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The Husbands

The Husbands

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A brilliantly original, funny and astute debut that examines how we navigate life, love and choice in a world of never-ending options **READER FAVOURITE IN THE FIRST-EVER GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD...
Stories of Ireland

Stories of Ireland

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A collection of delightful short stories from one of Ireland's greatest ever writers, Brian Friel 'A fake! A quack! A charlatan! Get a grip on yourself, woman! We'll say another...
Karla's Choice: A  John le Carre Novel

Karla's Choice: A John le Carre Novel

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A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carre's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway It is spring in 1963 and George...
Gliff

Gliff

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The first of two new interconnected novels from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali Smith O brave new world, that has such people in't. Once upon a time not very far...
Black Cake: THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW DISNEY+

Black Cake: THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW DISNEY+

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As featured on Obama's Summer 2022 Reading list and the instant No. 2 New York Times bestseller; which spans sixty years in the life of one Caribbean/American family Eleanor Bennett...
One with You

One with You

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The hugely anticipated fifth and final novel in the multimillion bestselling Crossfire series, by Sunday Times bestselling author Sylvia Day Gideon Cross. Falling in love with him was the easiest...
Sandwich

Sandwich

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One week in Cape Cod. The perfect family holiday. What could possibly go wrong...? From the author of We All Want Impossible Things, a raucously funny novel with an unexpected...
What You Are Looking for is in the Library

What You Are Looking for is in the Library

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Inspirational and heartwarming, this bestselling nominee of the Japan Booksellers' Prize is a celebration of community libraries and the life-changing power of book recommendation. THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL The...
The Whalebone Theatre

The Whalebone Theatre

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The Sunday Times bestseller. They raised themselves on stories. Now it's time for them to write their own... This is the story of an old English manor house by the...
Strange Sally Diamond: Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023

Strange Sally Diamond: Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023

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'I'm lost in admiration. Strange Sally Diamond is vivid, pacy, taut but so very moving . . . defies categorisation' Marian Keyes Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did...
My Friends

My Friends

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An intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide - from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author Khaled and Mustafa...
The Fraud

The Fraud

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The chronicler of contemporary London, acclaimed and bestselling author Zadie Smith, returns with her first historical novel Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? In...
The Bastard of Istanbul

The Bastard of Istanbul

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A violent secret that hides beneath the streets of Istanbul threatens the peace of two interwoven families One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I...
Lucy by the Sea

Lucy by the Sea

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From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house...
Berlin Game

Berlin Game

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The first novel in the Bernard Samson series is a dazzling return to Deighton's world of Cold War espionage Embattled agent Bernard Samson is used to being passed over for...
Decline and Fall

Decline and Fall

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Evelyn Waugh's hilarious debut novel, with an introduction by Barbara Cooke Sent down from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position...
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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You thought you knew the story of the "The Three Little Pigs"... You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view...
The Kept Woman: The Will Trent Series, Book 8

The Kept Woman: The Will Trent Series, Book 8

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The latest novel in the Will Trent series from No.1 bestelling author, Karin Slaughter. Discover the eighth book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime...
The Third Wife

The Third Wife

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Reissue of the unforgettable novel from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, with a fabulously refreshed cover perfect for the psych-susp market. ____________________________ You think you have the perfect life. You're...
The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea

The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea

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'A major work of art' Time A tale of youth and warped masculinity, this is the suspenseful, lyrical and page-turning Japanese classic. A band of thirteen-year-old boys reject the stupidity...
The Alchemist Deluxe Edition: A Bestselling And Much-Loved Fable About

The Alchemist Deluxe Edition: A Bestselling And Much-Loved Fable About

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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE "Translated into 80 languages, the allegory teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here."-Oprah Daily, "Best...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

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Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...
Overspill

Overspill

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Tender, brutal, devastating, OVERSPILL is the debut novel from incredible new literary talent, Charlotte Paradise, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors 'This book will break your heart,...
The Devil and Miss Prym

The Devil and Miss Prym

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A new novel from Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. A stranger arrives in the small mountain village. He carries with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold...
After She Wrote Him

After She Wrote Him

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Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction It's an author's job to create a new world in the pages of a book. But when lines start to...
The Housekeepers: 'the perfect holiday read' Guardian

The Housekeepers: 'the perfect holiday read' Guardian

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'Hay sets a cracking pace... with plenty of twists and a great deal of fun, this is the perfect holiday read' Guardian 'Delightfully mischievous' The Times 'Punch-the-air good, the Edwardian...
Everything Must Go

