New Fiction

Milwaukee, 1932. The Great Depression is raging, Prohibition’s end is on the horizon, Al Capone sits in federal prison—and the private-eye business is shifting from labor disputes to more personal troubles. Hicks McTaggart, a former strikebreaker turned detective, thinks he finally has steady work....

You always knew I’d write a book about you. Our narrator understands love stories—how they rise and crest, what they hide, what they reveal. But the greatest love story she lived refused to follow any script. In the fall of her senior year, she...

DELUXE LIMITED EDITION printing featuring unique case stamp and black sprayed edges It begins with a class in a crumbling old movie theater—Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by the enigmatic Professor whose tales blur the line between truth and myth. Most...

The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life? After a devastating storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register the birth of her newborn son. Her husband, Gordon—a respected doctor in their small community and...

Summer in London doesn’t wait. It’s June 2019, and the city is overflowing—parks, beer gardens, and pavements all thrumming with the chaotic joy of being young, alive, and briefly sun-kissed. Everyone’s out—except Maggie. She’s 30, pregnant, and broke. The future she fought for is...

Now available in a beautifully designed standalone edition, A Long Winter is one of Colm Tóibín’s most poignant and masterfully restrained short stories—hailed by The Guardian as “the most striking example of Tóibín’s emotional control.” This edition also includes a new afterword by the...

When Sonia and Sunny lock eyes on a night train, there's an instant spark—tempered by the awkward memory that their grandparents once tried to arrange their marriage, a gesture that only deepened the distance between them. Sonia, a hopeful novelist returning to India after...

Anna and Tom, an expat couple in Berlin, seem to have built the perfect life. Young, creative, and proudly freelance, they transform taste into a career and their lifestyle into a brand. For a time, it feels effortless—work and love aligned, the city itself...

Heartbreak. Cancer. And a Tumor Named Maggie. A woman walks into a restaurant expecting a quiet night and too many samosas. What she gets instead is a confession—her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie. Soon after, she feels a sharp...

Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work...

Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a solitary, stubborn scientist, drifting through the countryside in her mobile lab, obsessively—and unsuccessfully—trying to breed rare snails. Her family begs her to settle down, marry, and abandon her work. What they don’t know: Yeva already dates, but not for...

Set in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, the story follows 19-year-old Hai, a troubled youth on the brink of suicide, who instead finds an unexpected bond with Grazina, an elderly woman suffering from dementia. Their unconventional relationship forms the emotional core of...

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...

When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many...

In this collection of one novel and three novellas, Torrey Peters’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging...

Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in working-class Bedok, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. As the...

A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption.Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days...

Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until — betrayed...

Features foil and embossing on the jacket, full-color designed endpapers, red stained edges, and a red case cover with gold stamping. The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever. It’s the day he learned about...

Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in...

As a boy growing up in Benghazi, Khaled is transfixed one evening by a strange short story broadcast on the radio—a tale about a man being devoured by a cat. Its unsettling power, and the mystery of its author, Hosam Zowa, leave an indelible...

Maya Killgore is 23, navigating graduate school and uncertainty about her future—when she crosses paths with 38-year-old biotech executive Conor Harkness, her brother’s best friend. Their attraction is undeniable, yet laden with cliché: the age gap, the career imbalance, and the lingering moral question...

Joan Goodwin has always found comfort in the stars, living a quiet life as a physics professor and devoted aunt. But everything changes in 1980, when she answers a groundbreaking NASA call for women scientists to join the Space Shuttle program. Thrust into the...

A short story that explores themes of memory, trauma, and the lingering effects of historical atrocity. The narrative centers around a Holocaust survivor, Mendel, who works as a janitor in a dance studio in New York City. Though quiet and reserved, Mendel becomes captivated by...

Fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win and a divorce, Harper Stewart is embracing his next chapter. Living the high life in a Brooklyn penthouse and working on a film adaptation of his book, he seems to have it all—except the creative spark he once...

In the summer of 1970, fifteen-year-old Fern is sent to Wellwood House—a secluded home for unwed pregnant girls—where silence, shame, and strict rules define daily life. Stripped of their names and autonomy, the girls are expected to give birth and disappear quietly. But when...

In the 1960s, young Edith is sent from England to a remote village in Italy with a solemn task: care for her pregnant sister, Lydia, whose career as a ballet dancer has been upended by scandal. Edith is to witness the birth, make a...

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, three young lives intersect in a quiet town in Tanzania. Karim returns from university brimming with confidence and ambition, eager to make his mark. Fauzia sees in him a possible escape from the constraints of her stifling...

Mia and Cricket Lowe have always been inseparable. From an early age, Mia takes on the role of caretaker, the responsible sister with a sharp mind and a steady heart. Cricket, by contrast, is all fire and motion—a natural athlete destined for soccer stardom....

