"This house, this place, knows all my secrets." It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"--the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each ...(展开全部)

Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmes...(展开全部)

Not since Anne Fadiman’s ExLibris has there been a book destined to appeal so strongly to booklovers. The story of a man who attempts to track down the recipient of a mysterious dedication written by his dead friend is a search for an obscure but dedicated bibliophile.

“Feeney lives up to her reputation as the “queen of the twist”…This page-turner will keep you guessing.” ―Real Simple Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wr...(展开全部)

“Feeney lives up to her reputation as the “queen of the twist”…This page-turner will keep you guessing.” ―Real Simple Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wr...(展开全部)

Hailed as "breathtakingly suspenseful," Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect; he hasn’t writte...(展开全部)

he internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth. Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something impor...(展开全部)

乔·希尔，1972年生，有着茶壶寻常的丰富想象力和创作力，踏踏实实地码了十年的文字，终修成正果，小有成就。 乔·希尔小说题材和风格擅长描写人性黑暗的一面，与深沉难解的恐惧渊源。2006年开始发表作品，他不仅被誉为“二十一世纪悬疑小说的最耀眼新星”，而且还是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家。2007年他的第一部长篇小说Heart-Shaped Box（中文翻译名《心型礼盒》）惊艳文坛，为他赢得了全球百万读者的盛誉。2017年又以The Fireman获轨迹奖年度最佳惊悚恐怖小说首奖。

乔·希尔，1972年生，有着茶壶寻常的丰富想象力和创作力，踏踏实实地码了十年的文字，终修成正果，小有成就。 乔·希尔小说题材和风格擅长描写人性黑暗的一面，与深沉难解的恐惧渊源。2006年开始发表作品，他不仅被誉为“二十一世纪悬疑小说的最耀眼新星”，而且还是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家。2007年他的第一部长篇小说Heart-Shaped Box（中文翻译名《心型礼盒》）惊艳文坛，为他赢得了全球百万读者的盛誉。2017年又以The Fireman获轨迹奖年度最佳惊悚恐怖小说首奖。

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies wo...(展开全部)