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"A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an aspiring lawyer who believes he has met the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend. It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world...

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.Sonia, an aspiring novelist who...

A young English literature teacher negotiates between her writing and her livelihood, her morality and her heart, her selfhood and her family’s history. She moves between cities, seasons and two men: Nikhil and Zafar―their lives getting entangled across a decade of restlessness and upheavals...

From the author of the “irresistible” (Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Where the Truth Lies, an atmospheric novel about a young woman who searches for answers after her estranged friend is found dead in the bayou of their rural Louisiana hometown. The Labasques aren’t...

WINNER OF THE TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS PREMIER'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW LITERARY AWARDS FOR THE 2025 CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION I saw my mother for a long time after she died. I would see her out windows, or in the corner of my eye. Always in the periphery, always...

WINNER OF THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW LITERARY AWARDS CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 When someone is taken away, what is left behind? All her life, Till has lived in the shadow of the abduction of a childhood friend and her tormented wondering about whether...

Through the immortal characters of Oliver, Nancy, Bill Sikes, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and Mr. Bumble, Dickens mercilessly sends up the hypocrisy of 19th century life: the high-minded reformism of the intellectuals and the snobbery of those in power.

A teenaged girl’s mysterious disappearance brings her community’s most devastating secrets to light in this “compelling and nuanced psychological thriller suffused with small town prejudice and dark family secrets” (Paula Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author) that is perfect for...

'Impressive...Suzanne Daniel has cleverly woven in the feminism of the time...an accomplished moving and thoughtful read.' Books+Publishing WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2020 I can split myself in two... something I have to do because of Joy and Matilde. They are my...

‘Devilishly well-plotted, crisply written – and a hell of a lot of fun. What a smashing debut!’ A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window We all see what we want to see… 2019: Julianne is preparing a family dinner when her son comes to her and says he’s found something on his iPad...

Henry Gauthier: Bassist. My brother's best friend. And my first love. He's also the man I grew to hate after a one-night stand went horribly wrong. I've spent the last three years successfully dodging him. Now, fresh out of a bad relationship and living in a new city, I finally feel like I'm starting to get myself together. And when an opportunity to produce Wild Minds' newest album presents itself, I can't help but jump at the chance of a lifetime. Even if it comes with a caveat. Three weeks in Hawaii, an impossible to meet deadline, and Henry Gauthier.

Flatmates Judith, Giles and David once had it all: youth, optimism, ambition and degrees from one of the country's best universities. In their 20s, they were full of potential, but 10 years later, they're simply might-have-beens. Stuck in Streatham and strapped for cash, they're forced to mooch off their more successful mates just to get by.

A new novel by bestselling author Nicholson Baker reintroduces feckless but hopeful hero Paul Chowder, whose struggle to get his life together is reflected in his steadfast desire to write a pop song, or a protest song, or both at once.

Miller Stratton is a survivor. After a harrowing childhood of poverty, he will do anything it takes to find security for himself and his mom. He’s putting all his hopes and dreams in the fragile frame of his guitar and the beauty he creates with its strings and his soulful voice. Until Violet. No one expects to meet the love of their life at age 13. But the spunky rich girl steals Miller’s heart and refuses to give it back.

Kenny Silvers is on the fast track to becoming a pure-blooded punk rebel. It all seems so easy when he’s breaking every rule at school to the point of finding himself expelled. Then, it all changes. He’s becoming criminal, he’s becoming something dark and desperate, he’s fallen between the cracks, and redemption seems a far way off. It’s one thing to embrace the creed, but now he’s lost everything. He’s gone from a kid just having a lark, riding the gravy train until it all becomes sordid and sour, with no way out.

Nebraska, Anfang der 1990er Jahre: Sheridan Grant lebt bei ihrer Adoptivfamilie auf einer Farm inmitten von Maisfeldern. Sie leidet unter der Eintönigkeit des Farmlebens und dem strengen Regime ihrer Adoptivmutter, die der musikalischen Sheridan sogar das Klavierspielen verbietet. Zum Glück gibt es den Farmarbeiter Brandon, den Rodeoreiter Nick und den Künstler Christopher, die Sheridan den Hof machen und sie davor bewahren, vor Langeweile zu sterben. Bis in einer Halloweennacht etwas Furchtbare spassiert.

'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.' Homer Wells' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the...

Two people from completely different worlds are about to be thrown together...in more ways than one. She wants to keep her scholarship. He wants to stay on the team. An awkward alliance doesn't even begin to cover Rimmel and Romeo's relationship. But that's about to change.

"Ich kann mich genau an den Moment erinnern, als mein Großvater sich verliebte. Es war klar, dass die Großmutter nichts davon mitkriegen sollte. Sie hatte schon bei geringeren Anlässen gedroht, ihn umzubringen." Max‘ Großmutter hat im Flüchtlingswohnheim ein hart-herzliches Terrorregime errichtet. Wenn sie nicht gerade gegen das deutsche Schulsystem, die deutschen Süßigkeiten oder ihre Mitmenschen und deren Religionen wettert, beschützt sie ihren einzigen Enkel vor dem schädlichen Einfluss der neuen Welt.

Random House presents the audiobook editon of Bridge of Clay, written and read by Markus Zusak. THE EPIC NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF *********************** Here is a story told inside out and back to front Five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting...