Literary Fiction

Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two Oprah Book Club Picks—She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True—Wally Lamb comes the propulsive story of a young father who, after an unbearable tragedy, reckons with the possibility of atonement for the unforgivable.

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....

The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier....

Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods live together in pleasant isolation. But one day a stranger arrives....

On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason....

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has....

In a post-apocalyptic America, a father and his young son walk toward the coast. Their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world of utter devastation....

Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes....

Meghann Dontess is a woman haunted by heartbreak. Twenty-five years ago she was forced to make a terrible choice, one that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire....

This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King....

Harsh, realistic, yet with one of the most subtle and moving relationships in the Hemingway oeuvre, To Have and Have Not is literary high adventure at its finest....

When nineteen-year-old farmgirl Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette, she sees it as her ticket out of a life too small for her. The paper's owner, Valdene Bullark, seeing something of the girl she once was in young Adelaide, puts her straight to work...

Flynn was only a teenager when her parents were killed in a terrible accident. Too young to lose her parents, too young to take on responsibility for her younger sister Kaiya, too young to protect Kaiya from the harshness of their new lives in the following years....

One of the most beloved and best-selling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following. This special 25th anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author....

Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism....

Postwar Paris is alive with optimism, but lavender keeper Luc Ravens and his love, Lisette, remain haunted by the horrors they have endured.....

Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century....

At age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes....

The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow....

The Riders, the novel that brought Tim Winton his first Booker Prize shortlisting, charts an odyssey across Europe, a transfixing journey through the underworld of every lover's nightmare....

Before the Swallows Come Back is a story of love, found family, and redemption that will break your heart and have it soaring time and time again as you sit on the edge of your seat desperately hoping.

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit....

In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life....

Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat, flees to England to escape the violence of his noble family’s past, only to be drawn back into the chaos of his homeland. Lucie Manette, the daughter of a former prisoner of the Bastille, becomes the emotional anchor for those around her, including the brilliant but disillusioned lawyer Sydney Carton.

Iain Banks, aka Iain M Banks, came to fame in 1984 with his transfixing debut The Wasp Factory, described as both ‘a work of unparalleled depravity’ and 'a masterpiece'. In 1993 he was acknowledged as one of the Best of Young British Writers, and his numerous bestselling books include The Crow Road, Complicity and the ‘Culture’ sci-fi series. Collected here are three of his best works, as heard on BBC Radio.

Pride and Prejudice unfolds the timeless tale of spirited Elizabeth Bennet and the brooding Mr. Darcy, set against the elegant backdrop of Regency-era England. This classic Jane Austen novel weaves sharp social commentary with an enduring romance that has captivated readers for over two centuries.

Arthur Candlewick spends three days in a disused mineshaft with only his son’s drug stash, a book on the concept of ‘effective altruism’ and a bottle of medium-priced Bordeaux for company. When he emerges, he has made the life-changing decision to become a good man. Deciding to sell the family timber business and give away his wealth to charity, Arthur’s family become convinced that he has lost his mind. His university-bound daughter, Evangeline, wants to change the world but perhaps not at the cost of her own privileged life.

Allemagne, 1947. Les tribunaux de dénazification ont commencé à traiter les premiers procès. Un dossier particulier retient l'attention du Dr Hoffman, un psychiatre américain actuellement en poste en Allemagne. Un ancien gardien d'Auschwitz, Franz Dahler, doit comparaître devant le tribunal, et a demandé à faire témoigner un témoin inattendu pour sa défense : l'une de ses anciennes détenues et épouse actuelle, Helena. Silencieuse et dépendante de son mari, Helena semble être une victime classique d'abus.

Le monde a oublié son nom. Il est temps de connaître son histoire. Harriet Constable voue son premier roman à la mise en lumière des artistes femmes oubliées de l'Histoire, en racontant l'histoire vraie d'Anna Maria della Pietà, violoniste vénitienne d'exception du XVIIIe siècle ayant largement contribué à l'œuvre de Vivaldi avant d'être effacée par son mentor.

Zärtlich ist die Nacht (Tender is the Night) ist ein Roman des amerikanischen Schriftstellers F. Scott Fitzgerald, der 1934 veröffentlicht wurde. Der autobiographisch geprägte Roman handelt vom Psychiater Richard, genannt Dick, und seiner vermögenden, psychisch labilen Gattin Nicole Diver, die sich als US-amerikanische Auswanderer an der Südküste Frankreichs mit Strandpartys und Einkaufstouren vergnügen. Dort verliebt sich Dick in die junge Schauspielerin Rosemary, doch angesichts seiner auf ihn angewiesenen Gattin Nicole führt er die Beziehung nicht fort.

