Set in England in 1818, the story follows Venetia Lanyon, a young woman raised in sheltered country seclusion, whose quiet life is disrupted when a rakish neighbor forms an unexpected friendship with her handicapped younger brother and draws Venetia into closer contact.

A first-person account by a British journalist in 1950s Vietnam focuses on his entanglement with an earnest young American and a Vietnamese woman, set against the collapse of French colonial rule and the rise of early U.S. involvement.

Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and new mother, notices that the wives in her suburban Connecticut community are becoming unnaturally compliant and domestic.

Set after catastrophic solar heating has melted the ice caps and turned temperate cities into tropical lagoons, the novel follows a scientist stationed in a submerged London who becomes increasingly drawn to the altered environment.

A small fellowship forms to carry a dangerous, world-threatening object away from its origin toward a hostile realm, forcing characters of different kinds to travel together under growing peril.

An American living in Paris confronts his feelings for another man while his fiancée is away, forcing him to face desire, social expectations, and his own self-image.

Two linked essays presented as letters that question the place of race and religion in American life.

Set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the novel stages the prolonged siege of a fictional Indian town and follows the British residents who must endure shortages, disease risk, and the breakdown of familiar authority.

A critique of prevailing mid-20th-century urban planning that argues neighborhoods thrive when everyday street life, local commerce, and diverse uses are preserved.