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SET IN DUBLIN'S LIBERTIES, Estelle Birdy's explosively original debut Ravelling channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city, their city, navigating the tumultuous trajectory of youth and young manhood, where they balance their hopes with the harsh realities of their present. Hurtling between friendships, feuds, drug-deals, family and brushes with the law, this is modern Dublin as never before portrayed.

Sara and Mia are more than just mother and daughter—they’re best friends, confidantes and partners in adventure. Mia’s dad’s identity may still be a mystery, but Mia’s independent, adventurous mum has more than made up for it over the years. So when Sara suggests a sun-soaked escape to Kos, the stunning Greek island shaped by volcanic forces, Mia jumps at the chance for their perfect summer getaway.

Veerman Werner vindt een filosofische brief van Mandy in de IJssel en gaat op zoek naar de mysterieuze schrijfster die worstelt met haar bestaan en dementie.

Brought to you by Penguin. Winner of the 1948 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, this gripping murder mystery is a much-loved classic. In 1940s Chicago, a man is killed in the midst of a night-long bender, caught between barrooms in what appears to be a mugging gone awry. The police aren’t...

»Ein herzzereißendes Porträt von Amerikanern, die von der Welt nach 9/11 zum Anderssein verbannt wurden.« Jennifer Egan »Genau der Schriftsteller, den wir brauchen.« Daniel Kehlmann, FAZ »Leidenschaftlich, verstörend, fesselnd.« Salman Rushdie Ayad Akhtars »Homeland Elegien « ist ein...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this “old-fashioned love letter to summer” (The New York Times Book Review), set over the course of one transformative season in the lush, beachy enclave of Block Island, a young woman reckons with love, loss, and the choices she must make to move forward. “The...

An Army officer knocks on the door only a few days before Christmas-and a family's world quietly unravels. When Marshall Gatlin retreats to his dusty attic in search of solace, he stumbles upon an old notebook tucked inside a forgotten box. Written by his son Jake at the age of eleven, the letters inside are addressed to a deceased grandmother... but their words are very much alive.

MOUNTAINS IN US is a family saga set outside of Asheville, North Carolina, where the Moyers' two most exciting weekly events are church and ten-year-old Colm's little league baseball games. Otherwise, Colm and his little brother spend their time playing in the woods behind their house with their next-door cousins, his older sister is always figuring out what to do next, his dad devours books, and his mom keeps everyone together. As Colm grows older, his idyllic childhood and the people who made it that way take on a different light.

She woke up with no memory. She soon wished she hadn't. Trapped in a sterile hospital room, the young survivor doesn't remember what brought her to this place. Her mind is an empty canvas—but the nightmares are already painting a grotesque supernatural horror story. The doctor's face melts into black ooze. Her dearest friend is consumed by fire. Whispered words echo a chilling prophecy: Death suits you better. Is she losing her sanity, or is this the terrifying new reality?

Jeremiah Bourne is in great danger. As Jeremiah is swept from his crumbling home in Blackfriars in 2019, to the same house but in 1910, he suddenly faces two questions: how did he get here, and how can he return to his own time? On his quest for answers, he encounters a cast of comic characters and situations: a coven of free-thinking spiritualists, a futuristic residents’ association, warring street gangs, eugenic scientists, aggressive domestic servants and a nudist magistrate.

A debut historical novel destined to become a classic like Little Women, this coming-of-age story records an upstate New York family’s suffering and growth through World War I and its aftermath through the eyes of a young woman. Eleanor Foerster, a bright and irreverent fourteen-year-old...

Magical contemporary fantasy meets fantastical memoir in the new novel from a cult favourite, Jeff Noon. The Dust tells the story… 1968, Lancashire: It is Joe Sutter's last summer before going to secondary school. His world is like ours, but beyond and beside what we know is Greot; a vast...

Bloomsbury presents Men Like Ours by Bindu Basinath, read by Francine Pinheiro “Bindu Bansinath’s Men Like Ours shows that the Immigrant Novel is not dead yet. Absolutely hilarious, mesmerizing, and disturbing.” --Gary Shteyngart, The Guardian "A genuine and offbeat talent . . . like the...

A queer retelling of the legend of Sir Lancelot, following the famous knight as he grows up orphaned, falls in love, and attempts to fulfill his destiny at the Round Table—from the bestselling author of Out East. "Richly detailed and evocative.” —Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling...

Von Sigrid Nunez, Bestseller-Autorin von »Der Freund«, kommt dieser faszinierende, autobiographische Roman über ihre Jugend in New York City. Eine junge Frau blickt zurück auf ihre Anfänge: den chinesisch-panamaischen Vater und die deutsche Mutter, die sich im Nachkriegsdeutschland begegnen und zusammen nach New York City gehen. In den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren dort aufwachsend, flüchtet sie sich in Träume, die von den Geschichten ihrer Eltern inspiriert sind, und dann in die Welt des Balletts.

Al centro del romanzo è la discesa negli inferi di un sentimento assoluto, la storia trascinante, furiosa, di forte ed esplicito erotismo di David Axelroad e Jade Butterfield, due ragazzi consumati dallo stupore dell'intimità e dell'attrazione reciproca. David e Jade non sembrano rendersi conto di quanto il loro rapporto, il desiderio, la sessualità, siano difficili da comprendere per chi sta loro attorno. Quando il padre di Jade allontana David dalla propria casa, il ragazzo immagina un piano per riguadagnare la fiducia dei genitori di lei.

Верная хранительница наследия Джейн Остин, ее старшая сестра Кассандра, возвращается в Кинтбери с тайной миссией—найти и уничтожить письма, способные бросить тень на безупречную репутацию великой писательницы. В шелесте пожелтевших страниц оживает прошлое: беззаботный смех юности, первые клятвы, голоса ушедших возлюбленных, горечь невосполнимых утрат и тайны, которые сестры доверяли лишь друг другу. Джилл Хорнби с мастерством историка и чуткостью художника рисует достоверную картину жизни семьи Остин.

Every year, the strongest youth of the island earn the honor of reaching the Golden Island. Every year, they die. As the tribe’s Shaman, he alone knows the truth behind the sacred ritual. The gods do not choose the worthy. The sea does not carry them to paradise. Instead, he gathers their bones, carves their stories into skulls, and hides the evidence of a lie that has shaped generations. It was bearable—until this year. Because this year, his son wins.

Anvers, années 70. Le jeune Bennie Goodman sait que son père Moshé aimerait mieux le voir à la synagogue qu'à fureter dans les ruelles du quartier des diamantaires. Mais c'est plus fort que lui : la prière l'ennuie, le diamant le fascine. Après tout, c'est dans ce secteur que son grand-père Yéhuda a fait fortune, et quoique le patriarche ait coupé les ponts avec son fils et son petit-fils, ce dernier ne peut réprimer sa fascination. Des ateliers de taille aux vastes salles de négoce de la Bourse, Bennie ne renoncera devant rien pour se faire sa place et un nom.

Imagine My Surprise! is the fictional memoir of Keenan Solomon Harris, a seven-year-old who claims to be the reincarnation of a murdered San Francisco drug kingpin, Kurt Houston.