Paddy Swann was the life of the party—until he was shoved into the path of an oncoming train. His sudden death shatters his wife, Nina, and their daughter, Ash. But just days after the funeral, an unexpected package arrives: a note from Nick Radcliffe,...

At fifty-eight, Dawn’s life feels like an unfinished story. Her marriage has unraveled, her two grown sons are busy living their own lives, and she’s left with a quiet house and too much time to think. But her mind doesn’t settle on the future—it...

One night on a remote Yorkshire farm, an illegal rave pulses through the fields—until the music stops with a brutal act: a young man is nearly beaten to death with a solid gold bar. An eager young journalist seizes the story, following a trail...

December 1962. In a quiet corner of England’s West Country, as snow begins to fall, two neighboring couples wake to the stillness of a world on the edge of change. Dr. Eric Parry heads out on his rounds, carrying the weight of secrets he...

When Jay’s grandfather dies, his family returns south to a once-thriving farm now withered by drought and time. As his father struggles with his own disappointments and his mother holds the fraying family together, Jay is sent to work the land—where he meets Chuan,...

One night, ten-year-old Louisa walks the beach with her father. He carries a flashlight. He cannot swim. By morning, Louisa is found barely alive on the shore. Her father is gone. In Flashlight, Susan Choi traces the ripples of that night through a fractured...

Long before the rumors about the Mansfield sisters begin to swirl, the village of Little Nettlebed has always been a place touched by the uncanny—where strange creatures wash up along the riverbank, and flocks of ravens gather ominously on rooftops just before death strikes....

Years after fleeing New York—and the hollow, self-obsessed orbit of its downtown art scene—a world of predatory curators, egotistical artists, and parasitic hangers-on, our narrator finds herself back in the city she once abandoned. With no intention of reconnecting, she’s aimlessly wandering the Lower...

From the internationally bestselling author comes a tense, globe-spanning thriller starring Gabriel Dax, a travel writer pressed into the shadowy world of espionage. 1963, Guatemala: a country on the brink. A presidential election threatens to elevate a charismatic, left-wing ex-priest and union leader—an outcome...

A newly translated collection of short stories by Yukio Mishima, drawn from the final decade of his life in the 1960s. This selection offers a rare and intimate look into the mind of one of Japan’s most provocative and enduring literary figures. In the title...

Step inside the rarefied world of an elite Chinese couple—a life defined by wealth, luxury, and constant service, anchored by their devoted nanny, Yu Ling. Quiet and observant, she moves seamlessly through their household, caring for their only son and keeping watch over the...

Girlie Delmundo is the best content moderator on the planet. After surviving financial collapse, climate disaster, and a global pandemic, she’s finally on the rise—about to be promoted at Paragon, her powerful parent company. With Paragon’s recent acquisition of Fairground, the leading virtual reality...

At a turning point in their lives, Emma and Julian arrive in Athens to house-sit for a friend, hoping a summer abroad will bring clarity—and perhaps repair the quiet unraveling of their relationship. Emma is yearning for something more than work or the question...

True love can outshine even the cruelest of gods. In the firelit depths of the under realm, Matilda—the youngest of her divine clan—bears only the modest gift of messenger magic. In a world where gods slaughter one another for power and alliances shatter as...

When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car—killing an elderly couple—seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver’s seat, with his father, Noah, beside him. In the back, Alice and Izzy, while their mother, Lorelei is lost in her work. But behind the facade...

Heart Lamp marks the powerful English-language debut of Banu Mushtaq—acclaimed lawyer, activist, and one of India’s most vital literary voices. Spanning over thirty years of storytelling, this collection gathers twelve short stories originally written in Kannada between 1990 and 2023, offering a rare and...

A compelling collection of short fiction from one of Russia’s boldest and most visionary writers. These stories, written in the early 20th century, blend science fiction, satire and psychological tension to explore themes of individuality, conformity and the terrifying machinery of power. In the...

In a future shaped by catastrophe, the city of Bulwark stands as humanity’s last stronghold—a walled metropolis ruled by order, sacrifice and a powerful AI that rewards loyalty and obedience. Founded by those who survived a series of global cataclysms, Bulwark honors its elite...

A heartfelt and humorous exploration of family, forgiveness, and the unexpected paths to healing. Lila Kennedy, a writer in her forties, finds herself navigating the complexities of post-divorce life. After her husband leaves her for a younger woman and her mother's sudden death, Lila's...

Venice, 1899. As the dawn of a new century approaches, Evelyn Dolman—a self-proclaimed literary hack—marries Laura Rensselaer, the headstrong daughter of a wealthy American oil magnate. Expecting a life of ease and inheritance, Evelyn is stunned when a final falling-out between Laura and her...

Gail Baines is long divorced from her husband, Max, and not especially close to her grown daughter, Debbie. Today is the day before Debbie's wedding. To start, Gail loses her job—or quits, depending who you ask. Then, Max arrives unannounced on Gail's doorstep, carrying...