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A Bustle Book Club Selection This poignant and romantic novel from the New York Times bestselling author of One Italian Summer and In Five Years answers the question: If you could have dinner with any five people, living or dead, who would they be? “I have five words...
In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant—who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be.Gloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her...
"Unexpected and heartwarming." —The New York Times, Summer’s Best Beach Reads "Funny, sad, playful, and, by the end, simply resonant." —Daniel Kraus, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Whalefall and Angel Down From the nationally bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish...
With this novel, Booker Prize-winning author Anita Brookner confirms her reputation as an unparalleled observer of social nuance and deeply felt longings. Brief Lives chronicles an unlikely friendship: that between the flamboyant, monstrously egocentric Julia and the...
One of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025One of the New York Public Library's Best Books of 2025 So FarFor readers of Elif Batuman and Sally Rooney, a beguiling debut novel about finding oneself after heartbreak.After suffering her first big heartbreak two years...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER · A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE · 2023 LAMBDA LITERARY PRIZE FOR GAY FICTION FINALISTThe debut novel from television WRITER/PRODUCER OF THE CHI, NARCOS, and BEL-AIR tells a fierce and riveting queer...
Follow the seashell path along Tokyo Bay until you get to the Chibineko Kitchen, where a traditional Japanese meal can summon anyone you choose from your past, but only for as long as it continues to steam . . . —for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, The Midnight...
The Nobel Laureateexplores the irreconcilable elements of human existence in a fictional memoir about a composer inspired by a love triangle.In this fictional memoir, the renowned composer Kuhn recounts his tangled relationships with two artists—his friend Heinrich...
“[A] wonderfully wise and compellingly readable tale of love and friendship in all their forms…. A remarkable first novel, worth savoring.” ―Booklist (starred review)Eleanor Maud doesn’t believe God loves her, so she decides she must find someone, something, that...
Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionA Time Must-Read Book of the YearOne of The New Yorker’s Best Books of the YearOne of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Summer“A brilliant outlaw novel.” —Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles TimesA novel that...
