The transporting, immersive book of the summer: 'a book to lose yourself in' Guardian ⭐ An Oprah's Book Club pick⭐ An instant New York Times bestseller⭐ Book of the Year: The Times, Guardian, Woman & Home and BBCThe Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style'A totally involving and moving literar...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK AND AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'The kind of book you don't want to put down' Oprah Winfrey'[A] brilliantly panoramic tale of family ties' The Guardian'A rare pleasure' Ron Charles, Washington Post'Puchner's writing is almost flawless... moving, funny and utterly engrossing' The Times'A reader can't help fallin...

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Dream State, an extraordinary debut collection of nine unforgettable stories—strikingly original, fiercely funny, and quietly heartbreaking—portraying a group of misfits attempting to navigate mainstream America.Writing from an impressive range of perspectives—men and women, children and adults, immigrants and tourists—Puchner deftly exposes the dark, tender undersides of his characters with arresting beauty and ...

Brought to you by Penguin.THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCollege dropout Hai doesn’t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.One late summer evening in the town of East Gladness, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Gr...

Brought to you by Penguin.The happily ever after is only part of the story… A funny, touching, hopeful gem about love, marriage and second chancesIt’s the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well for Gail Baines. First thing, she loses her job – or quits, depending who you ask. Then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door expecting to stay for the festivities. He doesn’t even have a suit. Instead, he’s brought memorie...

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo, read by Scottish actor Lorne MacFadyen.An Oprah's Book Club pick"This beautiful, slowburn story of simmering tensions, thwarted affections and all that is left unsaid is brought to shimmering life by the Highlander Lorne MacFadyen’s deft, heartfelt narration." - The Times, Best Summer Audiobooks"Lorne MacFa...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionWinner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025December 1962, the West Country.Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of ...

Bloomsbury presents Buckeye by Patrick Ryan, read by Michael Crouch‘I’ve been yearning for a novel that connects the American generations who dealt with our two Wars – one of Omaha Beach, the other of the Ia Drang Valley. Buckeye is that book, and it soars’ TOM HANKS‘Funny and tender ... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers’ ANN PATCHETT‘I love this novel with my entire he...

**Brought to you by Penguin.Family is everything, even when it falls apart.Discover the brand-new novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author.AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!**Family is everything, even when it falls apart: discover the brand-new novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Ann Patchett and Maggie O'Farrell.There is a heatwave across Europe.Goose and his three sisters gather at the fami...

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of SHUGGIE BAIN and YOUNG MUNGO.LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTIONAN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK‘You finish the novel feeling emotionally enriched and slightly bereft at leaving its characters behind’ – The Sunday Times

Bloomsbury presents The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami, read by Frankie Corzo and Barton Caplan‘A gripping, Kafkaesque foray into an all-too-plausible future’ JENNIFER EGAN‘E****xtraordinary’ RUMAAN ALAM‘Absolutely unputdownable’ SANDRA NEWMANSara is returning home from a conference abroad when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside at the airport. Using data from her dreams, their...

A TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend . . . a profoundly moving experience' ANN PATCHETT'Deeply human . . . a beautifully quiet and devastating book' SARAH JESSICA PARKER'Funny, wise and knowing' CLARE CHAMBERSWhen Tom's wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their c...