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  • By Any Other Name

    The No.1 New York Times bestseller from the author of My Sister’s Keeper and Mad Honey

    by Jodi Picoult ...
    They Never Met. But Their Lives Are Bound by a Secret, a Sacrifice, and a Story That Demands to Be Told…The #1 New York Times Bestseller'Her best one yet' JOJO MOYES'A timeless classic' CHRIS WHITAKER'[An] inspiring work of feminist literature' ELLE–New York playwright Melina Green fights to have her voice heard in a man’s world - forced to hide behind a lie ... ... Read more

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  • Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution

    by R.F. Kuang ...
    THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER‘One for Philip Pullman fans’THE TIMES‘This one is an automatic buy’GLAMOUR‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’EVENING STANDARD‘Razor-sharp’DAILY MAIL‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’GUARDIAN</p... ... Read more

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  • Brotherless Night

    Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024

    WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024'A masterpiece of historical fiction' MONICA ALI, chair of judges for the Women's Prize for FictionSixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war tears through her hometown of Jaffna, her dream takes her on a different path as she sees those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their ... Read more

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  • The Shipping News

    by Annie Proulx ...
    Annie Proulx’s highly acclaimed, international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers – the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundland. With ‘the aunt’ and his delinquent daughters – Bunny and Sunshine – in ... Read more

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  • Black Dogs

    by Ian McEwan ...
    Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the course of their lives entirely. Forty years on, their son-in-law is trying to uncover the ... Read more

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  • The Pilgrim's Revenge

    A gripping new 2025 historical revenge adventure epic thriller from the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Ben Hope series

    by Scott Mariani ...
    Series Book 1 - Will Bowman Series
    **Pre-order The Knight's Pledge, the second book in the Will Bowman series, now!**'This is historical fiction as it should be written' - Ben Kane, bestselling author of Rome1190 - Humble layman Will Bowman lives in the countryside with his pregnant wife, when soldiers from Richard Lionheart's army tear through his home. Will is beaten unconscious, and awakes to find his wi... ... Read more

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  • The Modern Fairies

    An intriguing, sexy historical novel set in the literary salons where some of our favourite fairytales took form

    by Clare Pollard ...
    **WINNER OF THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD‘A novel with oodles of charm’ The Times‘Elegant, decadent, vulgar, clever, enchanting and dark’ Sarah Perry, author of Enlightenment**Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll ... Read more

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  • The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst

    A Scandalous Regency Tale with Jane Austen Flair

    by Katie Lumsden ...
    A love letter to Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is a witty novel of manners and gossip, class and family, scandal and romance.'Romance and scandal abound in this compelling period drama . . . Recommended for all lovers of Regency historical fiction' LAURA SHEPPERSON, author of The Heroines'Warm and witty, with a wonderful cast of quirky characters whose ... Read more

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  • The Figurine

    The enchanting Sunday Times bestseller from the much-loved author of The Island

    THE GRIPPING NEW PAGE-TURNER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ADORED, MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER, THE ISLAND'A beautiful, moving and thought provoking story, The Figurine is a stunning read . . . her love and passion for Greece comes through loud and clear with every word she writes' Real Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Her love for Greece shines through and transports readers to a brilliantly drawn world' ... Read more

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  • James

    Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

    'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' – Roddy DoyleJames is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett.The Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for FictionWinner of the National Book Award for FictionWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionShortlisted for the... ... Read more

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  • Gunner

    His War Isn't Over . . . It's Closer to Home

    by Alan Parks ...
    Series series The Gunner Thrillers
    A brand new crime series from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy books'Great storytelling . . . I loved it' Peter James, #1 bestselling author of the Roy Grace seriesMarch 1941. Joseph Gunner is back on the streets of Glasgow after being wounded on the front lines in France.Keeping the pain in his leg at bay with the help of morphine, Gunner, a former detective, is hoping to lie low as ... Read more

