Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:THE GUARDIAN • LIBRARY JOURNALSteeped in a rich heritage of bewitching Albanian myth and legend, Crossing is a deeply timely and deeply necessary novel about war,...

A heartwarming novel from a South Korean author about the healing power of books, perfect for readers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.With good books, good food and companionship, the Book Kitchen fills people's tired souls. Yoojin, who grew up in...

Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has been soured by infidelity. One day, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the trick...

Fairytales, mythology, magic, romance and a main character who's as compelling as she is empathetic. This rip-roaring adventure is a charmer.Beauty and the Beast meets Six of Crows in this romantic fantasy about a girl who paints the...

From New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new laugh-out-loud summer rom-com.   "I got what I wanted. I became buddy-buddy with my boss in an instant. But the cost will be...

Following a successful career as an advertising copywriter in 1960s Paris, this stunning, piercingly observed novel from the mother of second wave feminism is finally available in English courtesy of Lauren Elkin's captivating translation. She’s...

Longlisted for The Center For Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize • Named a Best Book of 2024 by Elle, Vogue, and Debutiful.“This new novel is a real heart-squeezer. Beautiful, one of a kind and perfectly titled...

From the bestselling, Batchelder Award–winning author and translator of Temple Alley Summer and The House of the Lost on the Cape comes the fantastic adventure that first inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved...

A reporter embarks on an investigation of a string of unconnected suicides—which then leads into an exploration of the phenomenon of suicide itself—in this elegant existential novel, the third and final volume of Antonio Di Benedetto’s...

Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he - a weary, put upon middle-aged man - is the hero of his own...

Pushed and pulled between her parents and her children, a woman faces her past and her future, in a story about the ins and outs and joy of life. Think Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois or anything by Laurie Colwin.Look for Wreck, the new...

Following a married doctor and poet who falls in love with a political activist’s wife in revolutionary Russia, Pasternak’s heartbreaking epic remains one of the greatest literary love stories. Doctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in...

This critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France’s prestigious Renaudot Prize.An engrossing, tragic tale...

A sexy standalone novel from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy. Everyone says I'm a bad girl. They're only partly right—I don't let fear rule me, and I certainly don't care what people think. But I draw the line at...

Get ready for another binge-worthy romance from New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy!   College was supposed to be my chance to get over my ugly-duckling complex and spread my wings. Instead, I wound up in a sorority full of mean girls. I...

A fantasy world among ruled by celestial beings and a dazzling romance between star-crossed lovers meant to be enemies? We're in. Great for fans of Carissa Broadbent and Kerri Maniscalco. A runaway TikTok sensation, Heavenly Bodies is the first book in a...

From the international bestselling author of The Phone Box at the Edge of the World: a powerful, moving novel of grief, hope, friendship and love based around a real archive on an island in Japan, where people travel to record their heartbeats.To find...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return, this story is about the inexplicable power of literature in helping a person define themselves, even when cut off from all that they hold dear. With a propulsive narrative, it's a story of friendship,...

From the author of The Wrong Bride and The Temporary Wife comes a steamy and angsty enemies-to-lovers arranged marriage romance. Xavier Kingston's life is turned upside down when his nemesis and business rival, Sierra Windsor, suddenly begins to show...

From bestselling horror author and queen of gothic mysteries Darcy Coates comes a chilling story about the shadows of dead things—and how they haunt the living. How long could you survive? As the daughter of spiritualists, Mara's childhood was...