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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...

"Einmal im Leben widerfährt jedem von uns das Unmögliche" - Greta Wells widerfährt es gleich mehrmals: Sie wird durch die Zeit katapultiert, in alternative Versionen ihres Lebens, die sich 1918, 1941 und 1985 zutragen. Überall trifft sie ihre Lieben wieder, den Zwillingsbruder, den Geliebten, die exzentrische Tante Ruth, aber jede Zeit kennt andere Träume und andere Tode, und jede Zeit macht Greta zu einer anderen. Welche dieser Frauen will sie sein?

A vibrant and intimate novel about growing up, first love, and all the joy and heartbreak of competitive high school basketball, from the Lambda Literary Award–winning author of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself “Deeply affecting . . . Crane’s writing drives forward hard and fast...

Ein Mädchen lernt zu leben - von einem Jungen, der sterben will. Ist heute ein guter Tag zum Sterben?, fragt sich Finch, sechs Stockwerke über dem Abgrund auf einem Glockenturm, als er plötzlich bemerkt, dass er nicht allein ist. Neben ihm steht Violet, die offenbar über dasselbe nachdenkt wie er. Von da an beginnt für die beiden eine Reise, auf der sie wunderschöne wie traurige Dinge erleben und großartige sowie kleine Augenblicke - das Leben eben. So passiert es auch, dass Finch bei Violet er selbst sein kann - ein verwegener, witziger und lebenslustiger Typ, nicht der Freak, für den alle ihn halten.

LAUGH NOW. CRY LATER. Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere... It’s London, 2014, and Hal Lancaster, son and heir of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, is in a holding pattern: his mother is dead, his father is dying or remarrying or both, his siblings are fighting, his internship is pointless...

“Curious about a new guy, Ana falls into a social media sinkhole when she sees her predecessor: gorgeous, blonde, and dead. . . . This propulsive debut will give you chills.”—People (Best Books Fall 2023) “A serious blend of Fleabag and Rebecca with the pulse of modern-day existence...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER An “enthralling” (Los Angeles Times) and “remarkably engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the widely acclaimed, bestselling author of American War—a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child. "Told from the point of view of two...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most revered voices in literature today gives us a story of love, friend­ship, and heartbreak for the ages. “Mesmerizing, immersive, hallucinogenic.”—Entertainment Weekly Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the...

A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! An insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life, from the best-selling author of Maine and Saints for All Occasions (named one of the Washington...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grisham is at the top of his game in this novel of a raw, young basketball player with big dreams—and even bigger challenges off the court. “Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we’ve got.”—The New York Times Book Review Samuel “Sooley”...

Eine mitreißende und berührende Geschichte von der schwierigen aber einzigartigen Liebe zwischen Mutter und Tochter. Manchmal ist die Liebe so stark, dass sie zum Gefängnis wird. So wie bei Freda und ihrer achtzehnjährigen Tochter Josy. Das mysteriöse Verschwinden ihres Vaters fesselt Josy so sehr an die Mutter, dass sie kein eigenes Leben wagt. Als sie endlich den Mut fasst und allein nach Mexiko geht, um bei einem Kinderhilfsprojekt zu arbeiten, gerät sie in den Sog einer anderen Liebe und in höchster Gefahr.

From the bestselling author of Eventide, The Tie That Binds is a powerfully eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit. Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand...

“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...Listen to this new author’s voice — she has...

From the author Bright Lights, Big City, a brilliantly crafted story that unveils the fault lines within a marriage and the profound consequences of ambition. "A wicked pleasure to read"—Boston Globe As he maps the fault lines spreading through the once-impenetrable marriage of Russell and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance, and find love in this mesmerizing novel from the author of Spells for Forgetting. “Come for the fresh twist on time travel; stay for the love story.”—Good...

READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY “I’ve been an Allegra Goodman fan for years, but Sam is hands down my new favorite. I loved this powerful and endearing portrait of a girl who must summon deep within herself the grit and wisdom to grow up.”—Lily King, New York...

Benny ist sechzehn. Nach einem Unfall liegt er bewusstlos im Krankenhaus. Um ihn versammelt sich seine Familie, die sonst nur noch wenig miteinander zu schaffen hat. Seine Eltern wollten sich nie mehr begegnen. Nun stehen sie am Bett von Benny, der lange schon bei seinen Großeltern lebt. Und plötzlich brechen längst vergessen geglaubte Konflikte noch einmal auf.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR The Seattle Times The Globe and Mail Kirkus Reviews Daily Mail The Vancouver Sun From the author of The Italian Teacher and The Imperfectionists comes a brilliant, intricately woven novel about a young woman who travels the...