Browsing: Literary Fiction

They Kidnapped His Daughter. It’s the Biggest Mistake They’ve Ever MadeWhen a caller claiming to have abducted ten-year-old Andrea Curren…

Experience an enduring masterpiece in a vibrant new translation! In 19th-century St. Petersburg, a penniless student’s lofty ideas about law, morality, and his own self-worth lead him down a shocking path… Selected as one of America’s best-loved novels by The Great American Read.

In an America ripped apart by a second civil war, Sarat embarks on a struggle for survival that will reverberate throughout the decades. “As harrowing as it is brilliant… Has an air of terrible relevance” (New York Times bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel).

In the late 18th century, young George is inducted into the English aristocracy — and begins an incredible journey that will shape him into the famed poet Lord Byron. “Well-crafted and meticulously researched” (Publishers Weekly) and brimming with scandal, passion, and ambition.

“A Turkish version of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club” (USA Today), with over 11,700 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Worlds apart, Armenian American Armanoush and Turkish Asya are drawn together by their shared heritage. “It carried me away. And reality was different when I returned” (Chicago Tribune).

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: In rural Appalachia, orphaned RubyLyn dreams of a better life while navigating the expectations of her family and the prejudices of her community. “[It] held me spellbound” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Gruen).

This “richly imagined” collection (Chicago Tribune) brims with vibrant, sweeping stories — from a circus elephant’s death to a violinist’s revelatory concert. “Rife with sentences that will stop you in your tracks with their strangeness and profundity… Makkai is a musical writer” (Library Journal starred review).