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The Arctic Curry Club

The Arctic Curry Club

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Author: Dani Redd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 It's possible to find home in the most unexpected places... Soon after upending her life to accompany her boyfriend Ryan to...
None of This Is Serious

None of This Is Serious

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Author: Catherine Prasifka Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Extraordinary' - Naoise Dolan 'Seriously good' - Louise Nealon Dublin student life is ending for Sophie and her friends....
A Book of American Martyrs

A Book of American Martyrs

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Author: Joyce Carol Oates Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 752 "Oates' American saga captivates because it exists within an actual drama playing out across the country...Martyrs is a...
The Hummingbird's Daughter

The Hummingbird's Daughter

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Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Extraordinary . . . deeply felt and beautifully told' Observer It is 1889. Civil war is brewing in Mexico, and...
21 Truths About Love: an hilarious and heart-warming love story

21 Truths About Love: an hilarious and heart-warming love story

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Author: Matthew Green Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Honest, vulnerable, hilarious, and profoundly human' Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six From...
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

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Author: Nathan Englander Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Ruchama, a wigmaker from an ultra-orthodox Brooklyn enclave, journeys into Manhattan for inspiration, frequenting a newsstand where she flips through forbidden...
Dinner Party: A Tragedy

Dinner Party: A Tragedy

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Author: Sarah Gilmartin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Kate meticulously plans a dinner to mark the anniversary of a death in the family, from the fancy table...
The Good Guy: A deeply compelling novel about love and marriage set in 1960s suburban America

The Good Guy: A deeply compelling novel about love and marriage set in 1960s suburban America

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Author: Susan Beale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Ted, a car-tyre salesman in 1960s suburban New England, is a dreamer who craves admiration. His wife, Abigail, longs for a...
Swimsuit

Swimsuit

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: James Patterson Format: Paperback...
Bird Summons

Bird Summons

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Author: Leila Aboulela Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'BIRD SUMMONS is a magic carpet ride into the forest of history and the lives of women. Deep and wild' Lucy...
Black Mamba

Black Mamba

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Author: William Friend (author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 For nine months, Alfie has been caring for his twin daughters after the sudden death of their mother, Pippa. One...
The Education of Ivy Edwards: a totally hilarious and relatable romantic comedy

The Education of Ivy Edwards: a totally hilarious and relatable romantic comedy

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Author: Hannah Tovey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Ivy Edwards is thirty-one years old, funny, shameless, and a bit of a romantic. She's also currently trying not...
The Lucky Escape

The Lucky Escape

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Author: Laura Jane Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'It whisked me away on a much-needed holiday' Beth O'Leary 'I can't remember the last time a book made me...
Cape May

Cape May

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Author: Chip Cheek Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'BRILLIANTLY UNSETTLING' Paula Hawkins 'SO, SO GOOD' Stylist (The Top 10 Books of 2019) 'DEVASTATING... A HEADY COCKTAIL' Mail...
World of Warcraft Vol. 3

World of Warcraft Vol. 3

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Author: Louise Simonson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 The third graphic novel based on the world's most popular massively multiplayer online game, with over 9 million players worldwide!The adventure...
Who's Lying Now?

Who's Lying Now?

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Author: Susan Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Don't miss the captivating new page-turner from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis You think you're safe. You think you know...
Playing for Love

Playing for Love

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Author: Jeevani Charika Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'LOVED it... Romantic, witty, insightful and engaging.' Sue Moorcroft, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Home in the Sun When Sam's...
Scabby Queen

Scabby Queen

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Author: Kirstin Innes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 'Gripping and moving. A literary triumph' Nicola Sturgeon 'A humane and searching story' Ian Rankin 'Kirstin Innes is aiming...
The Ministry of Special Cases

The Ministry of Special Cases

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Author: Nathan Englander Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Buenos Aires, 1970s. Kaddish Poznan chips the names off gravestones for a living, removing traces of disreputable ancestors for their more...
Dead Souls

Dead Souls

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Author: Sam Riviere Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'I first heard about Solomon Wiese on a bright, blustery day on the South Bank...' Later that evening, at the bar...
M for Mammy

M for Mammy

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Author: Eleanor O'Reilly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Heart-breaking, heart-warming, and hilarious: a glorious debut' Ruth Hogan 'Strong and taut' Anne Griffin Meet the Augustts: a...
The Borrowers

The Borrowers

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Author: Mary Norton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages:
A Gift in December: An utterly romantic feel-good winter read

A Gift in December: An utterly romantic feel-good winter read

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Author: Jenny Gladwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'This novel warmed my soul more than a mug of tea and a round of hot buttered toast' Red...
White Highlands

White Highlands

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Author: John McGhie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award 'Remarkable and redemptive . . . like the best of John le Carre'...
The Hungry and the Fat: A bold new satire by the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK

The Hungry and the Fat: A bold new satire by the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK

