New Literary Fiction

People say the youngest child has it easy, but nothing can be further from the truth. Unlike my two sisters, Violet and Lily, I'm never in the limelight. I just work my butt off for Fleur Cosmetics and get little to no thanks for it. I've been pushed too far one too many times, and I'm finally brave enough to do something about it. Maybe my newfound courage has something to do with the amazing pink and white diamond necklace I wear to the party in Cannes.

Anjali Bose is Miss New India. Born into a traditional lower-middle-class family and living in a backwater town with an arranged marriage on the horizon, Anjali's prospects dont look great. But her ambition and fluency in language do not go unnoticed by her expat teacher, Peter Champion. And champion her he does, both to other powerful people who can help her along the way and to Anjali herself, stirring in her a desire to take charge of her own destiny.

Here are poems about things that you may never have thought about before. You'll be introduced to jellyfish stew, a bouncing mouse, a ridiculous dog, and a boneless chicken. You'll learn why you shouldn't argue with a shark, eat a dinosaur, or have an alligator for a pet. You'll meet the world's worst singer and the greatest video game player in history. You'll even find an invitation to a dragon's birthday party....

“This is a brilliant book written by a brilliant man who has no fear expressing his ideas.” Birmingham News This is the driving, compassionate story of a young man's coming of age, a well-born rebel who defies his family’s two hundred years of aristocratic tradition…and flees the horrors that churn beneath its tranquil surface. Avery Hollister grew up admiring his father, loving his gentle mother too much, and believing in the aristocratic Hollister tradition. And then he sees his family as it really is. His father, a faithless bully, is anxious to preserve appearances at any cost, ...

In 1929 in New Orleans, a Dominican immigrant named Adana Moreau writes a science-fiction novel. The novel earns rave reviews, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before she dies, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript. Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower is cleaning out his dead grandfather’s home when he discovers a mysterious manuscript written by none other than Adana Moreau. With the help of his friend Javier, Saul tracks down an address for Adana’s son in New Orleans, but as Hurricane Katrina strikes, they must head to the storm-ravaged city.

This novel is about one of the most ungodlike but lovable divine characters in mythology anywhere. It takes off from where the rest of the legends about Krishna stop. Krishna is shown here more as the human avatara he assumes rather than the God behind the avatar.

The Story of a New Name is an extraordinary novel about two young women, Lila and Elena, growing up in Naples in the early 1960s. At 16 Lila marries the shopkeeper Stefano. She is filled with pleasure at her new wealth and horror at the life she has chosen. Elena’s own attempts at romance seem to be sabotaged by Lila’s turbulent affairs. As she tries to plot her way out of poverty via academic and literary success, her constant anxiety is that she is just a shadow of the brilliant Lila.

La protagonista es Berta. Por decisión propia, y que sorprende, acepta casarse con Julio Mitchell. Éste no sólo es más mayor que ella sino que, además, tan sólo lo ha visto una vez. Su decisión hará que abandone Barcelona para marchar a Argentina e iniciar una nueva vida. Berta realizará su viaje a bordo del Reina Victoria Eugenia.

Eleanor Morse's Margreete’s Harbor begins with a fire: A fiercely-independent, thrice-widowed woman living on her own in a rambling house near the Maine coast forgets a hot pan on the stovetop, and nearly burns her place down. When Margreete Bright calls her daughter Liddie to confess, Liddie realizes that her mother can no longer live alone. She, her husband Harry, and their children Eva and Bernie move from a settled life in Michigan across the country to Margreete’s isolated home, and begin a new life.

The protagonist of Orhan Pamuk's fiendishly engaging novel is launched into a world of hypnotic texts and (literally) Byzantine conspiracies that whirl across the steppes and forlorn frontier towns of Turkey. And with The New Life, Pamuk himself vaults from the forefront of his country's writers into the arena of world literature.

Looking for a strong woman to take on the Apocalypse? They survived the solar flare. They survived without power. They survived bandits. But can they survive a dictator who is determined to become the king of their state? Allison and her community have worked together to build a life after the flare. Can a ruthless man and the inmates he freed from the local prison take away everything they worked for?

