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At Home with the Templetons

At Home with the Templetons

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It's never too late to learn what family means . . . When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately home in Australia, they set the...
The Night Travelers

The Night Travelers

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Four generations of women experience love, loss, war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and, finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping...
Paris Dreaming

Paris Dreaming

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Libby is determined to stay on her no-man fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. But in the city of love there is no escaping fate...
Death of the Great Man: A Novel

Death of the Great Man: A Novel

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In a novel that's part comic mystery, part political satire, and part case vignette, a psychiatrist reviews his involvement with a narcissistic national leader who has turned up dead on...
Wild Ground: 'As addictive as Normal People' - Jenna Clake

Wild Ground: 'As addictive as Normal People' - Jenna Clake

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'Aches with hard-won hope and bruised tenderness' Colin Walsh, author of Kala 'An intoxicating debut from a compelling new voice' Adelle Stripe, author of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile...
Fire and Bones: Volume 23

Fire and Bones: Volume 23

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the centre of a Washington, D.C., arson...
Someone Else's Bucket List

Someone Else's Bucket List

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In this sisterly PS, I Love You , an introverted young woman is saddled with fulfilling her late sister's final wish: completing her bucket list while millions of people follow...
The Communist's Daughter: A 'remarkably powerful' novel set in East Berlin

The Communist's Daughter: A 'remarkably powerful' novel set in East Berlin

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'[I was] completely transported . . . so sparely and yet vividly told. I admired it immensely' Clare Chambers 'Aroa Moreno Duran writes with a rare sensitivity about the unconsidered...
Liverpool Lamplight: A thrilling saga of bitter rivalry and family ties

Liverpool Lamplight: A thrilling saga of bitter rivalry and family ties

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Lyn Andrews' engaging and heart-warming saga LIVERPOOL LAMPLIGHT is not to be missed by readers of Kate Thompson and Kitty Neale Georgie Deegan will do anything for money. His sister...
The Miseducation of Evie Epworth: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick

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The Bestselling Richard & Judy Summer Book Club Pick 2021 The Bestselling Radio 2 Book Club Selection 'Tight, clever and riddled with wit. Like discovering Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones...
Run Me to Earth

Run Me to Earth

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From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos-and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as, "one...
Ever After

Ever After

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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LAST ORDERS AND MOTHERING SUNDAY , reissued for the first time in Scribner Bill Unwin, an academic of dubious status, has never recovered from the...
The World That We Knew

The World That We Knew

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* LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL * 'Oh, what a book this is! Hoffman's exploration of the world of good and evil, and the constant contest between them, is...
Maybe Tomorrow: 'As heartbreaking as it is uplifting' - the new novel from the author of Home

Maybe Tomorrow: 'As heartbreaking as it is uplifting' - the new novel from the author of Home

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A story of friendship, possibilities and hope that maybe tomorrow will be brighter than today . . . Jamie Matson had once enjoyed a wonderful life working alongside her best...
Foe

Foe

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'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid , the acclaimed author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things You think you know everything about...
Wench: The word-of-mouth hit that became a New York Times bestseller

Wench: The word-of-mouth hit that became a New York Times bestseller

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THE WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT THAT BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'SHATTERING' SIGRID NUNEZ 'BEAUTIFUL' USA TODAY 'UNFORGETTABLE' TAYARI JONES In 1850s Ohio, a free territory before the Civil War, Tawawa...
Tropicalia

Tropicalia

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'One of the most marvellous books I've read in years' Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances 'A bacchanal of familial entanglements, as beautiful as it is brutal' Jamie Ford, New...
Reproduction

Reproduction

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'Compelling, elegant and bitingly smart.' Nell Stevens, author of Briefly, A Delicious Life A Frankenstein for the twenty-first century by the Dylan Thomas Prize-shortlisted author of Trinity and Speak A...
Flight: 'Emotionally transcendent' - Boston Globe

Flight: 'Emotionally transcendent' - Boston Globe

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'Suspenseful, dazzling and moving' Rumaan Alam 'Arresting and powerful' Lily King 'Breathtakingly propulsive and insightful' Leslie Jamison It's 22 December and Henry, Kate and Martin are gathering with their partners...
Deep Water

Deep Water

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'Powered by a subtle, ominous tension. I loved this book' LEE CHILD 'Paradise never felt so sinister' RUTH WARE Lies can be buried... Secrets always come to the surface Amarante...
The Drownings: an electrifying coming-of-age story, set on a campus with the darkest history

The Drownings: an electrifying coming-of-age story, set on a campus with the darkest history

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'Breathtaking... dark academia at its most compelling' ERIN KELLY 'A very clever dark campus novel... really packs a punch' DAILY MAIL 'An extraordinary story of female power, rage and oppression'...
Love & Fame

Love & Fame

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Susie Boyt's sixth novel is the story of the first year of a marriage. Eve a nervous young actress from a powerful theatrical dynasty has found herself married to an...
The Tatami Time Machine Blues: A Novel

The Tatami Time Machine Blues: A Novel

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In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During...
Anita and Me (Collins Modern Classics)

Anita and Me (Collins Modern Classics)

