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The Wedding

The Wedding

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Author: Dorothy West Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 With a new introduction by DIANA EVANS 'Timelessly cinematic, with painterly visual descriptions and pitch-perfect dialogue that ranges across class, region,...
Room

Room

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Author: Emma Donoghue Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Jack is five and, like any little...
The Ship

The Ship

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Author: Antonia Honeywell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 WELCOME TO LONDON BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT Oxford Street burned for three weeks. The British Museum is occupied by...
My Absolute Darling

My Absolute Darling

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Author: Gabriel Tallent Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A METRO BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The...
Build Your House Around My Body: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022

Build Your House Around My Body: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022

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Author: Violet Kupersmith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 1986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father,...
Harlem Shuffle: from the author of The Underground Railroad

Harlem Shuffle: from the author of The Underground Railroad

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Author: Colson Whitehead Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon Prime TV show) ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF...
The Last Girlfriend on Earth

The Last Girlfriend on Earth

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Author: Simon Rich Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Love is really, really difficult. And it's even harder if you're the last woman on earth. The sketches in Simon Rich's...
Burmese Days

Burmese Days

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 Burmese Days focuses on a handful of Englishmen who meet at the European Club to drink whisky and to alleviate the...
Granta 150: There Must Be Ways to Organise the World with Language

Granta 150: There Must Be Ways to Organise the World with Language

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Author: Sigrid Rausing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Four times a year, Britain's most prestigious literary magazine brings you the best new fiction, reportage, memoir, poetry and photography from...
Dreamer

Dreamer

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Author: Charles Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Martin Luther King Jr is a political visionary, human rights activist, preacher, scholar and martyr. Chaym Smith is his dark mirror,...
The Disenchantment

The Disenchantment

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Author: Celia Bell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'A shimmering, sexy, thrilling tale of intrigue and desire, and the dark paths we walk to keep our secrets safe. Bell...
Stasi Wolf: A Gripping New Thriller for Fans of Child 44

Stasi Wolf: A Gripping New Thriller for Fans of Child 44

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Author: David Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 East Germany, 1975. Karin Muller, sidelined from the murder squad in Berlin, jumps at the chance to be sent south to...
Just the Plague

Just the Plague

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Author: Polly Gannon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Rudolf Maier, a young microbiologist working on a plague vaccine, is summoned to Moscow to deliver a progress report to his...
Signs for Lost Children

Signs for Lost Children

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Author: Sarah Moss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 In this companion novel to Bodies of Light, Ally's husband Tom leaves, onlyweeks into their marriage, to build lighthouses in Japan....
Ceremony of Innocence

Ceremony of Innocence

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Author: Madeleine Bunting (Y) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 A Cambridge PHD student, Reem, has gone missing. Last seen in Egypt, her friend Fauzia is seeking answers. However, the...
The Patriots

The Patriots

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Author: Sana Krasikov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 Growing up in 1930s Brooklyn, Florence Fein will do anything to escape the confining values of her family and her city,...
Ham On Rye

Ham On Rye

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Author: Charles Bukowski Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 With introduction by Roddy Doyle 'He brought everyone down to earth, even the angels' Leonard Cohen Charles Bukowski is one of...
Inland

Inland

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Author: Tea Obreht Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'SPECTACULAR' Guardian 'A WONDER' Daily Mail 'SPARKLING' The Times 'EXQUISITE' Observer 'MAGNIFICENT' TLS 'EPIC' Entertainment Weekly 'A TRIUMPH' LitHub 'INFECTIOUS' Financial...
The Smash-Up: a delicious satire from a breakout voice in literary fiction

The Smash-Up: a delicious satire from a breakout voice in literary fiction

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Author: Ali Benjamin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 AN OF-THE-MOMENT NOVEL FOR READERS OF FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE 'Timely, risky and dazzling' Polly Clark, author of Tiger 'Sharply funny,...
Killing Eve: Die For Me: The basis for the BAFTA-winning Killing Eve TV series

Killing Eve: Die For Me: The basis for the BAFTA-winning Killing Eve TV series

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Author: Luke Jennings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer On the run together,...
The Goodbye Coast: A Philip Marlowe Novel

The Goodbye Coast: A Philip Marlowe Novel

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Author: Joe Ide Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit' IAN RANKIN 'A total gobsmacking original' JAMES PATTERSON 'A...
The Versions of Us: The Number One bestseller

The Versions of Us: The Number One bestseller

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Author: Laura Barnett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 What if you had said yes . . . ? Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their...
Killing Eve: No Tomorrow: The basis for the BAFTA-winning Killing Eve TV series

