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Girlie, a thirty-something Filipinx-American, works a day job at a social-media moderation centre, flagging and removing the very worst that makes it on to the internet. She's good at it, too—dispassionate, unflinching, maybe because she learned by necessity to cauterise all her emotions when she was still a kid—so it's no surprise to anyone when the social-media company for which she works offers her a big pay rise and an office to start moderating its new venture: virtual-reality theme parks, stunning simulations of civilizations long-since dead.

Band 2 der Montmarte-Saga. Paris 1889: Elise Lambert und Valérie Dumas wurden am selben Tag geboren. Sonst haben die beiden Frauen nicht viel gemeinsam. Nach der Eröffnung des Moulin Rouge steigt Elise Lambert rasch zum Star des Tanz-Ensembles auf. Darunter leidet ihre Freundschaft mit der Tänzerin La Goulue. Obwohl der Maler Toulouse-Lautrec sie durch seine Werke immer bekannter macht, betrachtet La Goulue Elise zunehmend als Konkurrentin. Die Situation eskaliert, als sich ein reicher Adeliger für Elise interessiert.

À trente ans, Mathilde voit son monde s'effondrer et ses repères s'effacer. Lasse de courir après un bonheur qui s'acharne à la fuir, elle est sur le point de baisser les bras et glisse vers la dépression qui lui tend les siens. Une subite envie d'ailleurs l'amène à dépoussiérer la vieille valise qui trône au-dessus de l'armoire ; elle y découvre un trésor inestimable.

It starts with an itch. In homes all across America, women first feel a burning, itching sensation in their arms. They become tired and sluggish. And then they are compelled to walk West toward the Pacific Ocean. Abandoning their families, jobs, lives, they become shells of their former selves, all while doctors and scientists halfheartedly search for a cure that can’t be found.

It’s 1999, and Nikki Rose is the only Black editor on the staff of a prestigious fashion magazine she once thought would be her ticket to becoming a respected editor-in-chief. But after being told one too many times by her boss that “Black girls don’t sell magazines,” she walks away to take over Sugar, a struggling hip-hop music and lifestyle magazine with untapped potential.

Emerson Clarke can’t remember a time when she felt in control of her life. Her father—a celebrated author—blew in and out of her childhood like a hurricane until he got Alzheimer’s. Her mother numbed loneliness with gin. And recently, her teen daughter has shut her out without explanation. The only place Emerson has ever been in charge is in front of the keyboard where, as a ghostwriter, she dictates everything that happens on the page. If only she could arrange reality the same way, life could be perfect. An impossible fantasy—or so she believes until she makes a startling discovery.

Josie Mitchell’s sister Laurel thinks she’s come home to pitch in with the apple harvest and save the family orchard. Her brother-in-law Nate thinks she’s there to talk the overworked, very pregnant Laurel into finally selling the family business. The orchard’s new manager Grady Mackenzie just thinks she’s trouble with a capital T. They’re all right . . . and all wrong. Because no one really knows what drove Josie from home in the first place. Why she’s never come home before, even for her own father’s funeral. Why she pushes herself so hard . . . and what she’s running from.

For Sofie King, love has always been a risk. She’s been living under a thundercloud since her dad’s sudden death when she was just a teenager, building a career in insurance and letting the numbers predict the safest options. But meeting husband Rory was like a ray of sunshine breaking through: he can’t help but always see the bright side. When Sofie falls pregnant, the couple begin to dream of their future as a three. But just a week before her due date, the worst thing imaginable happens and there is no baby to bring home from the hospital.

Maude Pratt is a legend, a photographer famous for her cutting-edge techniques and uncanny ability to strip away the masks of the world’s most recognizable celebrities and luminaries. Now in her seventies, Maude has been in the public eye since the 1920s, and her unparalleled portfolio includes intimate portraits of Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, and Picasso.

Reeling from a failed marriage, Sheila, a twentysomething playwright, finds herself unsure of how to live and create. When Margaux, a talented painter and free spirit, and Israel, a sexy and depraved artist, enter her life, Sheila hopes that through close—sometimes too close—observation of her new friend, her new lover, and herself, she might regain her footing in art and life. Using transcribed conversations, real emails, plus heavy doses of fiction, the brilliant and always innovative Sheila Heti crafts a work that is part literary novel, part self-help manual, and part bawdy confessional.

When Shay reopens Hollywood Lakes Inn, her biggest worry is whether the plumbing in the 200-year-old house will spring a leak. But as she readies for her first VIP guest, she's caught in flashbacks that never happened—memories so vivid she wonders if she's losing her perimenopausal mind. With no time to dwell, she focuses on Porter Nichols, the famous screenwriter renting the entire second floor. He's got a script to finish and a terrible case of writer's block. When an unexpected guest arrives along with some disgruntled muses, Shay suspects his problem is magical in nature.

