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New York Times Bestseller. The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie. Salman Rushdie is one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Year. "Victory City is a triumph—not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting." - The Atlantic.

An instant New York Times Bestseller. One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023. Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Time, Esquire, Vogue, LA Times, Slate, Harper's Bazaar, and others. "Part historical, part horror, part breathless thriller, part wilderness survival tale, The Vaster Wilds is a story about the lengths to which we will go to stay alive." - NPR staff pick. "Lauren Groff just reinvented the adventure novel." - Los Angeles Times. "Glorious...surroundings come alive in prose that lives and breathes upon the page." - Boston Globe.

An International Bestseller! One of Library Journal's Best Romances of the Year, Amazon's Best Romances of April, and Buzzfeed's Romance Books to Look Out For in 2023. Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. From managing deceptive witches to bored aristocratic ladies, nothing is beyond Alice's capabilities.

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children and piece her family back together is a "celebration of motherhood and female resilience" (The Observer). Named one of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023. "A powerful novel that explores how freedom and family are truly defined" - Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian. Her search begins with an ending...

A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year. A Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year - Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—"a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic" (The Washington Post)—from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier.

From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II. "Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." - Matt Haig, best-selling author of The Midnight Library, The Humans, and Reasons to Stay Alive. Part One of this story takes place in 1947.

National Bestseller. Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an "absorbing, powerful" (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West from the award-winning author of The Changeling. "Propulsive... LaValle combines chills with deep insights into our country's divides." - Los Angeles Times. One of BookPage's Ten Best Books of the Year - Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Winner of the New American Voices Award. Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Named a Best Book of the Year by TIME, Town & Country, Kirkus, Electric Literature, and BookPage. "Stunning... epic... impressive... It is a pleasure to simply live alongside these characters." - The New York Times. "A deep and powerful love story." - NBC The Today Show. "A beautifully written novel.

The New York Times Bestseller - One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year - One of NPR's Best Books of the Year - Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. "[A] brilliant new entry in Smith's catalog... The Fraud is not a change for Smith, but a demonstration of how expansive her talents are." - Los Angeles Times. From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. It is 1873. Mrs.

New York Times Bestseller. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, BookPage. "Dazzling" - Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review. It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army.