Claire's life isn't how she thought it would be when she moves into Hunter's Moon. Her long marriage is over, her children have flown the nest, and her work as an illustrator no longer satisfies her. She isn't sure who she is now or what she wants from her life. It wasn't always like this. Once, she had desires and ambitions. When her octogenarian neighbour, Tansy, suffers a fall, Claire’s solitude is broken. Under the older woman’s guidance, she finds solace and a new sense of purpose in regenerating her wild garden.

Ferrare, Italie du Nord, 1941. Lili et Esti s'aiment comme des soeurs. Malgré la montée du fascisme, elles forment une famille heureuse avec Theo, le jeune fils d'Esti. Mais quand l'Allemagne envahit le nord de l'Italie, les deux amies, de confession juive, décident de fuir à la campagne pour rejoindre la Résistance. Lorsqu'une catastrophe frappe le couvent où elles se sont réfugiées, Esti, grièvement blessée, demande l'impossible à son amie : sauver son fils. Terrifiée, Lili se lance alors dans un voyage épique à travers l'Italie.

Orphaned heiress Miss Curtis, daughter of a successful mine owner, is the belle of Melbourne. Despite being inundated with suitors, she marries the penniless Randolph Villiers, against the advice of her friends. Mr Villiers proceeds to fritter away his wife's fortune on gambling and riotous living, while Mrs Villiers, too proud to admit her mistake in marrying him, suffers in silence.

Inspiré d'une histoire vraie, ce roman mêle les destinées de femmes courageuses à celles des travailleurs de l'Ouest américain, en quête de lumière. Lorsque Millie Lang est envoyée dans le Montana pour redresser la situation d'une maison d'édition, elle fait face à une équipe éclectique affirmant que leurs délais non respectés sont dus à un sabotage. Peut-être tout le monde ne souhaite-t-il pas voir l'histoire de l'état étalée au grand jour? Or la mystérieuse bibliothécaire de la ville, Alice Monroe, semble en savoir plus qu'elle n'est prête à le dire.

Una oferta de trabajo infame, una sala de espera desquiciante, un director de Recursos Humanos entregado al sadismo y a la entomología y nueve personas que buscan desesperadamente un empleo con la obstinación de un insecto. En esta sala de espera, todos viajan en el mismo barco. Todos lo hacen sin brújula. Y todos se dirigen hacia el mismo despeñadero.

Avec son sourire carnassier et ses costumes chics, Patrick Bateman est l'incarnation du golden boy new-yorkais. Mais, à la nuit tombante, il laisse libre cours à sa démence. En bon serial killer, Patrick viole, torture et tue. Dans un monde lisse de tout sentiment, jusqu'où l'horreur peut-elle aller ?

Pericles Drakos has lived in the exquisite Circle Building for all of his seventy-five years. From its lofty windows, he has seen his little corner of Istanbul shift and transform. But as the area has become increasingly gentrified, Pericles has retreated into its shadowy corners. And when the pandemic hits, his isolation deepens.

La guerra infuria a pochi chilometri dalla Linea Gotica, sulle colline di Pesaro, dove tedeschi e fascisti si scontrano con i partigiani del Toscano in attesa delle truppe alleate. Evelina ha solo cinque anni quando i primi rifugiati trovano riparo nel granaio di suo padre, quell'attimo in cui la sua vita viene travolta e la spensieratezza dei giochi d'infanzia lascia il posto all'orrore della guerra. Realtà e magia si mescolano e si intrecciano, riportando in vita un mondo contadino e fiabesco, l'intrico della guerra civile e quella mondiale.

Euphoria is Lily King’s nationally bestselling breakout novel of three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives.

恋と仕事を同時に失い深く傷ついた美菜代は、自分を裏切った元彼への復讐を心に誓い、凄腕だと噂される復讐屋・成海慶介の事務所を訪れる。しかし、セレブからのみの依頼を受ける成海には復讐の代行を断られてしまう。

小学生のとき、担任の先生と町の外からやって来た男が駆け落ちしたのを忘れられない主婦。東京でバツイチ子持ちの恋人との関係に寂しさを覚える看護師。認知症の義母に夫とのセックスレスの悩みを打ち明ける管理栄養士。

Desmond never did have much luck with women – except in getting them through their driving tests. Now a coach driver, he is at the most crucial crossroads of his life. His wife has thrown him out. The crisis serves only to deepen his despair over another failed liaison – until he elects to steer his coach on a spectacularly reckless quest for the son he has never seen.