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The Silk House: The thrilling new historical novel from the bestselling author of The Botanist's Daughter

The Silk House: The thrilling new historical novel from the bestselling author of The Botanist's Daughter

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Author: Kayte Nunn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you' Woman 'Utterly spellbinding' Natasha Lester 'Exquisitely written, this vivid story...
The Mayfair Bookshop: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and the Pursuit of Happiness

The Mayfair Bookshop: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Author: Eliza Knight Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 One of Hasty Booklist's Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels! USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight brings together a brilliant...
Desolation Angels

Desolation Angels

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Author: Jack Kerouac Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A soulful and wild tribute to Kerouac's final road trip, new to Penguin Modern Classics Desolation Angels is the...
Anansi Boys

Anansi Boys

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Author: Neil Gaiman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, AND COMPANION NOVEL TO AMERICAN GODS. 'Neil could never have known that he was writing...
The Royal Game

The Royal Game

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Author: Anne O'Brien Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 'I was completely captivated' Barbara Erskine The spellbinding new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Anne O'Brien. England,...
The Peacock Summer

The Peacock Summer

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Author: Hannah Richell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 '[a] beautifully written novel that brims with art, beauty, love, family, passion and secrets' - Books+Publishing Two summers, decades apart. Two...
Patrick Melrose: The Novels

Patrick Melrose: The Novels

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Author: Edward St Aubyn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 880 Collected into one volume for the first time, all five installments of Edward St. Aubyn's celebrated Patrick Melrose novels Now...
Our Missing Hearts: 'Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching' Reese Witherspoon, a Reese's Book Club Pick

Our Missing Hearts: 'Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching' Reese Witherspoon, a Reese's Book Club Pick

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Author: Celeste Ng Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 THE REESE WITHERSPOON OCTOBER BOOK CLUB PICK 'Governments are right to fear words. They can change hearts and topple...
Yellowface

Yellowface

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Author: Rebecca F Kuang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from literary sensation R.F. Kuang *A Reese Witherspoon Book Club...
Serotonin

Serotonin

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Author: Shaun Whiteside Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Michel Houellebecq's Serotonin is a caustic, frightening, hilarious, raunchy, offensive, and politically incorrect novel about the decline of Europe, Western civilization,...
Ithaca: The exquisite, gripping tale that breathes life into ancient myth

Ithaca: The exquisite, gripping tale that breathes life into ancient myth

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Author: Claire North Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth - darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking' Jennifer Saint, author...
American Gods

American Gods

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Author: Neil Gaiman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 752 AN ACCLAIMED, EMMY-NOMINATED TV SERIES ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO WINNER OF THE HUGO, LOCUS AND BRAM STOKER AWARDS 'To give him...
The Conservationist

The Conservationist

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Author: Nadine Gordimer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 "This is a novel of enormous power' New Statesman 'Gordimer is a great writer ... It is Turgenev that...
Siracusa

Siracusa

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Author: Delia Ephron Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 An electrifying New York Times bestselling novel about marriage and deceit that follows two couples on vacation in Siracusa,...
The Maidens: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Silent Patient

The Maidens: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Silent Patient

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Author: Alex Michaelides Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 We all keep secrets. Even from ourselves. 'A thrilling, heart-in-throat ride' STEPHEN FRY 'An absolute jaw-dropper' LUCY FOLEY 'Elegant, sinister, stylish'...
The Woman Who Didn't Grow Old

The Woman Who Didn't Grow Old

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Author: Gregoire Delacourt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 What happened to Betty is every woman's dream. Isn't it? There are those who never grow old because they are taken...
Painter to the King

Painter to the King

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Author: Amy Sackville Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 This is a portrait of Diego Velazquez, from his arrival at the court of King Philip IV of Spain, to his...
Palmares: A 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.

Palmares: A 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.

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Author: Gayl Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION Palmares hails the return of a major voice in literature - 'the...
Wandering Souls

Wandering Souls

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Author: Cecile Pin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope' Ocean...
Berta Isla: A novel

Berta Isla: A novel

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Author: Javier Marias Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 From the award-winning, internationally best-selling Spanish writer, author of The Infatuations, comes a gripping new novel of intrigue and missed chances--at...
After Me Comes the Flood

After Me Comes the Flood

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Author: Sarah Perry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 From the internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent--soon to be an Apple TV+ Series "A beautiful, dream-like, unsettling...
Blonde

Blonde

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Author: Joyce Carol Oates Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 752 A sweeping, mesmerising novel of the most enduring and evocative cultural icon of the 20th century. Joyce Carol...
A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

