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£20.00 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781838855574 | ISBN 10: 1838855572
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
The remarkable new Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of the international sensation The Midnight Library.
‘A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination’ BENEDICT CUMBE ... more
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£12.99 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781529435238 | ISBN 10: 1529435234
Is three days with a cat enough to change your life?
The troubled and anxious of Tokyo are desperate to find out. They all have their problems – and they all want to believe that a feline companion from a unique pet shop can help them find ... more
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£20.00 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780571365463 | ISBN 10: 0571365469
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
From the author of the bestseller Normal People.
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have lit ... more
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£20.00 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781526643223 | ISBN 10: 1526643227
A propulsive tour through a fantastical London, where history and myth collide, murder stalks the streets and the mundane becomes very magical indeed...
The year is 1949, the city London. Amidst the smog of the capital is Dennis Knuckleyard, ... more
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£22.00 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241608364 | ISBN 10: 0241608368
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
A brand new series.
An iconic new detective team.
And a thrilling new murder to solve...
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation wor ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780863567728 | ISBN 10: 086356772x
The Nile brought them life, but the Nile was not their friend.
A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the news that a little boy has drowned. Soon after, the animals die of a mysterious illness and the date gardens ... more
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£14.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780008511685 | ISBN 10: 0008511683
'Compelling, delightfully weird, often uncomfortable' PANDORA SYKES
'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY
'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATER
‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ THE ... more
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£22.00 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781398529625 | ISBN 10: 1398529621
'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else, and this is a rollicking old-school yarn' The Guardian
‘Mortimer’s verbal specificity and off-kilter humour will keep his fans chuckling’ The Times
WARNIN ... more
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£20.00 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781782277583 | ISBN 10: 1782277587
A captivating feminist classic about a woman’s struggle for independence in fascist Italy, from the author of Forbidden Notebook – with an afterword by Elena Ferrante.
Alessandra has always wanted more than life offered her. Growing up i ... more
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£10.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781786584328 | ISBN 10: 1786584328
THE EMOTIONAL AND LIFE-AFFIRMING NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP, TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE BY ERIC OZAWA
In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the w ... more
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£18.99 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241435014 | ISBN 10: 0241435013
The breathtaking new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.
This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives – a ... more
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£16.99 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780712355209 | ISBN 10: 0712355200
At moonrise I lit the fire and cried out the wild little invocation that Neoineen and I had made – gave way to all the crazy anguish withinme – chanted it loud enough for the hills to hear.
Entwined in Ireland’s rich literary history is a ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780008626570 | ISBN 10: 000862657x
With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albertalli, Lover Birds is a beautifully-written, inclusive and heart-pounding romance.
When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises se ... more
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£16.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781641296014 | ISBN 10: 1641296011
Reimagines the lives of the Brontë siblings—Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and brother Branwell—from their precocious childhoods, to the writing of their great novels, to their early deaths.
A form-shattering novel by an author praised as “l ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781398510654 | ISBN 10: 1398510653
‘Lauren Bravo is one of my very favourite writers.’ Dolly Alderton
Gwen is coasting through life. She’s in her mid-thirties, perpetually single, her friends are busy procreating in the countryside and conversations with her parents see ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241618257 | ISBN 10: 0241618258
'Chukwuebuka Ibeh's writing has a certain delicacy to it, so wonderfully observant, and so beautiful' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
When Obiefuna's father witnesses an intimate moment between his teenage son and the family's apprentice, newly arr ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780571377312 | ISBN 10: 0571377319
From the bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, Shy is a novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.
‘Max Porter is one of my favourite w ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781529919998 | ISBN 10: 1529919991
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024**
**LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2024**
Reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine.
‘A vital ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781838856090 | ISBN 10: 1838856099
From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories
Three teenagers believe they are witches.
A woman defaces a local billboard.
A bored landlord tries to influence his son’s best friend.
