The second son of a privileged family in Sri Lanka, Arjie prefers staging make-believe weddings with his female cousins than batting balls with the other boys. When his parents discover his innocent pastime, Arjie is forced to abandon his idyllic childhood... [More...]

The discovery of a diary written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator captivates a retired schoolteacher as he uncovers a story of forbidden liaisons and wartime spies, family secrets and community upheavals.

A hallucinatory and startlingly powerful first novel, a darkly visionary On the Road for the upcoming millennium, The Museum of Love traces the macabre and compelling journey of a young French Canadian from his oppressive home town on the shores of Lake... [More...]

From the acclaimed author of "Fall on Your Knees"—a "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah pick—comes a mesmerizing new novel, breathtaking in its storytelling power.

After 44 years, Reta Winters she is discovering the meaning of loss for the first time when her beloved eldest daughter drops out of life to sit on a street corner. A major literary event from the author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer-Prize... [More...]

In eight new stories, a master of the form extends and magnifies her great themes—the vagaries of love, the passion that leads down unexpected paths, the chaos hovering just under the surface of things, and the strange, often comical desires of the... [More...]

A stunning and provocative new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The Blind Assassin, winner of the Booker Prize

Margaret Atwood’s new novel is so utterly compelling, so prescient, so relevant, so... [More...]

Five hundred miles north of Vancouver is Kitamaat, an Indian reservation in the homeland of the Haisla people. When the mischievous 20-year-old Lisa Hill begins receiving visits from otherworldly guests, readers discover that this small community is alive... [More...]

Superbly crafted and deeply moving, this remarkable debut follows one family, the Walkers, to the very bottom of their night only to confirm, in the end, life's ultimate hopefulness. "The Island Walkers" is at once a love letter to a place, a gripping... [More...]