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Georgian England, mid-eighteenth century. As a foundling the young Em Smith is brought to the Cheshire country home of the ambitious Waterland family, where she serves as a companion to...

In an imagined alternative 1944, after the fall of Russia and the failed D-Day landings, half of Britain is occupied...Young farmer's wife Sarah Lewis wakes to find her husband has...

The joyful and life-affirming new novel from the BAFTA-winning co-writer of Gavin and Stacey and the Sunday Times bestselling and Richard and Judy Book Club author of Love Untold.'Ruth Jones...

It is April 1945, and the small provincial town of Lohenfelde is about to be overrun by the Allied Third Army. Huddled in the vaults of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Museum to...

Naples, 1750. In the dead of the night, three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis. The intruders' leader, the Prince of San Severo, accuses the marquis...

A extraordinary and epic sea adventure, vividly narrated in stirring verse. Things happen here in Plymouth in the winter; And of such things you'd surely never learn.; So take your...

At twenty-three, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff moves to New York City and takes a job as assistant to the storied...

In the small inlaid wooden box, Matt's mother had kept all his childhood memories. Amongst them are many photos of Matt as a child, growing up. But something about the...

'Astonishing' Stephen Fry'Exceptional' Douglas Stuart, author of the Booker Prize-winning SHUGGIE BAIN'Now is the time for this book' DBC Pierre, author of the Booker Prize-winning VERNON GOD LITTLE'Funny. Disturbing. Brilliant'...

From his Icelandic father Lee Cotton gets his marble skin and blue eyes. From his mixed-race mother he gains his black identity. From his Mambo grandmother he inherits forebodings about...

'Intimate and urgent' Financial Times'A vivid portrait of a tumultuous 20th century life' Mail on Sunday'A rich and rewarding read' Daily Telegraph'I was a liberated woman long before there was...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZE'Elegant and decadent, vulgar and clever, enchanting and dark. The love child of Angela Carter and Anais Nin - the book I really really needed'...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR COMES A NEW SPELLBINDING RETELLING SET AT THE DAWN OF THE ROMAN WORLD'Brilliant' Rosie Hewlett'Enthralling' Luna McNamara'Sweeping' Rosie Andrews'Gripping' Caroline Lea'Immensely stylish' Naomi Kelsey'Fascinating'...

'Practically exploding with love, life and flavour' LOUISE KENNEDY'Bitingly inventive, written with humour and heart' ELIZABETH DAY'A hauntingly evocative journey through the realms of pain, pleasure and the power of...

'Best book of the year!' 'A fantastic debut' The brilliant, heart-warming debut novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Dummy and Man vs Toddler'A lovely feel-good treat' The Times...

'CAN WE ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT SHALINA TO BE OUR HISTORY TEACHER?'Anita Rani'SHALINA PATEL IS THE HISTORY TEACHER I WISH I HAD AT SCHOOL'Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland'GO AND...

'A generous story about the quiet heroism of older women. This heartwarming novel by a crime writer will help to brighten a bleak January ' The TimesFor readers of Elizabeth...

'An extraordinary achievement' A. L. Kennedy'An enjoyably uncategorisable and atmospheric book, a richly dark and idiosyncratic fairytale for grownups.' The GuardianEdward Carey's witty and entrancing story of a young woman...

WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN FT BOOK OF THE YEAR A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE...

'Sons of the Blood is a first-rate reimagining of the struggle for the English throne between Richard III and Henry Tudor, with its vicious, ever-twisting political wheels and personal tragedies...

King Edward I of England marches on Scotland, inspired by an Arthurian prophecy and aiming to unite the British Isles under a single crown. One man alone can thwart Edward's...

'A quietly devastating masterpiece . . . I can't remember the last time a book has gripped and moved me in this way. I rarely cry, but I howled. This...

From the author of the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller, The Versions of Us. A novel about six lifelong friends and one unforgettable year. 'Four Weddings and a Funeral meets...

'I absolutely loved it. Anyone interested in the relationship between tech, our bodies and our minds should bump it to the top of their queue immediately' - Zadie Smith, author...

An electrifying story of passion, connection and transformation from 'a writer of show-stopping genius' (Guardian).'Dark and brilliant.' SARAH MOSS'A masterpiece.' DAISY JOHNSON'Extraordinary.' SARAH PERRY'Searing... Sarah Hall's best work yet.' JON...

For years, the residents of Lake Haven, Wisconsin ignored the whispered troubles about the Chao family, if only to keep eating at the best restaurant in town. But when tyrannical...

'Rebecca Serle is a maestro of love in all its forms' GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow'Everything you could wish for in a love story - beautifully...

Young Girolamo's life is a series of miracles.It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his...

PRE-ORDER NOW! Normal People meets The Dropout with a dash of Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow in this epic love story of two young Harvard students with a shared dream who...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'FINANCIAL TIMES'Magnificent......

The war on drugs has been lost. The simple fact is that the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From pop stars and princes to crack whores...

Set in the heart of English farmland, this novel portrays a family at a tragic crossroads. Caro's death causes each member of the family to feel vulnerable to time and...

The tenants of a Manhattan apartment building have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories in this exciting new twist on the novel.With each passing night,...

'AS CLOSE TO PERFECT AS ROMANTIC COMEDIES GET' Jenny ColganThe irresistible new standalone novel from No. 1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella.I love you . . . but what if I...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A mighty achievement' OCEAN VUONG 'Beautiful, brilliant' R. F. KUANG 'Dazzling' OBSERVER 'Will shatter your heart' GLAMOUR 'Powerful' SUNDAY TIMES An extraordinary story...

PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel Finalist Shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize A "rich, ambitious debut novel" (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals the...

In Toby's Room, Pat Barker revisits the First World War and the characters introduced in Life ClassWhen Toby is reported 'Missing, Believed Killed', another secret casts a lengthening shadow over...