Browsing: Literary Fiction

After earning a scholarship to a private school, Charlie Boykin meets affluent upperclassman Archer Creigh — and becomes embroiled in a mystifying world of wealth, prestige, and deceit. “Tarkington’s understanding of the human heart and mind is deep, wise, and uncommonly empathetic” (New York Times bestselling author Paula McLain).

After a foster child’s disappearance, Seattle detectives Jim North and Kerry Martin launch a search for the vanished boy. But in putting together the missing pieces, they find a plot more shocking than they ever expected…

From the New York Times bestselling author comes an enthralling historical story inspired by true events – a brilliant, lonely…

Take it from Barbara Kingsolver: “What a read this is, right from its startling opening scene.” When Maddy, an unhoused woman who lives with her dog in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, is the only witness to a murder, she becomes integral to solving the thorny case. An award winner that “makes alive and visible the lives of people we often walk past” (NPR).

A NEW YORK TIMES 2021 NOTABLE BOOKA timely and unsettling novel about the people drawn to and unmoored by a…

A 2020 Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and New York Times Notable Book, guaranteed to delight! Smart and capable seamstress Afi moves from her humble hometown to marry a wealthy man she does not know — but within the arrangement, she discovers an unlikely path to independence. “Bursting with warmth, humor, and richly drawn characters you can’t help but root for” (Cosmopolitan).

After surviving Auschwitz, Simon Mendelevski returns to Amsterdam in a desperate search for his relatives, friends, and neighbors — and the person who betrayed his family. Before he can begin rebuilding his life, Simon must find the truth… A spellbinding historical novel.

They were all rich brats, all from monied families, all connected to everyone, to everything, to the warm center of…

When Clair Jensen decides to leave her beloved New York behind and travel to her small hometown in Washington to…

When nine-year-old Keeley vanishes while walking home, DCI Matilda Darke is forced to relive the missing child case that almost ended her career. But could a link between the two disappearances help uncover a murderer? A recent release starring “the perfect heroine” (Edgar Award–winning author Elly Griffiths).