Contemporary Fiction

“Unsparing in her depiction of the disease’s harrowing effects, neuroscientist Genova also celebrates humanity.” —People “Sometimes it’s easier to tell truth in fiction…And she tells it with heart and hope.” —NPR “Her juxtaposition of scientific detail with compassionate...

Les thought that playing minder to Peregrine Normanhurst III sounded like a dead-set snack: Les would keep Peregrine out of trouble....

Marnie Sellick is adrift when she lands a job at the coveted, mysterious beauty brand rytual cosmetica. The enigmatic founder and CEO, Luna Peters, takes a liking to Marnie, and as the two grow closer Marnie becomes intoxicated by the life that Luna, and rytual, can offer her. But all is not...

Attempting 300 kph on an untested experimental motorcycle could be considered a perfect way to kill yourself, but Paul Carter is still, well, Paul Carter....

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter....

Dr Katarina 'Kitty' Holliday thought that once she finished medical school and found gainful employment at one of Sydney's best teaching hospitals that her dream was just beginning. The hard years, she thought, were finally over. But Kitty is in for a rude shock....

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever....

There's no two ways about Les Norton - the carrot-topped country boy who works as a bouncer at Sydney's top illegal casino....

By chance he meets Angie, beautiful, charismatic Angie....

Von der Autorin des Bestsellers Die sieben Männer der Evelyn Hugo und Daisy Jones & The Six kommt ein epischer neuer Roman über die außergewöhnlichen Anstrengungen, die wir unternehmen, um über unsere Grenzen hinaus zu leben und zu lieben. Joan Goodwin sieht zu den Sternen auf, seit sie denken ...

俺たちは踊れる。だからもっと美しい世界に立たせてくれ！

They called him Bane the Bastard - though none said it to his face. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante....

Luke and Anna, 30-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and wounded by a loss neither can talk about, they flee to a sleepy village by the coast....

A remarkable story of four sisters, family secrets and discovering what's really important in life....

The remote town of Broome, the desert and the Kimberley coast - Australia's last frontier and a land of ancient beauty. Lily Barton, now 53, is beautiful, adventurous and looking for a life change.

It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth....

Aussie Vietnam veteran Ron Milne is on a good thing growing Indian hemp on the tiny Micronesian island of Lan Laroi....

An Australian classic, this is the story of the Darcy family who live in the Depression era tenements of Surry Hills, Sydney....

THE QUEEN OF FEEL-GOOD FICTION! 'Every time you discover a new Milly book, it’s like finding a pot of gold' Heat The brand new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Perfectly Imperfect Woman - a gorgeous read full of love, life and laughter. Sophie Mayhew looks like she has...

This critically acclaimed work explores the themes of missed opportunities, poor decisions and the never-ending search for meaningful connections....

The valley is nestled between rugged peaks, divided by a magnificent river. Within its peaceful green contours are held the secrets of generations of tribes, families and loners who have come under its spell.

ires light the sky over Kibera - East Africa's largest slum. It is the prelude to the bloody violence that erupts during Kenya's presidential elections....

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Ellis Hock runs a menswear store in Massachusetts but still dreams of the four years he spent in Malawi....

Wenn aus Fremden Freunde werden - ein humorvolles und berührendes Buch von Frankreichs Autorin Nummer 1Jeanne, 74, hat kürzlich ihren Mann verloren und ...

娘が、仕事用のタブレット端末にログインできなくなったと言う。濡れ衣を着せられそうになった僕は、「猪苗代湖に行けば、解決するかもしれない」と思いつきを口にするが……。

Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself. In this modern reimagining of the Divine Comedy, survival lurks in the darkest corners of Geoff’s brain, asking, will he make it? Can anyone?

Ein Schriftsteller mit der unheilvollen Neigung, Menschen, die ihm nahestehen, zu Literatur zu machen, ein verwirrter Internetblogger, ein Abteilungsleiter mit Doppelleben, ein berühmter Schauspieler, der lieber unbekannt wäre, eine alte Dame auf der Reise in den Tod: Ihre Wege kreuzen sich in einem Geflecht von Episoden zwischen Wirklichkeit und Schein.

Aurelio Scrocchia, produttore musicale di mezza età, nei giorni prima di Natale si aggira cupo per il centro di Roma incontrando gli artisti della sua casa discografica e ragionando cinicamente sugli uomini e sulla vita. Intorno a lui, implacabile, la bontà a mano armata dei dannati dello shopping natalizio. Aurelio è un uomo di successo, disilluso e senza più obiettivi. Da ragazzo sognava di diventare un grande musicista, ora promuove cantanti che lo disgustano. Tra questi c'è Salomè, una giovane performer che si esibisce solo con l'autotune.

When intelligence officer Kabir is sent to Rajgir to recover from a personal tragedy, he doesn’t expect to be thrust into a conspiracy that could rewrite the global power structure. A sniper’s bullet, a cryptic inscription, and a murdered archaeologist catapult him into a perilous chase across India’s ancient sites. Teaming up with fiery historian Reeya Ghosh, Kabir uncovers secrets buried for millennia: the legendary wootz steel and its lost connection to the clean and abundant thorium energy.

Violet Powell ha ventidue anni e una colpa che non potràmai cancellare. Ha scontato ventidue mesi di carcereper aver guidato ubriaca e aver causato la morte di unamaestra d'asilo. Ora è libera, ma non sa come fare a ricominciarecon un passato che pesa così tanto.Harriet Larson, insegnante in pensione e vedova, ha dedicatoanima e cuore al gruppo di lettura della prigione. Ora, con le sue ragazze che riacquistano la libertàuna dopo l'altra e la nipote con cui vive che si trasferisce,sente che le sue giornate stanno diventando vuotee prive di scopo.

