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After a hunting trip one fall, a family in the far reaches of so-called Canada’s north return to nothing but an empty space where their home once stood. Finding themselves suddenly homeless, they have no choice but to assimilate into settler-colonial society in a mining town that has encroached on their freedom.

No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea, written and read by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes. 'Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer' – Radio Times This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about...

Brought to you by Penguin. An unforgettable story about a family with a terrible secret. From the #1 bestselling author of Then She Was Gone, The Night She Disappeared and The Family Upstairs. ____________ When a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it back together? The Birds seem to...

A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ From “one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation” (The New York Times)—a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and...

This audiobook is read by the author, Hannah Kent. 'Immediate, intimate and never less than captivating' - Guardian From the bestselling author of Burial Rites comes an inspirational memoir about her travels in Iceland, an extraordinary country that has forged a nation of storytellers. When she...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30...

You can't trust your future until you uncover your past... Dragonfly Farm has been a home and a haven for generations of Melchiors - arch rivals to the Culbones, the wealthy family who live the other side of the valley. Nestled amidst soft, rolling apple orchards in the depths of the Somerset...

With his wedding behind him, Fred is looking forward to nightly life finally settling down. Unfortunately, someone from his past has other, far less peaceful, plans in mind. Finding his clan under attack, Fred must scramble to discover who is working against him and how to fight back. Between securing shelter, trading favors, and keeping up with his accounting business, it won't be easy to stay out of trouble, let alone uncover the identity of his adversary.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie comes a haunting tale of love and mystery, as the date of a lifetime becomes a maddening exploration of the depths of the heart. “Malerman expertly conjures a fairy tale nostalgia of first love, and we follow along, all...

Parker and Ella-Marie find themselves cut off from the group of Avatars heading to hide in Perchta's Garden. Instead they find themselves flung into a fantastical land, facing a powerful witch who claims to be Dorothy of Oz. The women offer their help to free Oz of the demon scourge that threatens the magical lands and people there. Alliances can be tricky when your new powerful ally swings between the extremes of good and evil with only a moment's notice.

What if you were imprisoned for all eternity? The House of Always is the fourth book in Jenn Lyons’s epic fantasy series A Chorus of Dragons, which starts with The Ruin of Kings. In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed. The Eight Immortals have catastrophically failed...

Twenty-one years ago Jewel Sabatino left her childhood behind and never looked back. After a magical taste of fame, she found herself alone with a son to raise and not much else. She survived with the help of Michael, her one true friend. But now Michael is too sick to care for himself, and Jewel has run out of options. She leaves New York for the hills of Colorado, unsure if the family she ran from will welcome her back.

It doesn't seem like the perfect house, but screw it, it's good enough to rent for a year. Unfortunately for Boyd, Adeline, and their two young daughters, it's immediately clear they chose the wrong place. The nightmare begins with violent coughs and headaches. Food starts to rot almost as soon as they take it inside. A pet tarantula goes missing. Some family members begin to exhibit creepy behavior. Then the ghosts arrive, and all hell breaks loose....

The acclaimed author of the “lyrical coming-of-age novel” (Good Morning America) The People We Keep returns with a luminous new story of redemption, breaking generational curses, and the power of family in its truest form. After an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty-year-old Freya...

At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who...