General & literary fiction Books

The international bestselling novel about Murray McBride, a lonely 100-year-old man who's outlived just about everyone he's ever loved. But when he meets a boy awaiting a heart transplant, Murray may learn something about finding meaning in life again . ...

Drawing from a lifetime of supernatural short-story writing, this new collection of Wharton's greatest, and most chilling, tales show one of the most talented ghost story practitioners of all time at her very best.This new edition will feature a new...

A visionary and poignant novel centered around former newspaperman Sam Cunningham as he prepares to die, Late City covers much of the early twentieth century, unfurling as a conversation between the dying man and a surprising God. As the two review Sam's...

IT’S THE CASE OF AMANDA’S LIFETIME, BUT SOLVING IT WILL REQUIRE HER TO BETRAY ANOTHER SPY—WHO JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE HER FATHER. A Times Thriller of the MonthOne of The Washington Post’s Best Thrillers of 2023'It’s the case of Amanda’s lifetime but...

Welcome to Bundilla. A close-knit community where romance can blossom. The first two novels in the bestselling series from award-winning Australian author Alissa Callen. Snowy Mountains DaughterSmall-town Bundilla is the only place flower farmer Clancy...

The breathtaking saga of a steadfast girl's revenge against an implacable and unknowable beast, The Which Way Tree is a timeless tale full of warmth and humour, testament to the power of adventure and enduring love. When a panther attacks a family of...

"I hear from Mrs Barlow, who is a good gossip, that your mother and your sister are both ill. You must, then, have very little company." "Very little human company," she replied.On a moonlit night, a wearied traveller dressed as the Devil calls at the...

A girl takes on a series of identities to survive, shrouding herself in layers of secrets, until years later when she is forced to reckon with her past.On an ordinary day in an upscale Atlanta suburb, Maya is making breakfast for her two sons, when her...

A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025A Kirkus Starred Review"A cunning writer with masterful timing and an outrageous sense of humor."-Gary ShteyngartAn irreverent, darkly comic novel dissecting the misjudgments, hypocrisies, and occasional good...

Hope You Are Satisfied welcomes you to Dubai as you've never seen it before...1990. Twenty-five-year-old Riya works for Discover Arabia, a tour guide company in the far-flung outpost of Dubai. In the months leading up to the first Gulf War, the...

The best of Djuna Barnes's dark, droll, incisive short fiction, spanning her all-too-pief career, edited and introduced by Merve Emre.Djuna Barnes is rightly remembered for Nightwood, her peakthrough and final novel: a hallmark of modernist literature,...

The letters of a seducer to the great love of his life, a sensual tour-de-force by "the paterfamilias of queer literature" (New York Times)"Can't sleep tonight. Was lying in bed reading the biography of a great man whose genius deserted him . . . The...

A one woman showA one night standA one star review 'Sharp-witted, wise, and authentic – what a fierce, fantastically funny read' CLAIRE LOMBARDO'Funny, bold and tender … I loved this incendiary debut' EMILIA HARTAt the Edinburgh Fringe, vicious theatre...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, for anyone who's ever been ghosted – and wondered why…'Beth is a really clever, funny writer' Nina Stibbe 'Isabella's NOT dead.'Every time someone asks Gwen about her best friend – you know, the one who ghosted...

It's 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha, as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe to the child who finds...

Revisit Promise, Texas, in this classic western romance from a favorite author, No.1 New York Times bestselling Debbie Macomber. Lonesome CowboyEveryone in Promise thinks Savannah Weston is an old-fashioned kind of woman, quietly content to...

A colouring book packed with information about flags and countries of the world. Discover the national flag of every independent country in the world in this fascinating colouring book. Grouped by continent, there are maps matching each flag to its...

Flirting With His Forbidden LadyReturning from India to a forbidden liaison...Joshua Ashburton hasn’t seen his brother for years and heads straight to his London town house. A ball is underway filled with the cream of society, including one Lady...

Patterns resonate and reveal themselves in this unique photographic essay featuring objects from the six museums associated with the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC). The museums' encyclopaedic collections hold great significance in...

Inherited through the line of the berserker Angantr and his war-loving daughter Hervor,the ever-lethal, shining sword Tyrfing and its changes of hands frame the uncanny story ofThe Saga of Hervor and Heirek.A second heroic saga,Hrlf Kraki and His...

UnbridledWidowed Texas Ranger and single dad John Ruiz hardened his heart years ago. Day after day, he tracks the roughest criminals in the Lone Star state, leaving little room for love. So when John butts heads with beautiful nurse Sunny Wesley, he’s...

In Buckhorn, Montana dark secrets come to life...and sweet romance leads to even sweeter revenge! One look at his warm brown eyes and Kate Jackson knows she's found her husband. It's been twenty years since Daniel went missing in a refinery explosion...

It's 2009; Max is unemployed, her house is falling apart, and her ex, Lisa, is on the loose. On top of all that, she has no clue how to nurse her newborn baby. Can Goldie, an Orthodox Jewish lactation consultant, guide Max into motherhood? Or will...

A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider's view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind.Lemei, once a student Red Guard leader in 1960s Shanghai and a journalist at a...

