General & literary fiction Books

Faldistoire's grandfather thinks he's a ghost. Sylvie's mother reads Tarot and summons stormclouds to mete her witch's justice. Behind his Dad of the Year demeanor, Sebastien's father hides dark designs. It's Croustine's grandfather who makes the boy a...

First in a series of five autobiographical novels, Aubrey McKee is a coming-of-age story for the `80s generation.A novel comprised of connected short stories about a boy coming of age in 1970-80s Halifax, Aubrey McKee is the first in a five-part series...

While engrossed in an account of the death of a student obsessed with his own hair, a man leans down to absently pet his dog-oblivious of the true nature of the creature crouching beside him. This classic ghost story by M.R. James is a spooky holiday...

Winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2024 A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of...

In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving father, and cannot find the courage to admit his...

Finalist for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for TranslationWinner of the 2022 VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres AwardRemnants is an exploration of our relationships with family and perception, told through a profound investigation of a...

Finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction Finalist for the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award Longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2021 AGlobe and MailBest Book Debut of 2020A young translator living in Toronto frequently travels...

Winner of the Sakutaro Hagiwara Prize and the MurasakiShikibu PrizeIntroducing Hiromi Ito, an award-winning Japanese author who has been compared to Haruki Murakami and Yoko Tawada.The first novel to appear in English by award-winning author Hiromi...

Just in time for the 25th Anniversary of the beloved sci-fi class Stargate, Chevrons Locked arrives as one of the most comprehensive histories of the franchise to ever exist. You're loved the tv shows, the movies, and the podcasts, now get ready to dive...

Megan Chernoff is a talented but unemployed copywriter in an identity crisis after the birth of her second child. Seeking a fresh start, she and her family move to New York City, where she meets Daphne Cole - a gorgeous, stylish, well-known mom fluencer...

From Charming Falls Apart author Angela Terry comes a story about finding the courage to face your past, be true to your heart, and live your best life. Fans of Sophie Kinsella and Emily Giffin will enjoy cheering for Adeline Turner as she navigates the...

An all-too-familiar dystopia where public perception precedes reality and our identities are defined by what we consumeAs head of the crisis management team at a Madison Avenue PR firm, Leonard Lundell spends his days counseling executives whose...

*A 2022 FOREWORD REVIEWS BOOK AWARD FINALIST*A new novel by the award-winning author ofUnder the Mercy Trees. Famed puppeteer and master manipulator Walter Gray surprises his three daughters by announcing there is a fourth at his 80th birthday party.An...

Finalist for the 2023 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award"When I'm dead and buried . . . you get the hell out of here . . . Make a life somewhere else . . . a life that I can't even imagine."Jo has a gift. She is a mathematical prodigy-a woman who sees...

In After Everyone Else, Bailey and her marriage are tested by a demanding job, new challenges in motherhood, and murder charges when her ex-husband who she hasn't seen in 20 years turns up dead and she becomes the primary suspect in the investigation...

Powerful Up Lit: Kim Hooper is a powerful presence in the "up lit" market, and Ways the World Could End is sure to appeal to her ever-growing fanbase. This moving novel captures the joys (and pains) of adolescence for both the teen and the parent. It is...

*Named a Best SFF Book of 2022 by Book Riot*They're underemployed. Underpaid. And trying to survive the end of the world while trapped inside an office complex. Who knew temp work could be this dangerous? Jacob Elliot doesn't want a temporary job in the...

A 2023Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist forBest First Novel"Debut novelist Tector captures European life and her characters beautifully as she interweaves the perspectives of four women seeking fulfillment and success in this satisfying adventure...

A 2022 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEEA TOR NIGHTFIRE MOST EXCITING HORROR BOOK OF 2022 "In range alone, Richard Thomas is boundless. He is Lovecraft. He is Bradbury. He is Gaiman." -Chuck PalahniukWith a Foreword by Brian EvensonIn this new collection,...

Southern Fiction: Terry Robert's debut novel with the same main character, A Short Time to Stay Here, won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction and received endorsements from critically-acclaimed authors including Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer,...

Star-Studded Author: Rob Rufus is an author, musician, screenwriter, and advocate. He is the recipient of the American Library Association's prestigious ALEX Award and his literary debut, Die Young With Me, was named one of the "Best Books of the Year"...

"I love books about sisters, and I love The Hive, which has all the eccentricity and yearning of some of my favorite sister stories, like We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Sisters By a River by Barbara Comyns. From the very first...

When Angie is awakened by a midnight call from an officer with the Boise Police Department, she thinks there must be a misunderstanding. The officer tells her that her husband was involved in a shooting at a local bar, but how can that be possible when...

All the Acorns on the Forest Floor tells the poignant and moving stories of multiple characters linked by their experiences as mothers, daughters, and lovers. Rife with stunning imagery, masterful character development, and heart rendering storytelling,...

Before Anyone Else follows Bailey who, for being an interior designers for upscale restaurant, is not nearly as good at designing her own life. Follow her across New York's glamorous culinary landscape as she experiences a shocking betrayal that changes...

