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We Were Liars
E. Lockhart • 2018
<b>NOW AVAILABLE AS THE ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES <i>WE WERE LIARS—</i>AND LOOK FOR E. LOCKHART’S NEW NOVEL IN THE WE WERE LIARS UNIVERSE, <i>WE FELL APART</i>, COMING NOVEMBER 4, 2025<br><br>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • A <i>KIRKUS REVIEWS</i> BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY • The modern, sophisticated suspense novel that became a runaway smash hit on TikTok and introduced the world to a family hiding a jaw-dropping secret.<br><br>"Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, <i>We Were Liars</i> is utterly unforgettable." —John Green, #1<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i><br><br></b>A beautiful and distinguished family.<br>A private island.<br>A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.<br>A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.<br>A revolution. An accident. A secret.<br>Lies upon lies.<br>True love.<br>The truth.<br><br>Read it.<br>And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.<b><br><br>Don’t miss any of the We Were Liars novels<br>WE WERE LIARS • FAMILY OF LIARS • WE FELL APART (Coming in November!)<br></b>
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides • 2019
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)
Emily Brontë • 2002
<b>Coming soon to the big screen is Emerald Fennell’s feature film “<i>Wuthering Heights</i>,” which captures the spirit of this epic love story and stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff.<br></b><br>Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor.<br><br>Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. <br><br>In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of <i>The Brontë Myth</i>, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.
Behind Closed Doors: A Novel
B.A. Paris • 2016
<p><b>THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS!</b><br><br>The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?<br><br><b>“A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night.”</b> —Mary Kubica, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of <i>The Good Girl</i><br><br>“<b>This is one readers won’t be able to put down.</b>” —<i>Booklist </i>(starred review)<br><br>"<b>A can’t-put-down psychological thriller</b>.” —<i>Library Journal</i> (starred review)<br><br>“This debut is guaranteed to haunt you...<b>Warning: brace yourself.</b>” —<i>Bustle</i> (10 New Thrillers to Read This Summer)<br><br>“<b>The sense of believably and terror that engulfs Behind Closed Doors doesn't waver.</b>” —The Associated Press, picked up by <i>The Washington Post</i><br><br>“<b>This was one of the best and most terrifying psychological thrillers I have ever read.</b>” —<i>San Francisco Book Review</i><br><br><br>Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’re hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. You’d like to get to know Grace better.<br><br>But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.<br><br>Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.<br><br>Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.<br><br>From bestselling author B.A. Paris comes the gripping thriller and international phenomenon <i>Behind Closed Doors</i>.</p>
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Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata • 2019
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Stories
Mariana Enriquez • 2022
The Echo Wife
Sarah Gailey • 2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid • 2016
If You Could See the Sun
Ann Liang • 2022
A Crane Among Wolves
June Hur • 2024
Petty Lies
Sulmi Bak • 2025
The Paris Match
Kate Clayborn • 2026
Who's That Girl?
Mhairi McFarlane • 2017
They're Going to Love You A Novel
Meg Howrey • 2022
The Bright Years
Sarah Damoff • 2025
Death Valley
Melissa Broder • 2024
Favorite Daughter
Morgan Dick • 2025
You Are Here
David Nicholls • 2024
Table for One
Emma Gannon • 2025
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Ronan Hession • 2021
Humiliated and Insulted: New Translation
Fyodor Dostoevsky • 2019
The Lily of the Valley
Honoré de Balzac • 2017
The Ex Hex
Erin Sterling • 2021
Rewind it Back
Liz Tomforde • 2025
Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann • 2016
The Lover
Marguerite Duras • 1998
Wish Her Safe At Home
Stephen Benatar • 2010
After the Kiss
Lauren Layne • 2013
Before I Let Go
Kennedy Ryan • 2022
Book Lovers
Emily Henry • 2022
Mad about You
Mhairi McFarlane • 2022
Heart the Lover
Lily King • 2025
<p><b>"Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky." --Emma Straub, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>This Time Tomorrow</i></b></p> <p><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Writers & Lovers</i> comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love</b></p> <p><i>You knew I'd write a book about you someday.</i></p> <p>Our narrator understands good love stories--their secrets and subtext, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.</p> <p>In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living off campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. But youthful passion is unpredictable, and soon she finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever.</p> <p>Decades later, the vulnerable days of Jordan's youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news bring the past crashing into the present, she returns to a world she left behind and must confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.</p> <p>Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics of Lily King have come to adore, <i>Heart the Lover</i> is a deeply moving love story that celebrates literature, forgiveness, and the transformative bonds that shape our lives. Wise, unforgettable, and with a delightful connective thread to <i>Writers & Lovers</i>, this is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.</p>
Next of Kin
Kia Abdullah • 2022
<p>“Abdullah’s legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt.” Sunday Times Crime Club</p> <p>“An enthralling, heartbreaking and thrilling courtroom drama that had me shouting out loud and gripped until the last page.” Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man</p> <p>“Brilliantly tense, this is another clever page turner from Kia Abdullah that I couldn’t put down. Just superb.” Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City</p> <p>* * * *</p> <p> ON AN ORDINARY WORKING DAY... </p> <p>Leila Syed receives a call that cleaves her life in two. Her brother-in-law’s voice is filled with panic. His son’s nursery has called to ask where little Max is.</p> <p> YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE... </p> <p>Leila was supposed to drop Max off that morning. But she forgot.</p> <p>Racing to the carpark, she grasps the horror of what she has done.</p> <p> IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE... </p> <p>What follows is an explosive, high-profile trial that will tear the family apart. But as the case progresses it becomes clear there’s more to this incident than meets the eye...</p> <p> A gripping, brave and tense courtroom drama, Next of Kin will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, heart-stopping page. </p> <p>* * * *</p> <p> Readers are GRIPPED by Next of Kin </p> <p>“Kia Abdullah is the absolute queen of the courtroom drama.” NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>“WOW!! This book is astonishingly brilliant! An absolute masterpiece.” NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>“I couldn’t put this down and Kia Abdullah is becoming a firm favourite read” NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>“Kia Abdullah is a writing maestro.” NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>“A gripping legal thriller that will leave you reeling. A book that will stay with you long after the last page. The ending is a stunner!” NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p>