Everything Must Go

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Flora Goldwasser is private school perfection - all wrapped up in a vintage Grace Kelly dress. But when she leaves elite Manhattan for an academy of unwashed hippies and ironic...
BRAT: A Ghost Story

BRAT: A Ghost Story

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THE INSTANT CULT CLASSIC FROM THE WINNER OF THE O. HENRY PRIZE 'Full of dark, deadpan humour, Brat is a raucous story of the messy, messed-up business of living, dying...
Blood Brothers: Number 1 in series

Blood Brothers: Number 1 in series

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In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, three best friends who share the same birthday sneak off into the woods for a sleepover the evening before turning 10. But a...
Belle

Belle

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London 1910 Fifteen year-old Belle has lived in a brothel in Seven Dials all her life, with no understanding of what happens in the rooms upstairs. But her innocence is...
The World Cannot Give

The World Cannot Give

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" The Secret History meets The Price of Salt " ( Vogue ) in this "equal parts dangerous and delicious" ( Entertainment Weekly ) novel about queer desire, religious zealotry,...
The History of Sound: Now a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh

The History of Sound: Now a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh

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Now a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor'Triumphant' The Times 'Stellar' Daily Mail 'Exceptionally accomplished' The Scotsman 'Exquisite' Sunday Post In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries,...
The Dimensions of a Cave

The Dimensions of a Cave

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When reporter Quentin Jones investigates a shadowy military programme during the desert war, he discovers cutting edge technology that simulates reality during interrogation, As the shadowy labyrinth of governmental corruption...
Heads You Win

Heads You Win

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From the master storyteller Jeffrey Archer, Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel from the author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel. Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander...
The Daughter-in-Law: the perfect book for mothers and daughters this

The Daughter-in-Law: the perfect book for mothers and daughters this

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'A moving, relatable and heart-thumpingly good story about family secrets and the lengths we'll go to protect our loved ones.' CATHY BRAMLEY When Hope's only son Paul met and married...
The Reason

The Reason

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How much is the smile from the person you love worth to you? Brooke's life has derailed. Her social life and career have evaporated, her daughter is desperately unhappy and...
The Boy and the Dog

The Boy and the Dog

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The new novel from the award-winning translator of Sweet Bean Paste Winner of the Naoki Prize Winner of the Society of Authors Sasakawa Foundation Prize Perfect for fans of The...
Return to Blood: From the award-winning author of BETTER THE BLOOD

Return to Blood: From the award-winning author of BETTER THE BLOOD

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FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD COMES ANOTHER CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S BEST INVESTIGATOR, HANA WESTERMAN. 'Another cracking, page-turning journey into another culture' VAL McDERMID Two murders. Two...
Practically Perfect

Practically Perfect

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She's building the life of her dreams, will she find room for love? Our gorgeous new cover look for the wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling...
Where the Grass Is Green

Where the Grass Is Green

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Perfect lives. Perfect lies. The brand new novel from the global bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada The brand new novel from the global bestselling author of The Devil...
We Are Not Like Them

We Are Not Like Them

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THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR 'Harrowing and heartening in equal measure, this book is a breathtaking tale of racial fissures, fury and friendship' David Lammy, MP and...
The Character of Rain

The Character of Rain

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The Japanese believe that until the age of 3, children, are gods, each one a 'Lord Child'. On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of...
Mr Rosenblum's List: or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman

Mr Rosenblum's List: or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman

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List item 2: Never speak German on the upper decks of London buses. Jack Rosenblum is five foot three and a half inches of sheer tenacity. He's writing a list...
Counterfeit

Counterfeit

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HUSTLERS meets BIG LITTLE LIES in the heist of the summer... A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Propulsive and captivating' Vogue 'Darkly comedic' Daily Mail Meet Ava: rule-abiding lawyer who has...
A Question of Trust

A Question of Trust

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A QUESTION OF TRUST is vintage Penny Vincenzi: rich with characters, life-changing decisions, love, desire and conflict. 'There are few things better in life than ... the latest novel by...
The Bone Collection: Four Novellas

The Bone Collection: Four Novellas

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A collection of short stories featuring Dr Temperance Brennan, from the Sunday Times and New York Times No. 1 bestselling author, Kathy Reichs. A collection of chilling tales featuring forensic...