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Room on the Sea

Three Novellas

by Andre Aciman

Hardcover: Apr 2025 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Three hypnotic novellas about obsessional love, missed connections, and enduring regret by the bestselling author of Call Me by Your Name.

A Private Man

by Stephanie Sy-Quia

Hardcover: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A debut novel inspired by the true story of the author's grandparents, tracing the slow-burn love story between a Catholic priest and a progressive theology teacher across Rome and England during the twentieth century.

Roman Year

A Memoir

by Andre Aciman

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

The author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood.

People Like Us

A Novel

by Jason Mott

Hardcover: Aug 2025 | Paperback: Aug 2026

Critics' Consensus:

The riveting new novel by the author of the 2021 National Book Award winner and bestseller Hell of a Book.

Nicked

A Novel

by M.T. Anderson

Hardcover: Jul 2024 | Paperback: Jul 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint

Women of War

The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis

by Suzanne Cope

Hardcover: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

The gripping, true, and untold history of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during World War II, told through the stories of four spectacularly courageous women fighters.

The Sicilian Inheritance

A Novel

by Jo Piazza

Hardcover: Apr 2024 | Paperback: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes a transporting novel rooted in the author's own family history about a long-awaited trip to Sicily, a disputed inheritance, and a family secret that some will kill to protect ...

Glorious Exploits

A Novel

by Ferdia Lennon

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Mar 2025

Critics' Consensus:

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.

The Curse of Pietro Houdini

A Novel

by Derek B. Miller

Hardcover: Jan 2024 | Paperback: Jan 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult—...

Happy

A Novel

by Celina Baljeet Basra

Hardcover: Nov 2023 | Paperback: Nov 2024

Critics' Consensus:

For fans of Vikas Swarup and Charles Yu, the story of a starry-eyed cinephile who leaves his rural village in Punjab to pursue his dreams - a formally daring debut novel set against the global migration crisis.

Land of Milk and Honey

A Novel

by C Pam Zhang

Hardcover: Sep 2023 | Paperback: Sep 2024

Critics' Consensus:

The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world

Roman Stories

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Hardcover: Oct 2023 | Paperback: Jun 2024

Critics' Consensus:

The first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth • Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi...

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