**“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.” ―VogueNamed a Best Book of 2026 So Far by The New Yorker • An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2026**Chuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He's long abandon...

**“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.” ―VogueNamed a Best Book of 2026 So Far by The New Yorker • An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2026**Chuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He's long abandon...

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian ● Esquire ● The White Review ● NPRJem Calder's Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation on the cusp, enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love.Audacious fictions for a generation wondering: What now?**Julia has landed a fresh start at an up-and-coming city restaurant."Imagine that," says her mother."I’m...

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian ● Esquire ● The White Review ● NPRJem Calder's Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation on the cusp, enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love.Audacious fictions for a generation wondering: What now?**Julia has landed a fresh start at an up-and-coming city restaurant."Imagine that," says her mother."I’m...

'A great read. A box of delights which is also a thrilling satirical torture chamber.' Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession'An absolute riot . . . totally compulsive.' Observer'A modern master of funny, penetrating satire.' GQ'If Phoebe Waller-Bridge had a score to settle.' Stylist***'*Twisty, clever and gleefully nasty.' The TimesT...

"Christine Lakin's reading is terrific. Her narration is wonderfully deadpan...and her characterization is pure ear candy. Lakin grants each character complexity and humanity..." — BookPage (Starred Review)**"[Narrator Christine] Lakin excels in her performance of the characters’ dialogue, seamlessly switching between voices and making each character sound unique. Lakin’s skillful narration perfectly captures the essence of this chaotic family novel.” —

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A gorgeous reminder of what really matters. Prepare to be astounded.” —People • “One of the best, most moving books I have read in years.” —Scott Detrow, NPR **• “Like nothing you’ve ever read before...simply unforgettable."****—**Jodi PicoultFor fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans, an astonishing novel about finding beauty in the brevity of life, as narrated by the one who knows it best...

“Clever, wry, and incredibly sexy.” —Susannah Dickey, author of Tennis LessonsThe luscious summer novel and international sensation.A story about friends, lovers, and friends' lovers.Five friends from university; seven summer days in a lakehouse in Denmark. A chance to swim, catch up, and mess around like old times.But the idyll is fragile. Lost without the uninhibited magic of their youth, Sylvia i...

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)*'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright'It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Stunning' Max PorterI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.Abra ha...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A gorgeous reminder of what really matters. Prepare to be astounded.” —People • “One of the best, most moving books I have read in years.” —Scott Detrow, NPR **• “Like nothing you’ve ever read before...simply unforgettable."****—**Jodi PicoultFor fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans, an astonishing novel about finding beauty in the brevity of life, as narrated by the one who knows it best...

**OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this “tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother’s love” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women).A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES“An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother and son follow a seemingly impossible dream inspired by their...

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)*'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation . . . It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Absolutely stunning' Max Porter'Wildly original . . . Beneath the radical disquiet is...