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Kairos: Winner of the International Booker Prize

Kairos: Winner of the International Booker Prize

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Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by...
Cilka's Journey: The bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Cilka's Journey: The bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz

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In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her...
Archive of Unknown Universes: a literary debut about family, history

Archive of Unknown Universes: a literary debut about family, history

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From the author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven , this piercing, genre-bending debut follows two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war in a stunning...
The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

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A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK "Catnip for Ferrante fans." - Boston Globe "Readers will find [ The Lack of Light ] irresistible." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A...
The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the

The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the

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Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl , delivers an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to...
Archive of Unknown Universes: a literary debut about family, history

Archive of Unknown Universes: a literary debut about family, history

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From the author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven , this piercing, genre-bending debut follows two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war in a stunning...
An Honourable Thief: A must-read historical crime thriller

An Honourable Thief: A must-read historical crime thriller

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Introducing Jonas Flynt. Gambler. Thief. Killer. Man of honour.Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2023 'Fast, furious and with a glint of gallows humour, this is high-octane historical fiction' Daily Mail...
Let Us March On: A Novel

Let Us March On: A Novel

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Devoted wife, White House maid, reluctant activist... A stirring novel inspired by the life of an unsung heroine, and real-life crusader, Lizzie McDuffie, who as a maid in FDR's White...
Another Woman's Husband: From the #1 bestselling author of The Secret

Another Woman's Husband: From the #1 bestselling author of The Secret

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ANOTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND is the latest gripping novel from Gill Paul. 'A triumph' Dinah Jefferies on the USA Today bestselling The Secret Wife. Two women who challenged the Crown. Divided...
Prize Women: The fascinating story of sisterhood and survival based on

Prize Women: The fascinating story of sisterhood and survival based on

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On his deathbed in 1920s Toronto, a wealthy man decides to make some trouble . . . An astonishing new novel based on one of history's most shocking untold stories,...
Starring Adele Astaire: A Novel

Starring Adele Astaire: A Novel

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USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns as she delves into the life of Adele Astaire, who served up smiles and love both on and off the stage - with...
Patrick O'Brian: A Very Private Life

Patrick O'Brian: A Very Private Life

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An intimate portrait of Patrick O'Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy. Patrick O'Brian was one of the greatest British novelists of the twentieth century, securing his place in literary...
The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

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A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK "Catnip for Ferrante fans." - Boston Globe "Readers will find [ The Lack of Light ] irresistible." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A...
Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau

Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau

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'This is a gem. Kate Atkinson fans will love it' Irish Independent In a world of lonely hearts, are there enough happy endings to go around? Marriage matchmaker seeks assistant;...
Liar: The Sunday Times Top 5 Bestseller

Liar: The Sunday Times Top 5 Bestseller

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The thrilling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author Amelia White dreams of being a reporter. The closest she's come is selling advertising in the local paper -...
Hope

Hope

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Bernard Samson gets caught up in the messy unravelling of the USSR in the second novel of the Faith, Hope, Charity trilogy Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the second...
Charity

Charity

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The final novel featuring Bernard Samson, one of Deighton's most enduring characters, who must return to Berlin for one last case Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the final novel...
Dear Mrs Bird

Dear Mrs Bird

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"The sweetest, most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love ... It'll be huge; it deserves to be" Marian Keyes, author of The Break London, 1940. Emmeline Lake and her...
The Library of Lost Dollhouses: A Novel

The Library of Lost Dollhouses: A Novel

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"This beautiful page-turner kept me reading all night." -Janet Skeslien Charles, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library When a young librarian discovers historic dollhouses in a hidden...
We Must Be Brave

We Must Be Brave

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We can't choose who we love. We can choose who we fight for. 'A powerful story that proves how love itself requires courage' Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads...
Love is Blind

Love is Blind

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Love is Blind is William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel - set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician,...
The Promise

The Promise

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A masterpiece of a family in crisis from twice Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut- 'one of the world's great writers' (Edmund White) and 'the bold, fresh voice of South African fiction'...
The Silence and the Rage: The epic and compelling second novel in 'The

The Silence and the Rage: The epic and compelling second novel in 'The

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'A novelist at the height of his powers' La Croix 'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre...
The Silence and the Rage: The epic and compelling second novel in 'The

The Silence and the Rage: The epic and compelling second novel in 'The

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'A novelist at the height of his powers' La Croix 'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre...
Picasso's Lovers: A famous artist. An aspiring writer. The lifetime of

Picasso's Lovers: A famous artist. An aspiring writer. The lifetime of

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'A bold, sumptuous portrait of a great artist and the women who inspired, frustrated, loved, and loathed him' Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author --- Paris, 1923. The city...
The Last Letters from Villa Clara: A moving and sweeping story of

