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A "breathtaking" century-spanning portrait of the inhabitants of a French village (Jennifer Egan), revealing the deception, despair, love, and longing beneath the calm surface of ordinary lives. What if our homes could tell the stories of others who lived there before us? Set in a small village...

Foreword by Tarana Burke. Awakening chronicles the remarkable global impact of the #MeToo movement. Since 2017, millions have joined the global movement known as #MeToo, catalyzing an unprecedented wave of women’s activism powered by technology that reaches across borders, races, religions...

Nick Carraway has moved to start a new life in New York. His neighbour is the mysterious Gatsby – a man who seems to have everything. But the thing he desires above all is his lost love. Daisy leads a joyless married life but will she be willing to leave it behind for Gatsby?

Er ist verboten – er ist gefürchtet – er ist ihr Ein und Alles. Frankie hat gelernt, ihre Geheimnisse hinter einem perfekten Lächeln zu verbergen. Niemand darf wissen, wie tief die Narben wirklich sind – bis Gio in ihr Leben zurückkehrt. Der Mann, den sie nie mehr wiedersehen wollte – der Mann, der ihr Herz schon einmal gebrochen hat.

In this epic dystopian romantasy, one eldest daughter must fight for her survival in a world where birth order determines your fate—and defiance comes at a deadly cost. The first children take up arms. The second children take up books. The third children are taken. The Long Night is the...

Maries Welt wird komplett auf den Kopf gestellt, als sie vor ihrem alten Leben und einer unglücklichen Beziehung in ein verlassenes Hotel flüchtet. Bereits in der ersten Nacht erlebt sie ihren wahrgewordenen Albtraum, als plötzlich Spukgestalten auftauchen – gruselige Fabelwesen und legendäre Monster, die erschreckend real wirken. Als sie dazu noch über wehrhafte Gestaltwandler und sexy Dämonen stolpert, weiß sie nicht, was schlimmer ist: Dass ihr in diesem Hotel regelmäßig die Haare zu Berge stehen oder dass ihr Herz bei seinem Anblick verräterisch schnell zu klopfen beginnt.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, a thrilling, genre-bending mystery about two murdered girls, a town with dark secrets, and a race to break a deadly cycle Anna Maybourne never imagined herself living in a place like Harper’s Creek, a nowhere town full of dusty...

Set in Victorian London during Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror, this gripping, original novel is perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab, Dana Schwartz, and Sarah Penner. When Caroline Foster arrives at the Whitechapel Full Moon Society in search of her missing brother, she finds a dilapidated...

Two women from opposite worlds. One devastating shipwreck. A lost child whose fate will change their lives forever. In 1912, the sinking of the RMS Titanic brings together two women who might never have crossed paths: Nabiha "Bea" Nohra, a Lebanese immigrant searching for a better future in...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Old gods, new rules. New York Times bestselling author Katharine McGee boldly reimagines the Greek gods as a family of billionaires—with all the messy drama that entails. “A modern twist on Greek mythology that blends the opulence of Crazy Rich Asians with the scandal...

A witch hiding a dangerous secret is thrust into an elite magical academy, where survival means risking her life and her heart—in the standalone follow-up to Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things. Dark secrets. Deadly choices. A destiny that can’t be outrun. Welcome to Shadowcraft Academy...

The third and final book in The Nightfall Saga, the thrilling and action-packed epic fantasy series set in the world of The Demon Cycle, from New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett “Heart-wrenching, smart, and modern . . . The Desert Prince has set a new standard for fantasy...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB “For all those who crave a good page-turner, this is one wild ride of a story that carries equal parts wit and wisdom. I learned so much about Stoicism—I laughed out loud for real. And underneath the humor there was always...

What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? Find your voice in this tale inspired by The Little Mermaid, from the New York Times bestselling series that reimagines beloved Disney films. It's been five years since the infamous sea witch defeated the little mermaid... and took King Triton's life in...

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ A BEST BOOK FOR BOOK CLUBS FROM GLAMOUR "Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has nothing on the group in this thriller."—Marie Claire A remarkable trio whose lives have been cracked wide open by their husbands’ crimes unite to catch a serial killer...

They were sent away to be forgotten. This is their story. In this electrifying historical novel about coming of age in tumultuous 1960s San Francisco, a pregnant teenager reckons with womanhood and agency after being sent to a home for unwed mothers. "Thrilling, propulsive, breathless, and...

A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust when an exiled Romanov princess and her brother come to her seeking answers about a decades-old mystery… Spirited Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on rue Daru in Paris, where...

When a Victorian fossil hunter discovers a baby pterodactyl, she vows to protect him, with the help of a fellow scholar—her former fiancé—in this enchanting and transporting historical fantasy. “Scholarly and clever but still full of heart . . . Five baby pterodactyls out of five...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places comes “a standout dark academia thriller” (e. lockhart, author of We Were Liars) about the monsters who walk among us—even in the glittering upper echelons of society. A dead teacher at an elite boarding school. Four...

SHORTLISTED FOR NED KELLY AWARD FOR DEBUT CRIME FICTION One will lose his mind. One will pay. One will agonize. And one will die. Duy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond have been best friends since childhood. Now, as young men running their families’ formidable businesses, they make up Saigon’s most...