Best Fiction Books 2025

When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and...

A stunning and emotional new novel from the author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven.When he is eight years old, Alfie Logan discovers the...

'The plotting, the tension, the pacing, the delicious gossipiness. . . MASTERFUL.' Sophie White'Had me enthralled. A masterclass in tension.' Patricia GibneyPrepare to be hooked - pre-order the unputdownable new...

In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this sweeping, timely novel inspired by a...

'Baldacci is the master' - Jeffrey ArcherThe start of a pulse-pounding original series from international number one bestselling author David Baldacci.* * * * *Walter Nash is a mild-mannered, happy...

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of his legal job in Peckham and eating pies with his next door...

THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FOR 2025 BY 2 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER. Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be...

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUTPrepare for the breath-taking sequel to the runaway bestseller and global phenomenon Quicksilver from Sunday Times and New York Times...

The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author 'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction' ERIN...

SHE HELPED A PERFECT A STRANGER. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THE PERFECT KILLER...'Steve Cavanagh's twists hit you between the eyes. You never see them coming' ANTHONY HOROWITZ'This guy is...

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEA sweeping coming-of-age tale, an epic love story and a searing thriller, all unfolding on a vast canvas.There is a moment when childhood ends.For Joseph...

** A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **WINNER OF...

An exquisite new short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Things Like These and Foster. 'A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.' The TimesAfter an uneventful Friday at the Dublin...

'The most striking example of Toibin's emotional control . . . [An] eloquent expression of the bond between a mother and a son' GuardianOne snowy morning, after arguing with her...

The sequel to Colm Toibin's prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn.A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello's door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and...

NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER. NOT EVEN SCARPETTA...During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher...

Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she has been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their...

A highlight for 2024 for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, i, Observer, Grazia, GQ, Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Prima, Good Housekeeping'Magnificent' MARIAN KEYES'A beautiful book' TRACY CHEVALIER'Genius ....

'Sprawling yet intimate' Guardian'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, Hickey captures the pulse of the living moment' COLUM McCANN'A London novel that...

**PRE-ORDER THE NEW NOVEL BY THE BOOKER-PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF HOW TO BUILD A BOAT****A 2025 LOOK-HEAD SELECTION IN THE OBSERVER,THE IRISH TIMES, JOURNAL.IE, RTE GUIDE AND SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND**'A superb,...

In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret? In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with...

The Number One Global Sensation *Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year* *Amazon Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* 'Addictive' Grazia 'Hugely entertaining' Observer 'Provocative' Mail...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my...

WINNER OF THE GOODREADS AWARD FOR BEST CRIME AND THRILLER 2023 As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed...

There's someone at your front door - should you let them in? Find out in a riveting new thriller from global sensation and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The...

A sweeping, cinematic love story about memory and community for fans of The Ministry of Time, The Midnight Library and The Book Thief._________________'A love story that defies the boundaries of...

'Atmospheric, engrossing, beautiful and sad, one of those books you find yourself wanting to be back inside when you've had to put it down' NATALIE HAYNES, author of A Thousand...

'A magnificent novelist' GUARDIAN'What a storyteller!' ELIZABETH DAY'His writing is evocative and perfect' MARIAN KEYESFrankie Howe has lived a long life and her small London flat is crammed full of...

Sometimes friends hold you together.Sometimes they're why you're falling apart.Maggie, Harley and Roise are friends on the brink: of triumph, catastrophe, or maybe just finally growing up. Their crumbling Belfast...

Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn...

Harper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon - thanks to Scout, Jem, Atticus, and the other indelible characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut, To Kill a Mockingbird; as...

***Pre-order now to secure the special Collector's edition - available only while stock lasts and exclusive to the first print run***FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR'A master storyteller'...

CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF FROM YOUR SHADOW?The highly-anticipated sequel to Holly Black's stunning adult debut, the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, Book of Night.________________There'd always been something wrong with Charlie Hall....

Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'This truly unique premise snowballs into a roller coaster ride of...

Hugo Hamilton is a master at evoking placelessness, and in this hypnotic, passionate andurgent novel, he cuts a clean line to the truth of our mindless moment - truly a...

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found.2119: The lowlands of the UK...

The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year. John Rebus spent his life as a detective...

William Warwick and Ross Hogan will return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. Available to pre-order now! London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on...

**From the global crime sensation comes a NEW gritty standalone thriller**Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday ExpressThis killer has a story.When a small-time...

Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me.1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy...

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son.Being...

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected.It's the tabloid sensation of...

On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a...

The new incredible legal thriller from John Grisham.She needs a lawyer. He needs a payday. Simon Latch is a small-town lawyer struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce....

The #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, whose books so many love, brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family'The best book she has ever...

'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure' Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of Strange Sally DiamondFebruary 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa...