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Mum & Dad: The Heartfelt Richard & Judy Book Club Pick

Mum & Dad: The Heartfelt Richard & Judy Book Club Pick

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Author: Joanna Trollope Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Mum & Dad is a heartwarming family drama from number one bestseller Joanna Trollope,...
Antiquities and Other Stories

Antiquities and Other Stories

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'A writer innately drawn to paradox, and to the moral questions inherent in the relationships between richness and poverty, mind and body, history and imagination' Ali Smith'As cunning and rich...
Hell Bent: The instant Sunday Times bestselling global sensation from the author of The Familiar

Hell Bent: The instant Sunday Times bestselling global sensation from the author of The Familiar

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Author: Leigh Bardugo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO NINTH HOUSE THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FANTASY OF 2023 __________________ Wealth....
The Sky Weaver: A standalone enemies-to-lovers romantasy set in the world of The Last Namsara from the author of TikTok favourite The Crimson Moth

The Sky Weaver: A standalone enemies-to-lovers romantasy set in the world of The Last Namsara from the author of TikTok favourite The Crimson Moth

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Author: Kristen Ciccarelli Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Lavish, romantic and magical, THE SKY WEAVER is a new standalone story set in the world of THE LAST NAMSARA -...
Limelight: The new novel from the author of Insatiable

Limelight: The new novel from the author of Insatiable

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This good girl is naked on the internet... By day, Frankie lives an ordinary life: doting daughter, supportive sister, adoring aunt and (mostly) capable colleague. The only trouble is that...
Hello, Orange Tiger

Hello, Orange Tiger

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Author: Natalie Marshall Format: Board book Number of Pages: 10 With bumpy pages that toddlers will love to explore, the Find and Feel books aid speech development, learning through repetition...
The Alex Crow

The Alex Crow

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Author: Andrew Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 From the critically acclaimed author of cult novel Grasshopper Jungle, comes a startlingly original tale of friendship and brotherhood, war and...
Okay Days: 'A joyous ode to being in love' - Stylist

Okay Days: 'A joyous ode to being in love' - Stylist

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Author: Jenny Mustard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A SMART, SEXY AND SPIKY MODERN LOVE STORY, FROM DEBUT NOVELIST JENNY MUSTARD 'Tender and spell-binding, Okay Days breaks you all...
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel

Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel

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Author: Walter Mosley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A BRAND NEW KING OLIVER NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA Joe King Oliver is...
Slay: Anita Blake 30

Slay: Anita Blake 30

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Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'I've never read a writer with a more fertile imagination' DIANA GABALDON My name is Anita Blake and my family...
The Bookshop on the Shore: From the bestselling author of feel-good romance

The Bookshop on the Shore: From the bestselling author of feel-good romance

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Author: Jenny Colgan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan' Sunday Express ___________________________________ In the Scottish Highlands, a tiny bookshop perches on the...
Our Missing Hearts: 'Will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on Sunday

Our Missing Hearts: 'Will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on Sunday

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Author: Celeste Ng Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'It's impossible not to be moved' Stephen King 'Stunning...this novel will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on...
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

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The Shape of Snakes

The Shape of Snakes

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The Coward

The Coward

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Author: Jarred McGinnisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 215g, 320 pagesPublished: Canongate Books, United Kingdom, 2022After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he...
Summer Dreams at the Lakeside Cottage: An uplifting read of fresh starts and warm friendship!

Summer Dreams at the Lakeside Cottage: An uplifting read of fresh starts and warm friendship!

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Author: Erin GreenFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 196mm, 240g, 336 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023'I loved joining Koo, Lulu and Beth on their hen adventures - this is an...
Lolita

Lolita

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Author: Vladimir NabokovFormat: Paperback, 110mm x 181mm, 204g, 368 pagesPublished: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011One of the best-known novels of the 20th century - the controversial story of Humbert...
Mercia'S Take: Winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2023

Mercia'S Take: Winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2023

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Author: Daniel WilesFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 208 pagesPublished: Swift Press, United Kingdom, 20221870s, the Black Country.Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man.Michael exhausts himself working...
Dog Park

Dog Park

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Author: Sofi Oksanen (DOB 7-1-1977)Format: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 258g, 368 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2022Helsinki, 2016. Olenka sits on a bench, watching a family play in a dog...
One Love: a brand new uplifting love story from the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

One Love: a brand new uplifting love story from the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

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Author: Matt CainFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 238mm, 692g, 464 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2024Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love.'Lovely, funny, kind and truthful . . ....
2023: a trilogy

2023: a trilogy

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Author: The Justified Ancients of Mu MuFormat: Paperback, 155mm x 235mm, 550g, 384 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2017Well we're back again, They never kicked us out, twenty thousand...
The City Always Wins

The City Always Wins

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Author: Omar Robert HamiltonFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 358g, 320 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2017'Omar Hamilton brings vividly to life the failed revolution of 2011 on the streets...
Faces In The Water

Faces In The Water

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Author: Janet FrameFormat: Paperback, 181mm x 133mm, 166g, 240 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2009I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier;...
A Guardian Angel Recalls

A Guardian Angel Recalls

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On the eve of the Second World War a public attorney, devastated because his Jewish lover has fled without him, runs over a young girl. He is torn by grief...
Anatomy of a Soldier

Anatomy of a Soldier

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Imagine if your whole life changed in the blink of an eye . . . Captain Tom Barnes is leading British troops into a war zone when he is gravely...
The Glass Room: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize

The Glass Room: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize

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Author: Simon MawerFormat: Paperback, 126mm x 198mm, 329g, 416 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2010Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis...
The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

