Browsing: Literary Fiction

A #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of A Prayer for Owen Meany: When newscaster Patrick has his hand bitten off by a lion on camera, a surgeon and a donor offer their help, sparking a bizarre yet moving series of events.

From the author of Tuesdays with Morrie comes a #1 New York Times bestseller: When a small town starts getting phone calls from the great beyond, a grief-stricken father must decide what’s real and what isn’t… “A beautifully rendered tale” (Garth Stein).

A provocative classic called “one of the 10 or 20 great novels of our century” (Norman Mailer), this autobiographical novel illuminates the exploits of an expatriate American in Paris. “Exhilarating” (The New York Times Book Review).

Jodi Picoult, the New York Times bestselling author of Vanishing Acts, offers her most powerful chronicle yet of an American…

A “riveting” National Book Award finalist (Chicago Tribune) with over 20,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: For profit, a carnival family deliberately creates children with peculiar oddities in a story that is “engrossing and repellent, funny and terrifying, unreal and true to human nature” (Publishers Weekly).

A “magnificently written” #1 New York Times bestseller (Associated Press) from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: In the 17th century, Edmund travels to America — and begins a remarkable journey that will touch generations. “Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, a young biographer interviews a dying author about her life, which brims with mystery and family secrets. “Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books, and the magical power of story” (People).

With over 2,700 five-star Goodreads ratings: Adopted by a Cheyenne chief, a young pioneer boy named Jack embarks on an odyssey of love, loss, and adventure on the wild frontier. “The very best novel ever about the American West” (The New York Times Book Review).

The first novel Nabokov wrote while living in America and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote, Bend Sinister…

“A marvel” (Toni Morrison): In 1820s Louisiana, a plantation owner’s wife becomes obsessed with the slave her husband has taken as a mistress — even as the fires of rebellion begin to burn… “A brave and riveting book” (O, The Oprah Magazine).