Secondhand Books

Derry in the 1970s: teenager Joe Logan is growing up in the teeth of the Troubles, having to cope with embittered parents, a brother who's been away and come back...

On a rainy afternoon on Killiney Hill, a man out walking without his overcoat happens upon a woman gazing out into Dublin Bay, standing perilously close to the edge. From...

The New York Times Bestseller'White Ivy is magic . . . and not soon to be forgotten' JOSHUA FERRIS, author of Then We Came to the End'Totally addictive, twisting and...

'A shining delight of a novel'New York Times 'Clever and beautiful...it soars'Financial Times A baby girl is abandoned, banished from London to the storm-ravaged American city of New Bohemia. Her...

'I'LL FLY,' JENNA WHISPERED TO HERSELF. 'I'LL FLY, WHATEVER NED SAYS. WHATEVER ANYBODY SAYS...'Jenna is thirteen - and has suddenly realized what she wants to do with her life. She...

THE BOURNE IDENTITY meets Indiana Jones - a debut thriller to take your breath away.A mother and child savagely abducted from a snow-swept mountainside.A loyal soldier tortured and executed on...

Your only child is lost between this world and the next, and more than anything you want him back. A controversial doctor and a mysterious stranger claim they have the...

Marion 'Mick' Mulligan is a failed sci-fi author who dreams of escaping his humdrum life. His dreams become nightmares when he is abducted by extraterrestrials and abandoned on a lawless...

For the first time in four years, physician Bess Codman visits the compound her great-grandparents built almost a century before, but due to erosion, the once-grand home will soon fall...

A brilliant and dramatic close reading of the first book of the Bible focussing on the complex relationship with humankind'A work of exceptional wisdom and imagination' DR ROWAN WILLIAMS, DAILY...

An essential guide for all teenagers experiencing stress and burnoutDoes any of this sound like you? - Lacking in energy and feeling that your life has lost its sparkle- Feeling...

'Fierce and fascinating. This is the story Red Sonja has always deserved. Unmissable'FELICIA DAY'An epic debut novel from one of the most entertaining writers on the planet'TOM TAYLORIt's time to...

A brand new trilogy from worldwide bestselling author Suzanne Wright, author of The Dark in You, continues. A seriously spicy fantasy romance perfect for fans of Sarah J Mass, Raven...

Imagine a world without Principia Mathematica, Rights of Man, the Bible, Shakespeare, or the Mahabharata.Books that Changed History features 75 of the world's most momentous titles - from The Art...

The most authoritative life of Eliot ever written, by acclaimed biographer Lyndall GordonT. S. Eliot once spoke of a lifetime burning in every moment. He had the mind to conceive...

'Essential reading ... will not be bettered' Ferdinand Mount, Wall Street Journal'Gandhi's finest biographer' David Kynaston, GuardianThe magnificent new biography of Gandhi by India's leading historianA New York Times Notable...

Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?'A high-wire exploration of control, pleasure and desire' Chloe Ashby'A book that tears at the surface of things to reveal the...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In this lyrical meditation on America's wildlands, Aldo Leopold considers the different ways humans shape the natural landscape,...

"It's not fair. I do my homework. I clean my teeth twice a day. Why does everyone want to kill me?" It's a dangerous life being the younger brother of...

When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for...

Marriage Made in Blackmail `You have to marry me first...' Luis's reputation needs restoring after a scandalous business feud. Chloe will pay for her part in it-by marrying him! Their...

The new warm and engaging novel from the bestselling author of BEST OF FRIENDS. Fairy godmothers exist, even in the tranquil hills of Ireland! Once upon a time, in the...

***The author of the Booker Prize longlisted novel Light Perpetual***Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2016Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2017Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017Shortlisted for...