On a Quiet Street
Seraphina Nova Glass • 2022
A New York Times Book Review Summer Read and Edgar Award nominee! Don't miss this unputdownable psychological thriller! Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware!<br> <br> <br> <br> When you really start to look beyond the airy open floor plans and marble counters, Brighton Hills is filled with secrets. Some big, some little, some deadly. And one by one, they're about to be revealed... "A writer to watch." --Publishers Weekly<br> <br> <br> <br> The perfect neighborhood can be the perfect place to hide...<br> <br> <br> <br> Who wouldn't want to live in Brighton Hills? This exclusive community on the Oregon coast is the perfect mix of luxury and natural beauty. Stunning houses nestle beneath mighty Douglas firs, and lush backyards roll down to the lakefront. It's the kind of place where neighbors look out for one another. Sometimes a little too closely...<br> <br> <br> <br> Cora thinks her husband, Finn, is cheating--she just needs to catch him in the act. That's where Paige comes in. Paige lost her son to a hit-and-run last year, and she's drowning in the kind of grief that makes people do reckless things like spying on the locals, searching for proof that her son's death was no accident...and agreeing to Cora's plan to reveal what kind of man Finn really is. All the while, their reclusive new neighbor, Georgia, is acting more strangely every day. But what could such a lovely young mother possibly be hiding?<br> <br> <br> <br> Looking for another heart-pounding thriller? In bestselling author Seraphina Nova Glass's upcoming thriller, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE, new threats and hidden secrets in a small town spark a desperate race against time...<br> <br> <br> <br> Other thrillers from Seraphina to keep you up all night:<br> <br> <ul> <li>The Vacancy in Room 10</li> <li>The Vanishing Hour</li> <li>Such a Good Wife</li> <li>Someone's Listening</li> </ul> <br> <br>
Irene
Pierre Lemaitre • 2015
Table for One
Emma Gannon • 2025
Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2025
The Conditions of Will
Jessa Hastings • 2025
Evenings and Weekends
Oisín McKenna • 2024
<p>"This is such a love story to cities & people & heartbreaks, death & loss. It's not at all corny, it's smart. But I just finished it & it made me cry." -- Eileen Myles </p> <p>"Signals the arrival of a novelist sure to resonate with young people who endeavor to make intimate connections." --The Washington Post</p> <p>For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a stunning debut that follows a vibrant multi-generational cast of characters through a London heatwave as their simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over a feverish, life-changing weekend.</p> <p>Summer in London stops for no one. Not the half-naked drunks and stoners, the bachelorette parties glugging from bejewelled bottles, the drag queens puffing on hurried cigarettes. It's June 2019, and everyone has converged on the city's parks, beer gardens, and street corners to revel in the collective joys of being alive.</p> <p>Everyone but Maggie. She's 30, pregnant, and broke. Faced with moving back to the town she fought to escape, she's wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is trying to run from his past with Maggie's best friend Phil and harboring secret dreams of his own.</p> <p>Phil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there's a problem: Keith has a boyfriend and there might not be room for three people in the relationship. Then there's Rosaleen, Phil's mother, who's tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She's just been diagnosed with cancer and is travelling to London to tell Phil, if she can ever get hold of him.</p> <p>As Saturday night approaches, all their lives are set to change forever. Temperatures are soaring and the weekend is about to begin...</p> <p>Strikingly heartfelt, sexually charged, and disarmingly comic, Oisín McKenna's debut is a mesmerizing dive into the soul of a city and a searing look at what it takes to build a life there.</p>
The Love Wager
Lynn Painter • 2023
Loved One
Aisha Muharrar • 2025
<p>'THE FUNNIEST BOOK YOU'LL EVER READ ABOUT GRIEF' MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD</p> <p>'PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE MESSINESS, HEARTACHE AND BEAUTY OF GRIEF' RED MAGAZINE</p> <p> ‘For years I'd known exactly who I was to Gabe. It was a long story but I could tell it confidently, like a bartender sharing a recipe for her signature cocktail. Now things were so jumbled, I didn't know where to begin...’ </p> <p>When Julia’s first-love-turned-close-friend Gabe, a successful indie musician, dies unexpectedly aged 29, Julia is launched into an intercontinental quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world.</p> <p>The search for these items leads Julia to Elizabeth, the last woman Gabe loved, in an interaction that leaves Julia with more questions than answers. Both women, it turns out, have something to hide, and soon find themselves engaged in a complex dance of withholding and revelation.</p> <p>Together, the two must reconcile their conflicting memories of Gabe and who he was to each of them...and who they now are to each other.</p> <p> From the Emmy Award-winning writer behind Hacks and Parks and Recreation, Loved One is a wise, witty and profoundly moving coming-of-age story with a powerful love at its heart, set to become an instant classic. </p>
How to Fall Out of Love Madly A Novel
Jana Casale • 2022
To Hate Adam Connor
Ella Maise • 2016
The End of Loneliness A Novel
Benedict Wells • 2019
Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood • 2025