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The debut novel from the award-winning screenwriter of 'Bhaji on the Beach'. The story of nine-year-old Meena, growing up in the only Punjabi family in the Black Country mining village...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Collins Modern Classics)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Collins Modern Classics)

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Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York...
The Bees (Collins Modern Classics)

The Bees (Collins Modern Classics)

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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction Enter a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely within a...
At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, Book 2)

At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, Book 2)

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'A wonderfully hopeful , queer, LA love story' Anita Kelly, author of Something Wild & Wonderful 'Highly relatable, laugh-out-loud funny, and full of hot-bartender sapphic swoon ' Alison Cochrun, author...
The Winner

The Winner

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'A lean, careening thrill ... one of my favourite books of the year' Megan Nolan 'Riveting reading' The Times 'Irresistible ... A page-turning story of sex, power, and money' Vogue,...
The Second Chance

The Second Chance

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A hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking book club read for fans of David Nicholls and Cecelia Ahern. ------------------ Nell has always known the date she's going to die. After a psychic...
Mother Hens

Mother Hens

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The Sunday Times number one bestselling debut novel 'Absolutely outrageous. A total snigger-fest.' SINDHU VEE 'Unputdownable. Thoroughly enjoyable and twisted.' KATERINA DIAMOND Welcome to a hen do where revenge is...
True Story: this genre-defying novel marks the arrival of a powerful new literary voice

True Story: this genre-defying novel marks the arrival of a powerful new literary voice

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Inventive, electrifying and daring, True Story is a novel like nothing you've ever read before. *One of Entertainment Weekly's top five reads of the summer* ' A mind-blowing page-turning un-put-downable...
The Oxenbridge King: The remarkable new novel from an award-winning author, for readers of Hilary Mantel and Sarah Winman

The Oxenbridge King: The remarkable new novel from an award-winning author, for readers of Hilary Mantel and Sarah Winman

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Tender, endearing, lyrical, surprising, and magical - think Hilary Mantel meets Sarah Winman with a dash of Philip Pullman - The Oxenbridge King is a delight, a true original. Imagine,...
Wench: The word-of-mouth hit that became a New York Times bestseller

Wench: The word-of-mouth hit that became a New York Times bestseller

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THE WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT THAT BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'SHATTERING' SIGRID NUNEZ 'BEAUTIFUL' USA TODAY 'UNFORGETTABLE' TAYARI JONES In 1850s Ohio, a free territory before the Civil War, Tawawa...
The Invisible Hour

The Invisible Hour

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From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery and the enduring magic of books. Sixteen-year-old Ivy is...
Accidental Heroes: An Action-Packed Emotional Drama From The Billion Copy Bestseller

Accidental Heroes: An Action-Packed Emotional Drama From The Billion Copy Bestseller

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City of the Sun: (Frank Behr: 1): An emotionally charged, fast and furious crime thriller you won't be able to put down

City of the Sun: (Frank Behr: 1): An emotionally charged, fast and furious crime thriller you won't be able to put down

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A Romantic Hero

A Romantic Hero

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Missing Mom

Missing Mom

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Fuccboi: A fearless and savagely funny examination of masculinity, from an electrifying new voice

Fuccboi: A fearless and savagely funny examination of masculinity, from an electrifying new voice

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'Got under my skin in the way the best writing can' SHEILA HETI, author of MOTHERHOOD A fearless and savagely funny examination of masculinity under late capitalism, from an electrifying...
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

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Bertie Wooster is back at Totleigh Towers fighting off the threat of marriage with dippy Madeline Bassett in the charmingly delightful Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves - published equally charmingly by...
After Dark: Murakami's atmospheric masterpiece, now in a deluxe gift edition

After Dark: Murakami's atmospheric masterpiece, now in a deluxe gift

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A special hardback edition of Murakami's mesmerising and evocative classic, After Dark. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author. A beautifully packaged hardback edition of...
A Wild Sheep Chase: the surreal, breakout detective novel, now in a deluxe gift edition

A Wild Sheep Chase: the surreal, breakout detective novel, now in a

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A special hardback edition of Murakami's brilliantly surreal, detective-story classic, A Wild Sheep Chase. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author. A beautifully packaged hardback...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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A special hardback edition of Muarkami's epic, magical masterpiece, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author, to celebrate the forthcoming publication...
Norwegian Wood: the classic Japanese love-story, now in a deluxe gift edition

Norwegian Wood: the classic Japanese love-story, now in a deluxe gift

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A special hardback edition of Murakami's iconic classic, and breakout hit, Norwegian Wood. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author, to celebrate the forthcoming publication...
Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore

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A special hardback edition of Murakami's mesmerising and strange surreal classic, Kafka on the Shore. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author, to celebrate the...
The Rivertown Vet

The Rivertown Vet

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A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, by a favourite Australian author. Local vet Jana Malinski runs a wombat sanctuary with her sister on their family's serene property by the Murray River. But...
The Deep

The Deep

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From the bestselling breakout author of The Bluffs comes a heart-stopping new thriller set on the rugged coast of Tasmania about family bonds and betrayals, and the hidden dangers that...
Here Goes Nothing

Here Goes Nothing

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The virtuoso new novel from the author of the Booker-shortlisted A Fraction of the Whole. 'Nobody was ever thinking about me. Now that I'm dead, I dwell on this kind...