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Author: Soraya PalmerFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 198mm, 240g, 288 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024'A beautiful ode to the power of storytelling, this novel is steeped in the folklore...
Windmill Hill: a gripping mystery of hidden secrets and loyal friendships

Windmill Hill: a gripping mystery of hidden secrets and loyal friendships

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Author: Lucy AtkinsFormat: Hardback, 160mm x 236mm, 600g, 368 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2023'Rich in charm and surprises' GUARDIAN'A transporting and entertaining read' THE TIMES'A triumph. Funny, mysterious, moving...
The Displacements

The Displacements

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Author: Bruce HolsingerFormat: Hardback, 164mm x 238mm, 680g, 448 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2022'Tense, claustrophobic, and all too imaginable' Diane Chamberlain, author of The Last House on the...
The Winter Visitor: the explosive new thriller set in the badlands of Essex

The Winter Visitor: the explosive new thriller set in the badlands of Essex

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Author: James HenryFormat: Hardback, 160mm x 238mm, 643g, 416 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2024Essex, February, 1991. The weather is biting cold. Everyone would rather be somewhere warmer, which is...
The Figurine: The must-read book for the beach from the Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author

The Figurine: The must-read book for the beach from the Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author

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Author: Victoria HislopFormat: Hardback, 158mm x 236mm, 930g, 528 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023'A beautiful, moving and thought provoking story, The Figurine is a stunning read . ....
Clairmont: The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the Romantic period

Clairmont: The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the Romantic period

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Author: Lesley McDowellFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 236mm, 640g, 400 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2024**The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from...
Surprises in Burracombe

Surprises in Burracombe

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Author: Lilian HarryFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 240mm, 41g, 352 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2015Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. The engagement party at the Barton is finally...
Don't Look Back: An addictive destination thriller from the author of The Trial

Don't Look Back: An addictive destination thriller from the author of The Trial

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Author: Jo SpainFormat: Hardback, 166mm x 238mm, 620g, 400 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2023Your dream island. The love of your life. A secret that changes everything . . .'I...
The Last Word

The Last Word

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Author: Elly GriffithsFormat: Hardback, 160mm x 236mm, 580g, 352 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2024 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Cosy crime of a superior order' Sunday TimesWords can be...
Murder in Autumn: A Libby Sarjeant Murder Mystery

Murder in Autumn: A Libby Sarjeant Murder Mystery

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Author: Lesley CookmanFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 202g, 288 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023The deliciously twisty twenty-fourth novel in the much-loved Libby Sarjeant series by Lesley Cookman. Libby...
A Marriage of Fortune: The captivating new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

A Marriage of Fortune: The captivating new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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Author: Anne O'BrienFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 340g, 480 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023'A compelling tale of a family caught up in the turmoil of the Wars of...
Upside Down, Inside Out: From the million-copy bestselling author

Upside Down, Inside Out: From the million-copy bestselling author

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Author: Monica McInerneyFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 194mm, 380g, 480 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023Eva Kennedy is in a rut. Whatever happened to the Eva who was going to...
A Country Christmas: The heartwarming and unputdownable festive romance to escape with this holiday season! (Honeycote Book 1)

A Country Christmas: The heartwarming and unputdownable festive romance to escape with this holiday season! (Honeycote Book 1)

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Author: Veronica HenryFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 340g, 480 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023DON'T MISS THE STUNNING AND ROMANTIC NEW NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR VERONICA HENRY...
An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life

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Author: Paul Dalla RosaFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 200g, 240 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023'Curious and unflinching ... deftly executed and cringingly funny' Guardian 'Truly excellent' Brandon Taylor,...
The Low Road

The Low Road

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Author: Chris WomersleyFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 198mm, 207g, 288 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2013A suitcase of stolen cash has brought three criminals together. One has a bullet in his...
The Birdhouse: A gripping domestic drama about one family's deepest-buried secrets

The Birdhouse: A gripping domestic drama about one family's deepest-buried secrets

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Author: Kelly SimmonsFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 196mm, 188g, 288 pagesPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom, 2011When Ann's granddaughter Ellie asks for her help on a school project on family history,...
One Step Closer to You: A heartbreaking pageturner that you won't stop thinking about

One Step Closer to You: A heartbreaking pageturner that you won't stop thinking about

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Author: Alice PetersonFormat: Paperback, 132mm x 198mm, 320g, 416 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2014Everything Polly does, she does for her son Louis. Leaving her abusive partner, struggling to overcome...
Madame Verona Comes Down The Hill

Madame Verona Comes Down The Hill

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Author: Dimitri VerhulstFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 161g, 160 pagesPublished: Granta Books, United Kingdom, 2010Years ago, Madame Verona and her husband built a home for themselves on a hill in...
Inglorious

Inglorious

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Author: Joanna KavennaFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 197mm, 234g, 288 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2008Rosa Lane is a fashionable journalist in her thirties, already the picture of a kind...
Sugar Street

Sugar Street

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'An original and fascinating concept that'll keep you hooked and turning the pages' Sunday Post'Expertly done' The Times'[A] compelling, original novel' IndependentIn Jonathan Dee's explosive novel, an unnamed male narrator...
The Color Purple: The modern classic, now a major motion picture produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg

The Color Purple: The modern classic, now a major motion picture produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg

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Author: Alice WalkerFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 240g, 272 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE BBC '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED...
The Way From Here

The Way From Here

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Author: Jane TurnerFormat: Paperback, 126mm x 196mm, 260g, 368 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2022'Warm, wonderful and very wet at times! I LOVED it!' FAITH HOGAN, author of The...