<p><b><i>What is wrong</i></b> <b>meets <i>what feels right</i> in this romance set in Italy by the <i>Sunday Times</i> and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Deep End.</i></b><br> <br> Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life.<br> <br> Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.<br> <br> It's such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother's best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.<br> <br> But not everything is as it seems - and clichés sometimes become plot twists.<br> <br> When Maya's brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs - even if it's a problematic one.<br> <br> <b>It's <i>officially</i> Problematic Summer - and readers can't get enough:</b><br> <br> 'Ali Hazelwood's books do it for me EVERY TIME. <b>I simply devoured every page of this</b>...I just didn't want it to end! So many things in this just checked every box for me. <b>The setting? GORGEOUS! The angst and tension? FINGER LICKING! The characters? I love them all, your honour...Conor and Maya? Down so bad for them I'm probably ten feet underground</b>...I can't wait for everyone to read this!' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br> <br> '<b>VIVA ITALIA!!!!</b> I could feel Ali's love for Sicily through this book. The setting was just <b>absolutely romantic and idyllic</b>, perfect for two people whose orbits can't escape each other. It is <b>the perfect summer book</b>' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br> <br> 'My moral compass might just be <b>spinning because I loved this book so much</b>' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br> <br> 'Nothing could have prepared me for how much this book would end up consuming my entire being...<b>Ali Hazelwood demonstrates yet again that she can do no wrong in creating the most perfect love story</b>...the t<b>ension in this book is <i>palpable</i></b>... like, my face was red hot from the level of <b>ANGST AND YEARNING</b> between Maya and Conor...this was <b>the most delicious will they/won't they tug of war</b> that ached so good in my chest' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br> <br> 'I couldn't put this book down. <b>The pining, the banter, the chemistry, the spice. Perfection...</b>With <i>Problematic Summer Romance</i> and <i>Deep End</i>, <b>Ali Hazelwood has written two of my favorite books this year</b>' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br> <br> 'I dare say that this is <b>now my new favorite Ali Hazelwood book</b>?!..I loved every single minute! Between <b>the laugh-out-loud dialogue, the yearning between Maya and Conor, and the moments that had me holding my breath, this book is a work of art!</b>...I really need a follow up book to this one. Like, <b>on my knees begging for crumbs because this book altered my DNA</b>' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br> <br> *Ali Hazelwood's <i>Deep End</i> was a <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller w/e 23 February 2025</p>
Journey Into the Past
Stefan Zweig • 2009
Return to Romance: The Strange Love Stories of Ogden Whitney (New York Review Comics)
Ogden Whitney • 2019
By turns amusing and disturbing, this collection of 1960s romance comic strips provides a provocative window into male-female power dynamics as conceived by one of mid-century America's foremost comic book artists.<br/><br/>Ogden Whitney was one of the unsung masters of American comics. He is perhaps best remembered for co-creating the satirical superhero Herbie Popnecker, also known as the Fat Fury, but his romance comics of the late 1950s and 1960s may be even more unique. In Whitney’s hands, the standard formula of meet-cute, minor complications, and final blissful kiss becomes something very different: an unsettling vision of midcentury American romance as a devastating power struggle, a form of intimate psychological warfare dressed up in pearls and flannel suits. From suburban lawns and offices to rocket labs and factories, his men and women scheme and clash, dominate and escape. It is darkly hilarious, truly terrifying—and yes, occasionally even a bit romantic.
Lie with Me
Philippe Besson • 2020
Vilette
Bronte C. • 2018
Katabasis: A Novel
R. F Kuang • 2025
Gray After Dark: A Thriller
Noelle West Ihli • 2024
A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape.<br/><br/>When a tragic accident sidelines Miley's dreams of Olympic gold, she takes a summer job at a mountain guest lodge. The Frank Church Wilderness is remote, but it’s the perfect place to train and recover. Local lore about a staffer who died years ago doesn’t scare her.<br/><br/>But it should.<br/><br/>Miley’s plans take a terrifying detour when she’s abducted during a morning run. Held captive in a desolate off-grid cabin, she’ll have to use her athletic prowess, cunning mind, and courage to survive. But as the nightmare at the cabin escalates, Miley is forced to form an unlikely alliance and attempt a risky escape.<br/><br/>Can she outwit her captors and survive the wilderness before it’s too late?<br/><br/>Inspired by true events, Gray After Dark is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller with a finale that will leave you breathless.
Pretty Girls
Karin Slaughter • 2016
What Lies Between Us
John Marrs • 2020
ITW Thriller Award winner<br/><br/>International Book Awards winner<br/>Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. And she can never let her leave.<br/>They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past.<br/>Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there. Because Maggie has done things to Nina that can’t ever be forgiven, and now she is paying the price.<br/>But there are many things about the past that Nina doesn’t know, and Maggie is going to keep it that way―even if it kills her.<br/>Because in this house, the truth is more dangerous than lies.
The Vet's Daughter (New York Review Books Classics)
Barbara Comyns • 2003
Strange Houses: A Novel
Uketsu • 2025
Madame Bovary: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Gustave Flaubert • 2011
Happy Hour: A Novel
Marlowe Granados • 2021
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh • 2012
If We Were Villains
M. L. Rio • 2017
Next to You
Hannah Bonam-Young • 2023
Lane is in the middle of an identity crisis. Her friends are all partnered up, her career is leading nowhere, and simply put? She's not happy. So after a night out celebrating (drinking) on her birthday she makes one hell of an impulsive purchase. A giant, yellow, forty-eight passenger school bus that she intends to make a home.With little-to-no renovation experience but a large sum of inheritance money, Lane enlists the help of her friend Matt-a mechanic by trade, handyman by practice, and hottie by nature.While their mutual attraction is undeniable, Matt and Lane have silently agreed that a friendship is the only thing that could ever exist between them. Matt's a total family guy with "settle down with me" tattooed across his forehead whereas Lane is entirely commitment-averse.So, when Matt offers to help her with the bus and in the bedroom with no strings attached, Lane's feelings evolve faster than you can say "just good friends." But she soon discovers that in order to build something new, she has to first heal her past.
I Could Give You the Moon
Ann Liang • 2026
Anxious People: A Novel
Fredrik Backman • 2020
People from My Neighborhood: Stories
Hiromi Kawakami • 2021
Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award<br/><br/>From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical—"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).<br/><br/>A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood.<br/><br/>In their lives, details of the local and everyday—the lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax office—slip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" stories—fictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and out—Hiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.
