Orbital takes place over a single day in the life of six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. During those 24 hours they observe 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets over their silent blue planet, spinning past continents and cycling past seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans.
When Tom Layward’s wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest daughter turned 18. Twelve years later, while driving her to Pittsburgh to start university, he remembers his pact.
Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings.
Japanese novel about a female serial killer who seduces men with her cooking.
Japanese mystery-horror novel, famous for its unique, integrated artwork—creepy drawings that are clues to solving interconnected, chilling mysteries, making the reader a detective piecing together a larger sinister truth from disturbing images and layered visuals.
A ten-year-old girl survives a mysterious night walk with her father, who vanishes near the sea. The story traces family secrets and grief across generations covering Japan, Korea and America.
Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, focusing on a young Hungarian man's life and struggles in a globalized world, exploring themes of identity and trauma through spare, dialogue-heavy prose.