A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses ... more
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£20.00 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780857527073 | ISBN 10: 085752707x
'A breeze' The Times
‘Delightful comedy of manners' iPaper
‘A welcome tenth instalment of his iconic Tales of the City saga’ Mail on Sunday
‘A witty novel about identity and finding a family in 1980s England’ Woman&Home
'The message sti ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781474622691 | ISBN 10: 1474622690
AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS
Montgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
... more
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£9.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781641295314 | ISBN 10: 1641295317
When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra.
Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781786188885 | ISBN 10: 1786188880
The Future Is Oppression.
Scions, sonko, landlords: whatever you call them, they’re the super rich, the princes of capitalism, living off the labour – and the deaths – of the swarming masses and all too happy to see the world burn to p ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781509863884 | ISBN 10: 1509863885
'A glorious love story' – Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award
A stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist, from the bestselling author of B ... more
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£18.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780349014104 | ISBN 10: 0349014108
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023
‘Epic and marvellously entertaining… There’s a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back’
FINANCIAL TIMES
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£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529412239 | ISBN 10: 1529412234
A bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers.
‘You can’t really know another woman until you know yourself.’
Weaving together two parallel narratives, ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781847498960 | ISBN 10: 1847498965
Fully annotated edition with over 400 notes.
Young college graduate Carol Kennicott moves from a big city to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, the small town from which her new husband hails. Imbued with ideals of urban improvement, she dreams of redes ... more
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£16.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781035017768 | ISBN 10: 1035017768
Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.
The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonde ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781471193927 | ISBN 10: 1471193926
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2023
Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award
An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life fo ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780349702377 | ISBN 10: 0349702373
‘A great storyteller and a fabulous actor. Well done, sir!’ DAVID HAREWOOD
‘Phenomenal! Highly recommended.’ MALORIE BLACKMAN
‘An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Hugely recommended.’ S ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529080674 | ISBN 10: 1529080673
'The funniest, most poignant novel of the year' - Vogue
For fans of Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang, Disorientation is an uproarious and big-hearted satire - alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and a cast of unforgettable characters - that ask ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781786581952 | ISBN 10: 1786581957
They will have justice. They will show their power. They will not burn.
'Three women's fight for survival in a time of madness' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780712354691 | ISBN 10: 0712354697
Stories for Winter is a collection of short stories that take their inspiration from this cold, snowy season, whether it’s winter holidays, weather-related predicaments or seasonal celebrations. In keeping with the spirit of the Women Writers serie ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781915279507 | ISBN 10: 191527950x
Wales is a land with a vast wealth of ghost stories, including fantastical animals, flickering death omens and unseen things that go bump in the night. Whether these tales are based on true events, or are the creations of active imaginations, is know ... more
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£18.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781783789153 | ISBN 10: 1783789158
London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It’s 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. Under the ideology of IngSoc and ... more
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£4.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781910580974 | ISBN 10: 191058097x
Champion – Addae G
Runners Up – Chandana Das & Lee Stevenson
Finalists – Rachel Backland, Angela Cheveau, Patrick Graham, Matt Holland, Helen Jones, Phil Jones, Alisha Osman, Susan Stout & Amy Watkins.
Writing on the ... more
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£16.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781408727584 | ISBN 10: 1408727587
FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.
‘Terrific – every bit as good as an MR James collection’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN
Featuring new and original storie ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781784878726 | ISBN 10: 1784878723
Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries.
From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Jap ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398501126 | ISBN 10: 1398501123
They say it takes 28 Questions to fall in love. Then what?
'Funny, clever, sad without self-pity, and with an uplift that is the writing itself' Jeanette Winterson
'If it's an addictive read you're after, consider this your next stop.' Styl ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529158106 | ISBN 10: 1529158109
FROM THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF AGE OF ANGER COMES A GATSBY-ESQUE TALE OF WEALTH AND AMBITION
'A book that demands to be read' MOHSIN HAMID
'Terrific... deeply satisfying to read' KAMILA SHAMSIE
Arun and his two classmates, Aseem and ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780008478742 | ISBN 10: 0008478740
‘I loved this sweeping family drama. Moving and unforgettable’
Sarah Morgan, Sunday Times bestselling author
‘A moving, atmospheric and engrossing family saga. Its characters will stay with you long after you have finished the book’ Dee ... more
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