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Author: Timur Vermes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 By the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times. "Whizz-bang energy and gleeful imaginative savagery"...
The Art of Falling

The Art of Falling

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Author: Danielle McLaughlin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD 'A gripping novel and a sharp, entertaining examination of the nature of...
Transit

Transit

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Author: Rachel Cusk Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 In the wake of family collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The process of...
Looking For Eliza

Looking For Eliza

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Author: Leaf Arbuthnot Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Ada is a widowed writer, navigating loneliness in Oxford after the death of her husband. She has no children....
The Wonders

The Wonders

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Author: Elena Medel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Maria and Alicia are a grandmother and granddaughter who have never met. Decades apart, both are drawn to Madrid in search...
City of Devils

City of Devils

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Author: Diana Bretherick Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The brightest mind meets the darkest killer 1887 When James Murray, a young Scottish doctor fascinated by the workings...
After the Silence: The An Post Irish Crime Novel of the Year

After the Silence: The An Post Irish Crime Novel of the Year

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Author: Louise O'Neill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Chillingly good' Elizabeth Day 'Her best book to date and that's really saying something' Marian Keyes 'A powerfully atmospheric, darkly compelling...
The More You Ignore Me

The More You Ignore Me

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Author: Jo Brand Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A genuinely funny and original novel about mental illness, growing up and parental breakdown from much-loved comedienne Jo Brand. Alice is...
All the Fun of the Fair: A hilarious, brilliantly original coming-of-age story that will capture your heart

All the Fun of the Fair: A hilarious, brilliantly original coming-of-age story that will capture your heart

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Author: Caroline Hulse Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 It's 1996, summer is coming, and eleven-year-old Fiona Larson is determined to make this her best year yet... 'Completely hilarious' LUCY...
Bina: Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2021

Bina: Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2021

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Author: Anakana Schofield Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020 'Insightful. Inventive. Hilarious. Genius' EIMEAR MCBRIDE 'Bina is fiction of the rarest and darkest kind,...
Trinity: Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize

Trinity: Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize

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Author: Louisa Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'Brilliant . . . A richly imagined, tremendously moving fictional work. Its genius is not to explain but to embody the...
Looking For Eliza

Looking For Eliza

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Author: Leaf Arbuthnot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'It has absolutely stolen my heart' - Elizabeth Gilbert 'Clever, warm and funny' - Adam Kay 'Beautifully rendered, thoughtful and original'...
A Double Life Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen

A Double Life Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen

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Author: Flynn Berry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'A THRILLING PAGE-TURNER' Paula Hawkins Some wounds need more than time. They crave revenge. Claire's father is a privileged...
The Moon Over Kilmore Quay

The Moon Over Kilmore Quay

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Author: Carmel Harrington Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'A warm and beautifully evocative story of family and secrets, love and heartache, with a devastating twist' Alex Brown, bestselling author...
All in Her Head: A page-turning thriller perfect for fans of Harriet Tyce

All in Her Head: A page-turning thriller perfect for fans of Harriet Tyce

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Author: Nikki Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 DISCOVER THE DEBUT THRILLER GETTING INSIDE EVERYONE'S HEAD THIS YEAR 'Tense and moving' - HARRIET TYCE, author of Blood Orange 'A...
In the Seeing Hands of Others

In the Seeing Hands of Others

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Author: Nat Ogle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 You are about to enter a novel formed of documents and evidence. Here is the blog of a nurse on a...
Young Women: An addictive, timely story of an intense female friendship from a powerful new voice

Young Women: An addictive, timely story of an intense female friendship from a powerful new voice

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Author: Jessica Moor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Everyone's got that history, I guess. Everyone's got a story. When Emily meets the enigmatic and dazzling actress Tamsin, her life...
The Electric

The Electric

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Author: Edward Hogan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'A writer of great energy and fearsome powers of observation' Hilary Mantel, TLS Brighton, 1950s. When Daisy got married, she knew...
The Speaker's Wife

The Speaker's Wife

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Author: Quentin Letts Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons is about to...
The Complete Short Stories

The Complete Short Stories

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Author: H. Munro Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 In these macabre, acid and very funny short stories, Saki drives a knife into the upper crust of English...
In for a Penny

In for a Penny

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Author: Lynda Page Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Since the death of her husband May Jeffries has struggled to provide for her only child, Jenny. Even now that Jenny's...
Inland: The New York Times bestseller from the award-winning author of The Tiger's Wife

Inland: The New York Times bestseller from the award-winning author of The Tiger's Wife

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Author: Tea Obreht Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 PART OF BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST: 'Those of you who've been waiting for Obreht's next novel won't be disappointed' 'SPECTACULAR'...
Hashim & Family

Hashim & Family

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Author: Shahnaz Ahsan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 It is New Year's Eve, 1960. Hashim has left behind his homeland and his bride, Munira, to seek his fortune in...
Flour Babies

Flour Babies

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Author: Anna Fine Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: