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From the bestselling author of Fresh Off the Boat comes a subversively funny and surprisingly moving rom-com about a haunted manchild’s twisted search for love. Hubie lives an exciting life. He hosts a traveling food show, works with his best friend, and samples the best the world has to offer...

A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original debut. Dr. Jo Ness prefers jellyfish to people. Her best friend, Aldo, was the exception, but he...

Elenie ist es gewohnt, als Stieftochter von Frank Dax, dem Chef des berüchtigten Dax-Verbrecherrings, von allen Bewohnern der Kleinstadt Pine Springs verurteilt zu werden. Doch der neue Polizeichef Roman Martinez ist fasziniert von Elenie, die ganz anders zu sein scheint, als ihm alle weismachen wollen. Als ihr Stiefvater endgültig zu weit geht, beschließt sie, ihm das Handwerk zu legen und Informantin für die Polizei zu werden. Roman und Elenie dürfen sich nur noch heimlich treffen, dabei wächst die Anziehung zwischen ihnen mit jeder Begegnung.

Als Hanna unverhofft auf Amrum strandet, verliebt sie sich spontan in die nordfriesische Insel und in ein altes Haus, an dem sie zufällig vorbeikommt. Finn, der Besitzer des Hauses, ist von Hannas Vorschlag gar nicht begeistert und will erst mal in Ruhe renovieren, bevor er sich entscheidet, ob er das Haus überhaupt verkaufen will. Doch er hat nicht mit Hannas Hartnäckigkeit gerechnet und vor allem nicht damit, dass ihm die quirlige Frau ziemlich den Kopf verdreht. Auf der Nordseeinsel schlägt Hanna reichlich Gegenwind entgegen. War ihre Entscheidung, nach Amrum umzusiedeln, die richtige?

Two rivals, in business and love, fight for control of a California marijuana farm in this visceral novel about succession, sex, and whether we can ever outrun our true natures. Most weed farms in Northern California don’t last more than a season, but there was always Sourland. And where there...

The Wedding People meets The Celebrants in this hilarious and profound novel about a recently engaged gay man second guessing marriage, and his cousin’s chaotic Texas wedding weekend with old friends and unexpected strangers that will help guide him to the truth, from the beloved author of The...

From one of the most fearless and captivating voices in world literature, a sensual and provocative coming-of-age novel about a young Arab woman on a quest for sexual and political freedom Q: If your house was burning down, what would you take with you? A: I’d take the fire. --Jean Cocteau Mia...

The remarkably life-affirming novel from the highly acclaimed author of Still Life, set in 1940s Cornwall following the unlikely friendship between an eighty-nine-year-old woman at the end of her story and a young soldier, reeling from World War II, at the start of his own. Marvelous Ways has...

Guilt, shame, and suspicion swirl as a small community in upstate New York turns on itself in this moody, propulsive thriller, from the award-winning writer of In West Mills The year is 1982 and the people of Fervent-on-Hudson have begun to move on from a local double homicide that upended the...

Una mujer sin hogar deambula por la costa oeste de Estados Unidos, haciéndose pasar por una niña; un periodista catalán que ha logrado catapultar su carrera a partir de la fabricación de noticias falsas está a punto de ser desenmascarado; en una opulenta villa de la llanura de Escania, Suecia, un ama de casa se aferra como puede a una vida aparentemente perfecta, tratando de no prestar atención a los oscuros secretos de su marido… De geografías mentales y culturales distintas, a todos ellos los une la autocompasión y una enfermiza propensión al engaño.

With her country’s future and her own life at stake, an orphaned duchess must journey into a world of myth and there discover a power that may be her salvation—or her demise—in this enchanting historical fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale...

A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a...

The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the...

"Du hast eine Freundin gefunden." Diese Worte markieren die erste Begegnung von Leonard und Virginia Woolf mit dem Pinseläffchen Mitz im Sommer 1934. Unter Leonards liebevoller Fürsorge erholt sich das kränkelnde Äffchen, wird bald zum untrennbaren Teil der Familie Woolf und sorgt in der legendären Bloomsbury Group für Heiterkeit. Briefe und Tagebuchaufzeichnungen inspirierten Sigrid Nunez zu diesem intimen Porträt des Künstlerehepaars - eine berührende Geschichte über die heilsame Kraft der Verbindung zwischen Mensch und Tier.

Iride Dessì vive da anni nel continente, lontano da Padria, il suo paese natale, nel cuore della Sardegna. Ma è costretta a tornarvi, per il funerale del padre. Racconti che parlano proprio della donna della foto, Mimì Oppes, trisavola di Iride, giovane donna condannata a un matrimonio infelice con Augusto Dessì. Un matrimonio da cui la salvano l'amicizia con Elisabeth Hope, una donna inglese incredibilmente forte e indipendente. E l'amore per Emanuele Manca, il famoso brigante.

昭和37年、墨田区本所。東京大空襲で焼け落ちた秋山善吉工務店に、両親を亡くした善吉が棟梁となって帰ってきた。高度経済成長の建築ブームのなか、下町で起こる様々な問題に、大工の善吉が体当たりで挑む！

Émile, négociateur du GIGN, doit intervenir lors d’une prise d’otages dans une école maternelle. Une situation presque banale pour lui, à ceci près : le forcené prétend s’appeler Elon Musk. Après le succès de S’adapter, prix Goncourt des Lycéens et prix Femina 2021, Clara Dupont-Monod nous offre un texte haletant, conçu comme une joute médiévale. Une farce triste, qui rappelle aussi la sacralité du verbe.

Told through multiple POVs, from a decomposing murder victim to Birdie's day-to-day battle with domestic violence and grief to the horrific crimes of the killer, Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day will shock, disgust, and break your heart as the dark secrets unfold and Birdie does whatever she feels is necessary to protect the ones she loves.

In 1950, the Buttonbush Museum is circling the financial drain, and Irene Pickett—a sassy farmer's wife from rural California—is determined to stop the flush. Tired of being typecast as the housewife queen of pickling and laundry, Irene has something to prove. Enter The Four Queens: Irene and three other firebrand women ready to take on the museum's bottomless budget issues.

A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity—these are the elements of Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live indefinitely.