A sharp, darkly comic near-future story about a woman who escapes a decade-long marriage to a controlling tech billionaire only to discover he’s been monitoring and manipulating her with invasive technology; she retreats to her eccentric, emotionally fragile father while the husband uses corporate power, surveillance and manufactured companionship to try to reclaim her. Part satire of Silicon Valley hubris and part psychological fable, the novel skewers the commodification of intimacy and probes questions of identity, autonomy and the human cost of being constantly connected, mixing surreal set pieces with surprisingly raw emotional stakes.

A sharp, world-weary security chief who keeps a luxury hotel for time travelers running into trouble must investigate a suspicious death that pulls back the curtains on corporate machinations and political intrigue spanning eras; chasing clues through shifting timelines, they confront personal grief and the moral cost of policing history while navigating a tense, noir-tinged mystery wrapped in clever speculative worldbuilding.

A warm, food-forward cozy mystery following a Filipino American woman who inherits her grandmother’s bakery and suddenly finds herself at the center of a local poisoning investigation; relying on family recipes, community ties, and her culinary skills, she works to clear her name, unearths small-town secrets, explores identity and grief, and navigates a slow-burning romance while the novel serves up humor, mouthwatering descriptions of Filipino food, and a comforting-but-twisty mystery.

A ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition dies and Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur initially sees nothing suspicious. Natalka found many crime novels dedicated to Peggy, each bearing a mysterious postscript: PS: for PS. A gunman breaks in to steal a book and an author is found dead soon after. As attacks spread from an Aberdeen literary festival to Edinburgh, Kaur follows leads across Europe and questions how authors devise such realistic crimes.

Fake Fruit Factory is a comedic novel set in the eccentric small town of Dyson, Ohio. When NASA determines an errant satellite will crash there, the town's young mayor uses the ensuing media circus to attract tourism and try to save his bankrupt rust belt community. The town's motley cast includes mayor Bo Rutili, lottery winner Donna Urinating Bear Queen, and aging ex-mayor Old Man Packwicz, whose bizarre schemes may determine Dyson's fate.

A wry, compassionate physician who specializes in treating vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural patients in modern London is jolted into a dangerous investigation when one of her patients is violently killed; using medical skill, stubborn curiosity, and a ragged band of supernatural and human allies, she navigates occult politics, long-buried secrets, and rising prejudice to uncover the truth, balancing day-to-day care, personal loyalties, and the darker forces that threaten her community.

A cunning, penniless thief is drawn into a perilous journey after a botched job leaves him trapped by debt and danger; forced into uneasy alliances, he must navigate a savage, monster-haunted world full of ruthless cultists, strange magics, and ancient, hungry powers. Relying on quick wits, petty schemes, and reluctant loyalties, he fights to survive long enough to seize a chance at freedom, in a darkly comic, brutal fantasy that balances bawdy humor with violent stakes and unexpected tenderness.

Four women are bound to notorious gangster Boysie Singh. Popo is brilliant and vulnerable, determined to escape past traps; Mana Lala is a devoted mother whose only tie to her man is their little boy. Doris hopes to reshape her husband into a path to climb the social ladder despite awful stories, while Rosie wants only to mind her business, her lover Etty, and her store. They recount the man they believed could love or free them and how some survived to tell the tale.

A powerful anthology of personal essays and reportage that exposes how rape culture permeates everyday life, recounts survivors’ experiences of assault and the often-inadequate personal, legal, and cultural responses, and interrogates the intersections of gender, race, power, and consent while calling for accountability, empathy, and systemic change.

After a whirlwind marriage is cut short by her husband’s sudden death, a young woman must navigate raw grief while facing his adult children, who doubt her place in his life and contest his legacy; the resulting tensions, small acts of kindness, and unexpected alliances force her to reexamine love, identity, and what it means to begin again.

Millie limpa a casa de Nina e Andrew Winchester todos os dias e prepara as refeições antes de comer sozinha em seu minúsculo quarto no sótão. Nina começa a sujar os cômodos de propósito, conta mentiras perturbadoras sobre a filha e tortura psicologicamente o marido, que fica cada vez mais fragilizado. Apesar do passado problemático, Millie imagina ter a vida de Nina com roupas, carro e marido perfeitos. Logo os Winchesters descobrirão que não sabem quem Millie é nem do que ela é capaz.

James wants to destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter's daughter Wendy appears in his bar, he plans to seduce her for revenge. As his organization starts to crumble and a traitor emerges, his plan clouds and he begins to see Wendy as more than a pawn. Wendy, raised by a cold wealthy father, falls into an intense, addictive affair and must decide whether she loves James or the monster known as Hook.

An emotionally taut psychological thriller about an artist who begins producing paintings tied to memories she cannot explain; as the images surface details of a long-buried disappearance and tangled family secrets, she must unravel who she once was, who she can trust, and whether revealing the truth will bring healing or put her—and those she loves—at risk.

This short theological reflection examines the nature of Christian love, distinguishing bodily/romantic affection from self-giving, sacrificial charity, and showing how both are fulfilled and healed in God’s self-revelation in Jesus Christ; it explains that worship and the Eucharist are the source and summit of true charity, outlines the Church’s responsibility to practice and organize charitable works without becoming a social agency of the state, and argues that authentic love must be joined to truth and pursued alongside efforts for justice and structural improvement in society.

A chilling psychological portrait of a socially awkward, hyperambitious college freshman who misreads social cues and gradually fixates on a classmate; his entitlement and narcissism drive manipulative, invasive behavior that escalates as he rationalizes stalking and moral compromise while navigating the pressures and privileges of an elite campus, offering a dark, satirical look at masculinity, loneliness, and the gulf between self-image and reality.

A tender, fable-like tale about a gentle ogress who lives on the edge of a fearful village and quietly cares for a group of orphaned children; when rumors and a mysterious disappearance turn the town against her, the orphans and a few brave residents work to uncover the truth, exposing how gossip, scapegoating, and fear corrode community. The story explores the power of stories, the courage of kindness, and how empathy and honesty can heal and rebuild trust.

On the island of Merlank the Dead must not be allowed to linger. The very sight of their ghosts can kill. When Milo is thrust into the role of Ferryman after his father's sudden death he must carry away the Dead. Pursued by a vengeful lord and two malignant magicians, Milo must navigate strange and perilous seas where untold threats whisper in the mist while he struggles to find the courage and imagination to complete his urgent mission.

A collection of practical essays about how our emotions, biases, and life goals shape financial outcomes more than technical knowledge, arguing that simple habits—patience, saving, avoiding envy, planning for tail events, and embracing long time horizons—outperform clever strategies. It stresses humility about luck and risk, the power of compounding, the value of a margin of safety, and making money decisions that fit your personal definition of success rather than chasing social signals or short-term thrills. The overall message is that behavior, temperament, and perspective determine financial well-being more than formulas or forecasts.

In a prestigious high school that ranks students by points earned through exams and engineered competitions, a seemingly ordinary transfer student in the lowest-ranked class hides extraordinary analytical skills and a cold, manipulative intelligence he uses to influence class politics and advance his peers on his own terms. The narrative follows competitive exams, psychological games, shifting alliances and betrayals as students exploit the system to climb the hierarchy, forcing moral compromises and revealing the brutality of a meritocratic environment. Behind the surface of classroom life lie hidden pasts, strategic gambits, and an exploration of power, social engineering, and the gap between appearance and true ability.

A Pennsylvania state trooper recounts his squad's decades-long guardianship of a battered vintage Buick that behaves as if it's a portal to another world—sporadically producing strange materials and creatures and defying all attempts to study or power it. The men's mixture of curiosity, duty, and private grief turns the car into a focal point for questions about friendship, mortality, and the limits of human understanding when confronted with the truly inexplicable.

In an alternate 1984 Tokyo, two lonely people — a fitness instructor who secretly kills men who abuse women and a math teacher who becomes embroiled in literary and criminal intrigue after rewriting a strange manuscript by a mysterious girl — find themselves drawn into a subtly altered reality marked by a second moon and inhabited by enigmatic supernatural entities known as the Little People; as cult power, bureaucratic sleuths, and past traumas close in, their separate journeys to locate one another become a haunting meditation on fate, memory, and the human need for connection.

A grieving young man grapples with the sudden death of his ex-boyfriend, collapsing under obsessive memories, guilt and unanswered questions about what really happened; as he alternates between flashbacks to their relationship and painful confrontations in the present, he must navigate fraught ties to the deceased’s new partner and former lover while confronting his own mental-health struggles and the messy, slow work of learning to live with loss.

A sharp critique of contemporary economic life arguing that powerful institutions—corporations, financial interests, and a compliant expert class—systematically mislead the public with comforting myths and misleading statistics to protect their privilege; the book explains how advertising, propaganda, and expert opinion manufacture consent for harmful policies, deepen inequality, and weaken democratic accountability, while urging greater public scrutiny and institutional reform to correct the distortions that pass for sound economic management.

A quiet, intimate portrait of a young woman who moves to a provincial port town and struggles to keep everyday life intact as the Second World War draws closer and eventually engulfs her world; through small domestic details, creative scrap-making, and the rhythms of family and neighborhood, the narrative shows how scarcity, air raids, conscription, and loss reshape ordinary routines and relationships, while highlighting resilience, memory, and the human cost of conflict on civilians.

A sharp, playful graphic-novel saga about a young slacker and bassist whose life is upended when he falls for a mysterious delivery girl; to win her heart he must battle her seven evil exes, all while juggling his band, quirky friends, messy romantic history, and the awkward, comic business of growing up.