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What do you pack for the rest of your life? The explosive new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin Shepherd Knacker has been...

Sapphire is the hot-headed leader of the Red Roses in an area where gang loyalty is all that matters. But after a tragic event, Sapphire vows to leave her old...

'Wonderful. A fresh and lively take on a well-known tale' The Times'Richly drawn . . . There's pomp and splendour in Solomons' sensuous tale, which is lush with exquisite places,...

In the picturesque mountains of Squaw Valley, Colorado, a girl's dreams are about to be shattered.At just seventeen, Lily Thomas is already a ski champion training for the Olympics, her...

NOW A MAJOR SERIES ON BBC ONE AND BBC iPLAYER STARRING KEELEY HAWES 'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved' Observer'So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining...

'A fascinating, inspiring journey' - Meredith Tax, author of A Road UnforeseenKurdistan has had a tumultuous history, and the women who lived there have experienced a life like no other....

'Full of Hoffman's bewitching and lucid prose and vivid characters, The Book of Magic is ultimately about the very human magic of family and love and actions that echo through...

**Selected as a Book of the Summer 2025 by the Guardian, The Times, Sunday Times, independent.co.uk, Vogue and Marie Claire****Selected as a 2025 book to look out for by the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARDNOMINATED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZENAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES A stunning,...

The thrill of the chase...Free-spirited Lilian Loring doesn't believe in love. For her, marriage is best avoided entirely, despite what her parents - and society - think.So when the charismatic...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR - be swept away by the Deverill Chronicles. It is 1939 and peace has flourished since the Great War ended. But...

The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court. I would often wonder about my...

Longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, the overlapping lives of five newcomers to China's most dynamic city are the subject of this kaleidoscopic novel. Welcome to Shanghai. A restless...

Will they get a second chance at first love?When newly divorced Tara McTaigh spots an advert for a studio to let in Coorie Castle's craft centre, she packs up her...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024'An epic family odyssey' Guardian, Book of the DayOver seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the Cassar family is buffeted by conflict, struggling to find...

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain - and they were never seen again.Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's...

Take one aspiring cook, one judge, and a spoonful of romance...When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition she's thrilled. It's a chance to cook her...

When Guy Fletcher protests at a feeble joke he overhears in his grotty local pub, he finds himself headbutted and struck by an idea in quick succession. Is it possible...

Every book tells a story. And the 70 titles in the "Pocket Penguins" series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality that formed part of the original "Penguin" vision...

In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality...

In an ever divided Britain, this wryly observed novel is a timely and thought-provoking read from the Booker-winning author of The Finkler Question.'A very funny, bitterly intelligent novel...do read it'...

The Stag and Hen Weekend is the story of Phil and Helen, a couple in their thirties about to commit their lives to one another . . . that is...

'Brilliant . . . The past is felt deep in the reader's bones' - The ObserverA sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse...

It is the early Sixties, and thirteen-year old Cassandra Fitzpatrick is growing up in a household full of waifs and strays and general misfits. Despite her unorthodox home life, however,...

'American literature's philosopher king - and its sharpest satirist' The New YorkerOn a windswept landscape somewhere north of Denver, Robert Hawks, a feisty and dangerously curious hydrologist, finds himself enmeshed...

'Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable'Relatable . . . a celebration of female friendship' - Stylist'Funny and moving' - Daily...