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A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy

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Lady Chatterley's Lover (Collins Classics)

Lady Chatterley's Lover (Collins Classics)

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Author: D. H. Lawrence Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER was banned on its publication in...
The Falconer

The Falconer

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Author: Dana Czapnik Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'A novel of huge heart and fierce intelligence.' - Ann Patchett 'An electric debut' - New York Times 'Exhilarating'...
While I Was Gone

While I Was Gone

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Minding Frankie

Minding Frankie

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All That's Left Unsaid

All That's Left Unsaid

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Author: Tracey Lien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'A vivid portrait of life as a refugee in 1990s Australia . . . Tracey Lien's first novel is a deeply...
Hanna's Daughters

Hanna's Daughters

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How to Kill Your Husband

How to Kill Your Husband

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A Wedding In December

A Wedding In December

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Author: Anita Shreve Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 At an inn in the...
Catapult: Short stories from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of History of Wolves

Catapult: Short stories from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of History of Wolves

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Author: Emily Fridlund Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 'A powerhouse of a first story collection notable for its temerity and its skilled combination of humour and insight'...
Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf

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Black Rock White City

Black Rock White City

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Tree of Smoke

Tree of Smoke

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The Persians

The Persians

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 'Enormously entertaining' THE TIMES 'The word-of-mouth breakout' STYLIST 'As funny as it is moving' GUARDIAN 'A joy of a debut' DAVID MITCHELL...
The Every: The electrifying follow up to Sunday Times bestseller The

The Every: The electrifying follow up to Sunday Times bestseller The

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The electrifying follow-up to Dave Eggers' New York Times Bestseller The Circle When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it...
While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this

While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this

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On a platform in occupied Paris, a mother whispers goodbye. It is the end. But also the beginning. Beautiful. Powerful. Unforgettable. A stunning portrait of the brutality of war and...
The Last Fashion House in Paris

The Last Fashion House in Paris

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In the heart of occupied WWII Paris, an elegant fashion house is the unlikely headquarters of a daring resistance network. Behind closed doors, courageous women vie to save loved ones...
In the Hour of Crows

In the Hour of Crows

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In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker....
The Banned Books Club

The Banned Books Club

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She left her hometown following a scandal - but family loyalty is dragging her back... Despite their strained relationship, when Gia Rossi's sister Margot begs her to come home to...
The Bodyguard: 'A shot of pure joy' EMILY HENRY

The Bodyguard: 'A shot of pure joy' EMILY HENRY

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'My perfect ten of a book.' EMILY HENRY *The instant New York Times bestseller!* She's got his back. He's got her heart. They've got a secret. What could possibly go...
Women of Good Fortune

Women of Good Fortune

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Three women. One daring plan. A wedding heist to remember. Lulu has always been taught that money is the ticket to a good life. So, when Shanghai's most eligible bachelor...
Mrs S

Mrs S

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An Observer Best Debut of the Year A Granta Best Young British Novelist 'I loved this book' JULIA ARMFIELD 'Exhilarating' MONICA HEISEY 'Astonishing' ANDREA LAWLOR 'Should be on everyone's summer...
The Next Girl

The Next Girl

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Promising Young Woman meets High Fidelity in the dark and twisty thriller from the bestselling author of The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know and The Paris Affair. A bad...
The Lavender Keeper

The Lavender Keeper

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From the fields of Provence to the streets of wartime Paris, The Lavender Keeper is an extraordinary, moving story of action and adventure, heartbreak and passion, devotion and treachery from...
The Overstory

The Overstory

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THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 'Radical and exciting' Jessie Burton 'Breathtaking' Barbara Kingsolver 'It changed how I thought about the...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)

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Murakami's most acclaimed novel in a highly covetable gift edition Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant...
The Angry Women's Choir

The Angry Women's Choir

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By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about a remarkable group of women who discover they are all capable of incredible things...
Nightingale

