Literary Fiction

WINNER OF THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE.Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize.Included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023.For readers of Shirley Jackson, Iain Reid, and Claire-Louise Bennett, a haunting, compressed masterwork from an...

The inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched.Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin...

A coming-of-age story unlike any other in the details, but the real fun lies in the storytelling. This is a wonder of a book, full of laughter and love and insight.READ WITH JENNA’S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK • An exuberant debut, The Husbands...

From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—this story of an artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec is a provocative blend of literary mystery, psychological thriller,...

A particularly complicated love triangle sets this poetic novel in motion—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The TestamentsElizabeth and Nate, though habitually unfaithful to each other, have remained married for more...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.Inseparable when they were girls but now estranged, cousins Akorfa and Selasi have to repair the silences between them or lose each other forever in this moving novel set in Ghana and America from the author...

National Book Award Finalist: “A multigenerational epic of the Sadr family’s life in Iran and their eventual exile . . . Full of surprises” (The Globe and Mail).Winner of the 2019 Albertine Prize and Lambda Literary Award Kimiâ...

The National Book Award–winning story collection from the author of The Orphan Master’s Son offers something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.“MASTERFUL.”—The Washington Post  ...

From one of America’s most important writers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, comes Perfume River, an exquisite novel that examines family ties and the legacy of the Vietnam war through the portrait of a...

A previously unpublished novel of the reflections of a deeply scarred and reclusive woman, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love.Sally Gunnar has withdrawn from the world. She spends her days alone at home, reading drugstore...

A witty and warm debut novel from a young Irish writer. A story of family, grief, and the ways we come together when all seems lost.'There's been a little incident...'Molly Black has disappeared. She's been a bit flighty since her parents died (sure,...

Two sisters. One secret. A journey to learn who they really are... As the waves crash on to a wild Atlantic beach, Lou is at a crossroads. For the first time ever, just giving up seems like an option. In just one night, at her own 50th birthday, her...

The haunting novel of love and survival that inspired Mexico’s official submission for International Feature Film—now shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards® and streaming on Netflix.  “Prayers for the Stolen gives us words...

Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.One of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.From the prizewinning young writer of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and Peacescomes a brilliant and inventive...

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writersMarianne Clifford, 15, only child of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife, Lal, falls helplessly and absolutely for Simon Hurst, 18, whose cleverness...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam.  In 1969, sisters...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL MOORCOCK.Angela Carter was one of the most important and influential writers of our time: a novelist of extraordinary power and a searching critic and essayist.This selection of her writing, which she made herself, covers...

“A welcome read in American contemporary literature. Though I Get Home is an intimate and complex look into Malaysian culture and politics, and a reminder of the importance of art in the struggle for social justice.” —Ana Castillo,...

A heartfelt and delicately crafted debut novel about two young women who become entangled in one another and embark on a surprising journey of self-discovery and modern love.Aisling and Maya’s connection is unexpected. Maya has recently returned to...

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years. An ambitious, delirious novel that tangles...