Domestic Life

Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving, possessive, and ambitious father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see his sons in politics, a dream the boys have never shared. But when an argument in a blinding New England snowstorm inadvertent... More

THE NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER 'Here's the next THE LOVELY BONES-A rare book' Evening Standard This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare... More

‘The book keeps all the promises that it makes.’ —The Booker Prize Citation, 14 October 1997 ‘A novel of real ambition must invent its own language, and this one does…’ —John Updike, The New Yorker ‘A masterpiece, utterly exceptional in every way.’ —Harpers and Queen ‘A ... More

Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2005‘Smith demonstrates both an instinctive storytelling talent and a fully fashioned voice that's street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time. A writer of remarkable powers’— The Ne... More

An inside peek into a hidden world: four young women navigate the narrow straits between love, desire and Islamic tradition.  Every week after Friday prayers, an email circulates among a group of female subscribers to an online chat group. Over the course of a year, the realities of fou... More

Song of Soloman is a work of outstanding beauty and power, whose story covers the years from the 1930's to the 1960's in America. At its centre is Macon Dead Jr, the son of a wealthy black property owner, who has been brought up to revere the white world. Macon learns about the tyranny of white soci... More

Simon Steinberg, a major movie producer, and Blaire Scott, an award-winning television writer, are among the most respected couples in Hollywood. They have defied the cliches, keeping their marriage together for decades. Their children -- Samantha, Scott, and Allegra -- are successful and happy, but... More

Upadhyay's first novel showcases his finest writing and his signature themes. "The Guru of Love" is a moving and important story--important for what it illuminates about the human need to love as well as lust, and for the light it shines on the political situation in Nepal and elsewhere.Writing of S... More

Top TV anchorwoman Melanie Adams had given up on love after a failed marriage and an unhappy affair. With her two teenage children and her television news career, she had no room in her life for a man. Then she met famous heart surgeon Peter Hallam, a widower with three children of his own. Suddenly... More

‘This is how the language should be used . . . This is how a novel should be written.’—Khushwant Singh As a boy, Amitav Ghosh’s narrator travels across time, experiencing different worlds, all brought to life by the tales of those around him. Set against a backdrop of war and strife, each st... More

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has captivated millions of readers with her sweeping saga of power, wealth, and family secrets. Now the legacy of matriarch Emma Harte lives in one woman's inspiring challenge to be the best...DRIVEN BY LOVEPaula McGill O'Neill learned the le... More

'A splendid work...superb' Marilyn French Elizabeth, monstrous yet pitiable, Nate, her husband, a patchwork man, gentle, disillusioned; Lesje, a younger woman at the natural history museum, for whom dinosaurs are as important as men. A sexual triangle; three people in thrall to the tragicomedy we ca... More

Imprisoned by walls of their own construction, here are three people, each in midlife, in midcrisis, forced to make choices-- after the rules have changed. Elizabeth, with her controlled sensuality, her suppressed rage, is married to the wrong man. She has just lost her latest lover to suicide. Nate... More

The Trotter-Nama is a literary extravaganza, a huge funny constantly surprisingly novel that spans two centuries and two cultures. Seven generations of the Trotter family populate the comic epic that is by turns satirical poignant and magical. Embellished by everything from advertisements and reci... More

Bascom, North Carolina is a town where everyone is known for their family's characteristics, passed down through generations. One family's women are good in bed: they always marry well. One family gives birth to a strong man - always called Josiah - once in a generation (you go to him to help you wh... More