Browsing: Literary Fiction

When a head injury leaves a brilliant math professor with an 80-minute short-term memory, he forges an unexpected friendship with his young housekeeper and her 10-year-old son. “Gorgeous, cinematic… This novel has all the charm and restraint of any by Ishiguro” (Los Angeles Times).

In 17th-century England, Alice discovers the last surviving specimen of a rare orchid — but she isn’t the only person who wants to claim the flower… “Compelling and intriguing, this is a well-told story full of wonderful prose and surprising events” (RT Book Reviews).

In 1875, May goes on a life-changing adventure when she and hundreds of other brides travel west to marry Cheyenne husbands. “An impressive historical, terse, convincing, and affecting” (Kirkus Reviews). With more than 27,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

From a Nobel Prize–winning author comes a heartrending New York Times bestseller! In postwar Japan, an American soldier and a Japanese student fall in love — but the rest of the world is determined to keep them apart…

An enchanting comedy of errors, Emma remains a classic two centuries after it was first published. Emma Woodhouse is a…

WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING “The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t…

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series…DEATH OF A SNOB: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryBelieving that someone is trying…

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Open House: Dissatisfied with her life at 50, Nan hits the road and leaves everything behind. As she confronts her fears and meets strangers across the country, will she make her way back home?

This sweeping New York Times bestseller follows the once-grand Godwin family as they navigate the tumultuous landscape of 20th-century England. “The most marvelous book imaginable” (Chicago Sun-Times).

One of English literature’s most inspiring love storiesLucy Honeychurch is a young woman torn between the opposing values of gray…