AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK‘One of those rare books that once you’ve finished, comes with you for life’ RACHEL JOYCE‘A moving book … I was enraptured by it’ PHILIPPA PERRY‘Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book’ ANDREW SEAN GREER‘A heartbreaking novel that actually made me happy’ MEG WOLITZERAn extraordinarily beautiful and li...

‘A tour de force family drama’ ELLE‘Bursting with poignancy’ NEW YORKER‘Tender, absorbing’ CATHERINE NEWMAN‘First-rate storytelling’ BBC‘A riveting novel about how family molds us – for good and ill – and the grace that comes with forgiveness’ PEOPLE MAGAZINEBill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community sou...

From the bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier comes an "exhilarating, searing" (The Washington Post) collection of short stories framed by two unforgettable linked narratives.“With this collection, Ann Packer takes her place among today’s best authors of literary fiction.” —The Minneapolis Star-TribuneA wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother mourns her teenage so...

Brilliant guide to the many places in New Zealand where you can buy everything you need to make your own textile-based crafts. Aimed at those who get warm fuzzies just walking into a wool shop, simply have to stroke the fabric at the quilt store, and long to touch the textiles at museums, this roundup of New Zealand's craftiest places will go down a treat. The book lists treasure troves for fabric lovers, embroiderers, patchworkers, knitters, spinners and other crafty typ...

A suspenseful, richly layered first novel that asks: How much do we owe the people we love?THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER will speak to all those who have ever thought about leaving when they knew they should stay, anyone who has ever felt trapped, not only by circumstance, but by the strength of their own love, Carrie Bell has lived in Wisconsin all her life. She's had the same best friend, the same good relationship with her mother, the same boyfriend, for as long as anyone can rem...

‘A tour de force family drama’ ELLE‘Bursting with poignancy’ NEW YORKER‘Tender, absorbing’ CATHERINE NEWMAN‘First-rate storytelling’ BBC‘A riveting novel about how family molds us – for good and ill – and the grace that comes with forgiveness’ PEOPLE MAGAZINEBill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community sou...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK‘One of those rare books that once you’ve finished, comes with you for life’ RACHEL JOYCE‘A moving book … I was enraptured by it’ PHILIPPA PERRY‘Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book’ ANDREW SEAN GREER‘A heartbreaking novel that actually made me happy’ MEG WOLITZERAn extraordinarily beautiful and li...

"The Dive from Clausen's Pier is one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. It does what the best novels so often do, making the largest things visible by its perfect rendering of life on the smaller scale. It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page." --Scott TurowA riveting novel about loyalty and self-knowledge, and the conflict between who we want to be to others and who we must be for ourselves.Carrie Bell ...

**Brought to you by Penguin.Introducing an outstanding new voice in literary fiction: a sensual, sharp, and utterly compelling campus novel about grief, reinvention, and the ripple effects of telling lies**If I ever woke up with an ungodly dread — that I could change it all now, turn around, and confess — I ignored it. I had never been good, and there was no point in trying now.On a small liberal arts campus in upstate New York, Charlotte begins her final y...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, a wonderful novel full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family. and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned…**Rachel (Rocky) is seemingly living her best life as the irreverent, funny beating heart of her family. Her ageing father is his unique, adorable self; daughter Willa is prone to bouts of existential angst whilst berating the fact that her mother has zero filter; husband Nick is steady, lo...

The charming and original story of a small, declining community’s struggle to survive in the shadow of an all-consuming metropolis, from from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.'A shot of serotonin in book form' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Totally joyful' THE TIMESAll over the world, people sleep blissfully in Traumbett beds. These marvellous feat...

Brought to you by Penguin.****LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026***Winner of the Nero Book Awards Non-Fiction Award 2025**Death of an Ordinary Man is an unforgettable account of this universal aspect of life. It is not a book about grief: it is a book about dying, and it is a book about family, and care and love.**Sarah Perry's father-in-law David died in the autumn of 2022, only nine days after a cancer diagnosis....