VINE VOICE: "Another winner!" VINE VOICE: "Strongly recommend!" "Laugh out loud funny!" "Another great mystery thriller!" "Another fun, fast read from Peggy Edelheit." "Hilarious and intriguing." "Cleverly planned, a pleasure to read." "This funny, romantic, mysterious rendezvous to New Hope was too convenient. They’re staying with whom? No B&B? In spite of Sam’s cagey, fine-looking gumshoe, Clay, this unexpected invite from his friends, has Sam skeptical, and leads to another great mystery thriller, and another fun, fast read from Peggy Edelheit." Of course, Sam’s suspicious of just ...

Muchas décadas después de su muerte, el venerado intelectual y profesor C. S. Lewis sigue hablando a los lectores, gracias no solo a sus conocimientos intelectuales sobre el cristianismo, sino también a sus maravillosas obras creativas y sus profundas reflexiones sobre la literatura que influyó en su vida. Amado por sus instructivas novelas, como Las cartas del diablo a su sobrino, El gran divorcio y Las crónicas de Narnia, así como por sus libros filosóficos que exploran la teología y la vida cristiana, Lewis fue escritor y amante de los libros durante toda su vida.

After a lucrative television writing career comes to an abrupt end, ex–high school teacher Ray Mitchell returns to the New Jersey city of his birth—to rethink his life, reconnect with his teenage daughter and to spread the wealth on the housing project that reared him. He begins teaching again, embarks on an affair with a married woman from the old neighborhood and becomes a mentor to a former student recently released from jail. Then, disaster: he is found beaten nearly to death in his own apartment.

A Leader. A Tragedy. A Second Chance. Breaker is the magnetic young leader of a tight-knit brotherhood forged through shared adventures and a daredevil spirit. His youthful morality is the foundation of their bond. A natural at inspiring loyalty and pushing boundaries, Breaker’s greatest strength—his fierce idealism—becomes his deepest vulnerability after a tragic event shatters his world. He falls into a spiral of guilt and shame, and crushed by the weight of his perceived failures, retreats to hide and atone. His sense of duty and responsibility, once a guiding light, becomes an ...

A literary fiction book set in the rugged town of Soren Junction during the early 20th century. In the sweeping landscape of Soren Junction, silence meets chaos as Max Declan, a weary man from New York City, searches for solace and a new beginning. This frontier town, with its vibrant culture and complex characters, draws Max into a web of connections that challenge his resolve and tug at his heart, revealing the depths of a man haunted by his past. As Max navigates the intricacies of small-town life, he encounters the charismatic hotel owner Jack Grayson and the spirited telegraph operator...

Calamity is confronting two big transitions: the death of her beloved father and the beginning of menopause, a physical shift that has rekindled her gift for finding lost things. Suddenly, she is getting hot flashes that seem to forge objects out of thin air, most notably a four-year old boy. As Calamity takes the child into her care, she discovers that all is not as it seems. Then, Calamity must reawaken to the mysteries surrounding her own childhood and the early disappearance of her mother.

As a teenager, it was never Sam Pulsifer's intention to torch an American landmark, and he certainly never planned to kill two people in the blaze. To this day, he still wonders why that young couple was upstairs in bed in the Emily Dickinson House after hours. After serving 10 years in prison for his crime, Sam is determined to put the past behind him. His low-profile life is chugging along quite nicely until the past comes crashing through his front door.

One day, Emilio learns the shocking secret: He is undocumented. His parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well, he’s in his second year at UC Berkeley...then he gets into a car accident, and - without a driver’s license or any ID - the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Lily, depuis que sa fille Emerson est née, lui a promis que le cycle de la violence s'arrêterait avec elles. Que jamais plus, les femmes de leur famille n'endureraient des abus. Alors elle a pris la décision de quitter son mari et père de sa petite fille. Elle ne s'attendait pas à croiser Atlas, son amour d'adolescente par hasard, et elle ne sait pas quelle place il pourrait occuper dans sa vie.