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The Intern

The Intern

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The brand new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of It's Always The Husband'We were drawn in from the first page' Bella A young Harvard law student falls...
Everyone I Know is Dying

Everyone I Know is Dying

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'I hope the lights are on when we finally have sex so he can see how young I am compared to his wife.' Readers are loving Everyone I Know is...
God Forgets About the Poor: SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS

God Forgets About the Poor: SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE VOSS LITERARY PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 'A stand out amongst contemporary Australian literary fiction for its...
Into the Storm

Into the Storm

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A storm lies ahead of her. Freedom lies beyond it ... 'Such a brilliant writer and this was another 5 star book for me' Reader Review 'Hugely immersive and emotional'...
I Know It's You

I Know It's You

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Don't miss the next emotionally gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis! THE STORY...The first chapter of a manuscript arrives on Publisher Marina's desk. She assumes it's just another...
You Shall Know Our Velocity

You Shall Know Our Velocity

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An "entertaining and profoundly original" (San Francisco Chronicle) moving and hilarious tale of two friends who fly around the world trying to give away a lot of money and free...
Collected Screenplays

Collected Screenplays

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Paul Auster's Collected Screenplays brings together the film work of Paul Auster. Paul Auster's novels have earned him the reputation as 'one of America's most spectacularly inventive writers.' He has...
Dancing the Labyrinth

Dancing the Labyrinth

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The Night in Venice: An irresistible historical novel - The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View

The Night in Venice: An irresistible historical novel - The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View

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Banners of Hell: Hugh Corbett 24

Banners of Hell: Hugh Corbett 24

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Klara and the Sun: The Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year

Klara and the Sun: The Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year

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Let The Lynx Come In

Let The Lynx Come In

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Independence: A Novel: A Novel

Independence: A Novel: A Novel

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Shopaholic & Baby

Shopaholic & Baby

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Island Madness

Island Madness

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Deafening

Deafening

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Safe Enough: And Other Stories

Safe Enough: And Other Stories

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The Pride

The Pride

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Shades of Grey: A Novel

Shades of Grey: A Novel

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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

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Birds Of Prey

Birds Of Prey

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Monsoon

Monsoon

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A Falcon Flies

A Falcon Flies

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Cut To Black

Cut To Black

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Portsmouth's major drug dealer's time is up. For years Bazza Mackenzie has made millions selling cocaine and heroin into the streets of Portsmouth. He's laundered the money and on the...
The Natashas

The Natashas

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Beatrice, a solitary young jazz singer from a genteel Parisian suburb, meets a mysterious woman named Polina. Polina visits her at night and whispers in her ear:'There are people who...
The Vegan

The Vegan

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'A meaty comedy with a bleeding heart, highly recommended for all animals who read'Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The NetanyahusHerschel Caine is a soon-to-be master of the universe. His...
We Need To Talk About Kevin

We Need To Talk About Kevin

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WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2005 ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of a boy named Kevin who...
The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023

The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'FINANCIAL TIMES'Magnificent......
The Broken Places: The compassionate and moving debut novel inspired by the Hemingway family

The Broken Places: The compassionate and moving debut novel inspired

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'Sunlit and dark, painful and joyous' David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasIn 1931, Gregory Hemingway's life begins in Kansas City, Missouri. The third and favourite child of an overbearing father,...
The Favourite: A razor-sharp suspense novel that will stay with you long after the final page

The Favourite: A razor-sharp suspense novel that will stay with you

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'WOW! If this isn't a book to brag about I don't know what is... I started The Favourite late last night. Never did I anticipate I would be closing the...
What's Left of Me is Yours

What's Left of Me is Yours

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A NEW YORK TIMES 'EDITOR'S PICK'ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2020'Enrapturing' New York Times'A brilliant debut' Louise Doughty'You'll have the heart rate of an Olympic hurdler'...
Confessions

