Tim Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic eager to join the crusade against Communism, finds his first love affair with a handsome State Department official. As Joe McCarthy mounts an increasingly desperate bid for power, Tim and Fuller find it ever more dangerous to navigate their double lives.
Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other's pasts, the reader does, in intimate detail, along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs, over many
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult.
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“[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis.
“Picoult at her fearless best . . . Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate.”—The Washington Post
The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center—a women´s reproduct
Now The Major Motion Picture DRIFT Starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia Shawkat • A New York Times Notable Book • Hypnotic in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, this is a novel about ruin, faith, and the devastating memories that can destroy and redeem us.
“Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine.” —The Bos
Cora is a young slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood--where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is
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“As close to a great American novel as this century has produced.” —Stephen King
New York City, 1976. Meet Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs
Flynn's toxic mix of sharp-edged wit with deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds readers at every turn. When his wife disappears on their anniversary, Nick starts having cringe-worthy daydreams and becomes oddly evasive, eschewing his golden boy past.
Cravings and fantasies become her new routine, but while Loren Hale recovers from his alcohol addiction, Lily wonders if he'll realize what a monster she really is. After all, her sexual compulsions begin to rule her life the longer she stays faithful to him.
Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt's novel is a remarkable achievement-both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when t
With a seven-year age difference, Ryke Meadows and Daisy Calloway have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families. Known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple, their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media.
In Kiley Reid's "Come and Get It," set in 2017 at the University of Arkansas, resident assistant Millie seizes an unusual opportunity from Professor Agatha Paul. The story delves into odd friendships, vengeful pranks, and illicit intrigue, offering a tense portrayal of desire. Reid, acclaimed for "Such a Fun Age," delivers a highly anticipated novel about money, indiscretion, and bad behavior.
A damsel in distress takes on the dragon herself in this epic twist on classic fantasy. Based on a screenplay by Dan Mazeau, this is a groundbreaking collaboration between New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye and the team behind the upcoming Netflix film Damsel, starring Millie Bobby Brown.
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project-a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia-Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
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In Falling for Rachel, lawyer Rachel Stanislaski sparks with Zack Muldoon while helping his troubled stepbrother.
In Convincing Alex, detective Alex Stanislaski unknowingly becomes part of soap writer Bess McNee’s research—and maybe her perfect match.
Dahlia Easton searches for her missing sister in Wyoming's backcountry, but soon finds herself in danger. Cold case investigator Grant Hudson must face his town's dark past to protect her from a looming threat.
Beau Boudreau, freed after 15 years in prison, turns to Peyton LaCroix for help clearing his name. As they rekindle old passion, they race against time to catch a killer before it's too late.