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AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2026 'Perfect perfect perfect novel. I have thought of literally NOTHING else since I started it.' Jack Edwards 'I loved it.' David Nicholls 'I was totally invested.' Saba Sams 'I loved how funny and quietly brutal this is about the way we tried to connect with...

Katja und Marcel sind bester Laune, als sie an diesem Freitag mit dem Auto aufbrechen. Eine kleine Auszeit über das verlängerte Wochenende, einfach mal ausspannen. Doch beim kurzen Halt an einer Raststätte wird ihnen das Gepäck aus dem Koffer gestohlen. Zum Glück hat Katja einen kleinen GPS-Tracker in den Koffer gelegt, über den sie ihn orten kann. Ohne groß nachzudenken, folgen sie dem Wagen, in dem sie ihr Gepäck vermuten. Doch dann ist es zu spät – sie sitzen in der Falle. Denn jemand hat sie absichtlich an diesen Ort gelockt.

Brought to you by Penguin. Two exes. One pact. Could this holiday change everything? Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Except, now they don't. They broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told...

Cesare is 77 years old, a widower and cynical troublemaker, a man who has always had trouble caring for others and has given up trying. Aside from an intermittent fling with a mature nurse called Rossana, who moonlights as a sex worker, he prefers to live his own life, avoiding contact with his neighbors and even his own children wherever possible. Until one day, the enigmatic Emma moves into the neighboring flat.

Horatio Hornblower sails South American waters and comes face to face with a mad revolutionary in a novel that ripples with risk and gripping adventure. Throughout his escapades, Forester's hero remains resourceful and courageous.

'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine Heiny Guido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling around and wondering who they will marry. Then, one wet Sunday afternoon in a museum, Gudio meets Holly. Precise...

“I Want You to Be Happy is an irresistible novel that asks complex questions about contemporary life and refuses easy answers. I couldn’t stop reading.” —Sally Rooney “A totally devastating—and all too relatable—portrait of modern romance.” ―Vogue Named a Best Book of 2026 So...

A blistering tale of sapphic obsession and an extreme first love set in 1960s Australia. Aspiring artist Lilith has been dragged to her father’s homeland of Australia, a place in which she never feels at home, following a scandal she refuses to talk about. Her one saving grace amidst the...

Los Angeles homicide detective Dinah Marino may have a complicated relationship with her family, but her psychiatrist husband, Joe, makes her feel safe, secure, and happy. She couldn’t want for a more loving or trusting man. But throughout their ten-year marriage, she’s been keeping a secret from him—a secret she’d take to the grave. Dr. Joe Marino loves his wife more than anything in this world, but there are things he’s learned to keep close to the chest—including a few dead bodies.

Valerie Wyatt is the queen of gracious living and the arbiter of taste with a successful TV show. Since her long-ago divorce, she’s worked hard to reach the pinnacle of her profession and to create a camera-ready life in her Fifth Avenue penthouse. So why is she so depressed? All the hours with her personal trainer, the careful work of New York’s best hairdressers, cosmetic surgeons, and her own God-given bone structure and great looks can’t fudge the truth or her lies about it: Valerie is turning sixty.

Eine verrückte Lage, in die ich da geraten bin. Aber das ist typisch für mich. In Katastrophen schlittern kann ich echt gut. Liebe? Große Gefühle? Romantik? Herzklopfen? Offenbar nicht mein Ding. Der richtige Mann für mich müsste erst noch gebacken werden. Doch meine Freundin Liv meint, es gäbe für jeden Topf einen Deckel. Sogar für mich. Das bezweifle ich stark, denn ich bin nicht der Typ Frau, auf den die Kerle abfahren. Ich bin nicht besonders groß, habe kleine Brüste, einen Beruf, der viele Männer abschreckt, und trinke lieber Bier als Champagner.

Lose yourself in the south of France this summer in this fabulously feel-good beach read! Carrie Hayes has a job she enjoys and a perfectly nice boyfriend. She’s sorted. Isn’t she? But Carrie’s life wasn’t always like this. As a young, wild drama student, she married fellow actor...

"Wir stehen mitten im prasselnden Regen, die Füße im Schlamm versunken, Herz an Herz, und wissen beide, dass ich alles andere als Hass für ihn empfinde." Camille bekommt die Chance ihres Lebens: Schafft sie es, dem Bestsellerautor Ashton Parker ein neues Manuskript zu entlocken, ist ihr der feste Platz im Verlagsteam sicher. Schafft sie es nicht, muss sie einen anderen Weg finden, ihrer persönlichen Hölle zu entfliehen. Als sie jedoch den Kontakt zu Ash sucht, muss sie feststellen, dass der Autor nicht nur verdammt sexy ist, sondern auch störrisch wie ein Esel.

How far would you go to find your true home? Lucy—single, childless, in her thirties—studies insects and ecosystems, in part to make sense of human behavior. That hard-won insight is shattered when her mother dies prematurely, her sister claims the California family home, and Lucy learns...

This story is about Katie Rose Farrier, who lives a perfect life with her husband and three children. Then she discovers she is dying from Cancer. Katie spends what time she has left searching for someone to replace her after she has gone. She finds Lauren, who lives in the same village, and a relationship develops, although they never meet. The story is about their lives and how they eventually morph into one new life for the families.

An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale—the novel that changed African American fiction forever. Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel—its publication was a watershed moment in literary history. McMillan's sassy...

Meet the happy couple. Luke and Celine, are in mutual unrequited love with each other, set to marry in a year's time. The best man, Archie, is meant to want to move up the corporate ladder and on from his love for Luke; yet he stands where he is, admiring the view. The bridesmaid, Phoebe, Celine's sister, has no long-term aspirations beyond smoking her millionth cigarette and getting to the bottom of Luke's frequent unexplained disappearances. Then there's the guest, Vivian, who with the benefit of some emotional distance, methodically observes her friends like ants.

Classic warped and wonderful stories from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller. Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Etgar Keret’s stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best writers of...

Annie has been sad for so long that she's forgotten how to be any other way. She's trudging miserably through every day, sheer determination keeping her going. Until she meets Polly. Polly is everything that Annie is not. She's colourful, joyful, happy. Because if recent events have taught Polly anything, it's that your time is too short to waste a single day. 

A sweeping, gorgeously written novel of Lewis and Clark's legendary expedition, named one of the best novels of the year by The Boston Globe, Salon, The Los Angeles Times, and The Christian Science Monitor. Brian Hall’s compulsively readable novel vividly re-creates Lewis and Clark’s...