When GAEA-TIMA returns to the town of Sukuba, it immediately gravitates toward Miyako, making her an object of imprinting. Tatsukuni Matsushima, head of the kaiju biological research agency FUNE, and his team investigate these recent developments-along with Miyako's possible maternal connection to GAEA-TIMA. Meanwhile, a new kaiju, Hettorga, threatens to attack the community, and military reinforcements are called in to fight back. How will GAEA-TIMA react to human aggression and can Miyak...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE CENTURYWINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVELWINNER OF THE DILYS AWARDA SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.”New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The T...

INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER!“If you likedWhere the Crawdads Sing,you’ll loveThis Tender Land**...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —**ParadeThe unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.

A cosmic disaster changed the Earth forever, stripping away every last drop of color from the world. Mankind also changed: the familiar human face is almost forgotten in a world now populated wholly by mutants. Against the backdrop of a moody urban landscape, a lone-wolf investigator named Avidia relies on both his wits and extraordinary gun to hunt down the world's last hidden scraps of color. He soon crosses paths with a very special girl--one who just might hold the key to bringing back...

I’m a professional chickenblocker.Except “chicken” is a euphemism.I get paid to follow a womanizing troglodyte who thinks rules are for other people and that my pants are the next pair he’s getting into.Dream on.Bet your first professional job didn’t involve babysitting an extremely hot, muscle-bound Scottish Highlander with an ego the size of a kilt and a libido bigge...

A spellbinding story of family, love, and betrayal set during the Salem witch trials as a mother is condemned by the truth—and her daughter is saved by a lie.Salem, 1752. Sarah Carrier Chapman, weak with infirmity, writes a letter to her granddaughter that reveals the secret she has closely guarded for six decades: how she survived the Salem Witch Trials when her mother did not.Sarah's story begins more than a year before the trials, when she and her family...

Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes—charged with the brutal murder of her former master and sent to await execution on an isolated farm.Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at ...

**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This poignant novel weaves together the lives of a high school teacher, a pregnant teenage girl, and two elderly bachelor brothers, capturing the essence of human resilience and community across four generations."Resonant and meaningful . . . . A song of praise in honor of the lives it chronicles [and] a story about people's ability to adapt and redeem themselves." —The Washington Post Book World"So foursquare,...

A monster that people call GAEA-TIMA devastates a small, seaside town. Ten years later, the resilient community has emerged as a tourist destination, and Miyako, who became a local celebrity by surviving the attack, is making a living selling mini-replicas of the beast. But when GAEA-TIMA returns, Miyako and her neighbors will discover that their enduring connection to the creature goes deeper than tourism and trauma. Just what is the true agenda behind the attack of the “gigantis?” Are th...

All of our best dates end up in the emergency room....I planned the perfect proposal. Plenty of lobster, caviar, champagne and—her favorite—tiramisu. The perfect setting. The perfect woman.The perfect everything.Dad gave me my late mother’s engagement ring, platinum and diamonds galore. Of course, my Shannon wouldn’t care if I slid a giant hard-candy ring on her finger instead of a three-carat diamond designed to impress.But my futu...

**TOP 10 New York Times bestseller**Ever meet a hot billionaire while your hand's in a toilet in the men’s room of one of his stores?No? So it really is just me. Hm.When you’re a mystery shopper, you get paid to humiliate yourself, all in the name of improving customer service. Romance isn’t in my job description.But the day I met Declan McCormick it was love at first flush.Until I nearly castrated him with ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future.In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters.Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small...