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Mirror of our Sorrows

Mirror of our Sorrows

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"Tremendous and enjoyable" - La Libre Belgique"A great success" - La CroixApril, 1940. Louise Belmont runs, naked, down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the tragic scene she has just...
The Mess We're In: An immersive story of music, friendship and finding your own rhythm, from the Sunday Times bestselling author

The Mess We're In: An immersive story of music, friendship and finding

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'A heady mix of thrills and heartbreak . . . I enjoyed it so so much' GRAHAM NORTON'What [Macmanus has] managed to do with London, and what London means to...
Glass Houses: 'A devastatingly compelling new voice in literary fiction' - Louise O'Neill

Glass Houses: 'A devastatingly compelling new voice in literary

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'Through a dewy sheen of teen nostalgia, Reece deftly explores the weight of political events on individual lives. Her supple, visceral prose evokes North Wales in all its complexity, beautifully...
When I Died for the First Time

When I Died for the First Time

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'What a ride this is! A big wide book. An amazingly vivid piece of writing, from the hilarious to the horrifying and everything in between' BRIAN ENOMeet Seth Brakes. Musician....
Practice

Practice

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Six o'clock in the morning, Sunday, at the worn-out end of January. In a small room in an Oxford college, cold and dim and full of quiet, an undergraduate student...
Pathways

Pathways

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'Funny, poignant, elegantly written, I adored this novel' Amanda Hodgkinson'Wonderful... It's thrillingly written, delicately accomplished and will live in my head for a long time' Lloyd ShepherdCara is a dedicated...
Open Season: A sexy, modern debut as featured on Women's Hour

Open Season: A sexy, modern debut as featured on Women's Hour

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"A breathtaking novel that gets under the skin of the complexities of love, sex and human nature"-Katie Bishop, author of THE GIRLS OF SUMMER"A perceptive book about intimacy and desire...
Help Wanted: A Barack Obama Reading Pick 2024

Help Wanted: A Barack Obama Reading Pick 2024

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Included in Barack Obama's Summer Reading List 2024 'Help Wanted is like a great nineteenth-century novel about now, at once an effervescent workplace comedy and an exploration of the psychic...
Girls: The stunning new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of CARELESS

Girls: The stunning new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author

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'A memorable portrayal of a family and damaged relationships. Richly rewarding, stand-out fiction'BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Every word has the touch of a genius' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH'Expect to see this on every sun lounger...
A Lesson in Cruelty: The propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author of Blood Orange

A Lesson in Cruelty: The propulsive new thriller from the [...]

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THREE WOMEN. ONE BODY. WILL THEY EVER LEARN?**The jaw-dropping new thriller from Sunday Times and Kindle #1 bestseller Harriet Tyce**'The shocks kept coming right up to the final pages.' Lisa...
Cleaner: A biting workplace satire - for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh and Halle Butler

Cleaner: A biting workplace satire - for fans of Ottessa [...]

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'Razor-sharp . . . Biting and compulsive' GRAZIAI clean the offices and bathrooms and lobby five nights a week, but my actual job is to take care of everyone. They...
Birding

Birding

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'A beautiful book full of stark truths... Lyrical and evocative, highly recommended' Evie King, author of ASHES TO ADMIN'Beautifully written' Daily Mail'[An] empathetic, emotional reckoning' Mail on SundayIn a small...
The Lifeline: The big-hearted and life-affirming read about the power of friendship

The Lifeline: The big-hearted and life-affirming read about the [...]

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'I loved this book - could not put it down'     'A joy to read... I really did love every page of this book'     'An easy five...
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Winner of the 2023 BBC [...]

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WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD'Terrifically exciting . . . It's a beautiful, electrifying thing to witness - a writer so hilariously and so reasonably voicing the unspeakable'Sarah...
A Spell of Good Things

A Spell of Good Things

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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023Ayobami Adebayo, the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Stay With Me, unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides...
How to Leave the House

How to Leave the House

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The funniest, wildest and most original debut novel of 2024 'Uproarious, generous and witty' New York Times'What a debut' Stephen Fry'A wild and funny ride through modern life' Financial Times'Gobby,...
A Desert in Bohemia

A Desert in Bohemia

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In Search of Ethel Cartwright

In Search of Ethel Cartwright

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'A warm and uplifting read... a gentle and inspiring, yet vital, reminder that life is there to be lived, and that regrets won't keep you warm as you age' Justin...
Malma Station

Malma Station

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On board the train to Malma Station are a married couple in crisis, a single dad and his young daughter, and a woman searching for the answer to a mystery...
The Last Word

The Last Word

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Cosy crime of a superior order' Sunday TimesWords can be dangerous. Sometimes they kill...Natalka and Edwin are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite...
The Painter's Daughters: The award-winning debut novel selected for BBC Radio 2 Book Club

The Painter's Daughters: The award-winning debut novel selected [...]

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THE NUMBER ONE KINDLE BESTSELLER SELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUBWINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL COMPETITION'Beautifully written . . . I raced through it' HILARY MANTEL'As exquisitely and...
Where the Crawdads Sing - Collector's Edition

Where the Crawdads Sing - Collector's Edition

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'Painfully beautiful' The New York Times Book Review'Heart-wrenching... a compelling love story' Entertainment Weekly'Astonishing' PeopleFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the...
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers: The instant Sunday Times bestseller that everyone's talking about!

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers: The instant Sunday Times [...]

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*DON'T MISS OUT - STUNNING LIMITED FIRST EDITION WITH JIGSAW PIECE CUT-OUT AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!*THE INSTANT TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!'Utterly beautiful. I adored it' JOANNA CANNON'Hugely...
The Mess We're In: An immersive story of music, friendship and finding your own rhythm, from the Sunday Times bestselling author

The Mess We're In: An immersive story of music, friendship and [...]

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'A heady mix of thrills and heartbreak . . . I enjoyed it so so much' GRAHAM NORTON'What [Macmanus has] managed to do with London, and what London means to...
I'm F*cking Amazing: The shocking, fresh, funny debut novel you'll be talking about for days

I'm F*cking Amazing: The shocking, fresh, funny debut novel [...]

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"Genuinely new, bold and fascinating" - Deborah Frances-White, author of The Guilty Feminist"Laugh-out-loud funny, brutally honest" - Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me"Raw, funny, visceral and heartbreaking" -...
The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne: the brand new and unforgettable coming of age story

The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne: the brand new and [...]

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A powerful love letter to youth from Sunday Times bestselling author of Little Wing.When your present meets your past, what do you take with you - and what do you...
In the Seeing Hands of Others

In the Seeing Hands of Others

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You are about to enter a novel formed of documents and evidence. Here is the blog of a nurse on a dialysis ward attempting to live in the aftermath of...
Rebellion (Eagles of the Empire 22)

Rebellion (Eagles of the Empire 22)

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'Roman discipline clashes with ferocious hordes in Scarrow's epic mix of sword, sweat and savagery' THE SUN     1st-century Britannia is the setting for an epic and action-packed novel...
Small Hours: the spellbinding new novel from the author of ISAAC AND THE EGG

Small Hours: the spellbinding new novel from the author of ISAAC [...]

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'Powerful' JOANNA GLEN   'Beautiful' KATE SAWYER   'A triumph' JENNIE GODFREY     The eagerly awaited new novel from Bobby Palmer, author of the critically acclaimed debut Isaac and...
The World's Worst Children 3

The World's Worst Children 3

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Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age

Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age

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Disgrace

Disgrace

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In an novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, a fifty-two year old college professor who has lost his job for sleeping with a student tries to relate to his daughter,...
The Solace of Sin

The Solace of Sin

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Kitty and Her Boys

Kitty and Her Boys

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Sugar Street

Sugar Street

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'Part of the power of Sugar Street lies in its style . . . in the prose you can feel the adrenaline of [the protagonist's] initial flight wearing off ,...
Dear Neighbour: A moving, inspirational novel about community, family and the true meaning of home

Dear Neighbour: A moving, inspirational novel about community, family and the true meaning of home

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Alice is a working hard to provide for her daughter, Mollie. But it's a challenge juggling her job alongside her duties as a single Mum in Leeds: a city she...
The Desert Crop

The Desert Crop

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Hide Me Among the Graves

Hide Me Among the Graves

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The Weight of Loss

The Weight of Loss

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Author: Sally Oliver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A visit to a health retreat takes a horrifyingly dark twist... Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her...
Forgive Me

Forgive Me

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Author: Susan LewisFormat: Hardback, 159mm x 240mm, 650g, 432 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2020 Don't miss the brand-new book from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis!I can't forgive...
Homebodies

Homebodies

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Author: Tembe Denton-HurstFormat: Hardback, 159mm x 240mm, 520g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023'THIS BOOK IS SO FUN AND HOT AND EXCEPTIONALLY WRITTEN!!'Reader review, 'I melted into this book...
The Chatto Book of Love Stories

The Chatto Book of Love Stories

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This Wound Full of Fish

This Wound Full of Fish

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Author: Lorena Salazar MassoFormat: Hardback, 140mm x 218mm, 320g, 192 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023'Dazzling' Fernanda Melchor'A brilliant debut' Vogue'Bright and brimming with sisterhood. Overwhelmingly beautiful' El CulturalA...
The Detainees

The Detainees

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Fractured Soul: A Novel

Fractured Soul: A Novel

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Author: Akira MizubayashiFormat: Hardback, 140mm x 210mm, 315g, 224 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Awarded the Prix des libraires by France's booksellers, a universal story about music and...
Mental Fight

Mental Fight

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Not Quite Narwhal

Not Quite Narwhal

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After I'm Gone

After I'm Gone

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