Books

Step into the eerie and captivating imagination of Edgar Allan Poe, where suspense, dread, and psychological depth intertwine. This collection brings together some of his most iconic works, including The Raven, in which a grieving narrator is visited by a mysterious raven, unraveling a...

This compact volume brings together a powerful selection of stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe, curated by the National Endowment for the Arts for its Big Read program. The collection features eleven stories and seven poems, including some of Poe’s most chilling and...

A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism Susan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century.  On Women presents seven essays and exchanges,...

This revised edition of Ulysses presents the complete, unabridged text as corrected in 1961, offering readers the most authoritative version of a modernist masterpiece. Set over the course of a single day—June 16, 1904—the novel follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus as they move...

When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous, nineties-era boy band and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them since childhood. Feeling slightly out of place amid this crowd is...

When her former lover, the powerful real estate magnate Pierce Inverarity, unexpectedly dies and names her co-executor of his vast estate, Oedipa Maas—a suburban California housewife—is drawn into a labyrinthine mystery. What begins as a legal responsibility soon unravels into a surreal journey filled...

Galip, a lawyer in Istanbul, is thrown into uncertainty when his wife Rüya, an avid reader of detective fiction, vanishes without explanation. As he searches for answers, suspicion falls on two possibilities: her former husband, or Celâl, a famous newspaper columnist she admires. But...

How to Make Decisions without Losing Your Mind. We always intuitively know what to do deep down. It’s only when we’re clouded by racing thoughts (driven by anxiety and external influences) that we get stuck and don’t know what to do. Your intuition will...

New Visions. A timeless bestseller, All About Love by bell hooks explores the meaning of love beyond romance, offering a powerful reflection on care, compassion, and connection in modern society. Blending personal insight with cultural criticism, hooks challenges readers to rethink love as an...

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention...

A mesmerizing and deeply unsettling collection from one of contemporary literature’s most singular voices, Mouthful of Birds draws readers into worlds where the familiar slips suddenly, terrifyingly out of place. In these haunting stories, Samanta Schweblin explores lives pushed to the brink: women unraveling...

The Pretender tells the story of Lambert Simnel, who was raised in obscurity as a peasant boy to protect his safety, believed to be the heir to the throne occupied by Richard III, and briefly crowned, at the age of ten, as King Edward...

A luminous debut about migration, memory, and the fragile search for belonging, Tangerinn moves between London and the windswept coast of southern Italy to explore what it means to inherit a life shaped by displacement. Mina is thirty, living in London, and increasingly unmoored....

A Novel in Ghost Stories From the author of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize–shortlisted Cursed Bunny, this new novel-in-ghost-stories unfolds inside a strange research institute devoted to housing cursed objects, where the rules of reality are unstable, and a door left...

Set against the backdrop of a changing Iran, this sweeping novel follows Ellie, a young girl whose life is transformed after the death of her father forces her and her mother from privilege into hardship. Everything changes when Ellie meets Homa, a fearless and...

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Botanist and Indigenous scholar Robin Wall Kimmerer weaves together scientific knowledge, traditional ecological wisdom, and personal storytelling to reveal a deeper understanding of our relationship with the natural world. Drawing on her experiences as a...

How well can we ever know ourselves if the person who gave us life remains a mystery? Sisters Meredith and Nina Whitson have spent years moving in opposite directions. Meredith stayed close to home, dedicating herself to her family and the apple orchard that...

What began as a seemingly simple adventure between two friends became an extraordinary test of endurance, resilience, and discovery. When National Geographic photographer Pete McBride proposed an end-to-end trek through the Grand Canyon, writer and river guide Kevin Fedarko agreed, believing it would be...

Flannery O’Connor’s remarkable debut novel, is a darkly comic and unsettling exploration of faith, doubt, and human desperation. The story follows Hazel Motes, a young man in his early twenties consumed by an internal struggle against belief itself. Determined to reject religion entirely, he...

Mia and Cricket Lowe have always been inseparable, growing up in a small Maine town as the daughters of a young single mother whose past casts a long, quiet shadow over their lives. Known locally as the “Lowe girls,” each sister steps into a...

For years, Annie has defined herself through the roles she plays for others—wife, mother, caretaker, and dutiful rule follower. But when an unexpected connection challenges everything she thought she wanted, she begins to imagine a different future for herself. While hosting close friends at...

A creative writing academic finds his carefully constructed life unsettled by an intense fascination with a fellow writer—a poet whose freedom, talent, and way of seeing the world seem to embody everything he longs for. As his obsession deepens, it begins to strain his...

A beloved modern classic, this novel tells the story of Charlie Gordon, a man with a developmental disability who is chosen for an experimental procedure designed to increase intelligence. Through Charlie’s own diary entries, we follow his transformation as a surgical breakthrough dramatically raises...

One of the greatest adventure novels ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo follows Edmond Dantès, a young man falsely imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. After years of confinement, he escapes and discovers a hidden fortune that allows him to reinvent...

All her life, Sybil Van Antwerp has used letters to make sense of the world and her place within it. Most mornings, around half past ten, she sits down to write—to her brother, her best friend, the university president who refuses to let her...

