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AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone … elegant and genuinely unsettling.” –The New York Times Book Review The Nobel Prize winner’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Frank and April Wheeler are a bright, beautiful, talented couple in the 1950s whose perfect suburban life is about to crumble in this "moving and absorbing story” (The Atlantic Monthly) from one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century. "The Great...

From the author of New People and Colored Television, the extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna’s literary career “Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that politics and race take … Haunting.” —The New York Times Book Review Birdie and Cole are the daughters of...

During the reign of Richard I, Wilfred of Ivanhoe earns his father's disapproval by falling in love with Rowena, his father's ward. His father had planned to wed her himself, and reestablish the Saxon line.

*LONGLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE BOOK AWARDS* 'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered' JESSICA ANDREWS 'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' JOANNA CANNON 'Masterful' JJ BOLA 'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on...

"Sara Ackerman never disappoints!" ­—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code "Brilliantly written with a mystery that will keep you reading late into the night. . . . A fabulous read that makes me want to drop everything and travel to Hawaii!" —Madeline Martin, New...

When his uncle is accused of an impossible crime by the wary and weary and ever leery Inspector Wittersham, Anty’s mum sends him to the wilds of Epping Forest to sort out who could have managed to murder the universally disliked taskmaster of a health resort dedicated to the repression and suppression of the best of the seven sins.

Nach dem verheerenden Schul-Amoklauf, bei dem auch ihre beste Freundin getötet wurde, will Sina kein Abi mehr machen, einfach weg und nur vergessen. Selbst ihre enge Bindung zu Liam, ihr einziger Halt, gibt sie auf. Als sie Tom kennenlernt und sich verliebt, fühlt Sina sich wieder geborgen. Doch Toms Verhalten wird immer toxischer. Er kontrolliert und gaslightet sie, sodass absolute Wachsamkeit, um keinen falschen Schritt zu tun, zu ihrer Überlebensstrategie wird. Bis sie Liam nach Jahren wiedertrifft. Er macht ihr klar, dass Tom Gift für sie ist. Aber kann Liam sie noch so lesen wie früher?

Fans of Kate Quinn and Kristina McMorris will love this gripping historical novel based on the true story of the woman who used her codebreaking skills to bring down Prohibition gangsters and WWII Nazis, and who ultimately helped found the present-day CIA. Grace Smith has never been one to...

Inspired by real life stories of the Windrush Generation and her mother’s own experiences as a nurse coming to Britain from the Caribbean, Sarah Lee’s debut novel An Ocean Apart is a must for fans of Call the Midwife. It’s 1954 and, in Barbados, Ruby Haynes spots an advertisement for young...

Sovyet Devrimi'nin ilk yılları… Yoksulluk, cehalet, her hastalığın devasını bir damla ilaçta bulabileceğine inananlar… Yabanın ortasında genç bir doktor, hem hastalıklarla hem cehaletle savaşarak büyüyecek genç bir doktor… "Hayır… Mücadele edeceğim. Elimden geldiği kadar savaşacağım."

A bold, arresting new work of fiction from the acclaimed author of Everything Matters! and the forthcoming novel The One-Eyed Man (March 2017) In this tour de force of imagination, Ron Currie asks why literal veracity means more to us than deeper truths, creating yet again a genre-bending novel...

One of the Best Books of the Year: Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vulture This uncompromising look at the immigrant experience, and the depravity of one man, is an electrifying page-turner rooted in a magical reality “Impossible to stop reading” —Vulture When Lucien flees Haiti with...

Viktoriaanisen ajan Australia hehkuu rakkautta ja häikäilemättömyyttä. Kun 17-vuotiaan Nora Tamasinin isä kuolee etsiessään kultaa Australiasta, tämä jättää tyttärensä yhtiökumppaninsa, pahamaineisen Charles Herrickin huostaan. Nora jättää taakseen Englannin ja muuttaa Australiaan akaasioiden, eukalyptusten ja kultakuumeen maahan. Uudessa kotimaassaan Nora tuntee vetoa Herrickin poikaan Stirlingiin. Herrickillä on kuitenkin muita suunnitelmia hänen varalleen. Pian Nora saa huomata, että Charles Herrick on mies, joka haluaa kostaa kokemansa vääryydet – hinnalla millä hyvänsä.

Thomas Hardy brings us an England that once existed but no more. It is rural, traditional, pastoral - a society of mannered conduct that flows like a deep river where powerful currents eddy and swirl. In this powerful novel of love and disillusion, Hardy's heroine is torn between the three men in her life. Passionate but capricious, her romantic involvements have fascinated generations of readers.