National Network for Equitable Library Service

A new translation of Giorgio Bassani's haunting collection of short stories that evoke 1930s Ferrara, with an introduction by Ali Smith.

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award GOLD Winner in Autobiography & Memoir. A remarkable story of love, loss, and hope.

A New York Times–bestselling novel of love, money, and ambition among the employees of a white-shoe law firm.

"True hard science fiction - deftly done, with plenty of fine surprises." - Gregory Benford. "Twistor marks the arrival of a major new science-fiction talent." - Gene Wolfe.

Un couple qui dure serait-il la plus grande aventure des temps modernes ? Alice et Jules vivent ensemble depuis soixante ans.

Léa est institutrice. Tous les mois de septembre, elle accueille la vingtaine d’enfants qu’elle accompagnera pour la prochaine année.

Mary-Margaret has always planned to join the church as a religious sister, but falls in love with her childhood friend, Jude Keller, a ne'er-do-well with a soul needing saving.

A music teacher befriends a young girl who lost her mother to illness, and through a crisis, the girl's father must become involved.

"The most beautiful book that Genet has written." - Jean-Paul Sartre.

An immensely powerful story, The Night Inspector follows the extraordinary life of William Bartholomew, a maimed veteran of the Civil War, as he returns from the battlefields to New York City, bent

A work of coruscating moral brilliance, The Nice and the Good revolves around a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their house in Dorset.

An extraordinary story of courage and kindness and the ultimate triumph of family over what, at times, seem like insurmountable odds.

Finalist for the World Fantasy Award and Nebula Award, and winner of the Aurora Award. Waters of Versailles is a historical fantasy about sex, magic, and plumbing.

Creative expression through writing helps us uncover gems of hope and serenity, enabling us to navigate difficult times.

In the same world as Everfair, a brutal king plagued by visions of the Black people he slaughtered in Congo attempts to destroy the spirits haunting him using an inventor's powerful but unprov