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From the author of Glass Bottle Season comes a gritty new coming-of-age novel that examines what happens when one man’s desperate journey to become a New York Writer leaves him more “tortured” than “artist.” Sidewalk Dance is an American masterpiece of the artist as a deluded self-saboteur. Haunted by his brother’s tragic death in the War in Afghanistan and unable to process this trauma, Fisher shuns his elitist pedigree by abruptly quitting Yale Law School, changing his name to Fish, and moving to New York City. Once there, he sets about reinventing himself as a doomed playwright.

A pitch-black, Dexter-like thriller with a razor-sharp skewering of our darkest fantasies, in which a Tokyo paparazzo commits murders to generate the photos his magazine’s readership ghoulishly demands. Ken Kato is a half-British, half-Japanese photojournalist working for a low-brow weekly...

泣きたいときもあるけれど、食べて、飲んで、生きていく！ 犬森祥子、バツイチ、アラサー、職業は「見守り屋」。営業時間は夜から朝まで。様々な事情を抱える客からの依頼で人やペットなど、とにかく頼まれたものを寝ずの番で見守る。

Modern dating’s a mess. Unfortunately, so are they. Daisy and Maya bounce around the city like they own it, from all-night house parties to sticky-floored smoking areas, drinks in hand. But after a particularly regrettable one-night stand with her annoying friend James, Daisy starts to look...

One reckless hook-up in a broken elevator . . . The big shot billionaire kissed me senseless against the glass doors. There was zero chance of seeing the Armani-clad stranger again. I didn't even catch his name—just that he was the hottest mistake of my life. But the universe? It loves a plot...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A cult classic and Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, this sharp, insightful novel by New Yorker contributor Han Ong explores racial and social hierarchy, personal identity, and alienation. William Paulinha—a resourceful gay Filipino sex...

An uncompromising and sensually charged collection from one of the great practitioners of the short story. Squandering the Blue is Kate Braverman’s debut story collection, a fierce, hallucinatory vision of Southern California and the women who move through its heat, glamour, and wreckage. Set...

Bloomsbury presents Please Don't Touch the Body by Emily Doyle, read by Alice Dodd and Daniel Henning “A magnificent debut” (Laila Lalami) that explores loneliness and community, religion and repression, and the pleasure and pain of womanhood. By turns tender and irreverent, the 11...

Jordan is a boy on the streets of an America bifurcated by civil conflict, in a world rocked by another global war. He must initiate the dangerous trek across the war torn demarcation zone to reunite with his brother and his expectant wife: the only family he has left. On his journey he meets Jeremiah. A man possessed of a library of knowledge and skill that belies a terrible secret.

There's nothing quite like family. Except family on holiday . . . When Cal loses his beloved wife Nikki, and his teenage step-daughter Zoe moves out to live with her father, his whole world falls apart. But life works in mysterious ways. And when a prestigious university wants to pay tribute to...

An infectious and utterly charming fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, narrated by Amy Ryan! “Single Girls is an irresistibly fun, sparkling novel that you'll want to binge in one night! John Searles crafts a brilliant portrait of the...

Amelia Rose, pop star mondialement connue, est épuisée par la vie intense qu'elle mène. Une nuit, inspirée par son idole, Audrey Hepburn, elle décide sur un coup de tête de conduire jusqu'à Rome. Enfin, Rome dans le Kentucky. Amelia n'avait certes pas planifié grand-chose, mais elle n'avait pas prévu de tomber en panne sur la pelouse d'un pâtissier grincheux, et encore moins de devoir cohabiter avec lui le temps qu'on vienne la tirer de là.

Empires don’t need kings. They need queens. Freshly paroled from Holloway Prison, Pearl Armstrong returns to Soho not for nostalgia — but to reclaim the empire she built with blood, cunning and grit. Her sons, Kristian and Daniel, have turned the Armstrong legacy into a shadow of its former...

'Outstanding' LEE CHILD on A. A. Dhand ‘Dhand is a fearless writer’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Literally could not put this down … Immediately immersed you back into the gritty lives of Idris and co’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An explosive and fast-paced thriller … The last page of the book...

On the high functioning neurodivergent spectrum, Cece constantly questions others, yet mostly herself, especially after a devastating break up. She is a captive audience, 30,000 feet above ground, when her boyfriend Robby breaks up on an airplane, en route to Israel, for her third year of rabbinical study. Cece’s constant curiosity sustains her inner spark of life, as she throws herself into one experience after another.

Post-war London is a city in flux, with burned-out buildings serving as vivid reminders of the past. But beneath those scars is a sense of resurging optimism. Chrissie Walker, a new student at Goldsmiths arts college, feels it keenly. So does Mary Quant, the auburn-haired classmate who becomes...

A raw, honest and distinctive novel that dissects the heartbreak, passion, insecurity, obsession, betrayal and joy of modern relationships. For readers of Sally Rooney, Jacqueline Maley, Diana Reid and anyone who has experienced love or heartache in equal measure. 'Do you think much about love?...

MANILA TAKES MANHATTAN Fans of Jasmine Guillory and Helen Hoang will adore this irresistibly engaging story of two Filipino celebrities caught between everything they want…and everything they are. How do you follow your heart when it’s in two places? Filipino musician and producer Mon...

Eric, a college freshman, joins his four dormmates for an afternoon in New York City—the first time he’s seen them outside their campus bubble. But feeling increasingly invisible among these new friends, Eric’s anxieties compound. As they roam the streets of New York, Eric begins to question if he’s even truly wanted there. Soon, though, the friends start to reveal pieces of themselves. Can Eric let go enough to show them who he really is?

Quando si trova la strada giusta nella vita? Ilaria ha finito il liceo e non ha idea di cosa fare da grande. In attesa di settembre, e nella speranza che l'estate porti consiglio, inizia a lavorare all'Oasi, uno sgangherato bar multiculturale a Ostia. Quella dell'Oasi è una fauna atipica, di cui Ilaria impara presto a conoscere le sfumature. Ci lavorano Syed, Irina, Alicia e Amin, arrivati in Italia da diversi angoli del mondo, ognuno con una storia intensa alle spalle e con una lingua zoppicante e affettuosa tutta da decifrare.