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Coworkers at a legendary but troubled New York City museum struggle with issues large and small over the course of one extraordinary day in this whip-smart novel that is “satirical and incisive...like nothing you’ve ready before” (Town & Country). When Diane Schwebe, the director of a...

In this “thrilling, heartbreaking” (Annie Lyons, author of The Air Raid Club) debut novel set during the Great Depression in 1930s New York, a daring dancer must take her twin brother’s place as a riveter high atop the in-progress Empire State Building to save her family from ruin...

Junot Diaz’s critically acclaimed collection Drown meets Janet Mock’s Emmy-winning series Pose, “in this remarkable debut…capturing the heartbreak of queer youth, a woman’s rebellion against the confines of motherhood, and, above all, the pain and power of friendship” (Adam Haslett...

A story of falling out of love for fans of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton 'A thoughtful and tender take on the concept of "home"' Pandora Sykes 'There's a snap and crackle in Saunders's dialogue' The Times 'Saunders makes funny and heartbreaking seem effortless' Red 'Heart-warmingly relatable'...

Claude McKay’s most well-known Harlem Renaissance novel now in Penguin Classics A Penguin Classic Claude McKay’s first novel, Home to Harlem, was published in 1928 during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. McKay portrays Harlem post-WWI through two Black migrants to New York: Jake, a...

For Damir, time is money. He bikes around the city collecting food orders, rushing through the cycle lanes next to Uber drivers and grocery vans – and all the other people delivering your every desire. He arrives with your sushi rolls and fries and disappears into the night – Ping! Onto the next drop. He is invisible; one player in the boardgame of the city. But one summer’s evening, a chance encounter changes all the rules. Damir arrives on Decca’s doorstep with a bag of spilled edamame beans, in a postcode that could be another universe, and there’s an immediate connection.

*LONGLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE BOOK AWARDS* 'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered' JESSICA ANDREWS 'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' JOANNA CANNON 'Masterful' JJ BOLA 'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on...

One young woman’s summer of infinite possibility takes a turn she never saw coming in “this 1980s coming-of-age tale [that’s] chillingly compelling. Get ready to be transported.”—People (Best Books of the Month) “I haven’t felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the...

One of The New Yorker's Best Books of the Year 'A finely drawn portrait of the kind of friendship we rarely see in contemporary fiction' - The Guardian 'Impressive and sophisticated' - The Daily Telegraph How much knowledge do you need in order to know someone? As her grandmother is dying...

I’ve worked at Barrett London for some time now, and if there’s one thing I know about the CEO, Ethan Barrett, it’s that he’s a complete workaholic and obsessively organized. When he comes to me with a proposal to pretend to be his girlfriend for a weekend, I take the deal, but I wasn’t expecting sparks to fly.

Tuyen is an aspiring artist and the daughter of Vietnamese parents who've never recovered from losing one of their children while in the rush to flee Vietnam in the 1970s. She rejects her immigrant family's hard-won lifestyle, and instead lives in a rundown apartment with friends—each of whom...

Historia del Gordo Villarreal, hermano del famoso lugarteniente y brazo ejecutor del Cartel de Tijuana, muy reconocido en una de las ciudades más violentas de todo el país y el mundo. Apodado 6-1 Villarreal. Fue detenido en aguas internacionales junto con su patrón y compadre el Sr. Lobo Arreaga Farías.

Beach Read fans will love this steamy romcom where a recently dumped TV heartthrob enlists a jaded romance novelist to throw him off romance for good. . . “a romcom lover’s dream of a book” (Ava Wilder, author of How to Fake It in Hollywood). ​ Sawyer Greene knows romance. She’s a...

"Narrated with wry undertones by Helen Laser... [who] takes Clo’s wry and self-injurious attitude and makes her relatable instead of unlikeable. [Laser] can fluidly vacillate from the “showhorse” privileged voice of Davis to the “workhorses” like Clo who endure dysmorphia and private...

Darley, la hija mayor de los Stockton, acomodada, bien relacionada y criada entre algodones, ha cambiado su trabajo y su herencia por la maternidad. Sasha, una chica normal de clase media, entra en el clan como una forastera al casarse con Cord. Y Georgiana, la más joven, se ha enamorado de alguien con quien no puede estar en un arrebato irresponsable.

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE • A big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Peanut NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER...

Shani Akilah's stunning collection brings to life the stories of Black-British Londoners as they explore friendship and romance, community and independence, and navigate their way through the relationships that make them who they are.

Brought to you by Penguin. The sensational Korean bestseller For fans of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY and THE ALCHEMIST Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry where we wash away the stains from your heart. After young Jieun accidentally misuses her powers, causing her beloved family...

Der neue bewegende Roman über das Schicksal der Berliner Familie Adler von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Lyne. Berlin Ende der Zwanzigerjahre: Lilly Adler ist mit dem Schreiner Walther Fassbinder verheiratet und versucht, ihre große Liebe, den Regisseur Theo Stiller, zu vergessen. Noch immer träumt sie vom Film, auch wenn ihr Ehemann das nicht gutheißt. Während Walther als Kommunist gegen die erstarkenden "Braunhemden" kämpft, entwickelt Lilly ein Drehbuch für das Filmunternehmen UFA. Doch als sie zur Vertragsunterzeichnung fährt, hat in Babelsberg die Führung gewechselt.

Looking up at the departures board in Heathrow airport, her flight to New York boarding soon, she knows that getting on that plane changes everything. Her life in London has grown stale, her relationship with boyfriend Dom has run its course, and New York has always been her dream. But it’s a risk – she’ll miss her parents, her friends, her job. What if Bea could live both lives? In one she goes back home for Christmas, and in another she heads to the Big Apple.