Stranded in a prehistoric world, a modern woman's struggle to communicate with a determined caveman who sees her as his mate sparks an unlikely romance that transcends the barriers of language and time.
Ken Liu's collection blurs the lines between memory, mythology, and humanity's many futures, with stories ranging from magical paper tigers to historical accounts changed by technology.
A mysterious desk with many drawers connects people across continents and generations, each dealing with loss, inherited trauma, and the lasting power of memory during historical events.
In 1970s Florida, a determined Raymie enters a peculiar beauty pageant, hoping to lure her runaway father home, only to find unexpected friendship and the true meaning of rescue alongside a fainting Louisiana and a rebellious Beverly.
An independent American woman and a Scottish author defy Victorian norms, building a passionate, global love affair that fuels his writing and finds them a home in Samoa.
In the unforgiving 1838 Ohio Black Swamp, a family's apple orchard becomes the bitter battleground for a husband and wife, their legacy of division haunting their youngest son all the way to the California Gold Rush.
Cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets, Addie LaRue navigates three centuries of art and history, a ghost in her own life, until a chance encounter in a hidden bookstore finally offers the one thing she’s always longed for: to be remembered.
A Vietnam veteran, haunted by jungle horrors and political ruin, faces his wife's disappearance from their remote lakeside cabin, where dark currents from the past threaten to consume them.
Three generations of Native American women—Rayona, Christine, and Ida—share their stories in reverse chronological order, revealing a history of love, secrets, and family ties.
Beneath the crushing silence of the Arctic ice, an atomic submarine races to rescue the survivors of a ravaged weather station, only to discover the true enemy is a saboteur lurking among them, ready to kill again.
A WWI veteran, shaped by a boyhood snowball incident and a life of unusual influence, confronts memory, history, and myth as he finds the wonderful in the everyday.
An elderly Russian woman's mind becomes a Hermitage, filled with masterpieces she memorized during the Siege of Leningrad, her only refuge from war and time as her present slips away.
After a devastating tsunami orphans them, two Indian sisters are thrust into Mumbai's brutal sex trade, prompting an American lawyer to risk everything to free them from a ruthless international network.
A struggling young mother on Hatteras Island unearths eighty-one hidden prayer boxes, each a year of an old woman's life, revealing a lifetime of faith, love, and a final lesson that could transform her own dangerous path.
Abandoned and penniless, the fiery Amber St. Clare blazes a scandalous path through Restoration London, using her beauty and wit to conquer kings and courtiers, all while yearning for the one forbidden love she can never truly possess.
Follow the cynical, quick-witted Mixtli through the brutal yet magnificent Aztec Empire as he navigates human sacrifice, imperial power, and forbidden love, ultimately witnessing its cataclysmic clash with Cortés.
In 1909 Montana, a widower's advertisement for a housekeeper brings a whistling, non-cooking woman and her learned brother into his life, changing his family and the prairie community through an unusual season of lessons and unexpected insights.
Abducted from the London docks by a sea captain, an innocent fugitive is taken across oceans, battling her captor's will even as his dangerous allure ignites a passion.
In Depression-era Chicago, Augie March, a man with an unyielding spirit, navigates a journey through many characters and jobs, all while pursuing his own destiny.
George Mallory, driven to conquer Everest, faces the mountain's dangers and the historical question of whether his attempt will make him a legend or erase his efforts from history.
In a small Utah town, a clever ten-year-old boy, known as the Great Brain, creates schemes to outsmart his friends, solve local problems, and always make money.
In 17th-century Isfahan, a young woman, stripped of her dowry and forced into servitude, defies a grim future by weaving her heartbreak and artistic skill into magnificent Persian carpets, ultimately risking everything for a life chosen on her own terms.
