LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONA dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate.Qianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of her fourteenth birthday and disappeared without ...

A dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate. Qianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of her fourteenth birthday and disappeared without a trace. But then she gets a call - there is a man on the porch of her childhood home, and he's as...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONA dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate.Narrated by Carolyn Kang.Qianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night o...

Recent history—the very phrase seems like an oxymoron. Yet historians have been writing accounts of the recent past since printed history acquired a modern audience, and in the last several years interest in recent topics has grown exponentially. With subjects as diverse as Walmart and disco, and personalities as disparate as Chavez and Schlafly, books about the history of our own time have become arguably the most exciting and talked-about part of the discipline.Despite this rich ...

**Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar."Narrator Rachel Elizabeth Smith’s absorbing performance makes each story unforgettable.” — Kirkus Reviews**"Rachel Elizabeth Smith narrates so crisply that listeners won't miss a single word...and delivers with a straightforward clarity that gives each piece its place in the spotli...

A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | AN EARPHONES AWARD WINNERRead by Rebecca Lowman with a multicast featuring Saskia Maarleveld and Kristen Sieh, with original music and creative production, this audio edition will immerse the listener in the novel’s atmospheric world.“An intoxicating, genre-bending tale that asks artists and writers: What are the costs of greatness and fame?” —Kirkus

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK“Enchantingly sinister. . . a Gothic thriller, with a frisson of magic.” —Jennifer Harlan, The New York Times Book Review“An extraordinary book. It’s a page-turner, full of mystery, but that’s the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. The Children reminded me of Ray Bradbury at his best.” —Stephen King...

**A Rolling Stone 10 Most Anticipated Books of the Year • A Town & Country Must Read Book of the Winter • A Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Horror Novel of the Year • A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of the Year • A Book Riot Most Anticipated Book of the Year • A Them 10 Most Anticipated Books of the Year • A Polygon Most Exciting Fantasy Book of the Year • A Scary Mommy 11 Most Anticipated Books of the YearA compulsive feminist reworking of Carmill...

A Library Reads pick!A Best Book of the Year from Esquire. Featured on NPR.Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar.With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other ...

New York Times bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty sets sail into the second adventure of pirate Amina al-Sirafi as her quest to track down magical artifacts brings her to the island lair of a sorceress whose woven enchantments are impossible to flee.Amina al-Sirafi thinks she’s struck gold. Tasked with hunting down arcane artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savor the occasional rollicking adventure on the high seas with her cherished c...

“ The best kind of vampire story—one in which the real evil is us.”—Peng Shepherd“Deliciously monstrous and demanding of our attention, Anna Kovatcheva crafts a feminist vampire story like no other.”—Ms, MagazineA heady, dark-hued Gothic gem of a debut novel: in nineteenth-century Bulgaria, a self-proclaimed vampire slayer—in truth, a traveling con artist—joins forces with a teenage girl to create a monster de...

“One of my favorite novels of the past few years.” —Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of AnnihilationFrom the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning worldIt’s been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and old rituals and ...