Browsing: Literary Fiction

An “epic debut” (Entertainment Weekly) shortlisted for the Booker Prize: A mother and daughter abandon their ecologically devastated city to build a dangerous new life in the wilderness. “Brutal and beautiful in equal measure” (New York Times bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel).

A New York Times bestseller hailed as “one of summer’s most delicious reads” (Town & Country): Struggling to acclimate to small-town life, new mother Elisabeth hires college senior Sam to babysit. But their budding friendship soon leads to family crisis… “Readers will be captivated” (Publishers Weekly).

Selected for both Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club and Read with Marie Claire, this “irresistible” debut (The Guardian) is sure to be remembered as a best book of 2021! Trans woman Reese, her ex-lover Ames, and Ames’s pregnant girlfriend encounter the possibility of forming a family in this “smart, funny, and bighearted” novel (Kirkus Reviews). Hailed by Jia Tolentino as “exhilaratingly good.”

A lonely young woman gets too close to her charismatic female student in this propulsive debut, culminating in a dangerously…

“A gripping, ripped-from-headlines tale.” —People “Spellbinding.” —Megan Abbott, The New York Times Book Review Tracing the fifteen-year fallout of a toxic high school rumor,…

“Scalpel-sharp writing and a killer concept-dark, clever, compelling and utterly assured.” —Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List, a Hello…

Firefighter Jackson can’t help but fall for innocent Blaire. But when her sordid past starts to catch up with her and his family ties threaten the relationship, can Jackson keep their fiery passion burning? An edge-of-your-seat romance!