Confessions

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With a new introduction by Colm Toibin"Absolutely captivating" ANDREA CAMILLERI"Monumental" GuardianDrawing comparisons with Shadow of the Wind and The Name of the Rose, and an instant bestseller in many languages,...
Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS focuses on an ordinary suburban office worker, fundamentally weak but always keeping his eyes fixed on some horizon where a heightened, romantic, better world must surely exist. Faced...
Commitment

Commitment

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A masterful and engrossing novel about a single mother's collapse and the fate of her family after she enters a California state hospital in the 1970s.When Diane Aziz drives her...
A Distant View of Everything

A Distant View of Everything

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Recently distracted by the arrival of her and Jamie's second son, Magnus, Isabel Dalhousie - philanthropic editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - is anxious. The next issue of...
We'll Meet Again: The romantic new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Anton Du Beke

We'll Meet Again: The romantic new novel from Sunday Times bestselling

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London, 1939.'Downton with dance, perfect' - Santa MontefioreAs war is declared once more, a shadow falls over Britain. The staff at the luxurious Buckingham hotel must do all that they...
Should I Tell You?: Curl up with a gorgeous romantic novel from the No. 1 bestselling author

Should I Tell You?: Curl up with a gorgeous romantic novel from the

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From the queen of feelgood fiction, an uplifting new novel of friendship, families and finding love . . .'What a gorgeous book! Jill has a great gift for characterisation -...
The Sense of Wonder: A Novel

The Sense of Wonder: A Novel

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From the author of PEN/Faulkner finalist Disappear Doppelganger Disappear and Craft in the Real World comes a "a smart, very meta take" (Kirkus Reviews) on the ways Asian Americans navigate...
The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023

The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for

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From the award-winning Linda Grant, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep...
Mr Majestyk

Mr Majestyk

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Vietnam veteran Vincent Majestyk had his belly-full of killing in Asia. It was his job and he was one of the best, but when he stripped off his uniform he...
A Love Like the Sun: The tender and unforgettable romantic debut for 2025

A Love Like the Sun: The tender and unforgettable romantic debut for

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'Extraordinary... a raw, vulnerable, breath-stealing love you can feel as you read' Emily Henry'Dazzling, tender, and romantic' Carley FortuneWe've always been best friends... but what if we were more?Laniah and...
Half-Blown Rose

Half-Blown Rose

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'Sharp-edged and sexy, Half-Blown Rose is an utterly intoxicating story of love, betrayal, and loyalty' Taylor Jenkins ReidAfter learning a shocking truth about her husband's past, forty-four-year-old Vincent Wilde moves...
Going Home: One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024

Going Home: One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024

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'A spirit-lifting debut'DAVID MITCHELL'I will never forget these characters: so pained and funny, so brilliantly drawn, wrestled with and forgiven'HELEN GARNER'Meltingly warm'OBSERVERLocal boy Teo Erskine is back in the north...
The Long Answer

The Long Answer

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'A brilliant debut, both coolly empathetic and searingly personal ... Anna Hogeland writes beautifully, with unwavering passion and insight, about the complexities of motherhood and female relationships.' - Jess Walter,...
Jillian

Jillian

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Twenty-four-year-old Megan may have her whole life ahead of her, but it already feels like a dead end, thanks to her dreadful job as a gastroenterologist's receptionist and her heart-clogging...
Wicked: the bestselling book that inspired the movie

Wicked: the bestselling book that inspired the movie

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An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers...
Bliss

Bliss

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Peter Carey's astonishing debut novel is a fast-moving extravaganza, both funny and gripping, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell.Peter Carey received the...
The Wakes: The hilarious and heartbreaking Australian bestseller

The Wakes: The hilarious and heartbreaking Australian bestseller

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FOUR FUNERALS. TWO MARRIAGES. ONE PRECIOUS LIFE.'Delicious' LIANNE MORIARTY'A delight' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Uplifting' OBSERVERThis is a story about Clare, Chris and Louisa. It is about two failing marriages, two strangers falling...