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Shakespeare in a Divided America
Author: James Shapiro Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Excellent.' - New Statesman 'Outstanding.' - Irish Times 'Enthralling.' - Guardian 'Shapiro at his best.' - Daily Telegraph From the author...
Sex Power Money: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Sara Pascoe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'I've never read a book so fast and laughed so loudly while learning so much....
The Death of Francis Bacon
Author: Max Porter (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 'A little masterpiece.' - Irish Times 'Luminous.' - Observer 'One of our most exciting writers.' - The Spectator Madrid. Unfinished....
We Know You Remember: The No. 1 International Bestseller
Author: Tove Alsterdal Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'Dark, disturbing, evocative and clever. We Know You Remember is masterfully plotted and intensely gripping' - Chris Whitaker The case was...
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals: Observations from a Family Farm
Author: Rosamund Young Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been...
Rumours of My Demise: A Memoir
"Did you hear Evan Dando died last night?" After Kurt Cobain's passing in 1994, everyone expected Evan Dando to be next. Rising to fame in the 90s as frontman of...
Why Patti Smith Matters
Author: Caryn Rose Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose....
Oxygen Mask: A Graphic Novel: Carnegie Medal-Winning Author
Author: Jason Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A searing graphic novel from Jason Reynolds and street artist Jason Griffin. And so for anyone who didn't really know what...
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
The naming of Cats is a difficult matter,It isn't just one of your holiday games;You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatterWhen I tell you, a cat...
The Secret Life of Cows
Author: Rosamund Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 'A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.' - James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life Cows are as...
Sakina's Kiss
From a master of contemporary Indian fiction, an expertly crafted and taut family drama, set over the course of four days. 'Extraordinary.' Geetanjali Shree 'A writer of rare and wonderful...
A New New Me
Kinga is a woman who is just trying to make it through the week. There's a Kinga for every day: on Mondays, you can catch Kinga A deleting food delivery...
Story of the Century: Wagner and the creation of The Ring
A PRESTO BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Gripping.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Breathtaking.' SIMON CALLOW 'Vivid.' BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE A colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary...
Kill Your Darlings: A Stylist Unmissable Summer Thriller
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time...
The Secret Public: A Queer History of Pop
A GUARDIAN AND EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR ' Fascinating.' NEIL TENNANT ' The missing story of the heart of pop.' JOHNNY MARR 'Superb.' Alexis Petridis 'Dazzling.' GUARDIAN 'So...
Holding the Line: A true story of female-led resilience from the bestselling author of Demon Copperhead
From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Demon Copperhead : a true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 - now available for the first...
The Premonition
'Yoshimoto's novels are like jewel boxes.' - Vanity Fair The new novel from the bestselling author of the beloved classic, Kitchen . I had a melancholy premonition of reaching the...
A Mind to Murder: The classic locked-room murder mystery from the 'Queen of English crime' (Guardian)
A piercing scream, shattering the evening calm, brings Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh hurrying from his literary party to the nearby Steen Psychiatric Clinic, where he discovers the body of a woman...
Lanny: Author of the Number One Sunday Times Bestseller SHY
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2019 Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived...
The Buddha of Suburbia
My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost... The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South...
Selected Poems 1923-1958
This selection made by E.E. Cummings himself from eleven books of poems constitutes a comprehensive introduction to his work.
These Days: 'A gem of a novel, I adored it.' MARIAN KEYES
A Sunday Times, Times, Irish Independent, Spectator and Good Housekeeping Book of the Year'Sensationally good' - Sunday Times'Remarkably, unusually vivid' - The Times'Brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak.' - GuardianTwo...
Shy: THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Author: Max Porter (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Things keep slipping up for Shy. All he wants is sex, spliffs and his ownturntables, and for all the red...
The Rescue of Ravenwood: 'A sublime eco adventure.' The Times
Author: Natasha Farrant Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 On the top of the hill, overlooking the sea, that's where you'll find a magicalplace . . . To Bea, Noa...
