Browsing: Literary Fiction

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the…

“World-class nail-biter . . . [Allison] Brennan is in the groove with this one.”—Lee ChildSix years ago, Lucy Kincaid was…

From the celebrated author of Slaughterhouse-Five: When obscenely wealthy Malachi is given the chance to travel through space, he embarks on an unbelievable journey. Hailed as Vonnegut’s “best book… He dares not only ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it” (Esquire).

From the series that inspired the show on PBS Masterpiece! Meet Ross Poldark, who returns to Cornwall from the American Revolutionary War to find his father dead, the estate in shambles, and the love of his life engaged to his cousin. With over 5,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A National Book Award winner selected as one of America’s best-loved novels by The Great American Read: A nameless Black narrator navigates a hostile world in this “masterpiece” (Anthony Burgess) with over 52,000 five-star Goodreads ratings. “One of the most powerful and complex works in American fiction” (The New York Times).

Amid deadly plots and violent conflicts, devout Isabella rises to power with her love, Fernando, Prince of Aragon, to unite a nation and become a great queen. “A mesmerizing and unforgettable portrait of Isabella of Castile” (Michelle Moran).

“Finely paced, keenly observed, and ruefully honest” (The Boston Globe): Two Mormon missionaries from distinct walks of life grapple with their beliefs and confront their doubts in this “powerful and deeply moving” novel (T.C. Boyle).

A bestseller when originally published in 1938, a lost noir classic given new life in this edition featuring an introduction…

Fans of The Historian won’t be able to put down this spellbinding literary horror story in which a Columbia professor…

In this dazzling novel from a Nobel Prize–winning author, a scholar devotes his life to mastering a mysterious game. “One of the truly important books of the [20th] century, in any language” (The Times).