Literary Fiction

With a full cast of characters telling their stories, all orbiting the devastation wrought on a family caught up in war, this is a sweeping narrative, gorgeously written and emotionally resonant. Altogether, a resounding debut.NATIONAL BESTSELLER *...

We were so, so pleased when we heard that Colm Tóibín was writing a sequel to his beloved novel, Brooklyn. Family secrets and complicated choices drive this exhilarating story that we won't forget. OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK *...

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...

Join a young Ghanaian woman on her journey into Europe's heart of whiteness to meet the natives in this iconoclastic modern classic. 'A wondrous discovery.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie'A treasure: one of the works that inspired my own literary journey.'...

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...

A beautifully written short novel about the price of isolation and the desire for community and connection that's perfect for fans of one of our fiction monthly picks, Paul's Harding's This Other Eden.“Tender, riveting, and inventive...

Spanning three generations of a South Yorkshire mining family, poet Andrew McMillan's fiction debut is a concise, powerful lament for a lost way of life and a ringing tribute to resilience and authenticity. The town was once a hub of industry. A place...

Perfect reading for fans of Elizabeth Strout and Alice Munro, Night Swimmers is an affecting debut set in a quirky coastal community where three individuals are forced to reckon with the traumas of the past. Grace lives alone in a coastal...

A sharp collection of musings on middle-age, life, love and regret, Show Don't Tell is a funny and intimate exploration of domestic discontent.A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and...

It’s a Friday night in a campus bar in Berkeley, fall of 2000, and Percy Marks is pontificating about music again. Hall and Oates is on the jukebox, and Percy—who has no talent for music, just lots of opinions about it—can’t stop...

A beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and political turmoil of Trinidad—by the award-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch and Passiontide.Monique Roffey's Orange...

When your life falls apart, all you need is a friend. Abbie Finch loves her job. Unfortunately, her boss doesn’t love her. When she finds herself unexpectedly unemployed, Abbie realises that she’s let all her friendships fall by the wayside...

In this icy, knife’s-edge story of a life that progresses backward through time, unfolding into one of the darkest episodes of the 20th century, Amis (“at his intriguing, heedful, and powerful best” —Time Out), finds a...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD. "A beautiful portrait of a family reaching for their dreams while holding on to their roots."—Publishers Weekly. "Each chapter reads like a small masterpiece."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review). An...

"I won't rest until everyone in America has read (and fallen in love with) this fabulous author." —Elizabeth Gilbert. The debut novel that redefined the coming-of-age genre, now with an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Maria Semple...

In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write `a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club was born: its supposed `papers' soom outgrew their origins and became a brilliantly comic novel, still...

Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men—all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood—take charge of a toddler following an unexpected loss.Téo Erskine, now in his thirties,...

A novel about marriage, parenthood, life and death, This Is a Love Story is a timeless exploration of family and a glittering ode to New York City.An intimate and lyrical celebration of great love, great art, and the sacrifices we make for bothFor fifty...

The literary bestseller that took the Baltics by storm now published for the first time in English.This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a doctor. But...

ONE OF THE BOSTON GLOBE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR.A love story about what it means to be an outsider from the most imaginative new voice in international fiction. In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but...