The Black Tower: Now a Major TV Series - Dalgliesh
Author: P. D. James Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who...
April in Spain: A Strafford and Quirke Mystery
Author: John Banville Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 When Dublin pathologist Quirke glimpses a familiar face while on holiday with his wife, it's hard, at first, to tell whether...
Allegorizings
Author: Jan Morris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Almost nothing in life is only what it seems.' Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary...
Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 What, what, am I to do with all of this life? Maud Martha Brown is a little girl growing up on...
A Lonely Man
Author: Chris Power Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A taut, subtle, postmodern literary thriller.' - Sunday Times 'Gripping.' - Financial Times 'A delicate snare of a novel . Alluring...
Before She Knew Him
Author: Peter Swanson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a...
Explorers on Witch Mountain
Author: Alex Bell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Stella Starflake Pearl is eagerly anticipating her next expedition. Suddenly disaster strikes when Stella's father, Felix, is snatched by a fearsome...
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality
Author: Peter Pomerantsev Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A Times and Guardian Book of the Year 'Quietly frightening.' - Guardian 'Essential reading.' - Irish Times 'Consistently chilling.' - Herald...
The Double Tongue: Introduced by Bettany Hughes
Author: William Golding Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Did I believe in what I was doing? Or rather, since I was doing nothing, did I believe in what someone,...
Uki and the Outcasts: BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
Author: Kieran Larwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'EXCELLENT,' says the bard. 'It's probably a good idea for you to know about him.' 'Wait . . . him? Who's...
Ignorance
In Ignorance, set in contemporary Prague, one of the most distinguished writers of our time takes up the complex and emotionally charged theme of exile and creates from it a...
Squishy McFluff: The Invisible Cat!
Author: Pip Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Can you see him? My kitten? Close your eyes tight His fur is so soft and all silvery white Imagine him...
Out of Egypt
Author: Andre Aciman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Set in Alexandria, this classic and much-loved memoir chronicles the exploits of Andre Aciman's colourful Sephardic Jewish family from...
Days Without End: AN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, aged barely seventeen, Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, fight in the Indian Wars and the Civil War. Having...
Winning Words: Inspiring Poems for Everyday Life
Author: William Sieghart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Faster, higher, stronger: winning words are those that inspire you on to Olympian goals. From falling in love to overcoming adversity,...
Wow, No Thank You.: The #1 New York Times Bestseller
Author: Samantha Irby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days...
Leopoldstadt
Author: Tom Stoppard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Vienna in 1900 was the most vibrant city in Europe, humming with artistic and intellectual excitement and a genius for enjoying...
By Horror Haunted: 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith'
'Her Number On It' is a compelling portrait of kleptomania; the 'Unsuspected Talent' of a dissatisfied wife has dangerous consequences; and 'Don't Tell Cissie' upends our expectations of a ghost...
QI: Advanced Banter
Author: John Lloyd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A compendium of wise one-liners, laugh out loud jokes, and inspirational quotes of truth and beauty, compiled by the creators of...
Lord of the Flies: Introduced by Stephen King
Author: William Golding Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'The first book with hands - strong ones that reached out...
Sojourn
Author: Amit Chaudhuri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 'A mysterious, subtle, haunting novel.' - Chris Power An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. It is a...
We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City
Author: Justin Fenton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city. Drug and violent crime were surging, with homicides reaching their highest level in...
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: The #1 New York Times Bestseller
Author: Michelle McNamara Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The #1 New York Times Bestseller A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer - the elusive serial rapist...
Penance: The 'unmissable banger' ALICE SLATER from the author of BOY
A Guardian Best Book of the Year A Dazed Best Novel of 2023 'An unmissable banger.' ALICE SLATER 'A meta-meditation on the mysteries, malice, and minutiae of adolescence.' TOM BENN...