Adult & Contemporary Fiction

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A space cruiser, in search of its sister ship, encounters beings descended from self-replicating machines. In the grand tradition of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanislaw Lem's The Invincible tells the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet...

Fresh off its bestselling predecessor arrives the equally thrilling sequel to Godkiller. In the aftermath of the shocking conclusion comes the next steps in this alluring high fantasy world.“Brilliant mythology-inspired world-building paves the...

A generous one-volume selection of the best and most important works—poems, songs, stories, essays, novellas, and novels—by the prolific Bard of Bengal, the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.Rabindranath Tagore published...

This small-town, fake-dating romance gives the Grinch a makeover. Travel to Kringletown this holiday season and try not to fall in love. A new holiday enemies-to-lovers romance from USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn. Every Kringle in Kringletown...

The prolific Nora Roberts is back with a new romantasy trilogy that builds real relationships on the page, steeped in suspense. This book is an escape to a magical world that will captivate readers, whether they’ve read Roberts before or not...

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in this juicy, thrilling novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such Sharp Teeth and Black Sheep.Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She...

“Prescient and technically astonishing.” —Geoff Dyer, GQ.Often considered Jean Rhys’s most autobiographical novel, this masterful and moving work follows a chorus girl, Anna, who struggles to adjust to cold and inhospitable...

In this striking novel about an unforgettable childhood, four Nigerian brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family.Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The...

In the thrilling sequel to The Fourth Monkey, a new serial killer stalks the streets of Chicago, while Detective Porter delves deeper into the dark past of the Four Monkey Killer.Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson...

“Brilliant plotting, relentless suspense,” raved the Washington Post. “A new synonym for terror,” crowned the Detroit Free Press. The critics agree: no one writes suspense like Karin Slaughter, whose thrillers featuring medical...

The fourth book in the Grant County series from Karin Slaughter, the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her. “[A] page-turner . . . Slaughter’s plot has more twists than a Slinky factory and the characters’ relationships are...

The tale of the sea king's daughter Ariel is a beloved one of losing—and then finding—one's own voice.The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the mergirl wants more than her world can offer, and her father demands that...

A disturbing package leads Detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott to investigate four dangerous murder suspects in this "magnetic" British mystery (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B...

Private investigator Cormoran Strike must track down a missing writer — and a sinister killer bent on destruction — in this "wonderfully entertaining" mystery (Harlan Coben, New York Times Book Review) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max...

A sarcastically funny, dark fantasy romance reimagining of Hercules from bestselling author Jasmine Mas.I'm just a girl. And it turns out, I'm Hercules. I'm struggling to survive in a Titan infested world where Spartans, immortals from twelve royal...

This compendium of Harlan Ellison’s incredible life and work is perfect for fans of all things sci-fi, horror and more. Whether you’ve been a lifelong admirer or you finally have the privilege of discovering his work now, this is a highlight...

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative ode to magical girl manga. Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the...

"The most delicious mix of chilling haunts and sweetened kisses to perk you right up...a spirited, sexy read!”—Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of A Novel Love Story.It's love at first haunting in a seaside town that raises...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of...