Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Richard Osman is back with the fifth installment in his beloved series, and this mystery is more puzzling than ever. Grab your favorite sleuthing gear — there's another case to solve.The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series...

A chilling presence appears in the night carrying a deadly secret. Known for suspenseful storytelling that keeps readers guessing, Freida McFadden does it again with this eerie wilderness thriller. "A dark and stormy night. An isolated cabin in...

Perfect reading for all fans of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this heartwarming Japanese bestseller centres on a charming convenience store called Tenderness. A special night edition to celebrate the...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature winner returns with a highly anticipated new work. Known for lyrical and deeply reflective writing, the author captures us again with a novel that unfolds in a Norwegian fishing village. The first in an upcoming trilogy...

Achingly romantic and moving, Hall's sweeping debut explores an emotional love triangle as Beth's former lover returns after years away from the village to sow doubt and heartache in her current relationship. Everyone in the village said nothing good...

As endlessly entertaining as it is scathing in its political insight, Orwell’s classic lays bare the failures of Communism through the fable of the revolutionary animals of Manor Farm, who get rid of their obnoxious master Mr Jones in order to...

From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the...

This volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. A Room of One's Own, first published in 1929, is a witty, urbane and persuasive...

The world’s most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel...

Does money talk? Taking several leaps up the socioeconomic ladder, István finally finds himself surrounded by London's elite but at what price? Szalay's poignant writing offers a lens into one teenage boy's brush with trauma that continues to...

Suicide cannot be read as simply another novel—it is, in a sense, the author’s own oblique, public suicide note, a unique meditation on this most extreme of refusals. Presenting itself as an investigation into the suicide of a close...

Acclaimed author R.F. Kuang journeys into the depths of the underworld in her latest fantasy swirling with dark academia vibes in this gripping tour de force. This is perfect for fans of Olivie Blake and Leigh Bardugo...

When the lines between virtual reality and human interaction start to blur, surrendering to the messiness of life might just be the only option. This is a humorously disarming love story that comes wrapped up in big tech and family drama.“A love...

“Scathing, upsetting and generous all at once, this novel, about millennial friends in pre-2008-crash San Francisco, thrums with Tulathimutte’s sly intelligence and unerring comic timing. . . . The warm flashes make the satire cut deeper...

From a dazzling new international voice, an audacious, darkly funny novel about a young woman whose carefully crafted office persona threatens to crack when she’s forced to attend her company’s annual retreat.On the surface, Marisa's life...

Riley Mitchell has everything he could ever want.   He's a back-to-back Stanley Cup champion. He has great friends, a fun life, and he's living out his dream of playing hockey in the NHL.   Except one night, everything changes.   After a...

James Carson has gotten away with murder three times.   The only thing that might stop him from killing again? The three women he murdered.   He hunted them online, masquerading as an eligible bachelor. Then he played the perfect gentleman, a...

ONE HIJACKED BUS. New driver Jessa is desperate for her shift to run smoothly to avoid exposing her job-application lies. Twelve-year-old passenger Sage just wants to get home, exhausted from watching over her little sister, Bonnie. But disaster strikes...

The basis of the new major movie from Michel Gondry, starring Audrey Tautou, the beloved French modern classic hailed as "the most poignant love story of our time" by Raymond Queneau.   The story is simple: Boy meets girl; boy marries girl; girl...

An utterly unforgettable novel that portrays a vast internal emptiness by using the cool, haunting voice of a young woman in Scotland lost in the profound anomie of her generation—from “one of the most talented, original and interesting...