"This season's most-anticipated first outing." ( Vogue)"A Lynchian reinterpretation of The Virgin Suicides." ( Observer)"An astonishing debut that will burrow under your skin." ( Sunday Times)In Falls Landing, Florida - a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers - something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessivel...

The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project in this wildly original debut-a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent.We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones.In Falls Landing, Florida-a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers-something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old gir...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2020 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'My oshi was on fire. Word was he'd punched a fan'High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza.Akari’s dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely. She keeps a blog entirely devoted to him, religiously chronicling and analysing all hi...

Brought to you by Penguin.**Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024.A Highly Anticipated Novel of 2023 in The Times, i-D, Esquire and the Guardian.When we look beyond the headlines, everyone has a story to tell**It's 1990 in London and Tom Hargreaves has it all: a burgeoning career as a reporter, fierce ambition and a brisk disregard for the "peasants" - ordinary people, his readers, easy tabloid fodder. ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2023'A compelling, fast-moving narrative . . . delivers real emotional impact' Telegraph'A literary provocateur' GuardianIsobel lives an isolated life in North London, working at a nearby library. She feels safe if she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter ...

Don't miss the new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of Careless'An emotional rollercoaster' GRAZIA'A rare new talent' THE GUARDIAN''So real, and so very moving' JESSICA RYN'A second heartfelt triumph' ANSTEY HARRISLucy Banbury is fine. Until she isn't...

** A TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2023 **A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie is trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses and unethical projects, she struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of houseless people bathing in the bay. Startu...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024**SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION – 2023 NERO BOOK AWARDS*After the death of a young girl, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive family…‘Ambitious and original’ DAVID NICHOLLS‘Gripping… A triumph’ SUNDAY TIMESIt’s 1990 in London and, after the death of a young girl on an estate, the finger of s...

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'Usami so successfully depicts the consequences of pure obsession' Guardian'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to be a teenage girl' Catherine PrasifkaHigh-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari’s dedication to her oshi cons...

*A 'Most Anticipated Book of 2026' as selected by DAZED, THE NEW ARAB and LITHUB*'Touching, infuriating and painfully true . . . [Strange Girls] demands to be read' Julia Armfield'Captures the messy, tense and beautiful struggles where friendship meets longing . . . I envy whoever reads it next for the very first time' Lucy Rose'Dreamy, hypnotic . . . utterly gorgeous' Jennifer Saint...

‘Gorgeous, immersive… both epic and intimate, funny and wise’ Roisín O'Donnell'Moving, thought-provoking, and utterly delightful’ Elif Batuman‘Took me back to the way I felt when reading Normal People**’** Stylist‘A sexy, sprawling epic’ GlamourA BBC Culture Pick for 2026‘You could probably...

'Pulses with a simmering rage' Monika Kim, author of The Eyes Are the Best PartThis is not a tale where the girl is running away from danger - instead, she is the danger.It's the summer before high school and Ronny Nguyen spends her days reading trashy magazines. Standing in contrast is her brother Tommy, the pride of their immigrant parents and destined to be the first in the family to attend college.Their parents, Mẹ and ...