London, 1941. As the city thrums with Blitz bombers, lonely air raid warden Ruby is drawn into the unfamiliar world of the India Forum, where a group of Londoners are working tirelessly to free India from British rule. Ruby has her own secret motives for joining the fight, but when she meets Satyajit, charming, aloof, and potentially dangerous, she finds herself torn between head and heart. Lawyer Kitty is helping Indian men in Britain challenge conscription. Having left her family behind in Bombay to marry the man she loves, now she risks losing him as well.

Charlotte Adams escapes a destitute orphanage in prewar London, only to find herself in the lavish but equally treacherous home of one of England's wealthiest families. Her daughter, Margot Kenworthy, flees to America's heartland, where she takes refuge in a dangerously misunderstood finishing school. Her daughter, Cleo Portman, heads to Hollywood, where she takes on the predatory modeling business in shocking and unprecedented ways.

From the bestselling author of Superfan comes a haunting novel about the long-unacknowledged demons that are passed down through four generations of women in a Chinese Canadian family, and what it might take for them to finally break free of the past.

When Poppy discovers unanswered messages from a charming stranger in her late sister's dating app, she makes an impulsive choice: She'll meet him, just once, on what would have been Dandelion's fortieth birthday. It's exactly the kind of wild adventure her vivacious sister would have pushed her toward. Jake is ready to find something real—and not least because his ex-wife's twentysomething boyfriend has moved into their old family home. When he meets the intriguing woman who calls herself Dandelion, their connection is undeniable, and he can think of little else.

Wünsch dir etwas, stell dich deinen Ängsten und sieh, was passiert …. In einer von Einsamkeit geprägten Kindheit fand Lucy Hart Trost in Büchern, insbesondere in der "Clock Island"-Reihe von Bestsellerautor Jack Masterson. Jetzt ist sie Mitte zwanzig und kann ihre Liebe zum Lesen mit ihren Schülern teilen, vor allem mit dem Waisenjungen Christopher. Lucy würde alles dafür tun, Christopher zu adoptieren, doch um ihm ein richtiges Zuhause zu geben, fehlen ihr die nötigen finanziellen Mittel.

Die dänische Antwort auf "Downton Abbey": Opulent, dramatisch, skandinavisch! Fünen, Dänemark, 1874. Die junge Oda Hviid kommt an einem eiskalten Morgen nach Schloss Egeskov, um dort ihre Anstellung als Dienstmagd anzutreten. Dort herrscht große Aufregung, denn Graf Frederik soll sich an diesem Tag verloben! Die Verantwortung lastet schwer auf den Schultern des jungen Schlossherrn. Seine kleine Schwester Jessie hat ganz andere Pläne: Zusammen mit Johannes, dem Sohn des Priesters, träumt sie von Paris und einem Studium an der Sorbonne. Doch dann ändert ein tragischer Schicksalsschlag alles.

Die Fortsetzung der genussvollen Schokoladen-Trilogie von Lisa Graf als Hörbuch. Bern 1863: Kurz bevor die Räder einer vorbeifahrenden Kutsche den kleinen Tagträumer Rudolphe Lindt auf dem Marktplatz erfassen, wird er von einem wunderschönen Blumenmädchen gerettet. Von diesem Augenblick an ist klar: Der junge Lindt hat überlebt, um Großes zu vollbringen! Doch nicht etwa so, wie es sich seine Familie wünscht. Der Sohn eines Arztes wird zum Schulabbrecher und stürzt sich in das Abenteuer. Als Charmeur und Lebemann haben ihm schon immer alle Türen offen gestanden.

Zwölf Monate. Zwölf Bücher. Ein Jahr, um ein gebrochenes Herz zu heilen ... Tilly fällt aus allen Wolken, als sie an ihrem Geburtstag einen Anruf von Buchhändler Alfie Lane erhält. Ihr Verlobter Joe hat in Alfies kleinem Laden ein Geschenk für sie hinterlegt: ein Jahr voller Bücher – für jeden Monat eins. Seit Joes Tod vor fünf Monaten ist Tilly nicht mehr dieselbe, doch nun fasst sie sich ein Herz. Die Bücher führen sie von einem Abenteuer ins nächste.

Ein kleines Kleidungsstück verändert die Welt - ein packender historischer Roman über die Erfindung des Büstenhalters. Dresden 1908: Eine neue Zeit beginnt, die Jahre der großen Erfindungen sind angebrochen. Christine arbeitet als Therapeutin im weltbekannten Sanatorium Lahmann. Während ihrer Behandlungen fallen die feinen Damen in ihren engen Korsetts reihenweise in Ohnmacht – was Christine auf eine weltverändernde Idee bringt: Sie entwickelt den ersten Büstenhalter.