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'One of the funniest books I've ever read' - Gore Vidal*The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on...

'Harffy's Dunston is a fantastic creation - old, creaking and misanthropic. The forest is beautifully evoked. A treat of a book' The Times. AD 838. Deep in the forests of...

Stevie comes from a long line of people who have cut and run. Just like he has.Stevie's been to London, taught himself to get by, and now he's working as...

Single, coupled-up or married, this laugh-out-loud summer read is the perfect anecdote for the wedding season! Rebecca has chosen the most luscious, five tiered, wedding cake. The engagement ring that...

1827During a research trip to Loch Ness, Scotland, a young Charles Darwin encounters a mysterious and terrifying creature that provides the spark for his evolutionary theory.2013Almost two hundred years later,...

*Dawn O'Porter's hilarious new bestseller, LIFE IN PIECES, is available to buy now! * *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Fearlessly frank and funny, the debut adult novel from Dawn O'Porter is...

The Chinese philosopher named Lien Chi Altangi writes a series of travel letters to his friend from London. Through these witty letters, this book shows both England's most ridiculous customs...

When her younger sister runs away to Paris to live with a German officer high up in Hitler's favor, English socialite Kat embarks on a dangerous journey to save her...

A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.'Fletcher impresses in this searing debut... Fletcher makes all his characters...

The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land where each farm and house supports a...

'I couldn't help thinking of Harper Lee's great American novel To Kill a Mockingbird while reading The Reckoning . . . [Grisham] knows how to spin a yarn' - Chicago...

'She brings Greek history to compelling life' The Sunday Times'Hislop has done her research and handles the great sweep of complex Greek history with skill and confidence' Daily MailAthens, 1941....

Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin. When he returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the city unrecognisable - streets have...

The international bestseller about life, the universe and everything. When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she...

'A masterpiece.' Daily Mail'Absorbing and immersive . . . the author's greatest novel.' FTSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of...

Ash is James Herbert's most controversial novel to date, and will make you wonder what is fact and what is fiction. They were miscreants with black souls, roaming the corridors...

FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER WHOSE BOOKS HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 40 MILLION READERS'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecilia Ahern__________At nine years old, Frankie Presto is...

"Tense, atmospheric, and gorgeously written, The Summer Country is a novel to savor!" - Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice NetworkA brilliant, multigenerational...

***NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY******NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX PRODUCTION STARING PRIYANKA CHOPRA AND PRODUCED BY AVA DUVERNAY***'As angry, smart and dark as Parasite.' Standard'The anti-Slumdog Millionaire'...

'A funny, frightening book that is also refreshingly bonkers' Guardian 'A brilliant writer...a great novelist' Richard and JudyNorthern girl Harriet lives and works on a London estate which is a...

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEWINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2014Tess Lohan appears to be...

Motherhood, nurture and violence - these are the themes of Elske Rahill's remarkable first collection, In White Ink. Rahill brings to life the psychological and physical reality of mothering, pregnancy...

'Rollins is what you might end up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together' New York TimesAn inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection...

WINNER OF THE 2012 IMPAC DUBLIN AWARDOn a cold, quiet day between Christmas and the New Year, a man's body is found in an abandoned apartment. His friends look on,...

Iain Banks' daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End, in a former factory due to be knocked down in a few days. Ken Nott is...

An incredible psychological crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author 'This is creepy storytelling of the highest...

A mother's love, a woman's ambition and a Hollywood romance in a time of war. Land of Dreams is the stunning third novel in the Ellis Island trilogy. Ellie's idyllic...

Carcassonne 1942. A spirited and courageous young woman, Sandrine, finds herself drawn into the world of the Resistance in Carcassonne under German Occupation. Her network - codenamed 'Citadel' - is...

Full of romance, hijinks, and longing, Good Girl Complex is Elle Kennedy at her very best...'A deliciously sexy story' VI KEELAND, No.1 New York Times bestselling authorShe does everything right....

Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his 'damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother' Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey's extraordinary flair for language. Ranging...

Novelist Guy Ableman is in thrall to his vivacious wife Vanessa, a strikingly beautiful red-head, contrary, highly strung and blazingly angry. The trouble is, he is no less in thrall...

One morning, Rebecca wakes up and realises she has turned into the wrong person. Is she really this joyous and outgoing organiser of parties, the put-upon heart of her dead...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2006 WINNER OF THE 2006 SOUTH BANK LITERATURE AWARD The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught in the wreckage of broken...

The no. 1 bestseller from the author of Kolymsky Heights'As significant as . . . le Carre in bringing a gritty new realism to the thriller.' Sunday TelegraphAn ancient scroll...

With an introduction by Stuart EversSo this is happiness, she thought. Or this, at least, is what adds up to happiness. The prospect of never running after men and camels...