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Sections
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Classics
Contemporary
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Horror
Magical Realism
Classics
A coming-of-age story, The Virgin Suicides looks at how men perceive women through the eyes of boys transfixed with the Lisbon sisters living in their neighborhood. The five Lisbon girls each have their own personalities and ambitions but are viewed ...
The Virgin Suicides
A quintessential gothic classic, Rebecca takes us through the winding halls of Manderley, a cavernous manor housing new love and old secrets. Beware — you’ll never want to leave this story behind. - B&N overview
Rebecca
Contemporary
Intimate with a biting edge, My Year of Rest and Relaxation offers a darkly entertaining commentary on existentialism. Moshfegh’s witty writing on the narrator’s growing sense of ennui and her desire to alienate from the world calls attention to the ...
My Year Of Rest And Relaxation
Taut and tender, Yasmin Zaher’s surreal story of identity and home is impossible to look away from. - B&N overview
The Coin
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE
Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, Condé Nast Traveler, Town & Country, and more!
“One of the funniest boo...
Big Swiss
Fantasy
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell brought some much needed magic back into our lives, so it’s probably an understatement to say that fans have been eagerly awaiting something new from the enchanting imagination of Susanna Clarke. It was worth the wait....
Piranesi
Historical Fiction
Fan of Charles Dickens and David Copperfield? Pick this up. Not a fan of Charles Dickens but believe in the power of fiction to show us the truth about the world we live in? Pick this up. Love to be pulled through a great story by an unforgettable na...
Demon Copperhead
Horror
Through the fictional clique of the Bunnies, Awad offers a candid and barbed portrait of the nuances of femininity and societal expectations forced onto women. With dynamic characters and an ever-twisting plot, this is a masterpiece just waiting to b...
Bunny
A thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of Black Mirror” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad).
“Stories so s...
Out There
We’re so, so excited to have a new, sometimes shocking, genre-bending novel from Ottessa Moshfegh, author of the critically acclaimed #booktok hit My Year of Rest and Relaxation. You won’t want to put down Lapvona, a medieval fantasy that feels like ...
Lapvona
One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023
An incendiary debut novel from a brash new talent—a pitch-black comedy, both shocking and hilarious, which fearlessly explores sexuality and gender roles in the twenty-first century.
“Hallucinogen...
Boy Parts
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING AMY ADAMS • In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. • "A must-read for anyone who can’t get enough of the ever-blurring line ...
Nightbitch
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A darkly funny take on mothers and daughters, about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law.
“A quirky, gruesome, utterly original f...
Motherthing
One of Vanity Fair's Books That Will Get You Through This Winter
“One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory... A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy Raymond Chandler handed...
A Certain Hunger
Magical Realism
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE
An exuberant, wildly inventive debut about a young woman fascinated by her ancestors' legendary "falling curse" and trying to keep her own family from falling apart.
Ma...
Defenestrate
Romance
Shannon Lynch and Johnny Kavanagh form two sides of a complex and compelling relationship that could end up being the best or worst thing for both of them. And this is just the first of the series, so get ready for more compulsive reading! - B&N ...
Binding 13
This coming-of-age queer love story bursts with incredibly poetic language. A young girl grapples with a deep secret infatuation and the intolerance of small-town Ireland in the '90s. - B&N Overview
Sunburn
Thriller
Warning: This book is IMPOSSIBLE to put down. Verity's story keeps you turning page after page, and Lowen's story keeps you on the edge of your seat. This book is the definition of a gripping thriller with a bit of romance (it is a Colleen Hoover nov...
Verity
In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband—but can their marriage survive her passionate love?
A Belletrist Book Club Pick • An Amazon UK Best Book of the Year • ...
My Husband: A Novel