An aging Iowa farmer's plan to divide his land among his three daughters backfires, uncovering generations of family secrets and resentments, much like the story of King Lear in the American heartland.
To survive, Shahrazad tells King Shahriyar a thousand and one enchanting tales of genies, sorcerers, and clever lovers, creating a picture of medieval Islamic life and imagination.
Between Frida Kahlo's Mexico and WWII America, Harrison Shepherd navigates a life shaped by art, revolution, and the space between personal truth and public perception.
To save her ailing immortal love, Ever must journey to a mystical dimension and confront his dark past, forcing her to choose between rewriting her own tragic history and sacrificing the one person she cannot live without.
A woman finds her photo in a newspaper's classifieds, then realizes it's part of a disturbing pattern, making her wonder if she's being watched or hunted.
An assistant pig-keeper, driven by courage, must face deathless warriors and mischievous enchantresses to take the source of evil's power, unaware that victory will demand a sacrifice greater than any battle.
With only days left until an innocent man's execution, a paroled killer with a brain tumor wrestles with his conscience, desperate to confess the truth and overturn a wrongful conviction before time runs out.
Journalist John Howard Griffin changes his skin color and lives as a Black man in the Jim Crow South, revealing the harsh reality of being Black in 1959 America.
A military wife's deployment to a war zone forces her estranged husband to confront single parenthood and the devastating toll of conflict on their family and her spirit.
A secret teenage abortion in a Southern California town casts a long shadow over three intertwined lives, making them face the lasting impact of youthful decisions.
A Cameroonian immigrant family's American dream collides with the opulent, crumbling world of their Lehman Brothers executive employers as the 2008 financial crisis erupts, forcing them to confront the true cost of their aspirations.
John Hersey's 'Hiroshima' uses the direct accounts of six survivors to show the atomic bomb's immediate destruction, forever marking a city's pain in human memory.
Peter Hatcher's life is hilariously upended by the arrival of his new baby sister, Tootsie, and the further outrageous antics of his younger brother, Fudge, as their family moves to Princeton for a year.
In San Francisco, a Polish heiress and a Japanese gardener's son fall in love, a secret that endures for nearly seventy years through letters and stolen moments, even as wartime internment forces them apart.
A teenage spy, hunted by a terrorist group, uncovers a traitor at her elite academy, making her question alliances and memories as she unearths a past conspiracy that threatens her future.
Seventeen-year-old Molly, an expert in secret crushes and the fear of rejection, navigates first love and self-acceptance when her twin finds romance and she's left to choose between a 'perfect' crush and an unexpected, awkward coworker.
A country cricket's accidental journey to the heart of Times Square transforms him into a celebrity musician, yet he yearns for the quiet symphony of his Connecticut home amidst the cacophony of New York City.
A mysterious stranger offers a secluded village a difficult choice: kill someone for riches or stay poor, as a young woman tries to guide their moral decisions.
Emily Carroll's collection invites readers into five unsettling tales, where the forest's whispers lure travelers into nightmares, blurring reality and dread with every rustle of leaves.
A serial killer's gruesome methods grip Atlanta. A disgraced detective, his ex-lover, and an ex-con race to find the killer whose victims expose the city's dark secrets.
