A breathtaking story of unfulfilled dreams, unexpected second chances, and love in a present-day France turning against itself, from the Goncourt Prize–winning author of And Their Children After Them.Hélène is approaching 40. Born in a small town in the east of France, she worked hard to leave it behind and achieve a life worthy of the glossy magazines she pored over as a teen. But now that she seemingly has it all—a husband and two daughters, a successful...

The internationally acclaimed coming-of-age story set in a forgotten, hopeless region of France—for fans of Sally Rooney and Nathan HillThis poignant portrait of working-class teens captures the defining moments of 4 summers in the 1990s—from Nirvana to the World Cup.August, 1992. One afternoon during a heatwave in a desolate valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, 14-year-old Anthony and his cousin...

From the Goncourt Prize–winning author of And Their Children After Them, a devilishly smart noir novella that finds uncomfortable truths in the everyday about romance, violence, and women’s desire and desirability.Nearing fifty, with a divorce and a string of other failed relationships behind her, Rose has given up on the idea of love, if not sex—though that always comes with risks. Determined not to let another man hurt her, she even ordered a .38 caliber...

August 1992. One afternoon during a heat wave in a lost valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to find out what it’s like on the other side at the famous nudist beach. The trip ultimately takes Anthony to his first love and a first summer that will determine everything that happens afterwards.Nicolas Mathieu conjures up a valley, an era, adolescence, and the political journey...

**2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in FictionAs praised in: The New York Times · New York Times Book Review · NPR · Guardian · Esquire · Buzzfeed · Bustle · LitHub · Kirkus Reviews · Root**“This story shimmers. Shakes. Wails. Moves to rhythms long forgotten . . . in many ways: holy. [A] masterpiece.”—The New York Times Book ReviewThe epic rendering of a Bla...

A "delightfully off-kilter" (Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch) tale of a grumpy, introverted entomologist, her astonishing lack of social skills, and her empirical data-driven approach to people and relationships that's half A Man Called Ove, half The Rosie Project"A warm, winning debut from a talented new Midwestern voice." —J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great MidwestIs th...

Three young Wisconsin girls search for adventure during the summer of 1960 in this heartfelt novel from the New York Times–bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark.“A memorable coming-of-age tale and suspenseful page-turner” for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and This Tender Land (Pam Jenoff, New York Times–bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris)**The summer of 1960 was the hottest ev...

"A magnificent romance redolent of ancient wisdom and rich with melancholy, loss, and love" from the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog ( Le Monde).Rose has just turned forty when she gets a call from a lawyer asking her to come to Kyoto for the reading of her estranged father's will. And so for the first time in her life she finds herself in Japan, where Paul, her father's assistant, is waiting to greet her.As Paul guides Ro...

New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceThree novellas are “cleverly linked together” in this “beguiling love letter to the great city” set before the financial crash of 2008 (Condé Nast Traveller).“Ironic, observant, alert . . . its atmosphere [is] invoked with intimate knowledge and a matchless sense of place.” —Colm TóibínBarcelona Dreaming is narrated by an English woman who runs a g...

"Poignant and powerful."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)The Lost Manuscript is a charming epistolary novel about the love of books and magical ability they have to bring people together.Sometimes a book has the power to change your life…When Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation on the Brittany coast, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unea...

Writing as Mina Hardy, New York Times-bestselling author Megan Hart delivers an “unsettling” psychological thriller that “will leave you questioning everything”—even the narrator (POPSUGAR).“A dark, unpredictable, and twisty look at friendship and betrayal . . . will surprise you right up until the end.” —BuzzfeedShe’s lost her best friend, her husband—and possibly, her mind . . . Five months ago, an acci...

Bestselling author Julia Alvarez delivers a luminous look inside the mind of a literature professor trying to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband.Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia retu...