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As Brave as You

As Brave as You

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Where You Left Us

Where You Left Us

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The River King

The River King

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Maddie in the Middle

Maddie in the Middle

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Dead Souls

Dead Souls

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'I absolutely adored Dead Souls. Reading it felt like overhearing the most exhilarating, funny, mean conversation imaginable - which is to say it made me extremely happy and I dreaded...
By My Side

By My Side

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One step can change everything... Cass Brooks wishes she could turn back time. She'd go back to that morning and retrace her steps. Her boyfriend, Sean, would still be with...
Paulina & Fran

Paulina & Fran

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Sharp-tongued, fearsome Paulina meets lovely, listless Fran one night at a house party held near their privileged New England art school. Together they drift through their classes, critique their fellow...
The Only Survivors: the tense, gripping thriller from the author of Reese Book Club pick THE LAST HOUSE GUEST

The Only Survivors: the tense, gripping thriller from the author of

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER     Ten years ago, a tragic accident tore through a community.     Ever since, the nine survivors - just teenagers at the time...
Half of Paradise

Half of Paradise

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Toussaint Boudreaux, a black docker in New Orleans, puts up with his co-workers' racism because he has to, and moonlights as a prize-fighter in the hope of a better life...
Shanghai Baby

Shanghai Baby

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Publicly burned in China for its sensual nature and irreverent style, this novel is the semi-autobiographical story of Coco, a cafe waitress, who is full of enthusiasm and impatience for...
Invitation to Italy

Invitation to Italy

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Abi is distraught when her ex-husband Alex takes their twelve-year-old daughter, Chloe to spend the summer with his glamorous fiancee Marisa and her parents at their home on the beautiful...
When We Were Sisters

When We Were Sisters

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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2022WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023'[A] captivating, gorgeously written book' Hala Alyan'A stunning accomplishment' Safia Elhillo'A grief-soaked and gorgeous...
Magpie

Magpie

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In the dead of night, Lily Waite and her 5-year-old son, Matthew, arrive at their new home on a council estate in East London; their only possessions, two suitcases and...
Last Orders

Last Orders

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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 1996 Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into...
The Unfolding

The Unfolding

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The Big Guy loves his family, money and democracy. Undone by the results of the 2008 Presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of...
The Stranger from the Sea: A Novel

The Stranger from the Sea: A Novel

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The dramatic and moving reimagination of the characters from Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, set in a 19th-century town that harbors many secrets After a ferocious storm shipwrecks young...
Swimming Back to Trout River: A Novel

Swimming Back to Trout River: A Novel

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A "beautifully written, poignant exploration of family, art, culture, immigration...and love" (Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation) set against the backdrop of China's Cultural...
The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder

The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder

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Maximilian Ponder shut himself away for thirty years in an attempt to record every memory he ever had. Now he lies dead, surrounded by his magnum opus - The Catalogue...
A Shot in the Dark: A deeply romantic love story you will never forget

A Shot in the Dark: A deeply romantic love story you will never forget

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A passionate and powerful romance featuring a transgender man and an ex-Orthodox woman who find each other through their devotion to art, and fall in love despite all odds, from...
Speak to Me: A love triangle with a difference: 'Addictive... her sharp observations steal the show' Guardian

Speak to Me: A love triangle with a difference: 'Addictive... her

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'Sharp as a skewer about the devices and desires in many modern marriages. I loved it' Amanda Craig'Charming, very touching and very funny. Taut and full of surprises' Tessa HadleyI...
Twist: The electrifying heist thriller - now a major movie

Twist: The electrifying heist thriller - now a major movie

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Packed with action, love and betrayal, Tom Grass's electrifying heist thriller is a gripping reinvention of the Dickens classic, OLIVER TWIST.Now a major film starring Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Rita...
The German Girl

The German Girl

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Before everything changed, Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now the streets of Berlin are draped in swastikas and Hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once...
Isaac and the Egg: the unique, funny and heartbreaking Saturday Times bestseller

Isaac and the Egg: the unique, funny and heartbreaking Saturday Times

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*THE INSTANT SATURDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER*   *A PANDORA SYKES/FANE BOOK CLUB PICK*   *AS FEATURED ON BBC R4 OPEN BOOK*       **Bobby Palmer's spellbinding new novel,...
The Future Won't Be Long

The Future Won't Be Long

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It's the tail-end of 1986 and Baby is the freshest-faced, starriest-eyed young homo in all of New York City, straight off the bus from closeted backwoods Wisconsin. Adeline is his...
This Must Be the Place: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of Hamnet

This Must Be the Place: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of

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A top-ten bestseller 2016, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Maggie O'Farrell crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a...
Stone Cold Trouble