Happy All the Time
Laurie Colwin • 2014
Graveyard Shift: A Novella
M. L. Rio • 2024
<p><b>THE <i>USA TODAY</i> NATIONAL BESTSELLER!<br></b><b>The author of sales sensation <i>If We Were Villains</i> returns with a story about a ragtag group of night shift workers who meet in the local cemetery to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.<br><br></b>Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that looms over them, and the editor-in-chief of the college paper, always in search of a story.<br><br>One dark October evening in the defunct churchyard, they find a hole that wasn’t there before. A fresh, open grave where no grave should be. But who dug it, and for whom?<br><br>Before they go their separate ways, the gravedigger returns. As they trail him through the night, they realize he may be the key to a string of strange happenings around town that have made headlines for the last few weeks—and that they may be closer to the mystery than they thought.<br><br>Atmospheric and eerie, with the ensemble cast her fans love and a delightfully familiar academic backdrop, <i>Graveyard Shift</i> is a modern Gothic tale in <i>If We Were Villains</i> author M. L. Rio’s inimitable style.</p>
I'll Look for You Everywhere
Cameron Capello • 2025
Sounds Like Love
Ashley Poston • 2025
Ready or Not: A Novel
Cara Bastone • 2024
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner • 2021
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Joanne Greenberg • 2022
The multimillion-copy bestselling modern classic of autobiographical fiction about a young woman’s struggle with mental health, featuring a new foreword by Esmé Weijun Wang, the New York Times bestselling author of The Collected Schizophrenias, and a new afterword by the author<br/><br/>A Penguin Classic<br/><br/>After making an attempt on her own life, sixteen-year-old Deborah Blau is diagnosed with schizophrenia. With the reluctant and fearful consent of her parents, she enters a psychiatric hospital many hours from her home in suburban Chicago. Here she will spend the next three years, trying, with the help of a gifted psychiatrist, to find a path back to her “normal” life, and to emerge from the imaginary Kingdom of Yr in which she has sought refuge.<br/><br/>A semiautobiographical novel originally published under the pen name Hannah Green just a year after Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar--a very different portrait of psychological breakdown--I Never Promised You a Rose Garden remains, more than half a century later, a timeless and ultimately hopeful book, ripe for rediscovery by a new generation eager to erase the stigma of mental illness.<br/><br/>For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Lost Estate (Pocket Penguins)
Henri Alain-Fournier • 2016
<b>'He too began to chase the great pierrot through the corridors of the château...'</b><p>A novel of desperate yearning and vanished adolescence, the story of Meaulnes and his restless search for a lost, enchanted world has the atmosphere of a dream and the purity of a fairy tale. </p><p>A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.</p>
Say You'll Remember Me
Abby Jimenez • 2025
The Summer Pact: A Novel
Emily Giffin • 2024
<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends makes a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade later and embark upon a life-changing adventure together—from the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Meant to Be</i>.<br><br>“Juicy, page-turning escapism.”—<i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>Four freshmen arrive at college from completely different worlds: Lainey, a California party girl with a flair for drama; Tyson, a brilliant scholar and aspiring lawyer from Washington, D.C.; Summer, an ambitious, recruited athlete from the Midwest; and Hannah, a mild-mannered southerner who is content to quietly round out the circle of big personalities. Soon after arriving on campus, they strike up a conversation in their shared dorm, and the seeds of friendship are planted.<br><br> As their college years fly by, their bond intensifies and the four become inseparable. But as graduation nears, their lives are forever changed after a desperate act leads to tragic consequences. Stunned and heartbroken, they make a pact, promising to always be there for one another, no matter how separated they may become by circumstances or distance.<br><br> Ten years later, Hannah is anticipating what should be one of the happiest moments of her life when everything is suddenly turned upside down. Calling on her closest friends, it soon becomes clear that they are all facing their own crossroads. True to their promise, they agree to take a time out from lives headed in wrong directions and embark on a shared journey of self-discovery, forgiveness, and acceptance.<br><br> In this tender portrayal of grief, love, and hope, Emily Giffin asks: When things fall apart, who will be at our sides, helping us pick up the pieces?
Interesting Facts About Space
Emily R. Austin • 2024
"Enid is many things: lesbian, serial dater, deaf in one ear, space obsessive, true crime fanatic. When she's not listening to grizzly murder podcasts, she's managing her crippling phobia of bald people and trying hard not to think about her mortifying teenage years - which is hard, when she's lost the password to her old YouTube account and the (many) vlogs that her teen self once uploaded. She's worried about herself, her depressive mother, and what the deal is with gender reveal parties. But as Enid fumbles her way through her first serious relationship and navigates a new family life with her estranged half-sisters, she starts to worry that someone is following her. As her paranoia spirals out of control, Enid must contend with her mounting suspicion that something is seriously wrong with her... Full of charm, humour and heart, Interesting Facts About Space is a pitch-perfect exploration of the strange ways we try to connect with others, and the power of sharing our secret selves with the people we love."--Page 4 of cover.
The Stranger
Albert Camus • 1989
Nausea (New Directions Paperbook)
Jean-Paul Sartre • 2013
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions)
Betty Smith • 2009
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories
Raphael Bob-Waksberg • 2020
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami • 2021
Funny You Should Ask: A Novel
Elissa Sussman • 2022
Looking for Alaska
John Green • 2006
The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars<br/><br/>Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award • A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels • TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time • A PBS Great American Read Selection • Millions of copies sold!<br/><br/>First drink. First prank. First friend. First love.<br/><br/>Last words.<br/><br/>Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.<br/><br/>Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.<br/><br/>Newly updated edition includes a brand-new Readers' Guide featuring a Q&A with author John Green
Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Patti Smith • 2010
<p> It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. </p> <p> Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous—the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years. </p> <p> <i>Just Kids</i> begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame. </p>
Persuasion, Jane Austen
Jane Austen • 1997
The Ivies
Alexa Donne • 2021
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Shirley Jackson • 2006
<b>Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret</b><br><br>Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, <i>We Have Always Lived in the Castle</i> is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.<br><br>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel
Ottessa Moshfegh • 2019
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible A New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound.” — Entertainment Weekly “Darkly hilarious . . . [Moshfegh’s] the kind of provocateur who makes you laugh out loud while drawing blood.” —Vogue From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.