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Author: Leonard Cohen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In A Ballet of Lepers Leonard Cohen explores themes that would come to permeate his later works - shame stemming from...
A Secret Garden Affair

A Secret Garden Affair

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Author: Erica James Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Another heartbreaking but glorious tale of secrets and love from the Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James... Love grows where you...
Daughters of Victory: A Novel

Daughters of Victory: A Novel

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Author: Gabriella Saab Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 From the acclaimed author of The Last Checkmate comes a brilliant novel spanning from the Russian Revolution to the...
The Dog of the North

The Dog of the North

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Author: Elizabeth McKenzie Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 The darkly comic new novel from the bestselling author of The...
Lost and Found in Paris: A Novel

Lost and Found in Paris: A Novel

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Author: Lian Dolan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 "Fast-paced and colorful, with hints of The Goldfinch and Malibu Rising, and more than one pitch-perfect love story-Lost and...
A Little London Scandal

A Little London Scandal

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Author: Miranda Emmerson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 A story of class and corruption, sex and the Sixties, for fans of A Very English Scandal and The...
The Viennese Girl

The Viennese Girl

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Author: Jenny Lecoat Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In June 1940, the horror-struck inhabitants of Jersey watch as the German army unopposed takes possession of their island. Now only...
Nights At The Circus

Nights At The Circus

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Author: Angela Carter Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 'Angela Carter has influenced a whole generation of fellow writers towards dream worlds of baroque splendour, fairy tale horror,...
My Oxford Year

My Oxford Year

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Author: Julia Whelan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 She could never have guessed what the year would hold... 'A pure delight . . . will stay with...
The Book of Two Ways

The Book of Two Ways

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Author: Jodi Picoult Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Dawn Edelstein knows everything there is to know about dying. She specialises in helping her clients make peace with the end...
Mrs March

Mrs March

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Author: Virginia Feito Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Nastily good fun' Metro SET TO BECOME A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ELIZABETH MOSS Shirley Jackson meets Ottessa Moshfegh meets My...
Think of Me

Think of Me

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Author: Frances Liardet Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A heartbreaking new novel of grief, family and the enduring power of love from the author of We Must...
The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us

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Author: Maggie O'Farrell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Gripping, insightful and deft, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape...
The May Bride

The May Bride

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Author: Suzannah Dunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Jane Seymour is a shy, dutiful fifteen-year-old when her eldest brother, Edward, brings his bride home to Wolf Hall. Katherine Filliol...
The Dead Fathers Club

The Dead Fathers Club

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Author: Matt Haig Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his...
Freckles

Freckles

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Author: Cecelia Ahern Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Discover this 5-star read: 'Wow' 'Heartwarming' 'Uplifting' 'Thought-provoking' 'One of those rare, special and unique heroines' 'A joy to...
Bad Fruit

Bad Fruit

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Author: Ella King Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . . 'Unforgettable' RED - 'Memorable' OBSERVER - 'A family overflowing with secrets' LOUISE HARE...
The Lesser Bohemians

The Lesser Bohemians

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Author: Eimear McBride Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH...
Friends and Strangers: The New York Times bestselling novel of female friendship and privilege

Friends and Strangers: The New York Times bestselling novel of female friendship and privilege

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Author: J. Courtney Sullivan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 THE PERFECT BOOK GROUP SUMMER READ FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENGAGEMENTS AND MAINE 'I LOVED IT' Meg Wolitzer, author...
Herc

Herc

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Author: Phoenicia Rogerson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Astonishingly vivid' Jodi Taylor This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures...everyone's favourite hero, right? Well,...
Little Deaths

Little Deaths

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Author: Emma Flint Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 It's 1965 in a tight-knit working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York, and Ruth Malone -- a single mother who works long...
The Short End of the Sonnenallee

The Short End of the Sonnenallee

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Author: Thomas Brussig Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 'A kind of miracle ... Not only made me laugh (again and again) but brought tears to my eyes' Jonathan Franzen...
The Noodle Maker

The Noodle Maker

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Author: Jian Ma Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 From Mi Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life in a post-Tiananmen China....
The French Art of War

The French Art of War

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Author: Alexis Jenni (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 624 'It was the beginning of the Gulf War. I watched it on TV and did little else. I...
A Sister's Story: Natalie Portman's book club pick (July 2022)

A Sister's Story: Natalie Portman's book club pick (July 2022)

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Author: Donatella Di Pietrantonio Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF A GIRL RETURNED It's the darkest time of night. Adriana, a baby in her...
The Performance

The Performance

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Author: Claire Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Quietly transformational' The Times 'A tour de force... I can't recommend this too highly' Patrick Gale 'Innovative... an original, at-a-sitting read'...