Danny Calvert thinks part of American society is about to crash and burn. Capitalism, if he's lucky. But when a college friend dies in jail, he joins an apocalyptic religious cult and begins printing the increasingly dark writings of its charismatic leader. Father Joseph says "unless you become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven." But "become like children" means just that. Father Joseph moves his followers to Europe to avoid scrutiny, and controls them such that Danny isn't allowed to marry Deborah, the woman he loves, but is forced to marry someone else.

友達のように仲のいい夫婦に訪れた、突然の「妻の不在」。スマホではこんなにも簡単に「つながる」のに、こんなにも手がかりが無いなんて。そこはどこ？　あなたは誰？　不安は、不信になり、不穏へ――。日本を北に南に、夫は”見えない妻”を追う。

小説家は、デビューするよりも続けるほうが格段に難しい！必ずしも一般的とはいえない文学賞でデビューし、社会そして人間の暗黒面を描き続けた作家・日向誠。

横浜山手のクラシカルホテル「猫番館」。このホテル専属のパン職人・紗良と、コンシェルジュの要が付き合い始めて四ヵ月。ふたりは静かに仲を深めていたのだが、紗良の祖父で高瀬家の当主・勇雄に交際を知られてしまう。

真波莉子はキャリア官僚。「その問題、私が解決いたします」が口癖の人呼んでミス・パーフェクト。ある日、総理大臣の隠し子だとバレて霞が関を去ることになるが、次の勤め先はまさかのファミレス!?

あの女探偵・葉村晶が帰ってきた！ミステリ作家やミステリファンに熱い支持を受ける“葉村晶”が帰ってきた──！タフで不運すぎる女探偵・葉村晶。

サラ金、街金はまだ甘い。最底辺の闇金は生け贄の全てを奪う。財産、職場、家庭、人権。女は肉体、男は臓器。金のためなら命も狙う。人はどこまで堕ちるのか。神への謀反か、悪魔への追従か。逃げるろくでなし、追う人でなし。騙し、騙され、裏切り、嵌める。

「サッカーをやめて、塾に通いたい」小６になる俊介は、突然、両親にそう打ち明ける。日本最難関と言われる中学を受験したいのだ、と。難聴の妹・美音の小学校入学を控え、家計も厳しい中、息子の夢を応援することを両親は決意。

元料理人の書店主が贈る心あたたまる物語 　古びた商店街にある小さな書店「ふくふく書房」。店を切り盛りするのは元料理人の夏郎とその娘の成、そして看板犬のフクコと猫の大福だ。

Jimmy está a punto de embarcarse en el mayor compromiso de su vida. Tiene tanto miedo de perder a su amada Christy que ha decidido desertar del ejército y correr tras ella para pedirle matrimonio. Ella está aterrorizada, pero no tanto por el hecho de que va a tener un bebé, sino porque, si acepta a Jimmy, puede que acabe teniendo dos.

Época actual. Logroño Manuela, una abogada racional, recibe una llamada que lo cambiará todo: Palmira, su abuela, supuestamente muerta hace más de treinta años, quiere reencontrarse con ella. Incrédula pero cautivada, acepta la cita, sin imaginar que esta decisión la arrastrará al corazón de una conspiración europea enterrada en la historia familiar. Décadas atrás, entre Europa y Puerto Rico Palmira, una mujer adelantada a su tiempo, huye con su familia hacia América tras cometer un acto desesperado en la posguerra española.

千華子を人質にとられ練は、ニコと名乗る少年から危険なマヤの儀式への参加を強制された。それは生死をかけて争う苛酷なレース。刻一刻と過ぎる時間。制限時間まで残りわずか――。しかし、そのとき国全体をさらに揺るがすとんでもないことが起こった。

“地方創生の真実”を暴く！大ベストセラー『震える牛』『ガラパゴス』に連なる樫山順子シリーズ最新刊！北海道警から山梨県警に異動した樫山順子は、大規模農場開発に怪しい動きを嗅ぎつけた。

両親の離婚で、別れて暮らす元家族が年一度、集う夏休み。中学生の練は妹・千華子、母とともに、考古学者の父がいる中米のＧ国までやってきた。密林と遺跡と軍事政権の国。

この異常が、私たちの日常 未知の細菌がもたらした毒素が猛威をふるい続け数百年。世界の人口は激減し、人類の平均寿命は25歳にまで低下した。

性加害の告発が開けたパンドラの箱――MeToo運動、マッチングアプリ、SNS……世界の急激な変化の中で溺れもがく人間たち。対立の果てに救いは訪れるのか?「わかりあえないこと」のその先を描く、日本文学の最高到達点。

Vittoria, apparsa come un'improvvisa luce nella sua vita, riporterà Giorgio alla realtà, e solo di fronte a un evento drammatico riusciranno a scoprire la verità nascosta dietro il viaggiatore di passioni.

若者たちの生を鮮やかに描く、芥川賞候補作第173回芥川賞候補作若者たちの生を鮮烈な文章で描く、これが文学の未来！「かいぶつ」と呼ばれる時計台が見下ろす公園で出会った二人の少女と一人の青年。

大好きだった彼が死んだ――心中だった。 みちかと太一が大学で出会った空人は、明るく誰からも好かれる人気者だった。二人は空人に密かに恋心を抱いていた。しかし、卒業から一年後。空人が死んだ。心中だった。