here to help, or so he claims—sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly...

A multigenerational saga of Native American heritage and culture, Wandering Stars is Tommy Orange's long-awaited follow-up to There There, tracking back in time and telling a story across centuries. Beginning with the Sand Creek Massacre, this book is a...

An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners...

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science—from New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability...

A new masterwork of satire, lore, and living memory from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature. In four beautifully woven parts, Mukasonga spins a marvellous recounting of the clash between ancient Rwandan beliefs and the missionaries determined...

A spellbinding selection of short stories in the original Italian alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories celebrates some of the very best...

The second in The Good Girls Guide To Murder series, Pip’s podcast is satiating her need to be a detective (for now) but when a friend goes missing, it’s up to Pip to snap back into action.THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES...

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W...

It's time to get all hot and bothered (again). From TikTok celebrity Elle Kennedy comes another romance that will quicken your pulse and perhaps give you a case of the vapors. Hockey and hearthrob here we come!Get ready for another binge-worthy romance...

A glorious and tantalizing new escape from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune.This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won't give into temptation. This summer will be different.Lucy is the tourist vacationing...

With a unique and compelling true crime documentary angle, this propulsive commercial thriller is sure to captivate even the most reluctant reader. This is a search for truth riddled with secrets and lies and a pulse-pounding and deliciously twisted...

Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth. Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a...

A WASHINGTON POST BEST THRILLER OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A suspenseful new psychological thriller from the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlisted and Dublin Literary Award shortlisted author of Remote Sympathy, Catherine...

One by one, they will get what they deserve... "I stayed up all night reading this book and loved it!" --Amazon A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from...