Literary Fiction

The latest from a Booker Prize winner (The Luminaries) is part eco-thriller, part social and political satire, and impossible to put down. (And yes, that title comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth.)INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. A Best Book of the Year: The New...

*As featured as an editor's pick on Radio Four's OPEN BOOK* *One of the Guardian's books to look out for in 2024* "An immersive feminist novel that meshes the personal and political to moving effect" Preti Taneja, Financial Times "A brilliant novel of...

Like a fever dream brought to life, this is the epic story of an ancient empire, political intrigue and destiny. When Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrives in Tenochtitlan, the glory and grandeur that greet him make him suspect that...

A vast, sweeping tale across humanity, time and history from Elif Shafak. This story of love, grief and hope is great for fans of Richard Powers and Ruth Ozeki.From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale...

*Winner of the 2019 Shirley Jackson Awards for Novel*The Believer Book Awards, 2019: Editors' Longlists in Fiction*The Northern California ‘Golden Poppy’ Book Awards 2019, Fiction longlist*2020 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Longlist*A...

Obsessed by what they are certain is the impending apocalypse, a mismatched trio set off on a globetrotting road-trip in the latest feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window...

From the Pulitzer Price winning author of The Return, this literary novel is surprising and special. With a propulsive narrative, it's a story of friendship and belonging, exile and home.LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A “masterly”...

A rollicking ride about the hustle and grind life (literally and figuratively), complicated families and social media. Don't miss this one if you loved the wry voice and sharp insights of Kiley Reid's Come and Get It. “The warmth of...

If you're looking to lose yourself in a great story, start here: longing, lost love, scientific inquiry, Perry's prose will transport— and transform — you.“Like A.S. Byatt’s Possession, Enlightenment is a baroque, genre-bending...

From the international best-selling author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, a collection exploring the intimacies of contemporary Korean womanhood. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is...

A haunting and brilliant read that explores the power play between a manipulative teacher and his naïve young student and the lasting effects the affair has on both decades later. Uncomfortable, disturbing and yet extremely relevant, My Dark...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY VOGUE, ELLE, NYLON, NPR, PURE WOW, SHONDALAND, BOOK RIOT and more!In the vein of Luster and Queenie, an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of the internet—an intoxicating, bold debut from a...

From the acclaimed cult writer of Weird Fucks For the narrator of Motion Sickness life is an unguided tour, populated with hotels and strangers, art, books, and films. Adrift in Europe, her life becomes a carousel of unusual encounters, where...

A CLASSIC STORY OF ENDURING LOVE FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR.'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love'Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed...

This Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece is the story of a father and son's survival in a post-apocalyptic America and is an urgent observation of the best and worst of humanity. At once a brutal vision of the future and a profound meditation on love,...

“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...

An anarchic and unflinching cult novel “charged with reflection, anger, and the feeling of being alive” (Village Voice), tracing a year of love and lust in San Francisco’s lesbian underground, with a new foreword by Maggie...

A reflection on the different components that make up a typical day in the lives of ordinary people. This is the perfect read for anyone who loves examining their friends and neighbors from an anthropological perspective.ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE...

Discover an American masterpiece. This unassuming story about the life of a quiet English professor has earned the admiration of readers all over the globe. William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming...

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:THE GUARDIAN • LIBRARY JOURNALSteeped in a rich heritage of bewitching Albanian myth and legend, Crossing is a deeply timely and deeply necessary novel about war,...