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A struggling couple finds themselves at a European hotel full of eccentric, unsettling patrons in this “surreal, funny, heartbreaking story of love and mortality” (Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours ). “Like a Kafka story and a Wes Anderson movie combined.” —...
" Early stories [that] vividly portrays with humor, candidness, and detail du Maurier's fascination with the problems of human connection." — Publishers Weekly Perhaps best known for her immortal gothic masterwork Rebecca —the basis for the Academy Award–winning...
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER An NPR 2025 “Books We Love” USA Today April Pick An Indie Next & LibraryReads Pick 2026 Gotham Book Prize Finalist Winner of the AudioFiles Earphones Award 2026 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List Pick "Razor-sharp, darkly comedic, and...
“In the tradition of the great comic novels, Second Pocket First presents Issey, quite possibly the world's worst burglar but nevertheless a five-finger-discount artist of cutthroat sartorial principle, innumerable maddening affectations, and a sterling code of honor,...
*NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES* “A book that sneaks up on you...I am hooked.” —Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author This acclaimed and “welcome debut from a seriously talented author” ( New York Post ) is a disarmingly honest, unapologetically black, and...
A family in Ireland struggles to rebuild their lives after a tragedy—and hidden secrets—consumes them in this novel from a Booker Prize–winning author. In Donegal in the spring of 1945, a farmhand runs into a burning barn and does not come out alive. The farm's owner,...
NATIONAL BESTELLER • An “exquisite” ( The Boston Globe ) exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life—and how we all must learn to live together and apart—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours “The only problem with Michael...
IN THE SHADOW OF 10,000 HILLS is a sweeping family story that spans from the turmoil of Atlanta during the Civil Rights Movement through the struggle for reconciliation and forgiveness in post-genocide Rwanda. At the heart of this literary novel that crosses racial...
" When it comes to walking the mean streets, Dickens could give modern genre authors the tour of their lives." —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times When a corpse is found in the Thames River and identified as John Harmon, many lives will be forever changed. John, who...
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A “masterly” ( The New York Times , Editors’ Choice), “riveting” ( The Atlantic ) novel of friendship, family, and the unthinkable realities of exile, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return...