**Named a Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2025Named a Washington Post Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, Marie Claire and Vanity Fair"I loved RUTH."—Lorde“It would never work out, but I’m in love with Ruth.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post“A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait … [a] standout.”—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal

“I have a story to tell so you must listen very carefully with your ears to hear,your soul to remember, your faith to inspire and your heart to judge,for I will never repeat these words again.”- India Serras, 1290.13th Century France, a time of intolerance and bloodshed as the inquisition ruthlessly hunts down heretics. Renier de Beynac the Papal Inquisitor will not stop until their villages are burned and the streets run scarlet with their blood.India ...

empty chapters in her life as yet unwritten- especially every New Year’s Eve. But fate is about to play her hand in the form of an antique blue leather book. From the moment she reads the dedication, her life will change in ways she could have never predicted.To Klara,My heart enchanted, has loved you through endless lifetimes before,and will search for you again, for a hundred lifetimes more.In life after life, in age after age, I will find you and love you...

On the 16th of March, 1244, 220 Cathars descended the mountain fortress of Montsegur, voluntarily walking into a burning pyre. Legend has it, that four believers escaped the night before, with the Cathar treasure containing valuable books, documents and the Holy Grail. The hunt to eradicate the Cathars and find the treasure continued for decades after.In the 13th Century, an anonymous troubadour wrote a prophesy that is well known in the Languedoc.The year is now1940, Franc...

Dying a good death is Vee Rileys final wish, and she believes a good death is a conscious death. In the grip of end-stage cancer, she decides how she will interact with her deteriorating physical condition, while letting go of family and friends, her home, and her independence. For most of her life, Vee pursued a daily spiritual practice that included artwork, writing, meditating, and communing in nature, and she devoted herself to compassionate service enriching the lives of hundreds. Now...

**Named a Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2025Named a Washington Post Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, Marie Claire and Vanity Fair"I loved RUTH."—Lorde“It would never work out, but I’m in love with Ruth.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post“A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait … [a] standout.”—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal

Brought to you by Penguin.Ruth is raised in a snow globe of Christian communism, a world without private property, television, or tolerance for idle questions. Every morning she braids her hair and wears the same costume, sings the same breakfast song in a family room identical to every other family room in the community; every one of these moments is meant to be a prayer, but to Ruth they remain puzzles. Her life is seen in glimpses through childhood, marriage, an...

Remy is a happy father to a little bunny named, Bella. But Remy is not like all the other rabbits. Remy is a father-less father - meaning, he didn’t grow up with a father around.One day, on one of their adventures together, something very special happens when they find a mysterious letter.Who is it from?What does it mean?Will it help Remy to achieve his dream of being the best ‘Daddy-rabbit’ in the whole world?Find out in: Hopping Through Life!

Ein altes irisches Herrenhaus, eine verschwundene Frau, eine emotionale Spurensuche in NorwegenIn Irland ist Maggie damit aufgewachsen, dass ihre Mutter ihr vor dem Schlafengehen die Geschichte vom Glasschlüssel erzählt hat. Ein nordisches Märchen, das von Maggies Großmutter überliefert wurde, die vor Jahren in einer stürmischen Nacht ihr Haus verließ und nie mehr zurückkehrte. Nun ist Maggies Großvater gestorben. Bei der Durchsicht seiner Sachen entdeckt Maggie ei...

Research librarian Nan Galvin's days were fairly ordinary...until she came across a box of letters. They were glimpses into the life of the mother she hardly knew—which made her question everything she knew about herself. Now, Nan desperately needs the truth. And so she travels to Ireland, with its rolling green hills...and drop-dead gorgeous Irishmen!Songwriter Riley Quinn isn't looking for The One. After all, a musician isn't meant to settle down. Of course, that was before he met...

Vampires, movie stars, and cowboys, oh my! State of Mind is full of romantic stories to suit every mood.In the mood for a zombie-fighting cowboy? Check. Or what about a spicy elevator scene? Check. Maybe a vampire lusting after a delicious human? Check.Small, but mighty, these eight short stories are full of humour, romance, and all with that delightful happily ever after you crave.State of Mind i...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!