Yayoi, a nineteen-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino.

Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.

An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor - who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture.

A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.

「真夜中は、なぜこんなにもきれいなんだろうと思う」。わたしは、人と言葉を交わしたりすることにさえ自信がもてない。誰もいない部屋で校正の仕事をする、そんな日々のなかで三束さんにであった――。

人って、いつぽっかりいなくなっちゃうか、わからないんだからね。元気娘のヘガティーとやせっぽちの麦くん。寂しさを笑顔で支えあう小学生コンビが、大人の入口で奇跡をよぶ! 渡辺淳一文学賞受賞作。

川上未映子、12年間の軌跡。雑誌Hanakoの連載エッセイ「りぼんにお願い」が書籍化！

Buckhead isn’t a place you live, it’s a place you survive. And that applies even to the wealthy housewives that have it all. Fancy cars, designer clothes, and daily salon appointments aren’t nearly enough to keep them fulfilled and happy. Because in this town, privilege and opulence go hand in hand with betrayal and revenge. Jenny, the owner of Glow, an exclusive membership-only beauty salon, knows that better than anyone, because she knows everything about these housewives—down to each individual strand of hair.

When human bones are found beneath an old chapel in the woods, evidence suggests the remains could be linked to the decades-old case of missing teen Annalise Jansen. Homicide detective Jane Munro—pregnant and acutely attuned to the preciousness of life—hopes the grim discovery will finally bring closure to the girl’s family. But for a group of Annalise’s old friends, once dubbed the Shoreview Six by the media, it threatens to expose a terrible pledge made on an autumn night forty-seven years ago.

新潮社のオフィシャル読書会で、名作を一緒に読みませんか？ 現代文学の珠玉の名作や話題の海外文学、なかなか読む機会のなかった古典まで―—。新潮社の倉庫をリニューアルしたレクチャースペース〈soko〉では、毎回バラエティ豊かな新潮社の棚の中から課題図書を選び、その本の愛読者であるゲストをお呼びして公開読書会を開催しています。あなたもaudibleで参加してみませんか？ 第一回の課題図書は、山田詠美さんの『蝶々の纏足・風葬の教室』（新潮文庫）。美しい親友からの支配、教室という牢獄、初めて嗅いだ死の匂い――切ないほど残酷な思春期の感性をリリカルに描き、「10代のバイブル」として愛され続ける傑作です。“読書クラブ”の部長として会を進行してくださるのは、古今東西さまざまな本を読んできたライターの瀧井朝世さん。そして今回の “一緒に読む人”は、山田文学の熱狂的な愛読者である作家の村田沙耶香さんです。 かつてこの本に魅せられた方、この読書会をきっかけに初めてページをめくる方、新潮読書クラブでは、どんな方にも新しい出会いをご用意してお待ちしております。 ＊レクチャースペース〈soko〉は店舗内のオープンスペースのため、たまに環境音が入っていることがございます。ご了承くださいませ。

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

第170回芥川賞受賞作！　日本人の欺瞞をユーモラスに描いた現代版・バベルの塔。ザハの国立競技場が完成し、寛容論が浸透したもう一つの日本で、新しい刑務所「シンパシータワートーキョー」が建てられることに。

「シンデレラ」「わらしべ長者」など、誰もが知っている昔話や、韓国の昔話など計13編

Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst - murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth - Liam may have done the unthinkable.

Tokyo resident Keiko Furukara has never fit in - neither in her family, nor in school - but when at the age of 18 she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of national convenience store chain Smile Mart, she realizes instantly that she has found her purpose in life. Delighted to be able to exist in a place where the rules of social interaction are crystal clear (many are laid out line-by-line in the store's manual), Keiko does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and mode of speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a "normal" person excellently, more or less.

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot. Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet. Then the brutal murder of a young woman—the latest in a string of deaths across the coast—confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.

女が手を取り合えば、男はいつか戦争ができなくなる－－。明治、大正、昭和。女子学校教育の黎明期。シスターフッドを結んだふたりの女性が世界を変える。構想５年、「ＢＵＴＴＥＲ」著者が放つ、女子大河

かつて見たことのない世界が待ち受ける。芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞・紫式部文学賞 ダブル受賞 ＜わたしたちは仲間です＞――十四歳のある日、同級生からの苛めに耐える＜僕＞は、差出人不明の手紙を受け取る。

パートナーなしの妊娠、出産を目指す夏子のまえに現れた、精子提供で生まれ「父の顔」を知らない逢沢潤――生命の意味をめぐる真摯な問いを、切ない詩情と泣き笑いに満ちた極上の筆致で描く、21世紀の世界文学!

Darby Thorne is a college student stranded by a blizzard at a highway rest stop in the middle of nowhere. She’s on the way home to see her sick mother. She’ll have to spend the night in the rest stop with four complete strangers. Then she stumbles across a little girl locked inside one of their parked cars. There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, no way out because of the snow, and she doesn’t know which one of the other travelers is the kidnapper.