Killing Eve: No Tomorrow: The basis for the BAFTA-winning Killing Eve TV series

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Author: Luke Jennings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer SUNDAY TIMES Thriller of...
The Book of Longings: From the author of the international bestseller THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

The Book of Longings: From the author of the international bestseller THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

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Author: Sue Monk Kidd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 THE New York Times BESTSELLER The stunning bestseller about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from author...
The Wrong End of the Telescope

The Wrong End of the Telescope

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Author: Rabih Alameddine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION 'A beautiful, well paced, enraging, funny and heartbreaking book' the Guardian 'Favorite novel of...
Sugar Street

Sugar Street

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Author: Jonathan Dee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Part of the power of Sugar Street lies in its style . . . in the prose you can feel the...
The Candy House

The Candy House

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Author: Jennifer Egan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD A Time Magazine Must-Read 'A complex, compelling read that showcases Egan's...
The Candy House

The Candy House

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Author: Jennifer Egan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD From one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our...
Summer People: The captivating and page-turning poolside read you don't want to miss in 2023!

Summer People: The captivating and page-turning poolside read you don't want to miss in 2023!

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Author: Julie Cohen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'A perfect poolside page-turner' CLOSER 'Tender, complex, complicated and passionate. Stunning.' VERONICA HENRY 'So evocative. A great summer read!' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING...
People Person: From the bestselling author of Queenie and the writer of BBC's Champion

People Person: From the bestselling author of Queenie and the writer of BBC's Champion

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Author: Candice Carty-Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 From the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE comes a propulsive story of heart, humour, homecoming. People Person is a triumph....
The Lido: The uplifting, feel-good Sunday Times bestseller about the power of friendship and community

The Lido: The uplifting, feel-good Sunday Times bestseller about the power of friendship and community

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Author: Libby Page Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Meet Rosemary, 86, and Kate, 26: dreamers, campaigners, outdoor swimmers... Rosemary has lived in Brixton...
Wet Paint: The achingly poignant and darkly funny reader favourite

Wet Paint: The achingly poignant and darkly funny reader favourite

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Author: Chloe Ashby Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'This isn't a book you read, but a book you step into . . . mesmerising' Emma Gannon Since the death...
The Last Reunion: The thrilling and achingly romantic new historical novel from the international bestselling author

The Last Reunion: The thrilling and achingly romantic new historical novel from the international bestselling author

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Author: Kayte Nunn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 *THE STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR KAYTE NUNN!* 'Absolutely magnificent' NATASHA LESTER 'Hugely engaging' DAILY MAIL War would bring...
Stubborn Archivist: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award

Stubborn Archivist: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award

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Author: Yara Rodrigues Fowler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'Compelling . . . it should delight anyone looking for a thoughtful, witty successor to Sally Rooney' Observer 'Stunning' Olivia...
Odysseus Abroad

Odysseus Abroad

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Author: Amit Chaudhuri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Delightfully witty . . . Luminously intelligent . . . Odysseus Abroad has placed itself, with erudition and playfulness, on the...
there are more things: Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and Orwell Prize for Fiction

there are more things: Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and Orwell Prize for Fiction

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Author: Yara Rodrigues Fowler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize & the Orwell Prize for Fiction A Sunday Times Fiction Book of the Year 'a...
Chouette

Chouette

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Author: Claire Oshetsky Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 * 'A marvel' Rumaan Alam * 'Frighteningly elegant' iNews * 'Harrowing and magnificent' New York Times * A FIERCE, DARK FABLE...
Dubliners

Dubliners

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Author: James Joyce Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 New edition of the Penguin Essential featuring fifteen brilliantly compelling stories about ordinary lives 'Snow was general all over Ireland. It...
Early Morning Riser

Early Morning Riser

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Author: Katherine Heiny Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Gorgeous. Very, very funny in a knowing wry way but so tender, so beautiful. I loved all the characters.' Marian Keyes...
We Are Not Like Them

We Are Not Like Them

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Author: Christine Pride Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR 'Harrowing and heartening in equal measure, this book is a breathtaking tale of...
The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides

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Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 260 In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters - beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys -...
Lanny

Lanny

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Author: Max Porter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 190 A devastating story told with the anarchy, the humour and the enchantment Max Porter's readers will recognise from Grief Is the...
Coming up for Air

Coming up for Air

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 200 George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row...
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Author: F.Scott Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 200 It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of...
The Time Keeper

The Time Keeper

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The Promise

The Promise

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Shooting Martha

Shooting Martha

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Evening Class: Friendship, holidays, love - the perfect read for summer

Evening Class: Friendship, holidays, love - the perfect read for summer

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