Adult & Contemporary Fiction

An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper...

The third book in award‑winning author Claire North's Songs of Penelope Trilogy, a "powerful, fresh, and unflinching" (Jennifer Saint) reimagining that breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world...

WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY FICTION. A devastating novel about queer love, broken relationships, the promises we're unable to keep and living with the ghosts of your pastHussam and Wassim are teenage boys living in Syria during America's...

An edge-of-your-seat game of cat-and-mouse as a trio of young witnesses blackmail a murderer and follow the path of their own darkest impulses.Stand by Me meets Strangers on a Train in this blockbuster suspense thriller that’s taken China by storm,...

Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murderer. Six years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic – everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful,...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"A steamy game of cat and mouse between witch and witch-hunter, played out against a backdrop of opulence, secrets, and bloody history. I couldn't look away." - Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

Fortune draws on our nostalgic yearnings for simpler times in this stunning debut about young summer love. The gorgeous prose and relatable characters remind us of our temporary place on this world and how important it is that we cherish those we keep...

Nicole Palmer and her family have been in hiding for years from the Wake—a shadowy organization that governs all supernatural creatures. If the Wake discovers that Nicole is an Empyreal—a rare kind of creature that can shapeshift into any...

The Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. The Emperor of mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the Warmaster Horus. Yet all is not well in the armies of the Imperium. Horus is still battling against the...

An unsettling, poignant debut novella about unusual connections fostered by the covid pandemic, perfect for fans of sharp literary fiction that reflects and confronts our world.It’s early 2020, and with the world in chaos as covid spreads, two...

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...

YOU SMILE AS YOU EASE THE GUN FROM MY HAND.Yoshino's at the end of her rope with her fiancé Kirishima, whose secretive actions during their trip back to her hometown of Osaka has come to bad ends. A group of yakuza with the backing of a trust...

"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...

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu,...

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...

Discover another binge-worthy romance from New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Elle Kennedy! She's good at achieving her goals… College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in...

Kaliane Bradley's dynamic debut is a great many things — science fiction, thriller, humor, literary, romance — but above all else, this is a fiercely unique story that delivers on so many levels. With unforgettable characters to bring this...

From one of France’s most talented young authors, an urban thriller full of rage and raw emotionIn a small town just like any other, a police identity check goes wrong. The victim, Saïd, was fifteen years old. And now he is dead.Mattia is just...

A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove: a funny and tender-hearted tale about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart.Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is....elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this...

A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller. From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during the First World War. As the Great War continues to take...