Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeLonglisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel“This lacerating, exhilarating debut novel . . . manages to be both boisterous and bleak, life-enhancing and life-denying, familiar and yet wholly original. It feels essential. You will probably read nothing else like it this year.”—The Guardian“A brilliant portrait of...

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Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Goldsmiths PrizeLonglisted for the Gordon Burn PrizeFrom the winner of the BBC National Short Story AwardThe lives of three teenage girls are torn apart by a secret in this gut-punch of a novel – for fans of Eliza Clark and Megan Nolan'It feels essential. You will read nothing else like it this year' GUARDIAN'Bl...

**Brought to you by Penguin.***Shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2025*****Ask anyone non-Northern, they’ll only know Donny as punch line of a joke or place they changed trains once ont way to London.But Doncaster’s also the home of Rach, Shaz and Kel, bezzies since childhood and Donny lasses through and through. They share everything, from blagging their way into nightclubs to trips to the Family Planning clinic when they are late. Never...

There she stood. A goddess. I was in love with the marble goddess.When Rika Horauchi accepts an unusual new part-time job, she never expects to fall in love.Rika has been tasked with talking to Venus, to keep her company when the museum is closed on Mondays. As Venus comes to life in the quiet of their surroundings, she opens up new worlds for Rika, and they speak about everything. But when the museum’s curator, Hashibami, makes it...

Brought to you by Penguin.A powerful and spine-tingling gothic tale exploring mother-daughter relationships, sexuality, and class.There are some facts about the world that only your mother can teach you.Marguerite had been confined for the sake of her wellbeing.That’s what her mother had said.Marguerite Périgord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overl...

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2023**I’m fizzing. I love not being his son.Yes. I can feel it in my whole body. A great thrill – as if an adventure has begun. As if I’m the boy in a book about a boy who finds out his dad is the king of a magical and distant land.Christmas, 1983. In the aftermath of yet another furious argument, seven-year-old Andrev’s mother lets him in on a secret: ...

**'Extraordinary. I loved it' - Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist'Engrossing and moving . . . gives voice to so much that's unspoken about Ireland' - Emma Donoghue, author of Room'Wonderfully compelling . . . haunting' - Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the SeaDelving into the lives of three generations of women, The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey is an extraordinary novel about love and freedom, belonging and rebellion – and a...

This is the story of a hidden Britain. A Black Britain. One that existed outside London and forces us to reappraise what it means to be British.**AN OBSERVER, GQ MAGAZINE, ESQUIRE AND INEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR****Rocked by economic turmoil, the rise of the National Front, heavy-handed anti-immigration policies and widespread civil unrest, Thatcher’s Britain was in tumult. And yet, all around this nation, Black ...

Brought to you by Penguin.FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF ONE SMALL VOICE: a bold, electrifying story of a family in which three generations of gay men in India fight for love and dignity against the currents of their timesVivaan, a teenager in India’s silicon plateau, has discovered love on his smartphone. Intoxicating, boundary-breaking love. His parents know he is gay, and their support is something Vivaan can count on, ...

A piercing and provocative debut about the myth of beauty and assimilation in modern day America, told through the lens of a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.‘Horror, crime, and coming-of-age . . . inventive and brilliant’ – Chris Kraus‘A page-turner that feels equal parts cinematic romp and serrated analysis of the most important issues of our day’ – Maggie Nelson‘Intense, engaging, original and hila...

**An electrifying Afrobeat love story about a young Senegalese jazz musician and an aspiring African American producer thrown together by chance, and destined to make music that will change the world.'Extraordinary'** - The New York Times'A mouth-watering delight . . . subtle yet striking' - Sarah Jessica Parker'A glorious debut . . . a richly layered account of artistic endeavour and resilience' - Guardian