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Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
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"The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a collection of steamy, STEMinist novellas and their loves in loathing-with a special bonus chapter! Under One Roof An environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell-a detestable big-oil lawyer who won't leave the thermostat alone. Stuck with You A civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry-and...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Five novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box: -A sister insists to her little brother that "Half the House Is Haunted" by a strange presence. But is it the house that's haunted-or their childhoods? -In "Argyle," a dying man confesses to homicides he never committed, and he reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder. -A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in "The Jupiter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three stories from the world's best-selling author include the tale of a pair of divorcees who begin a strangely intense game of make-believe and a popular advertising exec who notices the people around him are being murdered.
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A group of bestselling authors pays tribute to legendary New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy, capturing her unforgettable spirit, joy, and humor in stories of reunions and love.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A very special Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season... Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie, and Charlie's boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Questioning if their love is strong enough to survive being apart as Nick prepares to leave for university, Nick and Charlie find things spiraling out of control as they try to make sense of where things stand between them.
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From one of the most important contemporary American writers, Cardiff, by the Sea is a bold, haunting collection of four previously unpublished novellas. Starting with the title novella-in which a romantic-minded young art historian is led to (re)discover a terrifying trauma after inheriting property in faraway Cardiff, Maine-through to "The Surviving Child"-which finds the young new wife of a famous poet's widow haunted by the dead poet's voice...
Author
Series
Singing Hills Cycle novels volume 5
Publisher
Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a crumbling estate at the crossroads of dead empires, the Cleric Chih and a beautiful young bride about to marry an aging ruler are drawn into the mystery of what became of his previous wives, and as the wedding night draws to its close, Chih discovers some monsters hide in plain sight.
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On the Marble Cliffs (Auf den Marmorklippen) is a novella by Ernst Jünger published in 1939 describing the upheaval and ruin of a serene agricultural society. The peaceful and traditional people, located on the shores of a large bay, are surrounded by the rough pastoral folk in the surrounding hills, who feel increasing pressure from the unscrupulous and lowly followers of the dreaded head forester. The narrator and protagonist lives on the marble...
Author
Publisher
Sarabande Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In her quartet of novellas, Joan Frank invites readers into the inner lives of characters bewildered by love, grief, and inexplicable affinities. A young couple navigates a strange friendship and unexpected pregnancy; a woman recalls the bizarre fallout of her former lover's fame; a lonely widow is drawn to an arrogant young man; a wealthy spiritual seeker grapples with what wealth cannot affect. Witty and humane, Frank taps the riches of the novella...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Love takes flight in three connected novellas set at an airport, from the acclaimed author of 'The Fastest Way to Fall.' An airport pet groomer meets her frequent-flier crush and ends up in a fake-dating situation with a professional risk assessor who moonlights as a romance author. Two strangers share a romantic night together only to discover months later that they're professional rivals about to embark on an extended business trip together in...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Sunrise is a collection of interconnected stories examining the effects of nuclear power on generations of women. Connecting changes to everyday life to the development of the atomic bomb, Sunrise shows us how the discovery of radioactive power has shaped our history and continues to shape our future"--
Author
Series
Singing Hills Cycle novels volume 4
Publisher
Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years, to be met with both joy and sorrow. Their mentor, Cleric Thien, has died, and rests among the archivists and storytellers of the storied abbey. But not everyone is prepared to leave them to their rest. Because Cleric Thien was once the patriarch of Coh clan of Northern Bell Pass--and now their granddaughters have arrived on the backs of royal...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In a suspenseful collection of stories featuring fierce women--including one never-before-published novella--New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today's top crime writers"--
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of four women in a near-future United States as they receive their annual Universal Basic Income payment, including a middle aged mother who fled her abusive ex-wife, a pregnant teen, and a wealthy college freshman.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A restless golden boy and a girl with a troubled past navigate a love story that may be doomed before it even begins, in this irresistible new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and The Lies That Bind. The Kingsley family is American royalty, beloved for their military heroics, political service, and unmatched elegance. In 1968, after Joseph S. Kingsley, Jr. is killed in a tragic accident, his charismatic son...
Series
Heart Lake (Sarah Robinson) volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Nola Bennett arrives in town, determined to sell her grandmother's historic house, woodworker Tanner Dean is determined to persuade this infuriating, irresistible woman from selling it to greedy developers by showing her that Heart Lake is exactly where she belongs.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"For the first time in paperback, a haunting novella from the uncannily imaginative author of the national bestsellers Swamplandia! and Orange World: the story of a deadly insomnia epidemic and the lengths one woman will go to to fight it. Trish Edgewater is the Slumber Corps' top recruiter. On the phone, at a specially organized Sleep Drive, even in a supermarket parking lot: Trish can get even the most reluctant healthy dreamer to donate sleep to...
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