The Last Letters from Villa Clara: A moving and sweeping story of

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'A well-written and fascinating narrative about love and loss, courage and betrayal, the past and secrets, art and reproductions' Reader review, 'This is certainly a wow of a read ....
Murder on North Terrace: A Petticoat Police Mystery: Book 2

Murder on North Terrace: A Petticoat Police Mystery: Book 2

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The indomitable Miss Cocks and Ethel Bromley return for Book Two in the bestselling and charmingly cosy Petticoat Police Mystery Series, inspired by one of Australia's first policewomen. Adelaide, September...
The Land in Winter: the 2025 Booker Prize-shortlisted 'word-of-mouth

The Land in Winter: the 2025 Booker Prize-shortlisted 'word-of-mouth

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025 December 1962, the West Country. Local doctor...
The Dressmaker's Secret

The Dressmaker's Secret

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'Extraordinary... Brought history alive on the page... Tense and emotional... Sensitive yet brutal...With the most unexpected end that left me breathless. Wow, just wow... Incredible' NetGalley Review, 1941, Nazi-occupied Paris:...
Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

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A stunning story from a master storyteller, published for the first time in an adult edition. Both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors of the...
The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

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A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK "Catnip for Ferrante fans." - Boston Globe "Readers will find [ The Lack of Light ] irresistible." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A...
In A League Of Her Own: A Novel

In A League Of Her Own: A Novel

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From the author of Sisters in Arms comes the incredible, untold story of Effa Manley, a black businesswoman in the male dominated baseball industry, and, currently, the only woman inducted...
The Paris Gown: A Novel

The Paris Gown: A Novel

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"A glorious showstopper of a novel! With its glittering characters, intricately woven plot and chapters full of gorgeous Dior dresses, The Paris Gown will be turning all heads this year."--Natasha...
The Woman Who Went Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

The Woman Who Went Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

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"A reminder that age is no barrier to the unconventional and daring...An extraordinary story about an extraordinary woman ." New York Times bestseller Hazel Gaynor "Told with warmth and grace,...
All the Light We Cannot See (Collins Modern Classics)

All the Light We Cannot See (Collins Modern Classics)

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Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure...
The Road to the Country

The Road to the Country

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The new novel by Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times 'Incredibly moving and hopeful' Nadifa Mohamed 'Remarkable'...
The Boxcar Librarian: A Novel

The Boxcar Librarian: A Novel

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Inspired by true events, a thrilling Depression-era novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books about a woman's quest to uncover a mystery surrounding a local librarian and...
The Road to the Country

The Road to the Country

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The latest novel by twice Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma FROM THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and the New American Voices...
Circus of Mirrors

Circus of Mirrors

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A dazzling tale of love, courage and sisterhood, spanning 40 years of tumult in Berlin, perfect for fans of Cabaret and The Whalebone Theatre. Berlin, 1926. After the death of...
The Search for Maggie Ward

The Search for Maggie Ward

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The Search for Maggie Ward is a poignant tale of love, loss, and faith set in the aftermath of World War I, from acclaimed New York Times bestsellling author and...
The Paris Gown: A Novel

The Paris Gown: A Novel

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"A glorious showstopper of a novel! With its glittering characters, intricately woven plot and chapters full of gorgeous Dior dresses, The Paris Gown will be turning all heads this year."--Natasha...
No Pain Like This Body: The forgotten classic masterpiece of

No Pain Like This Body: The forgotten classic masterpiece of

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A Faulkner-esque Classic of Trinidadian literature - No Pain Like This Body is a lost masterpiece of contemporary fiction. 'A masterpiece of hurt' New York Times WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY...
The It Girls: A Novel

The It Girls: A Novel

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From New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper comes a novel based on the lives of two amazing sisters . . . One sailed the Titanic and started a fashion...
Absolutely and Forever

Absolutely and Forever

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How do you find the courage to make your own life? An electrifying novel about first love set in 1960s London and Paris from multiple bestseller, Rose Tremain 'Gorgeous' Observer...
A History of Burning

A History of Burning

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An immersive, kaleidoscopic debut for fans of Homegoing and Pachinko- one family's search for a better life through four continents, four generations and a century of change. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER...
A Town Called Solace

A Town Called Solace

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Set in the frozen north of Canada in 1972, this is a novel about childhood trauma, painful histories that need reckoning with and the moments in life when we can...
Bournville

Bournville

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A moving, brutally funny and true portrait of Britain told through four generations of one family In Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven-year-old...
The IPCRESS File

The IPCRESS File

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Len Deighton's best-selling first spy novel which revolutionised the genre, now published in Penguin Classics for the first time A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped. A secret British intelligence agency...