Summer Reads

"Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve re-reading."-Suzi Feay, Financial Times."Devotion shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. "-Katherine...

The second volume of In Search of Lost Time, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth centuryJames Grieve's acclaimed new translation of In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower will introduce a new century of American readers to the literary riches of...

Santiago Alatorre One mistake destroys my career. I go from most eligible bachelor to monster, hiding from the world. At least until Chloe breaks into my home. My new fake girlfriend is a temporary fix to my biggest problem. But as our game changes, so...

"An utterly transportive read, unfolding into a world of crumbling manors and ancient forests. Allison Saft crafts a deliberate, intricate romance that will have you as unmoored as the characters." - Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These...

'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge, provoke and speak up for those who cannot in this powerful speech, accompanied here by two others. Penguin Modern: fifty new books...

"An astonishingly beautiful book. The best gay novel written by anyone of our generation."  — Harper's magazine   One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past — and still...

(Available after November 30th, 2022)A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!Momo Ayase and Okarun are on...

“Whimsical, witty, and brimming over with charm” (India Holton), Olivia Atwater’s delightful debut will transport you to a magical version of Regency England, where the only thing more meddlesome than a fairy is a marriage-minded mother!It’s difficult to...

Kate Stewart's Ravenhood Trilogy is a gritty, sexy, romantic, modern day take on Robin Hood with breathtaking twists."In your heart of hearts, if you didn't have to choose, would you?"The deal is simple: all nineteen-year-old student Cecilia Horner has...

A haunting, bizarre short story collection about violence, mental illness, and the warped contradictions of the twentieth-century female experience.  A close friend and protégé of Marguerite Duras, Barbara Molinard (1921–1986)...

(Available after December 30th, 2022)For the first time in English, literary icon Marguerite Duras's foundational masterpiece about a young woman's existential breakdown in the deceptively peaceful French countryside.The Easy Life is the story of...

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, a revised and updated edition of Jack Canfield’s classic bestseller with a brand new foreword and an afterword for succeeding in the digital age.   Since its publication a decade ago, Jack Canfield’s practical and...

(Available after April 30th, 2023)Originally published in 1945, this book of poetic prose encapsulates former journalist Elizabeth Smart’s relationship with poet George Barker. Instantly, upon picking up a book of his poetry while browsing through a...

Essential poems by the late New York poet.   Lunch Poems, first published in 1964 by City Lights Books as number nineteen in the Pocket Poets series, is widely considered to be Frank O'Hara's freshest and most accomplished collection of poetry. Edited by...

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the twentieth century. On economic theory, he ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx; and his impact on how economics was practiced, from the Great Depression to the 1970s, was...

"Punchy, unputdownable, and unabashedly sex-positive."—Sierra Simone, USA Today bestselling author, for Praise He's not just rich…he's filthy rich. When Daisy Bennett started working at Salacious Players' Club, she never expected to end up...

From the worldwide number one bestselling author of The Nightingale comes Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss.The New York Times number one bestseller.A woman has to be tough as steel up here...

According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. And the Voidbringers followed... They came...

Three magical gowns. Two kingdoms on the brink of war. One chance to save them all.Maia Tamarin proved her skill as a tailor when she wove the dresses of the sun, the moon, and the stars, but it will take more than a beautiful gown to hide the darkness...

***The Million-copy International Bestseller*** 'If you love The Girl on the Train read Behind Closed Doors' -- Elle 'Twists our expectations of the entire psychological thriller genre' -- Guardian Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has...