A spellbinding story collection from Booker Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki, about the lives we almost lived, the people we can’t quite forget, and the stories that shape us long after the last page is turned In this spirited and emotionally resonant collection, award-winning novelist Ruth Ozeki turns her singular gaze to the short story, exploring […]
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The remaining members of a ghost hunting show return to the haunted manor that may have killed their friend in this “moody, character-driven” (School Library Journal, starred review) contemporary gothic debut perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting and Delicious Monsters. Four teens went into the manor, three came out. In July, Georgia Perry and Jules Park—secret girlfriends, covert art […]
A major debut collection of globe-spanning stories set in the worlds of art, crime, and fantasy, by an exceptionally elegant and mischievous storyteller. “Such a good book.” —Ali Smith “Full of pleasure and surprise.” —Aysegül Savas A stone appears in a woman’s pocket like a charm only to end up lodged in someone else’s throat. A […]
Four obsessed women kidnap a K-Pop idol with unexpected and devastating results in this chilling, thought-provoking literary thriller that blends the dark impulsions of Butter with the ratcheting tension of Stephen King’s Misery. Four wildly different women are consumed by Yosep, a dreamy twenty-one-year-old K-pop idol known as “the boy.” Ahna, a woman in her forties, first sought […]
“Keenly observant and wryly funny. . . . A vital, utterly unexpected novel, Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies is a fresh and riotous gift of fiction.” —Quill & Quire, *STARRED REVIEW!* A young woman signs her life away in the ancient Chinese tradition of corpse marriage in this wickedly hilarious novel about class, ambition, and the burden […]
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE In a small, sleepy town, a mediocre witch, in a mediocre marriage, tries to pass on her gifts to her twin daughters, who, it becomes immediately apparent, have skills far beyond her own. “The Witch is classic NDiaye. Taut, spellbinding and strange, it unfolds with the disturbed logic of a […]
From the incendiary voice behind Your Driver is Waiting, a riotous novel following a family of Tamil refugees who fled civil war in Sri Lanka to pursue a better life, just for it to be up-ended by the schemes of a self-proclaimed day-trading savant, jeopardizing everything they’ve worked so desperately to secure. It’s hard enough to be […]
A Globe and Mail Best New Book of Summer 2026 • One of CIBA’s Essential Summer Reads • Included in The Quill & Quire‘s 2026 Fall Fiction Preview Bestselling, award-winning, Canada-Reads finalist (for The Hero’s Walk) Anita Rau Badami showcases her extraordinary storytelling gifts in this entertaining tale set in India and Montreal—her much-anticipated first […]
FROM THE WINNER OF THE NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE It is Baby’s birthday, but Grace has not seen her first born in twenty-six years. Now a wife, mother to twin daughters and the owner of a successful medical clinic, Grace has carefully constructed a new life. And now, the secret she’s kept for decades is […]
“Funny, drama-fueled, and full of Jackson’s breezy wit. . . Brilliant.” —Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters “The platonic ideal of a beach read.” —The New York Times An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. A frothy novel of love, […]
Raw, tender, and darkly comic, The Abyss is widely considered a masterpiece from Jeyamohan, a writer whose body of work has shaped modern Tamil literature. Pothivelu Pandaram is known as a successful, God-fearing man about town: he has a loyal wife, three daughters, and money to pay for their dowries. However, it’s an open secret that his success […]
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magic, love, and identity. “Engrossing, gorgeous, funny.” —The Globe and Mail “Magnificent.” —Montreal Review of Books “A reinvention for the bestselling author. . . . MacDonald’s fourth novel is a paean to […]
The thrilling high-concept Korean bestseller about conforming to society’s standards. HAPPINESS IS ALWAYS A CHOICE Youngah is a warm-hearted schoolteacher – always smiling, always yielding. She bends her life to everyone else’s rules. But deep inside, this endless restraint is killing her. An unending sense of despair festers. Desperate for relief, she turns to a […]
In this slim but expansive novel from acclaimed and Giller Prize-shortlisted author Jordan Tannahill, a British archaeologist living in Berlin begins to see his dead lovers in a cruising forest on the city’s outskirts. While cruising one evening by Teufelssee, a small glacial lake in the Grunewald forest on the edge of Berlin, a man […]
From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life. ‘Mothers are experts at overflow . . . You may forget the words or kisses or gifts they give but that doesn’t mean they didn’t happen . . . We […]
From the award-winning and bestselling author of The Berry Pickers, an unforgettable novel of family, legacy and secrets, following one woman as she confronts buried truths, lost love and the fragile future she alone must protect “My mother died pushing me into the world. . . . I don’t know if I saw her face […]
The number one bestselling author of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender story about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck of New York City. Batter Gray […]
The story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty. Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage and modest livelihood in the farm country where she grew up, until a shocking phone call from an […]
Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of the Vera and Shetland series, returns with the fourth Two Rivers mystery featuring detective Matthew Venn who must solve a mysterious death in a luxury holiday home. Detective Matthew Venn is called in to investigate a puzzling death. The body of a young woman has been found […]
From #1 New York Times bestselling author B.K. Borison comes a new whimsical, haunting romance. When a runaway grim reaper tries to save a life, she clashes with a skeptical Guardian, forcing them to form an unlikely partnership beyond the grave. Darcy Moore is tired of death. Which would be fine and good … if […]
An aspiring actor caught on the Hollywood roller coaster is torn between following her dreams and choosing between two of her own leading men—her childhood sweetheart and the one who got away, or the fellow actor who understands just what she’s fighting for. A funny, sexy and heartfelt romance for readers of Yulin Kuang, Rebecca […]
The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman—a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State—searches for answers. Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the […]
From R.F. Kuang, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface, comes a wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock—all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. College freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at […]
Named a Most Anticipated Read of 2026 by The New Yorker • The New York Times • GQ • The Guardian • BBC • Libby • The Sydney Morning Herald • Featured in BBC’s Spring Preview • Oprah Daily • Goodreads • Harpers Bazaar • Los Angeles Times The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and […]
