General Fiction - New & Classic Novels

First published in 1956, PEYTON PLACE uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath the surface of a postcard-perfect town. At the centre of the novel are three women,...

'Adrian Mole really is a brilliant comic creation! Every sentence is witty and well thought out, and the whole has reverberations beyond itself! [Sue Townsend is] one of our finest...

'A wonderful page-turner of a novel about the complexity of female life, by a new writer who understands it all too well. You can have it all, but only if...

The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies really did exist... 1917: When two young cousins,...

Love is not consolation, it is light.'From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers comes a searing, exquisitely written novel set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9/11...

Anne O'Brien's new novel, Queen of the North, is available to pre-order now England's Forgotten Queens 'Anne O'Brien has joined the exclusive club of excellent historical novelists.' - Sunday Express...

The gripping new World War Two historical romance for Christmas from the Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court.Liverpool, 1942. As the threat of...

Move over Thelma and Louise! Travelling is one thing Maddy Goodchild has never really considered doing. She's done lots of things - most of them badly - including getting married...

Can fake dating turn into something more with a baby on the way?High-flying exec Lauren Kirkham is having a bad week. Unexpectedly pregnant, out of work and when dumped by...

London 1800. Jupiter is young, black, living at the African Academy in Clapham with other boys from wealthy Sierra Leonean families. His life is a mixture of privilege and dispossession...

1957, and Lewis Aldridge is travelling back to his home in the South of England. He is straight out of jail and nineteen years old. His return will trigger the...

Hidden in the empty vastness of the world's greatest desert - the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia - a tiny caravan of fugitives and camels moves painfully slowly towards its...

Jean Rombaud was the real-life executioner who beheaded Anne Boleyn - kindly brought over from France by Henry VIII to spare his wife unnecessary pain. In this irresistible historical adventure...

They were brothers and they knew each other better than they had ever known anybody, and when you are like this you can sit in silence and not speak and...

***A Financial Times Fiction in Translation Book of the Year 2022***The third part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest...

A breakthrough novel for one of the most gifted of the current generation of Irish writers. Ostensibly a love story in three generations, THIS SIDE OF BRIGHTNESS is about many...

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025SHORTLISTED FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE'What a joy it is to read'Michael Magee,...

Since Susannah Cates's husband was sent to prison three years ago, life has been a constant struggle to provide for herself and their teenage daughter. Nothing ever seems to go...

A new book of stories from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for celebration, but "Matters of Life and Death" is more than that, as it is - without question -...

Will his ambition be her destiny or her downfall? Praise for Joanna Hickson: 'An intriguing tale, told with confidence' The Times 'Rich and warm' Sunday Express 'Bewitching' Woman & Home...

WHEN A MASKED MAN ...Twenty years ago Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murders of his parents. Now the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days ruling Parliament. But by...

'A delight' - Katherine Heiny, author of Early Morning Riser'Tender, unique and uplifting . . . Such an accomplished debut' - Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The FlatshareThe Theory of...

'A rollicking debut' - Telegraph'A necessary exploration of identity and belonging' - Derek Owusu, author of That Reminds MeIn Ashleigh Nugent's dynamic coming-of-age comedy of errors, Locks, teenager Aeon is...