Lie with Me
Philippe Besson • 2020
One True Loves: A Novel
Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2016
* Now a major film! * Author of the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo *<br/><br/>Named a Best Book of Summer by Cosmopolitan * InStyle * Redbook * Us Weekly *PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Bustle * Brit+Co * Parade<br/><br/>“No one does life and love better.” —InStyle<br/>“Earth-shaking…you will flip for this epic love story.” —Cosmopolitan<br/>“Reid's heartwrenching tale asks if it’s possible to have multiple soul mates.” —Us Weekly<br/><br/>From the author of Maybe in Another Life—named a People Magazine pick—comes a breathtaking new love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.<br/><br/>In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure.<br/><br/>On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.<br/><br/>Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma’s second chance at happiness.<br/><br/>That is, until Jesse is found. He’s alive, and he’s been trying all these years to come home to her. With a husband and a fiancé, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants, while trying to protect the ones she loves.<br/><br/>Who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?<br/><br/>Emma knows she has to listen to her heart. She’s just not sure what it’s saying.
You've Reached Sam: A Novel
Dustin Thao • 2021
The Happy Ever After Playlist
Abby Jimenez • 2020
Help Me Remember: A Brother's Best Friend Romantic Suspense Novel
Corinne Michaels • 2022
Caraval (Caraval, 1)
Stephanie Garber • 2018
<p><b>Welcome, welcome to <i>CARAVAL</i>, Stephanie Garber’s enchanting, <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> bestselling fantasy debut about two sisters swept up in a mysterious competition filled with magic, heartbreak, and danger</b><br><br>Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful and cruel father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.<br><br> But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to attend. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season's Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. <br><br>Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, and her sister disappears forever.<br><br>Continue the adventure in <i>Legendary </i>and <i>Finale—</i>out now!</p>
Contractually Yours: An Arranged Marriage Romance (The Lasker Brothers)
Nadia Lee • 2023
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry • 2021
<b>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Funny Story </i>comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.</b><br><b><br></b><i>Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.<br></i><br>Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. <br><br>Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since. <br><br>Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees. <br><br>Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
Love & Gelato
Jenna Evans Welch • 2017
Now a movie streaming on Netflix!<br/><br/>A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping New York Times bestseller filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.<br/><br/>Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.<br/><br/>But then Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything Lina knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.<br/><br/>People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.<br/><br/>Kirkus Reviews called Love & Gelato “a sure bet for fans of romance fiction,” while VOYA said readers “will find it difficult to put this book down.” Readers are about to discover a new place, a new romance, and a new talent.
The Seven Year Slip
Ashley Poston • 2023
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren • 2018
Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez • 2024
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore • 2024
<p>AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER</p> <p>AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024</p> <p>WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024</p> <p>'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART</p> <p>'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS</p> <p>'At first hard to put down. By page 200, impossible' STEPHEN KING</p> <p>----------------------------------------------------</p> <br> <br> <p>Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars.</p> <p>Some said the family deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son.</p> <p>Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy.</p> <p>Now, fourteen years later, the Van Laars' teenage daughter has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the two disappearances aren't connected.</p> <p>Some say they are.</p> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p> <p>'Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced ... I can't remember the last time I felt so entangled in a novelist's coils' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures</p> <p>'A beguiling novel with a relentless grip. You won't be able to put it down' Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground</p> <p>'At once an immersive family saga and utterly propulsive mystery. Beautifully written' Emilia Hart, author of Weyward</p> <p>'A masterful literary thriller' Lucy Clarke, author of The Hike</p> <p>'Riveting from page one to the last breathless word ... This book flew by at lightning speed, but will stick with me for a very long time' Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You</p> <p>'Dickensian in scope ... Very entertaining' Vogue, Best Picks for Summer 2024</p> <p>The God of the Woods debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list on 21 July 2024.</p> READERS ARE SAYING... <p>'I simply couldn't put it down!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'An excellent page-turner' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I didn't see the end coming' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I strongly urge everyone to read it and experience the magic for themselves' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'My top read for 2024 so far. Actually, top read full stop' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'A fascinating story with lots of ups and downs... I did like the conclusion, very clever!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'Loved this book from page one! ... A book not to be missed!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I cannot think of when I have read anything so evocative' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'A riveting read. If you're looking for intriguing characters, a beautifully crafted, slow and atmospheric mystery that feels incredibly intense, then this is the one for you' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p>
14 Ways To Die
Vincent Ralph • 2021
The Midnight Library: A Novel
Matt Haig • 2020
The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year "A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book. Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson • 2024
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier • 2013
The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl • 2024
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “mouthwatering” (The New York Times) adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris—from the bestselling author of Save Me the Plums and Delicious!<br/><br/>“An enchanting and irresistible feast . . . As with a perfect meal in the world’s most magical city, I never wanted this sublime novel to end.”—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of Good Company<br/><br/>Stella reached for an oyster, tipped her head, and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean. Oysters, she thought. Where have they been all my life?<br/><br/>When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading “Go to Paris.” Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a traumatic childhood has kept her confined to the strict routines of her comfort zone. But when her boss encourages her to take time off, Stella resigns herself to honoring her mother’s last wishes.<br/><br/>Alone in a foreign city, Stella falls into old habits, living cautiously and frugally. Then she stumbles across a vintage store, where she tries on a fabulous Dior dress. The shopkeeper insists that this dress was meant for Stella and for the first time in her life Stella does something impulsive. She buys the dress—and embarks on an adventure.<br/><br/>Her first stop: the iconic brasserie Les Deux Magots, where Stella tastes her first oysters and then meets an octogenarian art collector who decides to take her under his wing. As Jules introduces Stella to a veritable who’s who of the Paris literary, art, and culinary worlds, she begins to understand what it might mean to live a larger life.<br/><br/>As weeks—and many decadent meals—go by, Stella ends up living as a “tumbleweed” at famed bookstore Shakespeare & Company, uncovers a hundred-year-old mystery in a Manet painting, and discovers a passion for food that may be connected to her past. A feast for the senses, this novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home.
