Literary Fiction

The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism – reissued with an introduction from Zadie Smith. After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return, this story is about the inexplicable power of literature in helping a person define themselves, even when cut off from all that they hold dear. With a propulsive narrative, it's a story of friendship,...

When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront the memories that haunt her religious past. Struggling to deal with the familial trauma of her Catholic upbringing, hotel cleaner, Noelle, travels to the...

“Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion. The way she finds the extraordinary in the everyday is nothing short of poetry. She’s a writer’s writer—and a human’s human...

A modernist work of profound wisdom that continues to enthral readers with its subtle blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf is revised by Walter Sorell from the original...

Named a Most Anticipated Book by Time, Bloomberg, and Electric Literature. RuPaul and Eric Cervini's Allstora Book Club Pick for June. "Thomas Grattan is a master of plot—that rare ability—which makes In Tongues a real roller coaster: funny,...

Hana has a perfect job, a perfect home, a perfect marriage. It is her younger sister Mira who is a mess. But Hana wants children and her husband is hesitating, and perhaps her control is slipping.Mira dreams of a creative life but she's stuck working at...

An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023. Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbour, Asleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city...

WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE.New York Times Editors' Choice.Longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. “Fosse’s fusing of the commonplace and the existential, together with his dramatic forays into the past, make...

A "captivating and bittersweet" novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Summer of '69 Their secret love affair has lasted for decades--but this could be the summer that changes everything (People). When Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives...

'An astonishing portrait of an innocent on the verge of discovering the cruelties of love... an inimitable read' - Elizabeth Strout, from the introduction.'Life was a perpetual holiday in those days...'Italy, 1930s. It's the height of summer, and...

A big-hearted tale from an award-winning author, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny follows the sweeping story of a novelist and a journalist grappling with love, home and culture. This is perfect for fans of Real Americans. BOOKER PRIZE...

An unconventional journey written in one continuous sentence, László Krasznahorkai delivers a sharp satire about the end of the world through the eyes of one unsuspecting man.The National Book Award winner’s breathtaking new novel...

“Tender, elegant, soulful and perfect.”—Samantha Harvey, Booker Prize-winning author of Orbital     Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, The Land in Winter is a deft, page-turning examination...

A compulsively readable and razor-sharp campus novel about the impact of power and consent in a university settingPerfect for fans of Cho Nam-joo, I May Destroy You, and If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio.Riveting and...

At the tail end of the 1960s, the thirteen-year-old Michelino spends his summers at his grandparents’ modest estate in Nasca, near Lake Maggiore, losing himself in the tales of horror, adventure, and mystery shelved in his grandfather’s...

First published in 1939, a few years before his most influential works in theatre and philosophy, The Wall was Sartre’s first and only collection of short fiction. The title piece tells the story of a prisoner during the Spanish Civil War, on the...

Engrossing, dystopian and dire, acclaimed author Laila Lalami's latest is a story about authoritarianism, survival and the fight for privacy in a surveillance state. This one is great for fans of The Memory Police and I Who Have Never...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD LONGLIST * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, TIME, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE * A DAKOTA JOHNSON x TEATIME BOOK...