Adult & Contemporary Fiction

THE HANDBOOK FOR LEADERS The Prince is often regarded as the first true leadership book. It shocked contemporary readers with its ruthless call for fearless and effective action. With simple prose and straightforward logic Machiavelli's guide still...

Ann Patchett is back with a gorgeous novel about family, our pasts and how our lives are built on so many small choices. Weaving the past with the present, Patchett reminds readers that our parents had entire lives before us and are so much more than we...

'Glorious, hilarious and life affirming . . . I absolutely loved it' - EMMA HUGHES, author of No Such Thing As PerfectWould you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs?Natasha has everything under control, at least that's...

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK  A heartwarming and emotionally poignant time-loop novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from...

Winner of the Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award, this debut novel is "as funny as The Office, as sad as an abandoned stapler . . . that rare comedy that feels blisteringly urgent." (TIME)No one knows us in quite the same way as the men and women who...

“Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin Prince Dutiful has been rescued from his Piebald kidnappers and the court has resumed its normal rhythms...

“It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to play it.”  A new king is on the throne and the rebellion lies in ruins. Keera spends her days drinking and her nights avoiding the strange dreams that have haunted her...

A surprising and moving novella about a misunderstood neurodivergent girl from one of Japan's most acclaimed young writers, the author of The Woman in the Purple SkirtA sensitive and tender depiction of belonging and neurodivergence, perfect for...

With Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling “master fantasist” (Baltimore Sun), begins a breathtaking  new series about the resurgence of dragons in a world that both needs and fears...

As literary as it is mysterious and fantastical, Doerr masterfully blends history and fiction in this epic tale of strangers whose paths spin closer and intertwine during WWII.* COMING IN NOVEMBER AS A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from...

'A cyberpunk coming-of-age tale' -- Japan TimesTwo babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start.Raised amidst the outcasts and misfits of Toxitown, they carve...

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series. Emily Wilde...

"[The Doloriad] just might be what your rotten little heart deserves." —J. Robert Lennon, The New York Times Book ReviewOne of Vulture's Best Books of 2022. Winner of the 2023 Republic of Consciousness...

A young scribe is thrust into an elite war college for dragon riders where the only rule is graduate or perish. An addictive fantasy with epic levels of spice and world-building. An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Goodreads Most...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she...

A landmark collaboration between two of the greatest authors, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimain, Good Omens is soon to be a major new television series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant "Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let...

A quartet of indomitable women gather on the shores of the Mediterranean determined to transform their fortunes in Von Arnim’s light, enchanting character study written with exquisite poise and tenderness. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRENDA BOWENMrs...

From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War—comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place...

Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent knows the ins and outs of the human condition as well as he knows Atlanta. Which is to say, "very well". Be charmed and prepared to "feel seen" when Will’s on the case.WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! Will Trent...

The New York Times Bestseller J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth is a definitive collection of stories and essays ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring,...