At this, the Cailleach would release a single drop of indigo dye onto the topmost layer. See, she would tell her daughter. See? It bleeds through the topmost path and onto the next. In this way, so many things from the next world touch ours, and our...

"Jos [Barreiro] writes the true story in Tano-the Native view of what Columbus brought. Across the Americas, invasion, and resistance, the Tano story repeated many times over." Chief Oren Lyons (Joagquisho), Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation The story of what...

It's about life in our time, about being a young adult woman in the early twenty first century. Conxita, in her twenties, the latest representative of a whole generation, lost her heart somewhere between Madrid and Barcelona. A 'real spitfire' according...

Nominee: 2017 Eisner Awards, Best U.S. Edition of International MaterialIn an equinox, day is as long as night, as if the world found perfect equilibrium between shadow and light, a fleeting equilibrium, similar to the stakes of our human destinies...

Bestselling Amish novelist Linda Byler spins a sweet tale of heartache, disappointment, and ultimately hopes fulfilled at Christmastime.Liz had been in love once, had even been engaged. In fact, the wedding had been planned, the barn cleaned, and the...

Puppy Brian dreams of having a family of his own. Because he looks different than his brothers and sisters, he is worried that he will be overlooked for adoption. Meanwhile, Ellen and Katie long to adopt a puppy, but not just any puppy. They are seeking...

Sending People To Heaven The Undertaker pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary life of John, a licensed mortician working within the unseen world of caring for the dead... and the living.Go behind the scenes and experience the profoundly serious...

When the Persimmon tree adjacent to his back porch begins talking, Mike questions his sanity. Is this really a talking tree? Is it a higher power? Or is it his imagination? What ensues is a delightful bargain. Tree leads Mike on a journey toward an...

Mi querida Mnica: En la oscuridad y, como en El retrato de Dorian Gray, el tiempo te sobrepasa, de un modo intolerable. La vejez te acecha en la venganza hacia tu madre por no haberte deseado como hija... Al elegir no hacerlo, qued instalada en la...

Leona, Sydney and KC are three funeral service professionals who dedicate themselves to celebrating the lives of those gone too soon. They juggle the ups and downs of relationships, children, and the fast paced male dominated world of death care industry...

In Imperfect Equilibrium is a collection of written work by 22 student writers that provides a glimpse into the minds of today's youth and the growing pressure placed upon them. Whether it be pressure from relationships, social norms, climate change, or...

Annie feigns interest as her client studies the OPI color chart. After years of selecting polishes, one to her is no different from the other. What's far more interesting is the conversation from the last manicure appointment that is sure to continue...

While in a caf, sixteen-year-old Nate comes across a man who engages him in an intellectual conversation. Fascinated by the discussion, Nate befriends the man along with his other companions of philosophers in order to better understand his purpose and...

Marlena and Evan got a second chance in life when they collided by chance seventeen years ago. As a crisis center manager, her personal history of emotional and traumatic experiences makes her resilient and grateful for her present life and family. Now,...

Some questions don't have answers.In The Lie Detector, the Artisan's Journal, and the Infinite Spiral -- Robert Lovinger's fourth novel -- Donovan Patel is one of the nation's leading private investigators. Corporations and governments call on her to...

A novel about sustainable plant-based foods, the root-cause of illegal immigration and using an ancient mayan relic to become more resilient in life. With a Mayan artifact in his pocket, a mantra in his mind, and a passionate goal in his heart, a young,...

The last thing Kaylie saw before passing out from the beating from her husband, Tim, were her children rushing to the door of their bedroom. Mark was wielding a baseball bat, Maddie - his twin - a kitchen knife, and little Mason a flyswatter. How had the...

As Sarah returns to campus for her final semester, the pain from the past months seems to fade away in the rearview mirror. With a renewed sense of life on the horizon, she works to adjust to the surrounding world where new romances begin and others end...

It is 1964 and the NAACP has helped to place four Negro students in the small Louisiana town of Carlton High School their senior year to begin the process of integration. Fourteen year old Lizzie Rowan's mother Louise Rowan is the senior English teacher...

"Don't the people who can't be saved need heroes, too?"Since Sam Carter was a child, she dreamt of becoming a real-life superhero. After experiencing the loss of her brother at a young age, Sam realized that maybe not all heroes fit the same mold. On...

The world's supply of chocolate is in trouble. I In West Africa, it's the critical harvest season for cocoa, the miracle fruit that is the main ingredient for chocolate. A good crop will mean enough food for the farming families. And millions in profits...

Ivan and Phoebe otherwise known as the Revolution on Granite or the First Maidan and investigates the difficulties and absurdities of a society swiftly shifting from subjugation to revolution to post-Soviet rule.Married couple Ivan and Phoebe grapple...

Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Storiesaims to bring the riches of contemporary Ukrainian literature-and of contemporary Ukraine, too-to the world. While Ukraine is under sustained attack, many in the West have marveled at the nation's strength in...