A Room With A View
E.M. Forster • 2020
Nothing like the Movies
Lynn Painter • 2024
The Perfect Marriage: A Completely Gripping Psychological Suspense
Jeneva Rose • 2020
One million sold: “A tantalizing premise . . . twists at every turn . . . [A] masterful debut about betrayal and justice” by a New York Times-bestselling author (Samantha M. Bailey, #1 national bestselling author of Watch Out for Her). Optioned by Picture Perfect Federation for development as a film or TV series Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. As a named partner at her firm, life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He’s a struggling writer who has had little success in his career and he tires of his and Sarah’s relationship as she is constantly working. Out in the secluded woods, at the couple’s lake house, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers. But one morning everything changes. Kelly is found brutally stabbed to death and now, Sarah must take on her hardest case yet, defending her own husband, a man accused of murdering his mistress. The Perfect Marriage is a juicy, twisty, and utterly addictive thriller that will keep you turning pages. You won’t see the ending coming . . . guaranteed! “Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy, shocking, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times–bestselling author on You Shouldn’t Have Come Here “A twisty, compulsive book that will keep you reading all night! Fast-paced with crisp writing and an intriguing plot. Jeneva Rose is one to watch.” —Samantha Downing, #1 international bestselling author of My Lovely Wife “A book to be read in one gulp—this dastardly debut flies to a shocking reveal. I couldn’t put it down; I had to see what happened. Twists galore.” —J.T. Ellison, New York Times–bestselling author of Her Dark Lies
All This Time
Mikki Daughtry • 2020
Notes on Heartbreak
Annie Lord • 2022
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger • 2014
Now a series on HBO starring Rose Leslie and Theo James!<br/><br/>The iconic time travel love story and mega-bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger is "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" (Chicago Tribune).<br/><br/>Henry DeTamble is a dashing, adventurous librarian who is at the mercy of his random time time-traveling abilities. Clare Abshire is an artist whose life moves through a natural sequential course. This is the celebrated and timeless tale of their love. Henry and Clare's passionate affair is built and endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love. “Niffenegger’s inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip” (Entertainment Weekly).
Hangsaman
Shirley Jackson • 2022
The Turn Of The Screw
Henry James • 2021
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. The novella follows a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted. The Turn of the Screw is considered a work of both Gothic and horror fiction.<br/>In the century following its publication, critical analysis of the novella has undergone several major transformations. Initial reviews regarded it only as a frightening ghost story, but, in the 1930s, some critics suggested that the supernatural elements were figments of the governess' imagination. In the early 1970s, the influence of structuralism resulted in an acknowledgement that the text's ambiguity was its key feature. Later approaches incorporated Marxist and feminist thinking.
Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter • 2021
Agua viva
Clarice Lispector • 2020
First Love
Ivan Turgenev • 2020
My Death
Lisa Tuttle • 2023
Happy Place
Emily Henry • 2023
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (The Hercule Poirot Mysteries Book 4)
Agatha Christie • 2022
Something Bad is Going to Happen
Jessie Stephens • unde
The Enchanted April (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Elizabeth von Arnim • 2022
The Vanishing Half: A Novel
Brit Bennett • 2020
The Light We Lost
Jill Santopolo • 2018
Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel
Dolly Alderton • 2025
Acts of Desperation
Megan Nolan • 2021
The Last Kind of Kiss (Riverside Reapers)
Celeste Briars • 2024
Papers Don't Lie: Lavish Love Book 1 (Lavish Love Series)
Maeve Hazel • 2024
The Obsession
Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2021
<p><b>A fast-paced teen revenge-thriller from the author of <i>Dial A for Aunties</i>, <i>The Obsession</i> will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.</b><br> <br> <i>Boy Meets Girl. Boy Stalks Girl. Girl Gets Revenge.</i><br> <br> Logan thinks he and Delilah are meant to be.<br> <br> Delilah doesn't know who Logan is.<br> <br> Logan believes no one knows Delilah like him. He makes sure of it by learning everything he can by watching her through a hidden camera. Some might call him a stalker. Logan prefers to be called "romantic".<br> <br> Delilah is keeping secrets though, deadly ones. There's so much more to her than meets the eye.<br> <br> Logan is determined to make Delilah the heroine in his twisted fantasy and he'll do anything to get what he wants.<br> <br> Delilah is done with the men in her life controlling her. If Logan won't let her go...she'll make him.<br> <br> "Sutanto has crafted a page-turning work of suspense that questions the line between romantic 'research' and stalking in the age of the internet, analyzing the roles played by abuse, misogyny, racism, and violence in contemporary relationships."-<i>Booklist</i><br> <br> "Set against a Northern California private school backdrop, the sensational plot is riddled with twists that come at a furious pace...A suspenseful page-turner."-<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br> <br> "This tense, quick-moving thriller is also a thought-provoking story about the different shapes of abuse. Fans of high-drama fiction with a dark edge, like Karen McManus's <i>One of Us Is Lying</i> or Gretchen McNeil's <i>#murdertrending</i>, will be hooked."-<i>School Library Journal</i></p>
Im Thinking Of Ending Things
Iain Reid • 2016
"I'm thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It's always there. Always. Jake once said, 'Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.' And here's what I'm thinking: I don't want to be here." In this novel, a man and his girlfriend are on their way to a secluded farm. When the two take an unexpected detour, she is left stranded in a deserted high school, wondering if there is any escape at all.
East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
John Steinbeck • 1952
You Deserve Each Other
Sarah Hogle • 2020
Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They're preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him.<br/><br/>Naomi wants out, but there's a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare.<br/><br/>But with the countdown looming to the wedding that may or may not come to pass, Naomi finds her resolve slipping. Because now that they have nothing to lose, they're finally being themselves--and having fun with the last person they expect: each other.<br/><br/>When your nemesis also happens to be your fiancé, happily ever after becomes a lot more complicated in this wickedly funny, lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy debut.
