Friedrich Schiller was a dramatist and poet for the ages, an important aesthetic theorist, and among Germany's first historians. But he left few works of literary prose behind -- seven short tales and fragments, almost all from early in his career -- and although they include some of his most resonant in his own time, they are largely overlooked today. Several of the pieces -- which include The Ghost-Seer, A Magnanimous Act from Most Recent History, TheCriminal of Lost Honor: A True St...

From the author of the beloved international bestseller The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife comes a heart-stirring novel about family, second chances, and the lengths we go for those we love, following a woman fighting to hold onto life and her older brother who's rediscovering reasons to embrace it.**“Smart, authentic, and full of heart.” —Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author The Rosie Project“A delicious treat of a ...

**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...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace—a “triumphant”* novel by a major new literary voice hailed as a “groundbreaking debut novelist”**“[A] revelation that forces you to ask: How much do we overlook in people...

From the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever and The House Is on Fire, a novel set on an Italian island about a navy wife’s reckoning with power, love, and the price of staying silent in the Atomic Age.“A romantic maelstrom of struggle, politics, and perseverance.” —Richmond Magazine“A captivating, whip-smart novel about love, loyalty, and a woman torn between two lives. I utterly adored it.” —Clare Leslie Hall...

With a pinch of J. Courtney Sullivan's Maine and a dash of Lessons in Chemistry, Last Summer at Maine Chance is a warm, transporting novel about friendship, ambition, and discovering your own worth.In 1954, Cynthia Proctor's college dreams are thrown into doubt when she loses her scholarship. An unexpected opportunity leads her to Elizabeth Arden's legendary Maine Chance spa, where one summer will introduce her to a world far beyo...

A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK"Narrators Gail Shalan, Mark Sanderlin and Patti Murin bring this book to life with music, song and lyrical prose. I enjoyed listening to it so much that I can’t imagine consuming this book in any format." — The Berkshire EagleFrom the author of Mercury and Shiner comes a novel about the bond between two female folk singers, the love stories that haunt th...

A Kirkus Earphones Award WinnerA TOP TEN LIBRARY READS PICK“So smart, so funny, so moving. I absolutely loved it.”—Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in ChemistryThe “brilliant” (Ann Patchett) and much beloved author of the critically acclaimed Sorrow and Bliss returns with a tender and hilarious novel about heartb...

**An astonishing debut about a teenage girl in 1970s Brazil who is torn away from her twin sister—and who must learn what it means to fight for those she loves when all the odds are stacked against her.“I hesitate to call anything this beautiful ‘magic.’ It’s more than that; it’s a sacred healing.”—Sandra Cisneros**Dolores and Mita grow up in rural Brazil, identical and inseparable. But Mita develops a mysterious illness that challenges the family. One day, Dolores wakes up...

Instant New York Times Bestseller!The Mother-Daughter Book Club is Susan and James Patterson's latest novel, following the New York Times bestselling book club favorite Things I Wish I Told My Mother**.**The Mother-Daughter Book Club—four longtime college friends and their five daughters—more often discus...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A sweeping, sensational novel of America’s first “It Girl,” whose dramatic journey to center stage echoes through the decades—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post“As stunning as the incomparable leading lady who inspired it . . . unputdownable, with a twist that will leave you breathless.”—Emily GiffinAt the dawn of the twentieth century, New York’s stre...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Mara Brock Akil, the award-winning creator of Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, Love Is, and Forever, pens an emotionally enthralling debut novel about enduring love, world-shattering secrets, and self-awakening.What happens when one knock at your door sends your entire world into chaos? When a stranger becomes a lifeline? When the reality you’ve meticulously curated seems to be a mirage?From the outside looking ...