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Children's eBooks
In the third and final installment in the thrilling Dissenters series, the Sykes family are hoping to enjoy a normal Cape Cod summer. But there are strong and surprising forces lined up against them and there will be... See More
Teen & Young Adult
This might be the worst weekend of Cara's life. Her mother is still missing and her brother Jax is off at "smart kid boot camp" in Boston. When he texts Cara asking to be rescued, she and her two best friends, Hayley and... See More
Teen & Young Adult
A teenage girl and her brother fight for their family's future in a world devastated by climate change: "Thrillingly scary... There is much here to enjoy" (The Washington Post). In a dystopian future brought about by... See More
Teen & Young Adult
Cara's mother has disappeared. Her father isn't talking about it. Her big brother Max is hiding behind his iPod, and her genius little brother Jackson is busy studying the creatures he collects from the beach. But when a... See More
Science & MathNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by the Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and Literary Hub This lucent anti-memoir from celebrated novelist Lydia Millet explores the pain and joy of being a parent, child, and human at a... See More
Literature & Fiction
Transported to the 21st century, Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and Enrico Fermi grapple with the legacy of the atom bomb in this "shattering and beautiful" time travel novel (Entertainment Weekly). Oh Pure and Radiant Heart... See More
Literature & Fiction
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction One of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year Named one of the best novels of the year by Time, Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Esquire, BBC, and many... See More
Literature & Fiction
Lydia Millet's debut novel, first published in 1996, is an explosive satire that scorches our culture's monstrous men and institutions. In a claustrophobic, surreal California house, teenager Estée Kraft lives with her... See More
Literary Fiction
New York Times Book Review Editors' Pick A Library Journal Best Book of 2018 "Full of joys on every scale." -- NPR This wonderfully original collection proves once again that Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is "the... See More
Literary Fiction
"Surreal, darkly hilarious and profound." -- San Francisco Chronicle Ghost Lights stars an IRS bureaucrat named Hal -- a man baffled by his wife's obsession with her missing employer. In a moment of drunken heroism, Hal... See More
Literary Fiction
One of NPR's Books We Love for 2022 ? A New Yorker Best Books of 2022 So Far ? A Publishers Weekly Best Novel of 2022 ? A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2022 ? One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 ? An Oprah Daily... See More
Literature & Fiction
"Hilariously funny... Lydia Millet's novels raise the bar for boldness." -- Rene Steinke, New York Times Book Review In this "comic masterpiece" (Salon), honeymooners Deb and Chip -- our opinionated, skeptical narrator and... See More
Literature & FictionTop ten martyrs. Brain voices: enlightenment or ailment? Best beatification app. French horn playing birds survive stray cats. Killer horses! Collection agents lose faith. And then there's Billy, "that suds-bustin'... See More
Literary Fiction
Animals and celebrities share unusual relationships in these hilarious satirical stories by an award-winning contemporary writer. Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants -- all have shared spotlights and... See More
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction: Blending domestic thriller and psychological horror, this compelling page-turner follows a mother fleeing her estranged husband. Lydia Millet's previous work has been... See More
Literature & Fiction
A "supremely wacky [and] astute" novel by a PEN Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist (The Washington Post). In Los Angeles, Dean Decetes, a pornographer with messianic delusions, spins out of control, spending his time... See More
Literary Fiction
At the opening of My Happy Life, the unnamed narrator has been abandoned in a locked room of a deserted mental hospital. She hasn't seen the nice man who brings her food in days; so she's eaten the soap, the toothpaste, and... See More
Literary Fiction
A woman embarks on a dazzling new phase in her life after inheriting a sprawling mansion and its vast collection of taxidermy. Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is "one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation"... See More
Literature & Fiction
T. is a young Los Angeles real estate developer consumed by power and political ambitions. His orderly, upwardly mobile life is thrown into chaos by the sudden appearance of his nutty mother, who's been deserted by T.'s now... See More
Literature & Fiction
"In Lydia Millet's collection, Love in Infant Monkeys, the author sets herself a Chinese finger trap of a constraint -- what if every story in a collection were built around a different celebrity/animal relationship?" writes... See More
Literary Fiction
Electric Literature is just that, Electric - five great stories that grab you. Our Summer 2009 debut anthology features the first published excerpt from Michael Cunningham's forthcoming novel. This issue also features new... See More