Jane Eyre is a first-person bildungsroman that follows an orphaned woman's development from childhood into adulthood and her fraught attachment to the brooding master of a country estate.

Set in 1960s Southern California, the novel follows Elizabeth Zott, a trained chemist who, after being fired from her lab, becomes the host of a popular television cooking show.

An Indian boy named Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel survives a long sea voyage after a shipwreck and is forced to share a lifeboat with zoo animals, most notably a Bengal tiger.

A formally experimental novel that focuses on Abraham Lincoln’s grief after the death of his young son and locates most of the action in the bardo — an in-between realm between life and rebirth.

A Philadelphia patrol officer working in a struggling neighborhood pursues a string of murders while also searching for her own missing sister.

A contemporary publishing editor wrestles with a missing final chapter and a real-life death tied to a recently published mystery novel.

A short, focused novella that focuses on a strained father–child relationship set against motifs of dance, clothing, and sleepwalking. The narrative applies fantastical or uncanny touches to private family dynamics and rites, creating a blend of cultural detail and subtle horror without sprawling plot breadth.

Maurice follows a young man’s emotional and sexual development from school into adulthood in early 20th‑century England.

A multigenerational family saga that traces a Greek-American family's migration, domestic life, and inherited biology which shapes one child's unusual development.