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Named one of Time’s 100 best novels in the English language, Money is “savagely hilarious. It risks, it boils with energy . . . it even manages to shock” (The Washington Post). Including a new introduction by Lorrie Moore, author of I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Originally published...

From the acclaimed author of How to Be Eaten, a fresh take on the campus novel that follows an adjunct professor gigging her way through academia’s poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser whose new novel might be about her—for readers of Worry, Vladimir, and Less...

An out-of-work actor accepts the role of a lifetime—sitting soundlessly in a lecture theater, zipped into a large leather bag—to aid a professor’s psychological experiment. What could possibly go wrong? In Luke Kennard’s audacious new novel, a penniless and out-of-work actor picks up a...

Es ist dunkel in Leipzig. Alles schläft. Alles? Nein. Ein Kind leistet erbittert Widerstand. Der Vater, dem Autor nicht ganz unähnlich, zieht das letzte Register: eine Spazierfahrt mit dem Buggy. Mit ungewissem Ausgang und nicht vorhersehbarer Dauer. Wie die Odyssee. In klein. Und ohne Schiff. Dafür mit Sirenen. Ein Hörbuch für alle, die Kinder haben. Oder auf keinen Fall welche wollen.

In The Quantity Theory of Morality, Will Self’s unconventional new novel, his pen remains dipped in vitriol and elegance as ever. In this dark yet hilariously satirical “state-of-an-era novel,” Self’s target is a collective morality that is nothing more or less than pure sociability. His middle-class, middle-English characters appear trapped in a timeless go-round of polite chitchat in dinner parties that refract like a hall of mirrors as the novel progresses, until one day someone says something to the effect of, “This way to the gas chamber, please, ladies and gentlemen.”

In early 2021, the stock value of PwnShop—a dead to rights bricks-and-mortar retailer disrupted by the digital downloading of video games—inexplicably ballooned overnight. While much has been written about the mechanics of the meme stock short squeezes, no one has yet clarified the chaotic drama of what was happening inside such a company during its zeitgeist moment.

For fans of Bad Summer People and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, four influencers begin to suspect their mega-church's new pastor isn’t as devoted as he seems, and must decide if exposing him is worth revealing their own secrets. "A delightful satire full of tenderness and heart. Alli has...

Ein Mann wacht eines Morgens als Frau auf und erlebt die Welt aus der anderen Perspektive. Dieses kluge Gedankenspiel enthüllt, was oft verdrängt wird – strukturelle Ungleichheit, subtile Vorurteile und die alltägliche Benachteiligung von Frauen. Das Buch zeigt, wie Frauen ihre Wünsche verwirklichen, den Gender Pay Gap überwinden und ihr Glück finden – und warum echte Gleichberechtigung uns alle stärkt: für mehr Verständnis, Fairness und gemeinsamen Erfolg.

Ihre Methoden sind agil, sie handeln proaktiv, präsentieren nachhaltige und skalierbare Lösungen – Topmanager leben in anderen Sphären. Da, wo die Luft dünn ist und ein einziger Fauxpas den Fall ins Bodenlose bedeuten kann. Doch nun halten Frauen Einzug ins Habitat der Krawattenträger, und das bei den Angestellten so beliebte Homeoffice lässt die Führungsriege mit abgesägten Hosen dastehen. Die Herausforderungen werden diverser. Wem kann man noch trauen? Den Topkadern entgleitet die Kontrolle.

“Forget the rock and roll, this debut is about sex, drugs and a serious obsession with cleaning.” —ELLE “[A] gem of a debut novel...funny, vibrant, and utterly unpredictable.” —Service95 A disaffected young woman’s work as a cleaner takes her on an increasingly surreal search for a...

The debut standalone novel from author Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7, THREE DAYS IN APRIL is a near-future speculative thriller that marks the entry of a bright new voice into the genre. Anders Jensen is having a bad month. His roommate is a data thief, his girlfriend picks fights in bars...

“Murder Bimbo is Gone Girl for the Luigi Mangione era, and Rebecca Novack is one of our funniest and most acerbic new writers.” —Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X The exhilaratingly twisty story of a sex worker turned political assassin on the run, Murder Bimbo is an unputdownable...

An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific romantic comedy unlike anything you’ve ever read before. ★ "An utterly ingenious horror-romcom, darkly zeitgeisty, and unnervingly...

From acclaimed author Jonathan Miles (“a writer so virtuosic that readers will feel themselves becoming better, more observant people from reading him"—Los Angeles Times) comes a blackly comic literary gem in which a broken man confronts a broken world on an uninhabited Pacific island...

In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant—who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. Gloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her 26-year-old son Nico in...

From visionary creator Kenya Barris (Black-ish) comes the hilarious and heartwarming Audible Original about love, aging, and finding your way in life's next chapter. Starring comedy legends Jenifer Lewis, Cedric the Entertainer, and Niecy Nash-Betts, Big Age follows recently retired couple Dot and Butch Watts' reluctant relocation to their new Floridian home, Sunset Gardens, a senior community that is anything but relaxing.

The impressions show that needs no introduction - with bonus End of Year specials Radio 4’s award-winning and hugely popular comedy show is back with yet another helping of political-vituperation, media-mauling and celebrity-savaging. Sit back and treat your ears to a bumper edition of superb...

A-list actor Peter Compton and producing partner Marci Levy exist in the rarefied air of Hollywood’s elite. Their status as a married power couple is unmatched, their presence in any room transformative and god-like. But as their private jet lands in Atlanta to begin production on a tentpole superhero movie, even their privileged position will come under threat by the massive pressures of such an undertaking.

“Deliciously vicious and unsettlingly hilarious, Cruelty Free is a nasty, thrilling Hollywood take-down for the ages.” —JENNIFER THORNE, author of Diavola A disgraced movie star returns to Hollywood 10 years after the kidnapping of her young daughter intent on seeking revenge, for fans of...

In the fictional African country of Zambuena, Katmé Abbia enjoys a life of privilege and influence married to Tashun, the powerful prefect of Zambuena's capital. Yet after years spent playing the obedient, demure wife to a husband who has ceased to notice her, Katmé grows increasingly restless. Her one source of connection is Samy, a childhood friend, struggling artist, and gay man—an offense punishable by law in Zambuena.