Stone Cold Trouble

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LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER 2021THRILLERS OF THE MONTH - ObserverBEST CRIME FICTION, SEPT 2020 - The Times'BRUTAL, SHOCKING AND FUNNY' - M. W. Craven'A STONE COLD HIT! HIGHLY...
The Beloved Girls: The new Richard & Judy Book Club Choice with an OMG twist in the tale

The Beloved Girls: The new Richard & Judy Book Club Choice with an OMG

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'A gorgeous epic . . . Wholly absorbing. I adored it' MARIAN KEYES'This sweeping, absorbing story is a treat' ADELE PARKS'A compelling story of female friendship, dark secrets and family...
The Liar

The Liar

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When her husband Richard is killed in a freak accident, Shelby Pomeroy is devastated. But she soon learns a horrible truth - Richard was a conman and a cheat, and...
Dear Neighbour: A moving, inspirational novel about community, family and the true meaning of home

Dear Neighbour: A moving, inspirational novel about community, family

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'A love letter to the power of community' Eleanor Ray, author of Everything is Beautiful____________Alice is working hard to provide for her daughter, Mollie. But it's a challenge juggling her...
The Fire

The Fire

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In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer"A stylish, subtle read" Woman & Home BOOK...
Becoming Ted: The joyful and uplifting novel from the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

Becoming Ted: The joyful and uplifting novel from the author of The

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'Full of warmth, humour and courage and I absolutely loved it!' RUTH HOGANA charming, joyful and surprising story about love, friendship and learning to be true to yourself, Becoming Ted...
The Holiday: A glorious novel - the perfect summer read

The Holiday: A glorious novel - the perfect summer read

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A long summer holiday on the beautiful island of Corfu is just what Izzy Jordan needs, but is she prepared for the romance and drama? New edition of one of...
Sylvia's Second Act: The hilarious, heartwarming and utterly feel-good read for 2025!

Sylvia's Second Act: The hilarious, heartwarming and utterly feel-good

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'Hilarious, heartwarming and delightfully refreshing' CAROL KIRKWOOD'I loved this joyous romp about starting afresh late in life' DAILY MAIL'Will put a twinkle in your eye and a spring in your...
The Memory of Lost Senses: An unforgettable novel of buried secrets from the past

The Memory of Lost Senses: An unforgettable novel of buried secrets

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When a mysterious countess arrives late in life to live in a large house on the outskirts of a beautiful Hampshire village, the local tongues start wagging. No one is...
Hex Education: The perfect cosy, witchy read for 2025

Hex Education: The perfect cosy, witchy read for 2025

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' A mesmerizing and enchanting novel that will leave readers spellbound' READER REVIEWA guilt-ridden former coven must tap into the magic of their past to stop their lives going up...
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

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Bursting with imagination, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as 'One part Quentin Tarantino, one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) and will appeal to fans...
Twenty-One Locks

Twenty-One Locks

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Jeannie is twenty years old and she's Lancashire's worst perfume girl. She works in her small town's department store, where all the other girls have perfect make-up (if a little...
Chemical Hearts

Chemical Hearts

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Catching Falling Stars

Catching Falling Stars

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Nothing to Wear and Nowhere to Hide: A Collection of Short Stories

Nothing to Wear and Nowhere to Hide: A Collection of Short Stories

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Scenes from Early Life

Scenes from Early Life

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Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, this is the new novel from the author of 'King of the Badgers' and the Man Booker-shortlisted 'The Northern Clemency'. "I...
Sway

Sway

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Bagamoyo: Here I Lay Down My Heart

Bagamoyo: Here I Lay Down My Heart

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The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Novel

The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Novel

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Outside the Lines

Outside the Lines

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The Betrayals

The Betrayals

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LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MOST EPIC BOOK OF THE YEAR.'BEAUTIFUL' JOANNA CANNON'MESMERISING' ERIN KELLY'TOTALLY ADDICTIVE' JOANNA GLEN'SUMPTUOUS' OBSERVER'DIZZYINGLY WONDERFUL' THE TIMESWINNING WAS EVERYTHING...UNTIL IT DESTROYED THEM Two young men, Leo...
Gold Fame Citrus

Gold Fame Citrus

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'A Mad Max world painted with a finer brush' Elle 'An unforgettable journey into a hauntingly imagined near-future' Ruth Ozeki'Set in a drought-ravaged Southern California trolled by scavengers, Gold Fame...
Sin: By the author of DAMAGE, inspiration for the Netflix series OBSESSION

Sin: By the author of DAMAGE, inspiration for the Netflix series

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'Though she wounded me beyond pain, I too inflicted deep hurt. Not born to murder her, still I sought to break her... Her name was Elizabeth Ashbridge. And I even...