**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009. Previously published as 'The Beggar Maid', Alice Munro's wonderful collection of stories reads like a novel, following Rose's...

Discover Alice Munro’s first mesmerising and atmospheric short story collection. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 200. ‘A remarkable writer whose major characters emerge in shining clarity....

Fall head over broomstick in love with this swoon-worthy, witchy romantic fantasy, perfect for fans of Twin Crowns, Divine Rivals and Stephanie Garber.For the Kingdom. For the magic. And for love . . .Seventeen-year-old Aurelia Wycherley is entering her...

Burkeman changed the way we thought about time management with one of our favorite nonfiction monthly picks, Four Thousand Weeks. Here he turns his talents to making meditation charmingly accessible. A National Bestseller. A map for a liberating...

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...

There are the books you read and then there are the books you experience, like this one by poet, photographer and bestselling writer Ocean Vuong, whose novels are spun from gorgeous prose and vibrant, original imagery.“The Emperor of...

BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • Forget room service: this is a riotous elegy, a deadpan celebration of colliding worlds, and a spirited defense of love. Blending incisive wit with surprising compassion, Hotel World is a wonderfully invigorating,...

“A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces.” —Madeline Miller“A shining tour de force about a long friendship’s respects, disrespects, loyalties and moralities.” —Ali Smith From the...

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT NOVEL BY STAR OF STAGE AND SCREEN, LARRY LAMB.   "One of the best." James Corden "Speedy, sexy and amusingly truthful. I loved it." Celia Imrie "An irresistible homage to the unsung heroes of filmmaking...

One of the undisputed jewels of American fiction, Fitzgerald’s dazzling critique of the superficiality of the Jazz Age captures the glamorous facade at the heart of the American Dream in devastating style.   Generally considered to be F...

Tackle the challenges of memoir writing and share your story in this Quick Reads edition of Write It All Down.'Cathy is the person who first told me to write about my mental health when I was nervous to do so. She is a great writer herself and this...

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...

*Soon to be a TV series*Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Top Four Pick and a PBS Book Club Pick.For fans of Kazuo Ishiguro and Emily St. John Mandel, this “mind-bending take on time travel” (The New York Times) is about an isolated town...

“The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other . . .”A taut, electrifying thriller about a woman determined to avenge her sister’s murder—and the killer who must confront his own ghostsBirdie Keller wakes one...

The concluding instalment in Boyne's acclaimed elemental quartet, Air is a moving and profound examination of trauma and redemption as a father and son attempt to mend their relationship on a life-changing flight.  From internationally...

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, these eleven surreal tales, set in the offices, zoos, bus stops, boutiques, and homes of contemporary Japan "are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen and George...

From one of the great American writers of the twentieth century—a coming-of-age story about a fourteen-year-old boy questioning the terms of his identity, the racism he faces, and the double-edged role of religion in his life. • Presented here...

One of Baldwin's best known novels, often the first that readers discover; a classic of gay literature.Set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris, this groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is "a book that belongs in the...

In a distant future where the sun no longer shines, Toshiro Kamiya gives up his body to a sinister floral metamorphosis for a payday.The earth of the distant future is covered in thick clouds, and the sun no longer shines. Plants wither, and oxygen is...