LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2026 WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZEA curator becomes lost in the medieval world of a reluctant monarch in this searing debut, exploring what becomes lost over time and what devotion can reanimate.A curator spends her days reconstructing the past—selecting and carefully arranging furniture, fabrics, and fragments of daily life to bring medieval rooms back to life. Wh...

Academic librarian Jamie Brodie hasn't seen old boyfriend Dan Christensen in years. When Jamie reads Dan's obituary in the paper, he's surprised. When he receives a letter from Dan, written just before his death, Jamie is shocked. Dan's letter suggests that Dan was in danger, lists two article citations from medical journals, and asks Jamie to look into the citations. When Jamie requests the articles, strange things begin to happen. His computer is hacked, his tires are slashed, he thinks ...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherA Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery on the Road2014 James Beard Award Nominee and 2014 Society of Travel Writers Foundation Thomas Lowell Travel Journalism Bronze Award Winner for Travel BookJoin us at the table for this 34-course banquet of original stories from food-obsessed writers and chefs sharing their life-changing food experiences.

For fifty years " Detroit" has been shorthand for all that' s wrong with urban America: crime, corruption, decay, racial tension, struggling businesses, failing schools, a declining tax base, and more. Since 1950 Detroit has lost two-thirds of its population, falling from fifth place in the U.S. (just behind Los Angeles) to twenty-fourth (just behind Nashville). Between 2000 and 2017 alone, its population fell 28%, a steeper drop than any other major American city. A third of its land now ...

HOW TO EXPERIENCE A LIFE DRIVEN BY PURPOSEEach day, is a day to encounter your destiny with purpose, and Living the Purpose Inspired life is a powerful, groundbreaking and inspirational book that offers a better way of discovering the purpose of living. While giving significance to the personality, choices, and the events of life. Defining and exploring the human identity and showing how to live a life driven by purpose, while embracing your imperfections.Daily we ...

"They will destroy you," she said without preamble. "Men like them always do."One fateful knock on the wrong door changes everything.Desperate for work with her visa clock ticking, Japanese teacher Reyna Tanaka accepts a nanny position at a luxurious Boston mansion. But the intimidating men who greet her—Derrik and Ross Petrov—aren't looking for childcare. They're Bratva brothers, dangerous criminals who can't let her leave after she overhears too much....

Upon Waking is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher's Weekly bestseller! Join the thousands of others who have picked up Upon Waking to help start their day.What do you wake up to each day? What do you discover once your eyes have opened and you put your feet to the floor? A mountain of notifications? An endless feed of headlines that make you angry? A flood of tasks that you can’t possibly get done in the next twenty-four hours?

With insight after insight, Two Minute Torah is as delicious as a perfect Passover Seder! Rabbi Rank has brought together hundreds of two-minute teachings from Jewish tradition that will inspire you every day of the year. It makes daily study upon waking up, going to sleep, and anywhere in between, easy to do and deeply meaningful. Two Minute Torah is perfect for laypeople and rabbis alike, Jews of all denominations, and spiritual seekers who want to taste the wisdom that Judaism has to of...

NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIESA Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction * Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year and overall Book of the Year *A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of The Year * Waterstones Book of the Year * Costa Book Award Finalist“A novel of almost insolent ambition—lush and fantastical, a wild Eden behind a garden gate...it’s part ghost story and part natural history lesson, part romance and...

For half a century, S Perry Brickman harbored a deep and personally painful secret…On a late summer day in 2006, Brickman and his wife attended an exhibit on the history of Jewish life at Emory University and were astonished to come face-to-face with documents that strongly suggested that Brickman and many others had been failed out of Emory's dental school because they were Jewish. They decided to embark on an uncharted path to uncover the truth. With no initial a...

The men of my dreams want me to live in their palace.Three men not one.Can I become a princess with my own Cinderella story?I lose all inhibitions when I sleep, but can I be that brave with my eyes wide open?I am tempted to stick with the safe and familiar things in my lifeBut walking away from the men isn't easy.Even though I doesn't understand the magic that binds us,They are my soulmatesAnd irresis...

In "The Life Story of a Black Bear," Harry Perry Robinson crafts a poignant narrative that anthropomorphizes the trials and triumphs of a black bear navigating the complexities of its natural habitat. Through vivid descriptions and rich, evocative imagery, Robinson employs a blend of realistic and fantastical elements, inviting readers to immerse themselves in a world that reflects both the beauty and brutality of nature. This work stands out within children's literature and environmental ...