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New Fiction

Recommended new novels and short stories. (browse related category Fiction )

Most books can be ordered within 7-10 days, subject to availability. If you need a book urgently, or by a specific date, you can always contact us before ordering to ask how long it will take
Greek Lessons - by Han Kang - £9.99
Book of the Year 2023 according to New Yorker, TIME magazine, Kirkus  A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian.  'Breathtaking . . . She is simply my ... more

The Life Impossible - by Matt Haig - £20.00
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

There are Rivers in the Sky - by Elif Shafak - £18.99
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

The Queens Of Sarmiento Park - by Camila Sosa Villada - £9.99
Auntie Encarna's is the queerest boarding house in the world. For Camila, it is a refuge, and the raggle-taggle band of queens who gather there are like family. At night they dress up and head out to Sarmiento Park to earn money.  They stand toge ... more

A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories - by Terry Pratchett - £9.99
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork...   A truly unmissable, beautifully illustrated co ... more

The Nakano Thrift Shop - by Hiromi Kawakami - £9.99
Translated by Allison Markin Powell.  Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano’s thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss – or so it ... more

Help Wanted - by Adelle Waldman - £16.99
Clock in for a night shift - and for a moving multi-perspective novel that explores life in the gig economy.  Clock in for a night shift ...  When the store manager at an upstate New York superstore announces he's leaving, the motley crew ... more

Cereus Blooms at Night - by Shani Mootoo - £9.99
EVERYONE THINKS MALA IS A MURDERER  'A Caribbean classic' Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch   Everyone in Paradise thinks Mala Ramchandin is a murderer. But with no body, no evidence and no witnesses, Mala is sent to an ... more

Intermezzo - by Sally Rooney - £20.00
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

The Blanket Cats - by Kiyoshi Shigematsu - £12.99
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

Locks - by Ashleigh Nugent - £10.99
'Blends humour and introspection, poetry and the poignant' - Derek Owusu 'Irreverent, authentic and utterly enthralling. A wonderful book' - Jimmy McGovern  ‘1993 was the year that Stephen Lawrence got murdered by racists, and I became an angr ... more

The Great When: A Long London Novel - by Alan Moore - £20.00
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

Before We Forget Kindness - by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - £14.99
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:  - The father who could not allow hi ... more

We Solve Murders - by Richard Osman - £22.00
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

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop - by Hwang Bo-reum, translated by Shanna Tan - £9.99
There was only one thing on her mind.  'I must start a bookshop.'  Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, qui ... more

A Mouth Full of Salt - by Reem Gaafar - £14.99
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

The Hotel Avocado - by Bob Mortimer - £22.00
'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

Henry Henry - by Allen Bratton - £16.99
'One of the most exciting new novels' FINANCIAL TIMES  'Very funny... Its deeply felt pages flew by' GUARDIAN  London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card – is the reluc ... more

Butter - by Asako Yuzuki - £14.99
'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

Her Side of the Story - by Alba de Cespedes - £20.00
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

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - by Satoshi Yagisawa - £10.99
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

The Puzzle Wood - by Rosie Andrews - £16.99
'Arresting... [a] tale of madness, murder, disputed inheritances and hints of the supernatural' Sunday Times   'Delicious ... dark ... sinister' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of number one bestseller, Pandora 'Thrilling' Emilia Hart, author of ... more

Yerba Buena - by Nina LaCour - £9.99
“A love story like no other” Gay Times  “The book is a sensory feast, teeming with vivid detail: the smells of rain-soaked dirt and magnolia blossoms, the flavors of blistered corn and caramelized orange peel, the chill of a walk-in refrige ... more

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