Literary Studies: Fiction

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The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Paul Murray

Longlisted for the 2023 Booker PrizeFrom the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly fu...

Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Sophie Mackintosh

From the Booker Prize–nominated author of The Water Cure comes an elegant and hypnotic new novel of obsession that cen...

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver

An Instant New York Times bestseller A #1 Washington Post Bestseller A #1 Indie BestsellerAn Oprah's Book Club Selection...

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Julie Otsuka

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER • From the award-winning author of The Buddha in the Atti...

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler

Best Book of the Year Real Simple • AARP • USA Today • NPR • Virginia LivingLonglisted for the 2022 Booker Prize...

Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet

Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Boston Globe, Literary Hub and The Millions A stunning new novel fro...

Either/Or by Elif Batuman
Either/Or by Elif Batuman
Elif Batuman

An instant New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Notable Book of 2022“Batuman has a gift for making the universe ...

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
Julia May Jonas

An NPR, Washington Post, Time, People, Vulture, Guardian, Vox, Kirkus Reviews, Newsweek, LitHub, and New York Public Lib...

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
Noor Naga

Winner of the 2022 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller PrizeShortlisted for t...

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Jean Hanff Korelitz

*A New York Times Notable Book of 2022* *A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction* *An NPR Best Book of the Year**A New...

French Braid by Anne Tyler
French Braid by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread—a funny, joyf...

Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom
Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom
Allie Rowbottom

In a debut novel as radiant as it is caustic, a former influencer confronts her past—and takes inventory of the damage...

Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro
Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro
Tomi Obaro

A VANITY FAIR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in La...

The Odyssey by Lara Williams
The Odyssey by Lara Williams
Lara Williams

"Read if you like: Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation, artificial flavors, avoidant behavior, wondering w...

We All Want Impossible Things
We All Want Impossible Things
Catherine Newman

"Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion. The way she finds the e...

Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky
Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky
Marcy Dermansky

A propulsive and daring new novel by the author of Very Nice about a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for lo...

Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
Weike Wang

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated wo...

Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic
Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic
Susan Mihalic

“[A] heart-pounding, can’t-take-your-eyes-off-it debut novel.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “Roan Montgomery’s swe...

The Five Wounds  Kirstin Valdez Quade
The Five Wounds Kirstin Valdez Quade
Kirstin Valdez Quade

It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been ...

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Amor Towles

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies soldA TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club PickA New York Ti...

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnif...

The Discomfort of the Evening
The Discomfort of the Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020* 'One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good .....

Romance or the End by Elaine Kahn
Romance or the End by Elaine Kahn
Elaine Kahn

“This book takes me right back to the Carnage Years―yours, too―sacrificed to love. If only I, you, had possessed E...

Anything Is Possible (Amgash #2)
Anything Is Possible (Amgash #2)
Elizabeth Strout

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this “compuls...

Here I Am
Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer

"In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, 'Abraham!' to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, 'Here...

The Mothers by Brit Bennett
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett

"Ferociously moving ... despite Bennett's thrumming plot, despite the snap of her pacing, it's the always deepening comp...

Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff
Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff

From Lauren Groff, author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling novel The Monsters of Templeton, comes Delicate Ed...

A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway

The first thing to say about the 'restored' edition so ably and attractively produced by Patrick and Sean Hemingway is t...

The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin

The landmark work on race in America from James Baldwin, whose life and words are immortalized in the Oscar-nominated fi...