When in Rome: A Novel
Sarah Adams • 2022
Yours Truly
Abby Jimenez • 2023
Say You'll Remember Me
Abby Jimenez • 2025
The Summer Pact: A Novel
Emily Giffin • 2024
<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends makes a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade later and embark upon a life-changing adventure together—from the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Meant to Be</i>.<br><br>“Juicy, page-turning escapism.”—<i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>Four freshmen arrive at college from completely different worlds: Lainey, a California party girl with a flair for drama; Tyson, a brilliant scholar and aspiring lawyer from Washington, D.C.; Summer, an ambitious, recruited athlete from the Midwest; and Hannah, a mild-mannered southerner who is content to quietly round out the circle of big personalities. Soon after arriving on campus, they strike up a conversation in their shared dorm, and the seeds of friendship are planted.<br><br> As their college years fly by, their bond intensifies and the four become inseparable. But as graduation nears, their lives are forever changed after a desperate act leads to tragic consequences. Stunned and heartbroken, they make a pact, promising to always be there for one another, no matter how separated they may become by circumstances or distance.<br><br> Ten years later, Hannah is anticipating what should be one of the happiest moments of her life when everything is suddenly turned upside down. Calling on her closest friends, it soon becomes clear that they are all facing their own crossroads. True to their promise, they agree to take a time out from lives headed in wrong directions and embark on a shared journey of self-discovery, forgiveness, and acceptance.<br><br> In this tender portrayal of grief, love, and hope, Emily Giffin asks: When things fall apart, who will be at our sides, helping us pick up the pieces?
Interesting Facts About Space
Emily R. Austin • 2024
"Enid is many things: lesbian, serial dater, deaf in one ear, space obsessive, true crime fanatic. When she's not listening to grizzly murder podcasts, she's managing her crippling phobia of bald people and trying hard not to think about her mortifying teenage years - which is hard, when she's lost the password to her old YouTube account and the (many) vlogs that her teen self once uploaded. She's worried about herself, her depressive mother, and what the deal is with gender reveal parties. But as Enid fumbles her way through her first serious relationship and navigates a new family life with her estranged half-sisters, she starts to worry that someone is following her. As her paranoia spirals out of control, Enid must contend with her mounting suspicion that something is seriously wrong with her... Full of charm, humour and heart, Interesting Facts About Space is a pitch-perfect exploration of the strange ways we try to connect with others, and the power of sharing our secret selves with the people we love."--Page 4 of cover.
Between Us
Mhairi McFarlane • 2023
A Novel Love Story
Ashley Poston • 2024
First Time Caller
unknown author • 2025
<p><b>'Sharp, swoon-worthy, and profoundly romantic - <i>First Time Caller</i> is brimming with heart' - <i>LYLA SAGE</i><br> <br> <i>'</i>A beautiful, steamy, effervescent romance' SARAH ADAMS<br> <br> A hopeless romantic meets a demoralized radio host in this cosy, <i>Sleepless in Seattle</i> inspired love story from <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling author of the LOVELIGHT series, B.K. Borison.</b><br> <br> Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom Lucie, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and <i>Heartstrings</i> into the limelight.<br> <br> Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life--or lack thereof--she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.<br> <br> Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending. . . even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.<br> <br> <b>READERS ARE FALLING HEAD OVER HEARTSTRINGS FOR <i>FIRST TIME CALLER. . .</i></b><br> <br> 'THE most <b>exquisite slow burn</b> and another <b>masterpiece in swoon</b> by B.K. Borison.'<br> <br> 'The easiest <b>5-Stars</b> I've ever given!'<br> <br> 'I <i>DEVOURED</i> and I mean <b>DEVOURED</b> <i>First Time Caller -</i> Bec has encapsulated all the feelings of your <b>favourite 90s romcoms</b> and bundled it up into this fabulous book!'<br> <br> 'This is genuinely the <b>best romcom I've read in years</b>. I absolutely adore B. K. Borison's work but she has <b>OUTDONE</b> herself with this one!'<br> <br> <br> ----<br> *<i>First Time Caller</i> was an instant <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller in the 3rd Week of February 2025.</p>
The No-Show
Beth O'Leary • 2022
In Five Years: A Novel
Rebecca Serle • 2020
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick “In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where do you see yourself in five years? Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers. She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content. But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden • 2022
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman • 2019
<p><b>SISTERHOOD. SECRETS. SURVIVAL.</b><br> <br> <b>Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensation.</b><br> <br> Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?<br> <br> Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an outcast in the corner.<br> <br> Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman who will never know men.<br> <br> <b>WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE <i>WATER CURE</i><br> <br> **<i>Orlanda</i>, the next sensation from Jacquline Harpman, is available now**</b></p>
Trust and Safety
Laura Blackett • 2024
“Distressingly smart, wickedly sly, and side-clutchingly hilarious.” —Vanessa Chan, author of The Storm We Made “If you want a book that perfectly evokes millennial sexual politics under late-stage capitalism, and in which all of us—gay, straight, cis, and trans alike—are read for absolute filth, then look no further than Trust and Safety.” —Rafael Frumkin, author of Confidence and Bugsy A wry yet tenderhearted novel about a couple who attempt to buy their way into a “wild and precious” existence in the Hudson Valley, where they quickly become entangled with a queer couple living the dream analog life Newlywed Rosie has grown disenchanted with NYC. Inspired by Instagram ads, she starts thirsting for a rural life upstate—one full of beauty and authenticity. She just needs to convince her tech-bro husband, Jordan, of her vision for the future. Willing to do anything for Rosie’s happiness, Jordan signs on, and they offer—well above asking price—on a beautiful, historic fixer-upper in the Hudson Valley. But when Jordan suddenly loses his job, the couple is forced to rent out the property’s dilapidated outbuilding. There’s no heat, it’s overrun with mold, and nothing works. Enter Dylan and Lark: an incredibly attractive and handy queer couple who offer to rent the outbuilding and help Rosie and Jordan with repairs. They also happen to be living the life Rosie had envisioned for herself: hand-built furniture, herbal tinctures, guinea hens, and hand-dyed linens. Rosie grows increasingly infatuated with their new tenants, especially with model-esque, charismatic Dylan—to Jordan’s increasing distress. Whip-smart and wickedly funny, Trust and Safety examines questions of authenticity, betrayal, belonging, and entitlement, while poking fun at contemporary fear of the “gay agenda.”
