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One of The New York Times’s “Novels Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026”
From one of the boldest and most captivating voices in world literature, a sensual and provocative coming-of-age novel about a young Arab woman on a quest for sexual and political freedom
“Propul...
From the author of the international bestseller Lie with Me, a “prismatic…moving” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel set on an island off the coast of France, following a group of teenagers and the sudden disappearance of one of their number, leaving the rest with an enduring mystery.
Tell me, do...
One of The Washington Post's 50 Best Novels of the Year
A finalist for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award
“As full of epic characters as the Sistine Chapel ceiling . . . Sinfully fun to read.” —Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker
“[A] thorough success . . . A dazzling romp.” —Steven Poole, The Guardian
“Histori...
A lively inquiry into a literary genius, the translators who immortalized him, and what it means to cultivate a rich inner life in turbulent times
"What happens to a writer's work when it is translated–specifically, what happens if his name is Franz Kafka?"
In Kafkaesque, Maïa Hruska traces the...
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Eagerly anticipated by American readers, Riad Sattouf concludes his internationally award-winning graphic memoir series, Arab of the Future.
Riad is a teenager growing up in the French region of Brittany, where he lives with his mother and brother and attends high school in Rennes. But his...
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Stella works miracles. Literally. She heals the sick and the paralysed, just like in the Bible. The Vatican is overjoyed--imagine, a real saint in the 21st century, and in Georgia, the heart of the American South. The only hitch? Her method: she heals the people she sleeps with in her motorhome. And...
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A CHILLING ASSESSMENT OF THE DISINTEGRATING WORLD ORDER: the rise of autocratic regimes, erosion of traditional diplomacy, and growing influence of tech billionaires and unregulated AI
"The one book you absolutely need to read in order to understand current politics" — Anne Applebaum, author of the ...
One of The New York Times’s 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century
One of The New York Times’s 10 Best Books of 2018
*Soon to be an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine*
She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now...
A Washington Post Book That Shouldn't Be Overlooked
"Fascinating...In these drafts, we see the emerging elements of the Recherche as through a glass darkly." --The Telegraph
"If you delight in flickering recollections, glimpses and mirrors, hints and foreshadowings, this is, urgently, the book for...
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From the author of Heatwave, a Waterstones Book of the Month
From the translator of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, Lullaby and HHhH
'The modern day successor to Francoise Sagan' Evening Standard
The Beach is the only nightclub in town, a bright yellow cuboid on the docks. For most people it...