Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Secrets, lies and crimes come to light in Carter Wilson's latest. With breakneck twists and a complex protagonist we can't help but root for, this one will leave you breathless. She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she's...

As a faithful Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a...

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. What would happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man into the body of a stray dog? In Mikhail Bulgakov’s topsy-turvy world, the dog starts to walk on two legs,...

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. Nagi Hayakawa is facing an impossible choice. Should she agree to marry...

The city is Rome, the hub of Italian life and culture. The house is Le Margherite, a home where the sprawling cast of The City and the House is welcome. At the center of this lush epistolary novel is Lucrezia, mother of five and lover...

A detective with no one to trust. A killer with nothing to lose. Detective Emily Baxter is still reeling from the Ragdoll case, and from the disappearance of her friend William “Wolf” Fawkes. Despite her reluctance to jump into another...

Brookner’s evocative, Booker Prize-winning tale of a doggedly single romantic novelist staying in a hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva is a surprising and unique meditation on finding happiness in your own company.   Winner of the Booker...

We’re on the fifth deadly sin out of seven — and this one is the steamiest of all. This burly billionaire can’t get no satisfaction (and neither can we). The fifth book in the deliciously steamy Kings of Sin series from #1 New...

“I loved this novel. All the female characters are complex and fascinating, and full of anger and hope. I found it an addictive read.”—actor Gillian Anderson.   A poignant debut novel about the lives of women in a claustrophobic...

Now an AMC Plus series starring Lucy Hale from the Producers of "Killing Eve"   William Fawkes, a controversial detective known as The Wolf, has just been reinstated to his post after he was suspended for assaulting a vindicated suspect. Still under...

A Sino-Chinese family find their destiny is inseparably entangled with that of the country they have adopted as a home. Not long before the Communist revolution, Tong, sent by his peasant-parents in impoverished rural China to work with a relative in...

A girl with the legendary ability to wield silver light sets off on a journey to save her family — and collides with the boy hunting her down. A gripping story of fate and fantasy, this is perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim and Hafsah Faizal.From...

A New York Times bestseller!   The second book in the Sands of Arawiya duology by the masterful Hafsah Faizal—the follow-up to the smash New York Times bestselling novel We Hunt the Flame. Darkness surged in his veins...

With adventure, romance and a fantasy world based on ancient Arabia, We Hunt the Flame kicks off a dazzling series that's as lush in prose as it is in story. With characters you'll want to spend more time with, you'll be left rejoicing that...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!FEATURED ON NPR FRESH AIR, NPR WEEKEND EDITION, CBS MORNINGS, AND NBC THE TODAY SHOW“A brilliant literary thriller.” – NBC The Today Show"A masterclass in suspense …...

Last night i got woke up by marco ringing, and he was crying, he said, he died ivor, he died, and i didnt need to hear who to know, i just hung up.Ivor and Marco have been getting high since they were thirteen, started dealing at fourteen, by fifteen...

A Holmes and Watson–style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett.“Great fantasy detective stories are too rare, but Bennett—[a] rising...

Ursula K. Le Guin’s timeless and revered A Wizard of Earthsea is reimagined in a richly expansive graphic novel by acclaimed artist Fred Fordham, creator of stunning adaptations To Kill a Mockingbird and Brave New World...

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize.From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions an Earth where humans are nearing extinction, and rewrites our understanding of...

Fake-dating your enemy can’t be that hard — right? Discover the charms of city life and fall in love with Alex Aster’s brand-new sizzling summer romance. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her...