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The House Next to the Factory shows a changing India over three decades through the lens of one family and the house that they live in.Life in the house is...

AN EPIC TALE OF LOVE AND LIBERATION, SET IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY COLONIAL BRAZILFrom plantation to plantation, Almeyda, a young slave girl, hears whispers, rumours of Palmares, a hidden settlement where fugitive...

'The perfect summer read: mischievous and delicious. I devoured it in one go.' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper PalaceChosen by The Irish Times and Tatler as a fiction...

**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM****THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**'Written with heart and great appeal' FINANCIAL TIMES'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world' FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of...

'An instantly gripping page-turner' Sunday Independent Life Magazine'A hugely engaging novel from a talented new writer' John Boyne**Shortlisted for Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish...

You'd think that mending clothes would be an uneventful, uncomplicated occupation. No drama, no unnecessary explanations, no personal involvement. But people love to talk, and as they make their excuses...

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAmory's first memory is of her father doing a handstand. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his...

CHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS A FAVOURITE READ OF 2020 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2020, NEW YORK TIMES 'Hilarious, pitch-perfect... one...

'The doctor hits the spot and deserves to be read' - Jeffrey Archer 'A story to get the heart racing' - Daily Express 'An enthralling tale' - Daily Mirror 'Dr...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE KITSCHIES LONGLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD 'The Way Inn' takes the polished surfaces of modern life, the branded coffee and the free wifi, and twists them into...

Readers are dotty about Freckles - discover this 5-star read: 'Wow' 'Heartwarming' 'Uplifting' 'Thought-provoking' 'One of those rare, special and unique heroines' 'A joy to read' Shortlisted for the 2021...

The palm trees give the street a holiday atmosphere. There must be something in the soil they like. They have straight leaves that get a bit ragged, with split ends....

The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Josephine Cox - the master storyteller. Finding a new beginning means taking the hardest road...but the journey is where you find your...

The extraordinary new story collection from one of Ireland's greatest writers and bestselling author of Mindwinter Break. Bernard MacLaverty is a consummately gifted short-story writer and novelist whose work -...

**A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2021**'An amazing book, beautiful and captivating.' Elif Shafak'A gorgeous, destabilizing meditation' Raven LeilaniFrom the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying...

*A 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK IN THE GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL, DAILY TELEGRAPH, IRISH TIMES CULTURE AND NEW STATESMAN*'We read in order to come to life.'With fierce imagination, a woman revisits...

The warm and sexy new novel from the bestselling author of Love Rules and Home Truths. Petra Flint and Arlo Savidge were teenage sweethearts in a chaste, old-fashioned way. They...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020'A story for now, an important story . . . told with incredible freshness' Martha Lane Fox, Chair of Judges, Women's Prize 2020'The...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'Dazzling.' The Times'Exceptional.' Guardian'Brilliant.' Observer'Extraordinary.' Financial TimesNovember 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant.November 1944. That rocket...

A Times Best New Historical Fiction pick, perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Binding. 'KEEPS THE READER HOOKED TO THE END' - THE TIMES ___________Halloween night, 1906. Lotta...

'Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times.' AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs BirdThree nuns play the...

His name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story.Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous mistakes...

Plagued by a strange malady, Belle is an affluent, pill-addicted desperate housewife going through the motions of doing up her huge new London house. Her workaholic husband is away for...

'A sharp, funny, poignant and completely heart-warming story about female friendship and kick-ass women. I truly loved it!' Ruth Hogan 'I have a first-day rule. Any sign of trouble, even...

The fairytale ending was just the beginning... Jessie Woods absolutely believes in fairytale endings. So would you if you had a recession-proof career as a daredevil TV host, a palatial...

Cristiano is sixteen. Home life is far from perfect, and when his drink-sozzled father and two reprobate friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the...

The Ottoman Empire, 1915On the Black Sea coast, Anyush Charcoudian dances at her friend's wedding, dreaming of a life beyond her small Armenian village. Defying tradition, she embarks on a...

Italy, the setting an enchanted lake southeast of Rome, and American heiress Maggie - famed for her beauty, wealth and steely will - is thetarget for an assortment of con...

The 18th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series The President's children have been kidnapped. Detective Alex Cross is on the case. First on the scene to a crime that...

The 16th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series They've come for Detective Alex Cross's family. Now he'll come for them. At a family celebration, Alex Cross hears the shocking...

'WOW. Western Lane is glorious. You'll want to read it over and over again.' - Aravind Adiga, author of The White TigerA taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and...

'A witty, exuberant debut' People magazine'A mix of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye and a Maeve Binchy novel [...] perfect to savor as we emerge from this particular winter.'...

'Absorbing, intelligent and atmospheric... Genius' Elizabeth Haynes_________________________Fortune favours the fraud...When she was thirteen years old, Ada Howell lost not just her father, but the life she felt she was destined...

Would you travel the world to feel at home in your skin? Natalie is uncomfortable in herself. Her most recent relationship is long since over, and she is disillusioned with...

There's power in stories. This is a story of power. Dead bodies aren't unusual in the alleyways of Fenest, capital of the Union of Realms. Especially not in an election...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021As heard on BBC Radio 4's Front RowFebruary 2021 Book of the Month for Roxane Gay's Book Club'Irresistible ... Detransition, Baby is the...

An Amazon Best Book of April 2021Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by Oprah Magazine, The Week, The Millions, and Electric Lit.July 2021 Book of the Month...

A story of love and loss in wartime from master storyteller Susan Hill.Returning to his World War One battalion in France after a period of medical leave in England, John...

** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE DALKEY LITERARY NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 **'A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality' John BoyneOne...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.First...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC WRITING 2019**Meet Charlie Savage: a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realized that he's...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been close friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later Alex and Christine are spending a...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER****WINNER OF THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD 2020** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2020**Brilliant, heart-breaking, tender, and highly...

Most men came back from the Great War expecting to find a land fit for heroes. Francie Leonard came back to a land fit for another war. Francie, Archie and...