Yann Martel, author of the bestselling novel Life of Pi, returns to the storytelling power and luminous wisdom of his master novel.The High Mountains of Portugal is a suspenseful, mesmerizing story of a great quest for meaning, told in three intersecting narratives touching the lives of three different people and their families, and taking us on an extraordinary journey through the last century. We begin in the early 1900s, when Tomás discovers an ...

These 23 stories take us on a twisted fun ride into some future times and parallel universes where characters as diverse as a one-legged International Actuarial Forensics specialist, a pharmaceutical guinea pig, and a far-sighted fetus engage in their own games of the survival of the fittest. From a new short story by William Gibson in which a teen disassociated from his body haunts his neighborhood through the decades, to Douglas Coupland’s balls-out satire of a slightly futuristic Surviv...

Life of Pi is a masterful and utterly original novel that is at once the story of a young castaway who faces immeasurable hardships on the high seas, and a meditation on religion, faith, art and life that is as witty as it is profound. Using the threads of all of our best stories, Yann Martel has woven a glorious spiritual adventure that makes us question what it means to be alive, and to believe.

**Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Esquire • Marie Claire • Art+ • The Times • The Guardian • The Observer • The Financial Times • BBC • The Sydney Morning Herald • A Globe and Mail Spring 2026 Read • Featured in The American Booksellers Association's Spring 2026 Preview • Oprah Daily • People’s Best Books of March 2026From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from two com...

The tale begins with the fearless human hero, Arthurius, successfully defeating the dreaded "Demon" lord of Adhaircean, bringing an end to the long and bloody war. As a reward for his bravery, the Pope of light bestows upon him the lordship of Sneachta, a small town nestled in the mountains that was once under the rule of the Adhaircean. However, not everyone is pleased with this decision. The Adhaircean people view Arthurius as a ruthless killer and reject his presence in their territory,...

The narrator woke up one morning in someone else's body, exactly a week before his friend took his own life. The whole thing felt unreal and disturbing, but all he could think was, This is my chance to change what happened. At first, it seemed simple enough: figure out why, find a way to stop it. But it didn't take long before he realized there was a lot more going on. He kept bumping into hidden lives and buried secrets—stuff nobody ever talked about. Day by day, the pressure built up. Ea...

Bordered by powerful neighboring kingdoms, Xisa has managed to maintain its autonomy through the shrewd diplomacy and strategic maneuvering of its kings. Zhanglong have to choose who will inherit the throne of Xisa after him. He first trough of one of his daughter, Yaoya, who had an uncanny ability to peer into the future but she refuse, telling him to choose one of his son, Lulong, as he is the only one who can unite all siblings to withstand the storm who is to come. Many of his sibling ...

Welcome to the dark and mysterious town of Ravenhout, where a sinister battle between vampires and vampire hunters unfolds in the shadows. Led by the formidable vampire lord, Guillemin Sanguine, the vampires seek to dominate the city and turn it into a haven for their kind. On the opposing side, the determined vampire hunters, under the leadership of Archbishop Hamlyn, are on a mission to rid the city of these bloodthirsty creatures. Join Archbishop Hamlyn and his eccentric yet valiant tea...

Yann Martel’s astonishing novel begins with a successful writer attempting to publish his latest book, made up of a novel and an essay. Henry plans for it to be a “flip book” that the reader can start at either end, reading the novel or the essay first, because both pieces are equally concerned with representations of the Holocaust. Faced with severe and categorical rejection, Henry gives up hope. He abandons writing, moves with his wife to a foreign city, joins a community theatre, become...

“I know you’re very busy, Mr. Harper. We’re all busy. But every person has a space next to where they sleep, whether a patch of pavement or a fine bedside table. In that space, at night, a book can glow. And in those moments of docile wakefulness, when we begin to let go of the day, then is the perfect time to pick up a book and be someone else, somewhere else, for a few minutes, a few pages, before we fall asleep.”From the author of Life of Pi comes a literary corresponde...

This is a personal story of living through a knee injury that slowly changed how I walked, moved, and lived my everyday life.What started as a simple pain gradually turned into instability, limited movement, surgery, and a long recovery process filled with uncertainty and setbacks.This book is not a medical guide. It is a real-life account of what it felt like to go through each stage—pain, fear, recovery, and rebuilding again.Inside, I share the journey from the fi...

In the bustling halls of the imperial academy, Luned stood out like a daffodil in a field of roses. Unremarkable and untalented, she was a mere speck among the elite students striving for noble status. Her father, a wealthy merchant with aspirations of nobility, had paved the way for her entry into the academy with a generous donation. But he had ulterior motives - he wanted his daughter to seduce a noble and secure their family's place in high society. However, poor Luned was lost in the ...