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A moving story about friendship, illness, and the poetry of Paul Celan by the astonishing Yoko Tawada, winner of the National Book Award. Patrik, who sometimes calls himself “the patient,” is a literary researcher living in present-day Berlin...

A TODAY and LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 • A Goodreads Buzziest Debut Novel of the New Year • An Electric Lit Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of Spring 2023 • A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of Spring & Summer 2023 • A...

A Sunday Times bestseller. In this "utterly unforgettable" debut (Catherine Ryan Howard), a disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague. Roach would rather be listening to the latest episode of her...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE. What happens when the person you’ve built your entire life on is suddenly gone? This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s deceptively simple What I’d Rather Not Think About...

An Irish town up against a radical right-wing party, Prophet Song is a haunting and harrowingly modern tale that resonates with so much of the present sociopolitical landscape. Written in gorgeous lyrical prose with tangible stakes that feel all-too...

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war.It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry...

FINALIST FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE.A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023.“[A] powerful debut.” —The Washington Post.“An exceptional and stunningly original novel by a major new writer.” —Bernardine Evaristo, Booker...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize.Longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction.A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, NPR, and Kirkus.A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and...

“Shocking, disturbing, and utterly original.” —Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Timesbestselling author.This “haunting and poignant tale, one that won’t be easy to forget any time soon” (Mystery and Suspense Magazine),...

Verghese’s first novel since 2008’s bestselling Cutting for Stone is a gorgeous and unforgettable epic about a family in South India where at least one member of each generation dies by drowning. Spanning three generations, Covenant of...

Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this unforgettable story of grief, hope, and the complexities of family, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein.The three Blue...

An effervescent exploration of the romantic comedy and all of its tropes, Curtis Sittenfeld delivers a sophisticated confection of a novel with many enjoyable layers.NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A comedy writer...

A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted in a home that’s on the brink of collapse?“Beautiful, gripping, and tender . . . a powerful and unforgettable meditation on love, belonging,...

This gutting memoir is a love letter to Joan's late husband, a prayer for her daughter, and the story of a winding search for peace after tremendous loss.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From one of America’s...

Kindred is Hugo and Nebula Award winner Octavia E. Butler's 1979 masterpiece. An essential read which explores themes of racial and gender identity with insight and originality, for fans of the Hulu TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Shondaland, The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, Kirkus, Time, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, The...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK. “A con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious read—but beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a...