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  • The Greek House

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Highly recommend for your summer reading' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can one house hold a lifetime of secrets?Corfu, 1930The moment Thirza Caruthers sets foot on Corfu, memories flood back: the scent of jasmine, the green shutters of her family’s home — and her brother Billy’s tragic disappearance years before.Returning to the Greek house, high above clear blue waters, Thirza tries to escape by ... Read more

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  • The Nightingale

    The Multimillion Copy Bestseller from the Author of The Women

    The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads SingSoon to be a major motion picture, The Nightingale is a multi-million copy bestseller across the world. It is a heart-breakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the endurance of women.***'***I always thought it was ... ... Read more

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  • Dissolution

    A Darkly Atmospheric Murder Mystery from the Bestselling Historical Series

    by C. J. Sansom ...
    Series Book 1 - The Shardlake series
    Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. But on the Sussex coast, at the ... Read more

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  • The Forty Rules of Love

    The magical tale of love and self-discovery from the bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees

    by Elif Shafak ...
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*****One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'*"Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough . . ."Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an ... Read more

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  • Evil Under the Sun (Poirot)

    Series series Poirot
    A sun-drenched story of desire and murder with a conclusion you’ll never see coming…‘The best Agatha Christie since And Then There Were None’—ObserverThe moment Arlena Stuart steps through the door, every eye in the resort is on her.She is beautiful. She is famous. And in less than 72 hours she will be dead.On this luxury retreat, cut off from the outside world, everyone is a suspect. The ... Read more

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  • The Knight's Pledge

    A new epic historical adventure novel in the Will Bowman saga, from the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Ben Hope series

    by Scott Mariani ...
    Series Book 2 - Will Bowman Series
    READERS LOVE SCOTT MARIANI:'Could not put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Can't wait for the next one' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Historical fiction at its best' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Totally hooked . . . Scott Mariani never fails' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐THE THRILLING NEW INSTALMENT IN THE WILL BOWMAN SERIES, FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER1191.Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's c... ... Read more

    £5.49

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  • There are Rivers in the Sky

    The beautiful Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Island of Missing Trees & BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

    by Elif Shafak ...
    The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World*****There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around three enchanting characters living on the banks of the River ... Read more

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  • Gabriel's Moon

    'A cinematic tale of globe-trotting adventure' Guardian

    by William Boyd ...
    In his most exhilarating novel yet, William Boyd transports you to the vibrant streets of sixties London, as an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of espionage and obsession . . .‘William Boyd once again brings to the spy novel his particular storytelling genius. The result is brilliant fun’ MICK HERRON‘Wonderfully ambiguous with notions of twisted reality and uncertain memory’ ANN CLEEVES‘A ... Read more

    £5.99

  • Spy Sinker

    by Len Deighton ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'Dazzling ingenuity and cleverness' Independent'Chilling ... the writing is crisp and brutal' Daily TelegraphOf all the mysteries Bernard Samson has encountered, the greatest is his wife Fiona. Dedicated agent of the Service and a woman of secrets, she will risk everything to play the long game. As the truth about the decision that shattered their marriage is gradually revealed, the web of ... Read more

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  • The Third Love

    Translated by Ted Goossen ...
    Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has been soured by infidelity. One day, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams.Now, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the 17th century, and then as a ... Read more

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  • The Hunger

    "Deeply disturbing, hard to put down" - Stephen King

    by Alma Katsu ...
    "Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." - Stephen KingAfter having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. One is well-documented - the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter.Donner's decision ... Read more

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  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS

    It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician.When the local doctor's daughter's letters to ... Read more

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  • Our Violent Ends

    the unputdownable, thrilling sequel to the astonishing fantasy romance These Violent Delights

    by Chloe Gong ...
    Series series These Violent Delights
    THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Deliciously dark' NATASHA NGAN'Heady, smart and vicious' TESSA GRATTONThe heartstopping and unputdownable sequel to These Violent Delights, a searingly romantic fantasy retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai.SHANGHAI, 1927: Juliette Cai is on the warpath. One wrong move, and her cousin will take ... ... Read more

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