Rooney introduces readers to Alice and Eileen, two best friends approaching their thirties and grappling with what it means to be young adults in today's world. Alice is a successful novelist recovering from a mental breakdown. To aid her recovery, she moves to a small seaside town, where she embarks on a complicated relationship with Felix, a warehouse worker she meets in an unlikely situation. Back in Dublin, Eileen works a low-paying editorial job while nursing a broken heart and finds herself drawn to her childhood friend, Simon, despite their complicated past.

A vibrant, honest, and relatable tale that follows the life of its eponymous character, a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London. The novel boldly explores mental health, racism, and relationships through Queenie’s experiences as she navigates the complexities of modern life.

A compelling, heartwarming tale of friendship, healing, and mystery set in the countryside of Illinois. The narrative unfolds through the eyes of Joanna Teale, a field biologist recovering from her own trauma, who is back to studying nesting birds after a prolonged treatment for breast cancer.

Sally Rooney offers a poignant exploration of love, friendship, and the complexities of human connection through the intertwined lives of two young people. The narrative follows Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron, who hail from the same small town in the west of Ireland, but inhabit very different worlds.

A long-awaited sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," revisits the dystopian world of Gilead, fifteen years after the events of the first book. This time, Atwood takes us beyond the confines of the handmaid's red cloak and deeper into the complexities of Gilead's society, offering perspectives from three different women—two young women raised on opposite sides of Gilead's borders and one powerful woman from within Gilead's elite.

A kaleidoscopic novel that delves into the interconnected lives of its characters against the backdrop of a massive Ponzi scheme. At the center of this complex web are Vincent, a young bartender-turned-trophy wife, and her estranged half-brother Paul, a troubled artist grappling with addiction.

Explores the traumatic relationship between Vanessa Wye, a fifteen-year-old student, and her forty-two-year-old English teacher, Jacob Strane, at a prestigious Maine boarding school. The narrative alternates between the past, when the relationship begins, and 2017, when allegations against powerful men are coming to light through the #MeToo movement.

Unfolds the story of Emira Tucker, a young black woman who makes a living babysitting for a wealthy white family in Philadelphia. The plot is set in motion when Emira is accused of kidnapping the family's toddler, Briar, while shopping at a high-end grocery store late at night. The incident, caught on video by a bystander, threatens to disrupt Emira's life and the lives of those around her.

Narrates the harrowing journey of Lydia Quixano Pérez, a bookstore owner in Acapulco, Mexico, and her eight-year-old son, Luca. Their peaceful life shatters when a drug cartel kingpin, Javier, murders their entire family during a quinceañera. Lydia realizes that the charming Javier, who was a frequent customer at her bookstore, is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. Lydia and Luca are the only survivors and they become migrants, forced to flee for their lives.