Cara is a dedicated neuroscientist with a research post at Cambridge. Heather is her almost-stepdaughter, drifting towards the end of school, trying to picture a future which fits her. Paul is Cara's ..
Hope and circumstance define a young woman's life in this heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, set in politically volatile 1990s Nigeria, from an exciting and fresh voice in global literature.
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A large-format, stunning visual history of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s, suitable for children and adults, by the multiple-award-winning Gavin Bishop
Discover the key people, perspectives an..
A gripping psychological mystery longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize.
Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshac..
With an Introduction by Gabriel Garca Mrquez
A new translation by Douglas J. Weatherford
In this stunning masterpiece of the surreal, Juan Preciado sets out on a strange quest, bound by a promi..
'You've never read anything like this.' - JULIA ARMFIELD
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you listen to a podcast? Did the hosts make jokes..
Join Peppa at Pedro Pony's superhero birthday party! Lift the flaps to find out who surprise guest is!
Pedro Pony is having a superhero birthday party and Peppa is invited. But who will is the sp..
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Finalist for the PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction
A man visits his ageing father in a nursing home, where his father writes the novel he imagines ..
The original heroes from The Lightning Thief are reunited for their biggest challenge yet- getting Percy to college when the gods are standing in his way.
The original hero. A brand-new adventure..
Patrick Suskind's Perfume follows the life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, abandoned at birth in the slums of eighteenth-century Paris, but blessed with an outstanding sense of smell. This gift enables J..
Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught b..
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher, and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's se..
'Absolutely breathtaking' - Christy Lefteri, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
We all have something to tell those we have lost . . .
On a windy hill in Japan, in a..
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is the story of a man who makes a devilish pact never to grow old. Dorian Gray remains forever young, indulging in unspeakable pleasures while his portrait bea..
A claustrophobic novel - like a pot boiling over - Piglet charts the gap between how people see themselves and want to be seen.
Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?
'A high-wire explor..
Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolome-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Literature Prize.
A port city is in the grips of an ecologica..
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, 'one of our greatest living authors' New York Magaz..
'Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief' SARAH WATERS
'Beguilingly clever, very sexy and seriously frightening' GUARDIAN
'Atmospheric, sexy, creepy...totally add..
Fans of Christina Lauren and Tessa Bailey will adore this witty and unforgettable rom-com about skyways, highways, and all the perfectly wrong ways to fall in love.
As the black sheep of the fami..
Fifty Shades of Grey meets hard-bodied ex-Navy SEALs in this red-hot, suspenseful friends-to-lovers, girl-next-door romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Lora Leigh.
"Lora Leigh is ..
In the ice-hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, a dedicated player struggles with the number one team rule: don't go near the captain's sister.
Garrett Andersen knows that playing pr..
A chilling spin on girl-meets-boy, in which jealousy and obsession cost the ultimate price...
'I just loved it - it truly wedged itself into my brain. Absolutely vile and brilliant. Plaything is ..
An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world..
A captivating literary journey that delves into the intertwined lives of a town, its people, and a region shaped by revolution and war.
The war broke out and she decided to call her dad.
Week..
A bildungsroman set over three acts, Ponyboy is a quest for self-identity set among the art world of Paris and Berlin. In the first act, Ponyboy's eponymous narrator-a pill-popping, speed-snorting tra..
WINNER OF TWO GOLDEN GLOBES, STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE FAVOURITE
Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize
A life without freedom to choose is no..
In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child. Each passes the time by telling the baby stories, trying to pass on the lessons t..
"A remarkably assured debut" Sunday Times
"This is as much a novel as a reckoning." New York Times
The characters are alluring and ... engaging. So too are the emotional struggle..
'Vivian is one of the most fascinating characters I've read in contemporary fiction: self-aware and lost, cutting and wounded, resilient and vulnerable - all those misfit bits that add up to the whole..
Over 50 years in print!
Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera and also classic New Zealand literature. First published in 1972, it was Witi's first book, which as he says in the new introduction '..
Witi Ihimaera's first published book - Pounamu Pounamu - translated into te reo Maori. Published in collaboration with Kotahi Rau Pukapuka.
E rima tekau tau ki muri, ka puta mai a 'Pounamu Pounam..
Radical, witty and inventive, Katherine Mansfield is one of the twentieth century's most accomplished short-story writers and this selection of stories showcases her dazzling skill.
Part of the ..
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is the original romantic comedy, brimful of wit and wisdom. When the haughty and aristocratic Darcy refuses to dance with Elizabeth Bennett, she instantly dislikes hi..
Tessa is a thoroughbred. A young, brilliant barrister from a working-class background now at the top of her game: defending, cross-examining and lighting up the shadows of doubt in any case. The law i..
'One of my favourite writers' Florence Welch
'A writer whose next move you wouldn't want to miss' Observer
The bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea returns with a stunning, unsettli..
'A magical, magnificent novel, that amounts to a secret history of an America we think we know, but never really knew' Marlon James
The people of Salt Point are afraid of the world beyond t..
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her doorstep. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police want to spea..
'Paul Lynch is peerless' Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers
An Irish Times 'Book to Look Forward to in 2023'
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrib..
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her doorstep. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police want to spea..
'Ingenious and compelling' THE TIMES, BOOKS OF THE MONTH
'A fascinating and assured debut' THE GUARDIAN
'Mind-bendingly clever and utterly gripping' DAILY MAIL
It's 1962 and physi..
'A riotous adventure, populated by a cast of vivid, glittering characters. An absolute joy!' JENNIFER SAINT
'Fabulously entertaining retelling, full of magic, humour and heart' ELODIE HARPE..
Longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize
A haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes by a talented young Nigerian writ..
Saroja and Kumaresan are young and in love. After meeting in a small southern Indian town, where Kumaresan works at a soda bottling shop, they quickly marry before returning to Kumaresan's family vill..
A thousand years ago in an ancient Scottish landscape, a woman is on the run with her three bosom companions - a healer, a weaver and a seer. If the men hunting her find them, they will kill her becau..
Sisters. Mothers. Lovers. Warriors. This is the story of two Amazon queens and the lengths they'll go to protect what's theirs.
In ancient Themiscyra, Hippolyte rules as queen of the Amazons with..
Following the critically acclaimed Queer Life, Queer Love comes the second anthology, championing new and emerging writers alongside established authors. Th anthology features voices across all narrat..
Beginning at a love hotel by Japan's Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania, Question 7 is about the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows.
By way of H. G. Wells an..
'Uncannily brilliant... a book to be swallowed whole' EVIE WYLD
'Excellent... a profound portrait of a life dislocated by war and violence' THE TIMES
Before there was Jaws, there was... QUIN..
**A Jennette McCurdy book club pick**
**Cosmopolitan, The 20 best books to look forward to in 2024**
**An Independent Book of the Month**
'I loved it: the fast pace, the wry protagonist, and ..
Greek myths get unspeakably hot new twists in this contemporary series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert.
Apollo's official title is Keeper of the Lore, but the tr..
First time in Modern Classics
Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century, where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat. Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with magical feats of escape, ..