Summer Reads

A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, "a storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights" (The New York Times Book Review). With an introduction by...

In his own time (701–762), Li Bai’s brilliant poems—shaped by Daoist thought, filled with an irrepressible lust for life—were never given their proper due. Nonetheless, his lines rang out on the lips of tavern singers, soldiers, and writers throughout...

"These immersive linked stories grapple with Ukrainian history through the waning years of the USSR and birth pangs of democracy ... Reva's characters spark off the page as they confront a brutal bureaucratic past with the only tool they possess—hope...

Steinbeck's only work of fantasy literature—in a  deluxe edition with a foreword by Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Eldest and BrisingrA Penguin Classic Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur was the first book that John Steinbeck...

Hailed as a classic of speculative fiction, Marge Piercy’s landmark novel is a transformative vision of two futures—and what it takes to will one or the other into reality. Harrowing and prescient, Woman on the Edge of Time speaks to a new generation on...

Hugo's grand medieval melodrama tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Captain Phoebus. Falsely accused of trying to murder...

Introduction and Notes by Laurence Davies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers,...

For the centennial of its original publication, an irresistible Deluxe Edition of one of the most beloved books of the 20th century—featuring a foreword by Colum McCann, the bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlanticPerhaps the...

A sweeping multigenerational novel about idealism, betrayal, and family secrets set in the U.S. and Russia, from one of Granta’s Best of Young American NovelistsWhen the Great Depression hits, Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for a job in Moscow—and...

"I LOVE THIS BOOK!...It's like the literary version of Ted Lasso, where you find yourself grinning when you're done, yet never felt the smile develop on your face."~ Dolly R. Sickles, All About Romance ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ I get the shock of my life when I discover...

(Available after 3-20 days)Beautiful palm trees. Warm ocean water. Idyllic sunsets. Sounds like heaven, right?   Not when you're head-strong Jo Bowen and forced to attend a work trip with your obnoxious-yet-attractive coworker, Jack Lancaster. How can...

‘Absolutely adored this book, what a brilliant read… Would highly recommend.’ -- NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   A fresh start brings a second chance at love… When Orly’s boyfriend and business partner dumps her for a celebrity fling, she finds solace in...

’Tis the season for mulled wine, mince pies, and magic under the mistletoe…   Flora loves Christmas more than anything else in the world, so she’s gutted when her Scrooge-alike boss fires her from Deck the Halls Christmas emporium. But now she finally...

(Available after 3-20 days)What's the big deal about a few dates between friends?Here's the thing - Mack has been Chase's best friend for half her life, and they've always been platonic with a capital P. He's also her business partner, and without...

(Available after 3-20 days)Winner of 2018 National Book Award in Translated Literature   Library Journal Best Books of 2018 Yoko Tawada’s new novel is a breathtakingly light-hearted meditation on mortality and fully displays what Rivka Galchen has called...

(Available after 3-20 days)Newly collected, revised, and expanded nonfiction from the first two decades of the twenty-first century—including many texts never previously in print—by the Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling authorLonglisted...

An original poetic work that brings alive Chaucer’s great love story, illuminating the psychological drama at its heart.   The captivating love story of ill-fated Troilus and Criseyde, first popularized by Chaucer’s poem in the 1380s, is one of the most...

"Generic Asian man" Willis Wu yearns to be something more than what life has laid out for him and strives to do just that throughout Interior Chinatown. Yu has a poet's voice that lends a lyrical quality to Wu's heartfelt journey to become "Kung Fu...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet is the literary debut of the world's most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, introduced by Iain Sinclair with notes by Ed Glinert in Penguin Classics.Convalescing in London after a disastrous...

Charles Dickens's powerful black comedy of of hypocrisy and greed The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin...