Fiction

During her childhood in Girardot, Colombia, Rubén preferred the world of women. As a teenager, she went to Bogotá, where she cross-dressed and worked as a prostitute. After her transition, she chose the name of the city where she decided to settle: Paris, and...

EVEN IN THE DARKEST MOMENTS, A LIGHT ALWAYS SHINES Through the small window of his family's humble home, Lalloo watches as his brother is murdered in front of their small cabin, beside an imposing brick oven. Unable to escape the memory of that horrible...

The humdrum life of Teresa, a young pharmacist from Ciudad Real who is deeply concerned about caring for her mother with dementia, is about to change forever. One night, just before closing her shop, she is assaulted. The attack awakens fears she believed long...

A man sets off by bus for the small Argentinian town of La Paz, leaving his partner behind amidst a climate of uncertainty between them. There he visits his brother, who is devastated by a recent breakup. During the return journey, a series of...

In Solby, a small, quiet port, life is sweet for Mika and Sebastian. Until the day they find a bottle at sea. Inside is a seed and a mysterious message. They wonder (but doubt) if it was sent by JB, a friend who disappeared...

A powerful and urgent collection of short stories that explores the traces left by conflicts—even years after they have ended—on the lives of those who never experienced them directly. With a sober, concise, and forceful prose, Liadan Ní Chuinn delivers unpredictable and memorable stories...

Jai lives as a royal hostage in the Sabine Court — ever since his father Rohan, leader of the Steppefolk, led a failed rebellion and was executed by the very emperor Jai now serves. When the emperor’s son and heir is betrothed to Princess...

Charlie is twenty-three, single and the new publicity assistant at London’s preeminent independent book publishing house. Richard Aveling is fifty-six, married and the author who has defined his generation. Charlie has long idolized the charming, illustrious writer, who also represents a link to her...

Veronesi returns with an emotional and evocative novel about the transition from childhood to adulthood... Summer of 1972 in Fiumetto, Italy. While the beaches fill with families, young Gigio Bellandi begins to discover the world of adults and experiences his first love. But a...

In Estrambosque, everything is the opposite of everything else, and the animals that live there are truly strange: an owl afraid of the dark, a squirrel with vertigo, a wild boar that can’t stand mud... But something serious has happened and they must investigate...

Sometimes friends hold you up. Sometimes they're the ones who break you down… Maggie, Harley, and Róise are three friends at a crossroads: on the verge of success, of plunging into catastrophe, or perhaps simply of finally entering adulthood. The dilapidated house they share...

Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse, she's always struggled to make friends and, as a college freshman, finds herself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their nineties, and Monica...

Much more than mother and daughter, Lorelai and Rory are, in truth, best friends. They have learned to face life with each other as their only ally, and that bond has made them inseparable. When Lorelai, barely sixteen years old, arrives in Stars Hollow...

A summer day begins at the cozy, always-open neighborhood store in Cheongpa-dong. The manager is Seon-suk, who lives with frustration because of her troublesome son. Meanwhile, Min-sik, the son of the store’s owner — the charming Mrs. Yeom — acts as the proprietor, even...

A boy narrates his desire to become a strong, super-equipped, and insensitive robot, because perhaps that way nothing will hurt him and nothing will ever matter to him.

Emma, ​​accompanied by Arno (now her friend), has been working as an apprentice to Rusty Fizzbag, the famous veterinarian of magical creatures. Only six months have passed since they met him, and suddenly adventure comes knocking again. A very strange bird bursts into their...

Fates collide and passions ignite in New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer’s steamy adult fantasy debut about three characters torn between chasing, betraying, and craving each other: a princess caught between duty and desire, the fearsome warrior king she’s promised to, and the assassin tasked...

Leading actor, producer and director Channing Tatum's picture book debut, The One and Only Sparkella is a charming ode to self-esteem and the love between a father and daughter — illustrated by Kim Barnes. Ella is excited for her first day at a new...

Agnès can hardly believe it when the police ask her to identify the body of her aunt Colette, who has just died. It can’t be possible — she died three years ago; her remains rest in the cemetery of Gueugnon. And yet, there she...

There's nothing better than a good story to snuggle up with under the covers and fall asleep with a smile. In these pages, you'll meet a squirrel searching for the perfect place for her nap, you'll stroll through the wonderful Moon Garden, and you'll...