Davey Warner bets school bully Mo Clouter that he can hit six sixes in the Sandhills Sluggers’ upcoming battle against their club rivals.But after a disastrous school excursion to the local lawn bowls club, Davey is in trouble again, then forgets to hand...

Meet Little Davey Warner. He lives in Sandhill Flats with his mum and dad and his brother Steve – and his stinky dog Max. Davey and his schoolmates –even Max – are MAD for cricket. All they want to do is play … but there’s always something getting in...

Meet Little Davey Warner. He lives in Sandhill Flats with his mum and dad and his brother Steve – and his stinky dog Max. Davey and his schoolmates –even Max – are MAD for cricket. All they want to do is play … but there’s always something getting in...

Curated by Deborah Sheldon, this second volume follows the multi-award-winning and multi-award-nominated anthology of Australian dread, Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies. Spawn 2 interprets and reinterprets pregnancy, birth and...

His wife is dead. His beloved daughter has been lost to a dangerous cult.And now time is running out to rebuild their relationship. Haunted by his failings as a son, a husband and, most of all, as a father, he is desperate to try and make things right...

In Schoolgirl, a wealthy housewife, dogged by ennui, struggles to connect with her teenage daughter, who turns to YouTube to vent her frustration with the climate crisis and muse about her day-to-day life in Tky. Through the fog of generational tension...

The truth of their diamond deception: the passion is real! Tormented by her parents’ disastrous relationship, innocent Clemmie Leith vowed not to marry. So, waking from an accident with no memory yet wearing Joaquin Perez’s billion-dollar ring, she’s...

No strings attached...until they’re bound by his baby! Having watched his father lose everything to a woman, Italian billionaire Vincenzo Giansante has spurned romantic relationships. Naturally, when one-night stand Siena claims she’s carrying his...

Only An Heiress Will Do - Virginia HeathA marriage made in haste...repented at leisure? Major Adam Mayhew has returned from war to discover his family facing ruin. He no longer cares for the expectations of the ton, but he needs a wealthy, convenient...

Searching For Justice - Connie QueenA cold case reopened. A K-9 in pursuit of the truth.When a teen goes missing from the same place where her own foster sister disappeared, K-9 handler Brynne Taylor is on the case...until she’s caught in a lethal trap...

A dark, pacy crime novel about grief and revenge, with surprises hidden below the surface, Shifty's Boys is a tour de force that confirms Chris Offutt's Mick Hardin as one of the most appealing new investigators in fiction. Mick Hardin is an Army CID...

Matters of the heart have always made Annabelle run for the hills – literally. Can a real-life cowboy convince her to compromise for love, or will he be just another man left in the dust? Matters of the heart have always made Annabelle run for the hills...

Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, a powerful, heart-wrenching novel about maternal love that endures against pitiless odds. Kidnapped by sealers and enslaved far from her homeland, Nannertgarrook has a spirit that refuses to bow …From...

Daisy Jones and the Six meets Patricia Highsmith in this addictive, intense novel about the brutal and ferocious road to glory, from the award-winning author of My Husband. Ever since she was a child, Cléo, the French-American daughter of two...

‘I was mesmerised by Happiness Forever … there is so much rare humour and insight and sweetness and humanity in its pages’ Sheila Heti, author of Pure ColourA hilarious, beguiling and utterly original debut novel following a woman trying to make sense of...

'Midnight in Soap Lake made me fall in love with reading all over again' Stuart Turton‘A fantastic, assured debut’ Elly Griffiths on Matthew Sullivan Abigail uprooted her life to move to Soap Lake, Washington. A once-popular tourist destination, the...

Tender, brutal, devastating, OVERSPILL is the debut novel from incredible new literary talent, Charlotte Paradise.'This book will break your heart, mend it, and send you away with hope' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb 'compulsive, intricate but never...

A swashbuckling sticker book filled with exciting scenes of life on the high seas. Join a motley pirate crew on their adventures in this buccaneering activity book. Fill the pages with pirate stickers as they prepare to set sail, relax below deck, take...

A dazzling sticker book full of playful scenes and magical sparkly pony characters. Join these magnificent ponies as they fly through the sky, prance around a castle and explore a crystal cave. Little children will love adding over 170 stickers,...

Jet off on a fun, fact-filled flight, exploring planes past, present and future. Who flew the very first planes? Which pilot was the first to fly around the world? When were Spitfires used? What was it like to fly from the very first airports? Which...

"Grumpfort is brilliant! Thoroughly charming." Louie Stowell, author of Loki"Chaotic, hilarious and full of heart, Grumpfort had me in stitches! Perfect for fans of How to Train Your Dragon and Grimwood." Jennifer Bell, author of WonderscapeMeet Mo, the...

A country town, a brutal murder, a shameful past, a reckoning to come... The injustices of the past and dangers of the present envelop Aboriginal policewoman Renee Taylor, when her unwilling return to the small outback town of her childhood plunges her...

'A helter-skelter rush of delights...a slapstick horror-fantasy romp that sometimes achieves real depth and poignancy' Alan MooreWilliam S. Burroughs is dead and buried, but he can find no rest. His ghost is roaming the backstreets of...

A gorgeously illustrated collection of 19 classic Korean tales of the supernatural!From spine-chilling tales of shape-shifting beasts and vengeful demons to romantic stories of enchanted love, the 19 stories in this collection showcase Korea's...