Fiction: special features

The three brothers were raised in the same household, but their stories follow surprisingly divergent paths, displaying a potpourri of styles.

Thanksgiving is a book about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

For SF and fantasy enthusiasts who love to escape to unknown worlds.

When an angel visits the family avocado farm the Rutters' lives are forever changed in a magical and delightful manner.

The debut short story collection that launched the career of one of the twentieth century’s most vivid writers, featuring the celebrated tale “In Greenwich There Are Many Gravelled Walks”In this captivating collection of fifteen short stories, many of which first appeared in the New Yorker, Hortense Calisher’s lyrical prose captures the quotidian lives of individuals dealing with alienation, loneliness, and assimilation.

In this National Book Award Finalist, a cop navigates unexplained memory gaps, a mysterious new assignment, and a world gone mad in the wake of 9/11.

A wise and sexy new collection from one of the most important feminist writers of her generation.

Different but Still AlikeWhat must Alondra and her friends learn?

I KILL GIANTS co-creator KEN NIIMURA (International Manga Award winner and Eisner nominee) brings a unique vision of life in Japan to the page in HENSHIN.

Sketches by "e;Boz,"e; Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank.

Nana, by Emile Zola, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.

What does it mean to be human?

Distorcido — A maleficência escondida nos mais traumatizados dos cérebros.

A collection of stories about time, space, and the evolution of the universe in which the author blends mathematics with poetic imagination.

One word sums up the title: bildungsroman.

Guy Davenport links the essential ideas of our cultural landscape in stories that nod to the philosophers, artists, and writers who came before him Reality, fiction, history, and art all converge in this collection as Guy Davenport explores complex ideas within narratives that are full of emotional depth.

History may be written by the victors, but it is not always written in stone.

The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy.