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This collection of stories explores the hidden, sentient lives of discarded objects in a fictional city. The narrative is set in the “Residual World”, a subterranean reality where waste and debris possess memories, emotions, and a shared history. Through personified characters like Barnaby...

Was macht ein Leben eigentlich aus? Und warum ist es oft kein großer Knall, sondern ein stiller Moment, der uns grundlegend verändert? Seelenzeilen stellt keine Thesen auf. Es zeigt dir nicht, wie du leben sollst. Es erzählt einfach von Momenten, die uns innehalten lassen. Von kleinen Pausen im Leben, in denen etwas in uns in Bewegung gerät und das oft ohne, dass wir es gleich benennen könnten.

THE BROKEN PANTHEON: WAKEWhen the old gods wake up in a world of screens and feeds, some adapt. Some fight back. And some learn to build something entirely new. Lilith wakes up on the floor of an abandoned church with less power than she remembers and more work than she wants. The god of spectacle has weaponized attention itself, turning confession into currency and shame into fuel. But she's not fighting back with miracles —she's fighting back with chairs, consent, and the radical act of speaking in first person.

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...

Mars, Snickers, Happy Cherries – wenn Emma die Späti-Regale aufstockt, sieht sie nur eins: Kalorien. Ihr Studium hat sie abgebrochen, genauso wie den Kontakt zu ihrem Vater, der vermutlich irgendwo auf einer Parkbank seinen letzten Rausch ausschläft. Und auch Emma steht kaum einen Abend ohne Müller-Thurgau durch, die Tasse unter dem Tresen hilft ihr beim Vergessen. Ist doch tutto bene, oder? Nicht. Aber dann ist da plötzlich Ingrid: fünfzehn, rotzfrech und seit Neuestem Schülerpraktikantin im Späti.

Just when Tokyo thinks life can't get any worse . . . she loses her sister. Depression rears its ugly head, and she finds herself in a hole she's barely able to climb out of. As a result of the darkness she can't seem to escape, a friendship that was once dear to her shockingly comes to an end...

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...

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...

Miami's still hot, but the streets have gone cold. With El Blanca's blood still fresh, Dominic Royal and his empire tighten their grip on the city. Every move is watched, and every secret is guarded like their life depends on it, while every loss cuts deeper. Carmen stands beside him, holding...

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...

For years, we've asked: "What's with you?" Usually with confusion. Sometimes with frustration. But rarely with curiosity. Now, something new has entered our lives. Artificial Intelligence. Not as a cold machine. Not as something distant. But as something quietly present in the background of our days. Helping a student understand homework. Helping a parent organize a schedule. Helping a professional make a decision. Helping someone find the right words… when words are hard to find.

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.

Some wars find you. This one waited. Loco is dead. Executed by Iceman, the ruthless leader of V12's deadliest division, after refusing to give up one thing: Ghost's location. Even at the end, he never broke. Not once. Now Ghost is back in Stockton, and the debt is personal. He returns to a city already turning against itself. V12 controls everything through fear, money, and political connections that stretch from prison yards to the offices of senators.

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.