Summer Reads

This new translation, in rhymed verse, of Goethe's Faust—one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature—preserves the essence of Goethe's meaning without resorting either to an overly literal, archaic translation or to an...

'Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit. Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste. Brought death into the world... Sing heavenly muse'From almost the moment of its first publication in 1667, Paradise Lost was considered a classic. It is difficult...

Comprises such sacred books of India as the hymns of the "Rig-Veda", the world's first recorded poems, the stirring pantheistic speculations of the "Upanishads" and the "Bhagavad-Gita", a cosmic drama of God's self-revelation in human history, on the...

Traditionally known as the Father of History, the Greek writer Herodotus(c. 484-420 BC), was the first man to tell a story in prose on the scale of the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY. His subject is the war between the Persians and the Greeks but, in order to...

From the Author of the Sunday Times Bestseller, Mrs. England!In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch…But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all.Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the...

SOON TO BE A TELEVISION ADAPTATION STARRING CLAIRE DANES   A Kirkus Review Best Book of 2017 * A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction * Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year and overall Book of the Year * Waterstones Book of the...

From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome.In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 WOMEN’S PRIZEA LIBRARY JOURNAL EMERGING STARS PICKA mesmerizing novel of World War II Singapore, “a story about memory, trauma, and ultimately love” (New York Times)—for fans of Pachinko and We...

In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama.The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by...

Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary AwardFinalist for the Man Booker Prize and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction"A powerfully expansive novel…Thien writes with the mastery of a conductor." —New York Times Book...

Two wildly different women—one a grifter, the other an heiress—are brought together by the scam of a lifetime in a page-turner from the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear. “Pretty Things is awesome. Simple as that. I loved every page...

A witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this haunting debut novel.Helen Lambert has lived several lives-a young piano virtuoso in 1890s Paris, an actress in 1930's...

(Available after February 14th, 2021) Mystical and harrowing, Victoria Schwab’s debut transports the reader into a remote village on the moors, where children start disappearing from their beds and tales of old spring to life.   The Near Witch is...

Mystical and harrowing, Victoria Schwab’s debut transports the reader into a remote village on the moors, where children start disappearing from their beds and tales of old spring to life.   The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten...

Perfect for fans of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast and Andrew Caldecott’s Rotherweird, Mordew – which tells the story of one extraordinary slum-child’s rise to challenge the god-devouring might of The Master in a world of sorcery and sinister intrigue - is...

Welcome to the Winter Gardens of Half Moon House. Please do not mishandle the exhibits. (The owners accept no liability for any events that occur, magical or otherwise...)The Winter Garden open at the stroke of midnight with no great fanfare - after all,...

From the national bestselling author of The Mermaid comes a mind-bending novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll...In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with...

Firstborns rule society. Secondborns are the property of the government. Thirdborns are not tolerated. Long live the Fates Republic. On Transition Day, the second child in every family is taken by the government and forced into servitude. Roselle St...

The Wall Street Journal bestselling sequel to Secondborn.   In the Fates Republic…Firstborns reign supreme.Secondborns kneel in servitude.Thirdborns face death.And Census shadows them all. Secondborn Roselle St. Sismode was pressed into military service...

A thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, “one of the most intense suspense writers around” (Chicago Tribune).Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of...