2023 releases

A “magnificent” (Ha Jin), “mesmerizing” (James McBride), and “magical” (Marie Myung-Ok Lee) fever dream of a novel that interweaves the coming-of-age of a 1970s Korean-American boy grappling with his identity...

An epic story of love, war and redemption, set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movement In 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION‘A mighty achievement’ OCEAN VUONG‘Beautiful, brilliant’ R. F. KUANG‘Dazzling’ OBSERVER‘Will shatter your heart’ GLAMOUR‘Powerful’ SUNDAY TIMESAn extraordinary story of the journey of one young...

An African tightrope walker who can’t die gets embroiled in a secret society’s deadly gladiatorial tournament in this “bloodily spectacular” (Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent...

The newest novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins’s compelling Women Who Dare series features a fearless grifter who goes undercover to reclaim the stolen Declaration of Independence.Lying and...

Brace yourself for Lapvona — a rollercoaster ride of depravation and perversion in the singular new novel from Ottessa Moshfegh, authorMy Year of Rest and Relaxation Welcome to Lapvona. In...

Translated by Charlotte Coombe and Isabel AdeyA masterful novel exploring womanhood, class, and tradition in 1950s Colombia.From her home in Paris, Lina recalls the story of three women whose lives...

Bridgerton with an all-Black-cast. A swoon-worthy historical romance for fans of Emily in Paris and To All the Boys I've Loved Before.This is the story of the Davenport daughters, their...

From beloved actor and producer Omar Epps and writer Clarence A. Haynes comes the biggest epic fantasy of the year. A powerful saga of three teens, the children of refugees...

Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!This astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America...

As 1947 opens, Eva Cardon is the twenty-four-year-old owner of Washington, D.C.’s, most famous Black-owned restaurant. When her path crosses with Courtland, a handsome white senator from Georgia, both find...

A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 By Readers on Goodreads! A thrilling Jamaican inspired fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Lauren BlackwoodEighteen-year-old Victoria is a Wildblood. Kidnapped at the...

'An unusual, intense, experimental novel' Daily Mail In the aftermath of the Great Depression, Elle Ranier marries Simon to escape a life of destitution. She leaves New York City for Lyra,...

A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-ClairQueenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair — the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in...

Inspired by real life stories of the Windrush Generation and her mother’s own experiences as a nurse coming to Britain from the Caribbean, Sarah Lee’s debut novel An Ocean Apart...

Freedom, you can't get and bury, and keep it and keep it so it won't ever go away. No, child. You got to swing your freedom like a club.In 1859,...

Adiba Jaigirdar, author of one of TIME's Best YA books of all time and winner of the YA Book Prize 2022, gives Titanic an Ocean's 8 makeover in this nail-biting...

Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret.1907: Twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of his time locked in an attic room of a large...

'A beautiful exploration of family, love and loss across the generations. Fresh, fun... I didn't want it to end.' Gemma ChanHow far would you travel to find a love lost...

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips's riveting mystery about an African American crime scene photographer seeking justice for a friend —...

London, 1936 Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement...

In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women's pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana in New York Times bestselling author...

The third novel from the Booker-shortlisted author exploring love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn...

The heartbreaking and completely unputdownable instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick about the pain and sacrifice of forbidden love, the lengths a mother will go...

Delhi, 1997: It is India's fiftieth year of independence, the year of Hindu nationalists and atomic bombs. But twelve-year-old Adi has a bigger problem: his Ma has gone missing —...

A teen girl seeking retribution against her backstabbing former best friend finds her plans slightly derailed once she catches the eye of a familiar, handsome marquess. Bestselling author Amalie Howard...

The people of Salt Point are afraid of the world beyond their rural town. Most of them areborn, live and die never having gone more than twenty or thirty miles...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE A THING IS MIGHTY BIG WHEN TIME AND DISTANCE CANNOT SHRINK IT It was a quote by Zora Neale Hurston. Malaya...

Assassin. Immortal. Spy. An ill-matched pair of spies pose as a couple to investigate a series of murders in 1930s Shanghai, from the author of These Violent Delights. Four years...

Ann Tran is already at a crossroads when she gets the call that her beloved grandmother, Minh, has died. Ann has built a seemingly perfect life. She lives in a...

WINNER OF THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A searing, gripping novel about a young Tamil woman living through the Sri Lankan civil war Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a...

Zhifu, China, 1882. Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped...

An epic historical heist novel of plundered treasure, savage empire, lasting love and a young man's dream to make his mark on the world. From an Indian American writer at...

Translated by Alison Anderson Awarded the Prix des libraires by France’s booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring one’s faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss. Tokyo,...

An unexpected act of violence brings together two families in this propulsive and sweeping story of love, identity and the American experience. Set in New York and China over three...

Moving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol's Philippine National Book Award-winning Bibliolepsy is a love letter to the written word and a brilliantly unorthodox look at the rebellion that brought...

Montgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help women make their own choices for...

World Fantasy Award winner C. L. Polk casts magic over mid-century Chicago in Even Though I Knew the End, an extraordinary fantasy noir. A magical detective dives into the affairs...

A ragtag band of misfits gets swept up in Holy Land politics in Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi, a thrilling YA remix of the classic legend of...

Translated by Dias Novita WuriA dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature that explores what it means to be a woman — whoever you are, wherever you are,...

Translated by YZ Chin By one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting writers, The Age of Goodbyes is a wildly inventive account of family history, political turmoil, and the redemptive grace...

Winner of the Prix Ethiophile, the Prix des racines et des mots, and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie AN AWARD WINNING NOVEL FOLLOWING THREE GENERATIONS TORN APART...

Translated by Takami Nieda A Zainichi Korean teen comes of age in Japan in this groundbreaking debut novel about prejudice and diaspora. Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled...

A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and...

The acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. 'Glorious' New York Times Book Review 'The compelling energy of a crime thriller...

A stunning novel detailing the real relationship between Vincent van Gogh and his mistress, model and muse, Sien Hoornik. The Hague, 1882, a howling winter's night. Sien and her daughter...

In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and...

Meet Tony — the first Indian to set foot on American soil. Among the settlers, slaves, and indentured servants that make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to the New...

THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON MEETS SUCCESSION IN AN EPIC REIMAGINING OF THE MAHABHARATA SOME BALLADS ARE INKED IN BLOOD Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the...