Fiction-Literary Books

From the award-winning author of The Mistress of Nothing comes a highly imaginative story of colliding worlds and extraordinary connections, revealing the tenuous, often unexpected ties that bind us together. When everything was falling apart, someone fell into place... Suburban London housewife Harriet spends...

From acclaimed screenwriter and creator of the Netflix original series Marco Polo John Fusco comes a "vivid, action-packed tale of Asian gangsters and Hollywood moviemaking" (Publishers Weekly) that follows the exploits of Louie Mo, once Hong Kong's greatest stuntman turned Los Angeles knee-breaker, as...

From the critically acclaimed author of Fated and Breathers comes "a fast-paced adventure that succeeds as both a hard-boiled homage and a paranormal romp" (Publishers Weekly, starred review and Pick of the Week). Meet Nick Monday, a San Francisco P.I. who was born with...

"A quick-witted, wry sendup of the advertising industry and corporate culture...A clear-eyed, sympathetic story about complex family ties and the possibility of healing" (The Washington Post). Finbar Dolan is lost and lonely. Except he doesn't know it. Despite escaping his blue-collar Boston upbringing to...

A gorgeous, poetic literary debut from award-winning author Frances Greenslade, Shelter is a brilliant coming-of-age story of two strong, brave sisters searching for their mother. For sisters Maggie and Jenny growing up in the Pacific mountains in the early 1970s, life felt nearly perfect....

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Kem Nunn's "surf noir" classic is a thrilling plunge into the seedy underbelly of a Southern California beach town--the inspiration for the film Point Break. People go to Huntington Beach in search of the endless parties, the ultimate highs, and...

A gripping novel about a woman who sets out to find the father who left her years ago, and ends up discovering herself. When Eden was ten years old she found her father, David, bleeding on the bathroom floor. The suicide attempt led to...

In this "splendid tale of high-seas adventure" (Marcus J. Guillory, author of Red Now and Laters), two enemies become the unlikeliest of allies as they fight to save their own lives aboard a hell ship headed into the dangerous unknown. The Civil War is...

Three national bestselling authors join talents in a multi-dimensional novel that illustrates the importance of love, family, and forgiveness. After a lifetime of womanizing, making babies, and then disappearing and taking no responsibility for his actions, Amos Davis has finally reached an impasse--literally crashing...

Top 10 First Novels of 2016--Booklist 2016 Great Group Reads Selection Contemplating suicide after nearly a decade at war, Levi sits down to write a note to his best friend Nick, explaining why things have to come to this inevitable end. Years earlier, Levi--a...

Based on the film starring Blair Underwood, Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the Seventh Day is an unforgettable story about a devoted couple whose relationship is put to the ultimate test. New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes pens a compelling story that unites...

From a rising literary star comes a fresh, satirical novel about masculinity and tenderness, fatherhood and motherhood, set in the world of semi-professional wrestling--now in paperbackAfter seven years on the semi-pro wrestling circuit, Ricky Twohatchet, a.k.a. Richard Powell, needs one last match before he...

This volume collects all the texts from Franz Kafka's literary remains that originated in the period up until Autumn 1917, with the exception of the two novels The Man Who Disappeared (Kafka's original title for Amerika) and The Trial, plus the material that passed...

Author: Gregory AriailISBN-10: 0881468487ISBN-13: 9780881468489Publisher: Mercer University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2022Pages: 192Format: Paperback

It's the mid-to-late 1800s and the British have banished Wajid Ali Shah--the nawab of Awadh in Lucknow--to Calcutta. To the sound of the soulful melody of the sarangi, the mercurial courtesan Laayl-e Aasman is playing a dangerous game of love, loyalty, deception, and betrayal....

Chemmeen tells the story of the relationship between Karutthamma, a Hindu woman from the fisherfolk community, and Pareekkutty, the son of a Muslim fish wholesaler. Unable to marry Pareekkutty for religious reasons, Karutthamma instead marries Palani, who, despite his wife's scandalous past, never stops...

"First published in English in Great Britain in 2013 by Canongate Books Ltd"--T.p. verso.Author: Niccolao AmmanitiISBN-10: 080212111XISBN-13: 9780802121110Publisher: Black CatLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2013Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/27/2013Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2013About the AuthorNiccolo Ammaniti was born in Rome in...

In the barrio of Fresno, California, the Molina family is living out the Chicano version of the American Dream. Father William works on an assembly line while his wife, the well-bred beauty Rachel, stays at home to care for their three children--and to keep...

Warren Ziller moved his family to Southern California in search of a charmed life, and to all appearances, he found it: a gated community not far from the beach, amid the affluent splendor of the 1980s. But the Zillers' American dream is about to...

Originally published in 1942 to rave reviews and astonishing commercial success, Night Shift dramatizes the working class life of the Midwest during World War II with the excitement of melodrama, the vividness of documentary, and the page-turning quality of the best commercial fiction. Sally...