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Never Let Me Go is a contemplative study of friendship, identity, and the ethical limits of science as it follows the lives of a group of students growing up in a quiet English boarding school.

In the quiet hours between midnight and dawn in Tokyo, a series of unexpected encounters unfold, touching on themes of family, work, and intimacy.

Teenager Frank lives in a remote Scottish village with his eccentric father; after his mother leaves, his brother Eric is locked in a psychiatric hospital. When Eric escapes, Frank must face his past, confronting violence and the mysteries surrounding their family.

A journalist investigates a series of recent murders, leading him into the dark corners of Edinburgh’s underworld and testing the boundaries of moral integrity.

Iain Banks' novel 'The Bridge' delves into themes of amnesia and near‑death experiences.

Adelaide English, a widowed mother, starts a new life in college when she enrolls at forty-five and becomes freshman resident director. A campus scandal and a growing romance with Dr. Isaiah Shepherd test her hope for love and forgiveness.

*"Although this is Australian author Tsiolkas’ fourth novel, it is the first to be published in the U.S. With its raw style, liberal use of profanity and racial epithets, and laserlike focus on the travails of suburban life, it is a down-and-dirty version of Tom Perrotta’s best-selling Little Children (2004). At a barbecue in a Melbourne suburb, a man loses his temper and slaps the child of the host’s friends. This incident unleashes a slew of divisive opinions, pitting friends and families against each other as the child’s parents take the man to court. Told from eight different viewpoints, the novel also deftly fills in disparate backstories encompassing young and old, single and married, gay and straight, as well as depicting how multiculturalism is increasingly impacting the traditional Aussie ethos. For good measure, the author also throws in male vanity, infidelity, and homophobia. Tsiolkas’ in-your-face style is sure to alienate some readers—the child’s parents, for example, are among the book’s most unlikable characters—but his novel, which won the 2009 Commonwealth Prize, fairly radiates with vitality as it depicts the messy complications of family life."* -- Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist

A man who regrets his past and future, Daniel Weir, is faced with the harsh realities of his life as a rock musician in 1980s London.

Out of the Dark is a work by French author Patrick Modiano.

A young Hungarian man's coming‑of‑age tale, exploring sexual awakening and relationships with older women, rendered with humor and lyrical prose.

Widowed Duchess Perdita hides a brutal truth about her husband's death, but a mysterious avenger threatens her. With threats escalating, she turns to her former secretary, Lord Archer Lisle—her only ally and a man she secretly loves.