Literary Fiction

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up....

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges.

Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world....

All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things during times of hardship: books and her best friend, Janina. But no one could have imagined the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw.

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival.

Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism....

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes a novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a “stunner” (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge....

In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake....

From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, comes a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide....

A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....

Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon....

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space—not towards the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet....

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books....

Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors....

A tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend....

Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer's assistant, and somehow they met in Bright Lights, Big City....

From China's most beloved sci-fi author, a first-contact story that weaves politics, science, and cosmic mystery.

The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier....

We begin with a nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears . . . and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lost love that takes the man into middle age and on a journey between the real world and an other world—a mysterious, perhaps imaginary, walled town where unicorns roam, where a Gatekeeper determines who can enter and who must remain behind, and where shadows become untethered from their selves.

Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be, unless she outlives her strange, absent husband. Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents' tragic deaths a decade earlier, she has always longed to feel safe with the family she still has. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change. With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motion. But not as we’ve known it.

East Harlem, 2008. In an instant, a five-story tenement collapses into a fuming hill of rubble, pancaking the cars parked in front and coating the street with a thick layer of ash. As the city’s rescue services and media outlets respond, the surrounding neighborhood descends into chaos. At day’s end, six bodies are recovered, but many of the other tenants are missing. In Lazarus Man, Richard Price, one of the greatest chroniclers of life in urban America, creates intertwining portraits of a group of compelling and singular characters whose lives are permanently impacted by the disaster.

Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst—and the path of her life is changed forever.

Timberwolf Trap Johnny Maverick and Tom Morgan are in a race for the league’s goal scoring trophy. Except one or two other things are getting in the way. Including a joke on the Coach, and worse, the smelly hockey gloves of death. . .

Deirdre washes ashore in an idyllic land and enthusiastically enters a discreet and discerning society. But the surrealism is more than skin-deep. Relying upon all her interpersonal skills, as well as elements of her childhood she has been eager to neglect, the indefatigable teenaged heroine must survive in the face of others prejudice, mistrust and unspoken desperation to ruin or rely upon her realising her own sinful nature as well as the very best of her own character. Deirdre, the Renegade; Part Two In Books 46-48 from the complete novel, Deirdre contends with others’ ...

What might have been a promise of paradise in the Lucky Country became a mess of red tape. Half the world and a full year away from the life she once knew, seasoned, sixteen-year-old Deirdre finds herself a fugitive from four felonies, cast into the Outback, nearly naked with no passport and all her worldly possessions guarded by two dead men. But even this dire dilemma is not insurmountable for the indefatigable heroine. With the help of fortune, fast friends, and fair winds, she seeks solace in a variety of closed societies as she strives to reestablish herself as a free person at ...

Deirdre washes ashore in an idyllic land and enthusiastically enters a discreet and discerning society. But the surrealism is more than skin-deep. Relying upon all her interpersonal skills, as well as elements of her childhood she has been eager to neglect, the indefatigable teenaged heroine must survive in the face of others prejudice, mistrust and unspoken desperation to ruin or rely upon her realising her own sinful nature as well as the very best of her own character. Deirdre, the Temptress; Part One In Books 43-45 from the complete novel, Deirdre discovers that the commune ...

“There have never been as many exquisitely built stories in existence than there are now,” proclaims guest editor Lauren Groff in her introduction. This abundance led to a volume of robust stories with the nerve to push against narrative expectations. The Best American Short Stories 2024 boasts a collection of twenty stories that “buzz with their own strange logic.” Daring and resonant, the stories in this volume invite in Groff “a feeling that both the author and I were simultaneously discovering something together.”

Claudia thought she had moved on from her past. After a devastating breakup and finding solace in a breakup bootcamp, she built herself back up—career first, love last. The pain of her ex, Darius, had taught her to guard her heart and keep men at a distance. That is, until Mathew walked into her life. Mathew is everything Darius wasn’t: kind, honest, and deeply grounded in his faith. Claudia finds herself drawn to him despite her better judgment, but fear of repeating her past mistakes makes her push him away. She convinced herself she was better off without him, but now, months later, ...

What might have been a promise of paradise in the Lucky Country became a mess of red tape. Half the world and a full year away from the life she once knew, seasoned, sixteen-year-old Deirdre finds herself a fugitive from four felonies, cast into the Outback, nearly naked with no passport and all her worldly possessions guarded by two dead men. But even this dire dilemma is not insurmountable for the indefatigable heroine. With the help of fortune, fast friends, and fair winds, she seeks solace in a variety of closed societies as she strives to reestablish herself as a free person at ...

With typical unfettered enthusiasm Deirdre embarks on the most challenging journey so far, encountering the very worst form of danger from man and from nature. But friends matter; and she will give her all for the sake of those she has come to love like family. Even in a city of millions a cheerful fair-haired teenager with an elegant accent is not inconspicuous. So the indefatigable heroine must put to sea once more, desperate to find freedom and a fresh start in the one place in which she expects to find sanctuary for a world-weary soul… so long as the Fates do not intervene. Deirdre, ...

Sprinkle joy throughout the 12 days of Christmas—it's a jolly good time for the whole family! This book is Santa’s special gift to you, filled with surprises and delightful entertainment. At last, the mysteries surrounding Santa are revealed in “Santa's Jolly Holiday Picture Book Mystery: 12 Days of Merry Christmas Fun To Flip Through.” Discover answers to fascinating questions, such as: What is Santa’s secret hobby? What game does Santa enjoy the most? Why does Santa refer to Jesus as his friend? What is Santa’s favorite cookie? What role does Santa play in the “Jesus Is The ...

IT'S TURKEY TIME, IT'S TURKEY TIME, THE HUMANS SAY BUT HOW ABOUT YOU BAKE LASAGNA, THANXGIVING DAY

With typical unfettered enthusiasm Deirdre embarks on the most challenging journey so far, encountering the very worst form of danger from man and from nature. But friends matter; and she will give her all for the sake of those she has come to love like family. Even in a city of millions a cheerful fair-haired teenager with an elegant accent is not inconspicuous. So the indefatigable heroine must put to sea once more, desperate to find freedom and a fresh start in the one place in which she expects to find sanctuary for a world-weary soul… so long as the Fates do not intervene. Deirdre, ...

Flush with ill-gotten gains from the Caribbean and intent on following her heart, fifteen-year-old Deirdre arrives in the hemisphere of her ancestry. But can anyone return to the bliss of a tropical paradise? Still she gains an education both academically and practically, increases her personal wealth, and finds friends like family in three great civilisations. It might be enough for some girls; but wanderlust will drive the indefatigable heroine ever farther from Connecticut on two epic sea voyages, over ancient trade routes… and the sea shall call her towards yet another as she ...

Renato Ravioli was born in America but sent to Italy, to be raised by his grandparents and taught to work hard every day, now Renato is a one-of-a-kind chef, but it wasn't always that way.

Heartsick and once again homeless, Deirdre turns her back on a Bahamian paradise and sails a thousand miles to the mystical Virgin Islands, the destination of her most cherished daydreams. But debilitated by drinking binges she is easily seduced by a sadistic drug smuggler; and shady intrigue, sensual interludes, and the perils of storm season in unprotected seas become routine. Now the indefatigable teenaged heroine must challenge the limits of her own endurance, both physically and emotionally, if she is to survive the most onerous ordeals so far. Deirdre, the Oyster's Pearl; Part Two...

Heartsick and once again homeless, Deirdre turns her back on a Bahamian paradise and sails a thousand miles to the mystical Virgin Islands, the destination of her most cherished daydreams. But debilitated by drinking binges she is easily seduced by a sadistic drug smuggler; and shady intrigue, sensual interludes, and the perils of storm season in unprotected seas become routine. Now the indefatigable teenaged heroine must challenge the limits of her own endurance, both physically and emotionally, if she is to survive the most onerous ordeals so far. Deirdre, the Oyster's Pearl; Part Two...

Daniel Summerhill gets up one day and walks out of his college class. This novel takes place in the chaotic year of 1970 in Greenwich Village. Daniel is confused. He has to face the draft, angry parents, newly-liberated girlfriends, and total uncertainty about his future. Carefully, he decides to explore being a writer. He gets advice and meets a variety of famous and rebellious people. There is the painter who lives in a treehouse, figures in the music business, writers among the Beatniks and others. Trying to find his self and be true to it, Daniel struggles to write, to find love, and to...

By the age of 15, Deirdre has become unhappy at home. With a teenager’s optimism she hitchhikes down to the Bahamas, hoping to bask on beaches for ever. But she finds the adult world of earning wages and paying rent includes racism, sexual harassment and abuse– with the daily fear of being found out as an underaged illegal alien and sent back to a place she no longer considers home. Was it ever supposed to be this weird? Deirdre, the Wanderer; Part Three In Books 8-10 of the complete novel, Deirdre learns that independent life in Nassau may be less than a dream come true. But a fateful ...

By the age of 15, Deirdre has become unhappy at home. With a teenager’s optimism she hitchhikes down to the Bahamas, hoping to bask on beaches for ever. But she finds the adult world of earning wages and paying rent includes racism, sexual harassment and abuse– with the daily fear of being found out as an underaged illegal alien and sent back to a place she no longer considers home. Was it ever supposed to be this weird? Deirdre, the Wanderer: A modern picaresque; Part One In Books 1-4 of the complete novel, Deirdre uses her nascent womanly wiles to secure a ride south from snowy ...

By the age of 15, Deirdre has become unhappy at home. With a teenager s optimism she hitchhikes down to the Bahamas, hoping to bask on beaches for ever. But she finds the adult world of earning wages and paying rent includes racism, sexual harassment and abuse– with the daily fear of being found out as an underaged illegal alien and sent back to a place she no longer considers home. Was it ever supposed to be this weird? Deirdre, the Wanderer; Part Two In Books 5-7 of the complete novel, a series of startling propositions at a stately home, on a deserted island, and in the midst of...

Jane Austen’s final, unfinished novel centres on Charlotte Heywood as she arrives in an up-and-coming seaside town. As she meets a host of characters, from her hosts’ family to visitors from the West Indies, Austen's final novel gives us a concise insight into the deception, snobbery, and unexpected romances that occur in the world of her characters.

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