 Meditate. Move beyond thinking. Find clarity. Modern life places constant demands on our attention, energy, and wellbeing. Even on the best days, stress, fatigue, and mental overload can take their toll. The challenge is not how to eliminate these pressures, but how to recover...

An iconic novel dressed in a fierce design by acclaimed fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. Here Elizabeth Bennet’s rejection of Mr. Darcy, Hester Prynne’s fateful letter “A”, and Catherine Earnshaw’s wanderings on the Yorkshire moors are transformed into witty and surreal landscapes to appeal to the...

The Song of the Safina For generations, the crew of the Safina have devoted their lives to a mission they will never see completed. Halfway through a four-hundred-year journey from a ruined Earth to a distant colony world, the vast generation ship carries two...

Gripping story of an Italian woman’s experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house,...

A Journey with Water From the celebrated writer, observer and naturalist Robert Macfarlane comes a brilliant, perspective-shifting new book, which answers a resounding "yes" to the question of its title. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people and places: to...

In a society where books are banned and censorship is widespread, Haewon secretly works as an illegal book transcriber, finding solace in the stories she copies—especially those written by her favorite anonymous author, Black Lotus. When she is tasked with chaperoning her older sister’s...

The Harlem Trilogy #3 New York City, 1981. The city is clawing its way back from decades of decline, fueled by booming real estate, Wall Street excess, and the relentless pursuit of profit. In Harlem, Ray Carney has finally achieved a measure of respectability....

The Broken Earth, 1. At the end of the world, a woman with a dangerous secret power must find her kidnapped daughter while hiding the very ability that could condemn her. As a massive rift splits the world's only continent, ash fills the sky,...

After years of absence, a man returns to reunite with his wife and young son, taking them to his remote childhood home in the forested mountains of rural France. At first, the wild landscape offers wonder and escape, especially for the young boy, who...

A woman endlessly wanders a mysterious forest after an unimaginable war. In 1940s Casablanca, a teenage girl faces severe consequences for questioning authority. Trapped in a loveless marriage, a young Belgian woman begins to confront her own desires. These three novellas—the first works by...

A chilling collection of interconnected stories in which ordinary lives slip quietly into the uncanny. Across a small unnamed city, strangers cross paths in ways that grow darker with every page. A young writer moves into a new apartment and learns her landlady may have...

A legendary band, an iconic lead singer, and the mysterious woman whose love helped shape the music of a generation. In the 1990s, Carter Wills, frontman of the English alt-rock band Mayluna, became a music legend with his unforgettable lyrics. But behind his success...

Set in early 1980s Poland during the final years of Communism, Swimming in the Dark is a lyrical and moving story of first love, political upheaval, and impossible choices. University student Ludwik falls deeply in love with the charismatic Janusz after they meet at...

Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist...

In a South American nation, an extravagant birthday celebration at the vice president's residence brings together influential leaders, diplomats, and the celebrated Japanese businessman Mr. Hosokawa. The evening reaches its pinnacle when world-renowned soprano Roxanne Coss delivers a breathtaking performance, until armed terrorists storm...

Love, Grief, and Compassion―Surprising Observations of a Hidden World (The Mysteries of Nature, 2). What do animals think and feel? Drawing on the latest scientific research and his own observations, Peter Wohlleben reveals the surprising emotional lives and intelligence of creatures from ravens and...

At the heart of the Tudor court, where loyalty shifts with the tide and whispered rumors can destroy lives, Jane Boleyn learns that survival depends on knowing when to speak—and when to remain unseen. Caught between family loyalty and royal ambition, Jane is expected...

A Paranormal Novella Duology. Two dark academia romances in one unforgettable volume. In Bound, a graduate student and reluctant art forger is drawn into a dangerous bargain with a secretive professor to recreate an ancient manuscript, where deception, obsession, and forbidden attraction collide. Flip...

In 1940s Mexico, charming con artist Ulises makes a living deceiving lonely women through letters—until he meets Perla, a wealthy boardinghouse owner who seems like the perfect target. But when he arrives to carry out his scheme, he discovers her sharp-witted niece Inés, who...

Emma Blair thought she had found her forever with Jesse, her high school sweetheart. Together, they leave their Massachusetts hometown behind to build a life filled with travel, adventure, and shared dreams. But everything changes when Jesse disappears in a helicopter crash on their...

In this remarkable debut collection, Mahreen Sohail presents twelve compelling stories that illuminate the complexities of women's lives in contemporary Pakistan. Moving through the experiences of daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, and women forging their own paths, each story captures moments of love, loss, resilience,...

Private Cyril Bagger has endured the horrors of the Great War by relying on his cunning, deception, and ability to outmaneuver those around him. But when he is sent on a dangerous mission into the devastated landscape of No Man’s Land with four fellow...

For the first time, Sigrid Nunez brings together a collection of short fiction spanning three decades of her remarkable literary career. Known for her deeply thoughtful novels and distinctive blend of emotional insight, quiet humor, and philosophical reflection, Nunez reveals another dimension of her...

The second book in Sarah J. Maas's sexy, groundbreaking, #1 bestselling Crescent City series!Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance...

The first book in Sarah J. Maas's #1 bestselling Crescent City series.Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the...