Nightingale

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'Love comes out of nowhere for most of us, when we least expect it.' A breathtaking novel of heartbreak and heroism, love and longing by a powerhouse Australian storyteller. MILLION...
Nightbitch: Stylist's summer cult breakout

Nightbitch: Stylist's summer cult breakout

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For readers of Jenny Offill and Curtis Sittenfeld, this is a funny, provocative, pin-sharp novel that redefines modern motherhood *NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING AMY ADAMS* Are you looking for...
Gone Tomorrow: (Jack Reacher 13)

Gone Tomorrow: (Jack Reacher 13)

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Jack Reacher faces his most implacable enemy yet, in the double number one bestseller Lee Child. Enhances his status as a mythic avenger. . .You'll be left with a thumping...
The Paper Palace

The Paper Palace

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A magnificent literary debut about the myriad loves that make up a life Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim...
Maurice

Maurice

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First time in Black Classics for Forster's autobiographical novel of homosexual love. Maurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of...
Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

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Arguably Achebe's most important novel, Things Fall Apart has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than fifty languages Okonkwo is the greatest warrior alive, famous...
A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

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Ernest's Hemingway's powerful autobiographical war classic - considered by many to be the greatest war novel ever written Ernest's Hemingway's powerful autobiographical story of war. 'I don't live at all...
The Waves

The Waves

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Woolf's innovative modernist novel, in a new Black Classics edition Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social...
I, Claudius: Popular Penguins

I, Claudius: Popular Penguins

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Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. Regarded as little more than...
We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Popular Penguins

We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Popular Penguins

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Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since...
A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

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Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange is the shocking seminal novel that spawned one of the most notorious films ever made. Fifteen-year-old Alex and his thrill-seeking gang regularly indulge in ultra-violence,...
The Vegetarian: Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Vegetarian: Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their...
The Cage: the brand new Bob Skinner mystery

The Cage: the brand new Bob Skinner mystery

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The latest Bob Skinner mystery from the legendary Quintin Jardine.'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK On a sunny seaside August morning, a woman...
Familiaris: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

Familiaris: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

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AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION'An epic novel... David takes us on an extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship and...
Disturbance: A lyrical, witchy and atmospheric debut

Disturbance: A lyrical, witchy and atmospheric debut

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'Wonderfully witchy and emotionally astute' Chloe Ashby'Unsettling and atmospheric' Harriet Tyce 'Bloody brilliant' Clare PollardPropulsive and wry, this razor-sharp debut is perfect for fans of Boy Parts and My Year...
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf

The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf

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In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf Varg will need to resolve both a sensitive crime and his own delicate dilemma in the hopes of...
One Summer in Tuscany: Romance blooms under the Italian sun

One Summer in Tuscany: Romance blooms under the Italian sun

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Perfect holiday reading from Domenica de Rosa, author of the bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries under the pen name Elly Griffiths. A group of would-be authors retreats to Tuscany where...
My Season of Scandal: The Palace of Rogues

My Season of Scandal: The Palace of Rogues

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In USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long's latest installment in the Palace of Rogues series, a notorious rake meets his match in a doe-eyed girl from the country, changing...
Comrade Papa

Comrade Papa

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BY THE AUTHOR OF STANDING HEAVY - SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023Following the death of his parents, Dabilly, a young white man, seeks a life of colonial adventure...
Traitor in the Ice: Treachery has gripped the nation. But the King has spies everywhere.

Traitor in the Ice: Treachery has gripped the nation. But the King has

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'Full of tension and danger... powerfully atmospheric' JENNIFER SAINT'A beautifully crafted thriller... Breathtaking and bone-chilling' MANDA SCOTT'Maitland is a superlative historical novelist' REBECCA MASCULL---Whispers haunt the walls and treachery darkens...
Honeybee

Honeybee

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  From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a buzzy new novel about womanhood, winging it, and the wonders of female friendship **AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** 'Funny, relatable and incredibly entertaining,...