{"title":"Fiction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"heart-the-lover-lily-king","title":"Heart the Lover by Lily King | A Novel of First Love \u0026 Second Chances","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"You knew I'd write a book about you someday.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e So begins Lily King's achingly beautiful new novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeart the Lover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—a story that captures the dizzying heights of young passion and the long, haunting echoes of the choices we make. An Indie Next List Top Pick for October 2025 and a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction, this is King at her very best \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bookweb.org\/print\/1632164\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/04\/22\/portland-author-finalist-for-womens-prize-for-fiction\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her senior year of college, our unnamed narrator finds herself drawn into the orbit of two brilliant young men from her 17th-Century Literature class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living in a professor's elegant house on sabbatical, they invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter, and raucous card games where \"Heart the Lover\" is the name they give to the King of Hearts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/09\/23\/arts\/lily-king-heart-the-lover\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They nickname her Jordan, and she soon discovers the pleasures of friendship, love, and her own intellectual ambition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut youthful passion is unpredictable. She soon finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle—one that will alter three lives forever \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/acorn.biblio.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/4639054?qtype=subject;query=Insects%20Juvenile%20literature.;copy_limit=50;copy_offset=50;expand=summaryplus\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecades later, Jordan is living the life she dreamed of: a successful writer, happily married, raising two young boys. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news brings the past crashing into the present, she is forced to confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/catalog.johnstonlibrary.com\/Mobile\/Search\/Details\/1.298076\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy Pakistani Readers Will Love It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLily King has a gift for making you feel everything—the thrill of first love, the agony of miscommunication, the weight of secrets carried for decades. Structured in three parts spanning thirty years, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeart the Lover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sweeping, emotionally devastating, and soulfully wise novel about friendship, forgiveness, and the transformative nature of second chances \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/09\/23\/arts\/lily-king-heart-the-lover\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It is literary without pretension, emotional without sentimentality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKey Themes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst love and its lifelong echoes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFriendship, loyalty, and betrayal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe weight of choices made in youth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove, loss, and the possibility of forgiveness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe writer's journey and creative ambition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho Should Read This Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFans of Lily King's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriters \u0026amp; Lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (this book has a delightful connective thread to that beloved novel) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/acorn.biblio.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/4639054?qtype=subject;query=Insects%20Juvenile%20literature.;copy_limit=50;copy_offset=50;expand=summaryplus\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders who love Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ann Patchett, and Curtis Sittenfeld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook clubs seeking a rich, discussion-worthy read\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnyone who believes that the loves of our youth never truly leave us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BookBeen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52808380907829,"sku":null,"price":625.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52808380940597,"sku":null,"price":1225.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1731\/5125\/files\/CopyofBookBeen_58_19ff2872-37d5-45d7-8960-a72aaefdf97e.png?v=1777629523"},{"product_id":"house-in-the-cerulean-sea-tj-klune","title":"The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is the heartwarming fantasy bestseller that swept readers worldwide with its gentle blend of magic, humor, and found family. It's the kind of book that restores your faith in people — and a few mythical creatures too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe story follows Linus Baker, a quiet, by-the-book case worker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. When he's handed a highly classified assignment to investigate an orphanage on a remote island, he meets six extraordinary children — including, unsettlingly, the literal Antichrist — and their enigmatic caretaker, Arthur Parnassus. As Linus settles into island life, the rigid rules he's lived by start to crack, and he's forced to choose between his duty and the strange, wonderful family he's found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePakistani readers have embraced this novel for its themes of acceptance, bureaucracy versus compassion, and the quiet courage it takes to choose kindness. 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