In the bioluminescent depths of Veniss, a city both wondrous and grotesque, a desperate artist, his searching twin, and her tormented lover descend into a spiraling nightmare of living art, parasitic gods, and body-altering fungi, all to reclaim what they've lost to the city's beautiful, horrifying embrace.
A child star with telepathic abilities escapes her controlling father, only to uncover a conspiracy involving her presumed-dead mother and the true source of her powers.
In 1960s Stockton, California, two boxers, one a veteran and one new, face their dreams and realities, finding fleeting hope and inevitable despair with every punch.
In 1930s Kansas, young Sandy Rogers navigates adolescence and racial division, finding strength and identity through his mother's labor and his father's search for work.
Haunted by an unspeakable paternal love, Mathilda navigates a world that shuns her, forever scarred by the incestuous passion that shattered her innocence and isolated her from society.
When a clumsy reindeer crash-lands Santa's sleigh, he finds himself on a modern Earth, needing the help of two resourceful children to outwit a greedy villain determined to commercialize Christmas forever.
In the Year of the Rat, Pacy deals with a new baby sister, her best friend moving, and finding her place, all while learning to accept changes that come with growing up Asian American.
When a subterranean freefall thrusts 14-year-old Will Burrows into a terrifying world of carnivorous spiders and deadly Brights, he discovers falling was only the first step into an unimaginable adventure.
In West Texas, a serious rancher and a free-spirited cowboy, lifelong friends, both love the same woman, whose heart and sons they divide between them over sixty years as the American West changes.
Dressed in black and named Arthur's killer by prophecy, Mordred fights his grim fate and seeks his father's love, finding an unexpected ally in the sorceress Nyneve, who gives him a white pup and a chance at goodness away from Camelot.
In the quiet town of Pipalnagar, a struggling Urdu detective novelist finds unexpected comfort and inspiration for a new story through his friendships with a young prostitute and an optimistic epileptic orphan.
In post-war Jewish New York, Bernard Malamud turns the daily struggles of lonely matchmakers, desperate shopkeepers, and grieving tailors into a strange, beautiful story of human endurance and the search for grace.
Mike Davis chillingly forecasts a global future where cities, for billions, become Malthusian traps of 'perverse' growth, devoid of industry and development, threatening to transform the planet into an archipelago of ever-expanding slums.
In 1864, young Stefan Salvatore's heart is captured by the mysterious Katherine, a beautiful woman with a dark secret, sparking an eternal love triangle that binds him and his brother forever.
In a 17th-century French town, a charismatic priest's ambition and a convent of Ursuline nuns' spiritual fervor ignite a terrifying conflagration of alleged demonic possession, mass hysteria, and political intrigue, culminating in a dramatic and horrifying inquisition.
In war-torn 15th-century France, a peasant girl named Jehanne, driven by divine voices and a desperate need to escape a brutal home, becomes a warrior who rallies an army and captivates a nation, only to face the devastating cost of her extraordinary faith and fame.
Nell Irvin Painter unearths the constructed and changing idea of 'whiteness,' showing its surprising origins and shifting limits throughout Western history and American identity.
Jonny Appleseed, a Two-Spirit cybersex worker, navigates his identity in the city, dealing with past love, trauma, and family before returning to the reserve for a funeral that will change him.
A single celebratory bullet shatters a summer sky, creating guilt, grief, and an unexpected, haunting connection between the boy who fired it and the daughter of the man it killed.
From a childhood steeped in rural isolation and religious fundamentalism amidst a junkyard, Janisse Ray forged a passionate quest to resurrect the vanishing longleaf pine ecosystem, weaving together personal history and ecological elegy.
When their grandmother's mysterious past pulls them into Lundinor, a secret city where everyday objects wield extraordinary magic, Ivy and Seb must uncover a hidden family treasure before a whimsical yet dangerous evil overtakes their uncommon world.
In early 20th-century Chicago, Studs Lonigan's youthful drive and ambition are slowly crushed by limited opportunities, destructive friendships, and societal pressures, leading him to a life of futility.
Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick expose the truth about American foreign policy, from unnecessary atomic bombings to supporting dictators and prolonging the Cold War, challenging the idea of American exceptionalism.