Talking at Night
Claire Daverley • 2024
Will and Rosie meet as teenagers.<br/><br/>They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother’s wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer—destined to be one another’s great love story.<br/><br/>Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and their future together is shattered.<br/><br/>But as the years roll on, Will and Rosie can’t help but find their way back to each other. Time and again, they come close to rekindling what might have been.<br/><br/>What do you do when the one person you should forget is the one you just can’t let go?
The Rainfall Market
Yeong-Gwang You • 2024
On the first day of the monsoon an old ramshackle building appears. This is The Rainfall Market. Inside you will find magical bookstores, hairdressers, perfumeries and anything your heart desires. But you cannot enter without an invitation. Serin, who lives in a small flat with her mother and dreams of a bigger, better life, can't believe her luck when she receives a ticket inviting her to step inside The Rainfall Market. Once inside she will have the opportunity to swap her life for a new one. A better one. Accompanied by Isha the cat and followed by a mysterious shadow, Serin tentatively steps inside. There she is told she has just one week to choose the perfect life and find true happiness. However, there is a catch. If she doesn't find her dream life, she'll be trapped inside the market forever.
Full Brutal
Kristopher Triana • 2018
Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1996
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in a friend's copy of Tender Is the Night, "If you liked The Great Gatsby, for God's sake read this. Gatsby was a tour de force but this is a confession of faith." Set in the South of France in the decade after World War I, Tender Is the Night is the story of a brilliant and magnetic psychiatrist named Dick Diver; the bewitching, wealthy, and dangerously unstable mental patient, Nicole, who becomes his wife; and the beautiful, harrowing ten-year pas de deux they act out along the border between sanity and madness.<br/>In Tender Is the Night, Fitzgerald deliberately set out to write the most ambitious and far-reaching novel of his career, experimenting radically with narrative conventions of chronology and point of view and drawing on early breakthroughs in psychiatry to enrich his account of the makeup and breakdown of character and culture.<br/>Tender Is the Night is also the most intensely, even painfully, autobiographical of Fitzgerald's novels; it smolders with a dark, bitter vitality because it is so utterly true. This account of a caring man who disintegrates under the twin strains of his wife's derangement and a lifestyle that gnaws away at his sense of moral values offers an authorial cri de coeur, while Dick Diver's downward spiral into alcoholic dissolution is an eerie portent of Fitzgerald's own fate.<br/>F. Scott Fitzgerald literally put his soul into Tender Is the Night, and the novel's lack of commercial success upon its initial publication in 1934 shattered him. He would die six years later without having published another novel, and without knowing that Tender Is the Night would come to be seen as perhaps its author's most poignant masterpiece. In Mabel Dodge Luhan's words, it raised him to the heights of "a modern Orpheus."
The Secret History
Donna Tartt • 1992
<b><b><b><b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • </b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "a<b>n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (<i>Village Voice</i>)</b>, f<b>rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Goldfinch.<br><br></i></b></b></b>One of <i>The Atlantic</i>’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years</b><br><br>Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.<br><br><b>“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —<i>The New York Times</i></b>
A Touch of Jen
Beth Morgan • 2021
A young couple's toxic Instagram crush spins out of control and unleashes a sinister creature in this twisted, viciously funny, "bananas good" story (Carmen Maria Machado).<br/>"Um, holy shit...This novel will be the most fun you'll have this summer." —Emily Temple, Literary Hub<br/>Remy and Alicia, a couple of insecure service workers, are not particularly happy together. But they are bound by a shared obsession with Jen, a beautiful former co-worker of Remy’s who now seems to be following her bliss as a globe-trotting jewelry designer. In and outside the bedroom, Remy and Alicia's entire relationship revolves around fantasies of Jen, whose every Instagram caption, outfit, and new age mantra they know by heart.<br/>Imagine their confused excitement when they run into Jen, in the flesh, and she invites them on a surfing trip to the Hamptons with her wealthy boyfriend and their group. Once there, Remy and Alicia try (a little too hard) to fit into Jen’s exalted social circle, but violent desire and class resentment bubble beneath the surface of this beachside paradise, threatening to erupt. As small disturbances escalate into outright horror, we find ourselves tumbling with Remy and Alicia into an uncanny alternate reality, one shaped by their most unspeakable, deviant, and intoxicating fantasies. Is this what “self-actualization” looks like?<br/>Part millennial social comedy, part psychedelic horror, and all wildly entertaining, A Touch of Jen is a sly, unflinching examination of the hidden drives that lurk just outside the frame of our carefully curated selves.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2020
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Sabahattin Ali • 2020
The bestselling Turkish classic of love and longing in a changing world, available in English for the first time. 'It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life. And what a pity that is: a dash of curiosity is all it takes to stumble upon treasures we never expected.' A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade in 1920s Berlin. The city's crowded streets, thriving arts scene, passionate politics and seedy cabarets provide the backdrop for a chance meeting with a woman, which will haunt him for the rest of his life. Emotionally powerful, intensely atmospheric and touchingly profound, Madonna in a Fur Coat is an unforgettable novel about new beginnings and the unfathomable nature of the human soul. 'Passionate but clear . . . Ali's success [is in ] his ability to describe the emergence of a feeling, seemingly straightforward from the outside but swinging back and forth between opposite extremes at its core, revealing the tensions that accompanies such rise and fall.' Atilla Özkirimli, writer and literary historian
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Mellors Coco • 2023
Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club) A Novel
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Olivia
Dorothy Strachey • 2020
The Need
Helen Phillips • 2019
The Red Tree
Caitlin R. Kiernan • 2009
The Grip of It A Novel
Jac Jemc • 2017
Recursion
Blake Crouch • 2019
The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward • 2022
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