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From the internationally bestselling author of American Dirt, comes a heartfelt, multigenerational family story which asks: what does it mean to call a place home?'A big swooning romance... delectable' The...

The darkly romantic revenge thriller featuring ballet and broken hearts____________________________'Dark, witty and gloriously twisted - I loved it' Joanna Wallace'Deranged, in the best possible way' Julie Mae Cohen'Celine Saintclare's writing...

In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader,...

A heartbreaking and mesmerizing story of a young woman's search for love When Lillie Bird was thirteen years old she walked into her parents' home closing the door behind her,...

Cassia Fallon has been married to her doctor husband for seven years when her godmother leaves her half a million pounds; at that time 1935, it's a vast fortune.Suddenly, for...

Daisy Kildare lives with her family in a cottage perched on the Connemara coast. The Kildares are poor but happy. But when their croft is wrested from them, Daisy's Aunt...

'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...

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...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'The boldest debut of the year . . . It is refreshing...

To Kitty, growing up at Hay House, surrounded by bluebell woods and doting relations, is heaven. But for her mother, the restless Marina, a silver-eyed beauty who paints and weeps...

'Honest, funny, clever, it sparkles with witty, wry observations on modern life. I loved it' Marian KeyesTreat yourself to the heartwarming, hilarious new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Kelly!Freya...

One house. Nine strangers. Ten days that will change everything . . .FROM THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR BEHIND EMMY- AND GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING HBO SERIES BIG LITTLE LIES AND SMASH-HIT...

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2014Shortlisted for the National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2014Shortlisted for the National Book Awards New Writer of the Year...

'Absolution is one of the finest contemporary novels I've read. It is a moral masterpiece.'ANN PATCHETT'Her writing has a luminous kind of clarity, a grace and scope that fills me...

The new novel from the author of The Corrections. Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul - the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of...

'Ian McEwan did this with Atonement, Sarah Waters did it with The Night Watch, and Chris Cleave does it too with Everyone Brave is Forgiven... A compelling and finely crafted...

When the boy was four, he asked his father why people needed sleep. His father said, 'So God could unfuck all the things people fuck up.'*LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024A mesmerising reversal of the east-west immigrant narrative set against China's economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of...

THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN, WRITER AND ACTOR SARA PASCOE'Moving and bittersweet and clever . . . I love it.' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH'Hilarious and heartbreaking at...

A TIMES, INDEPENDENT, FINANCIAL TIMES, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A magnificent book.' MIKE ATHERTON'Tender, atmospheric - and hopeful.' iNEWS'A...

From Victorian London to the vibrant port cities of England and France, from gracious stately homes in Gloucestershire to the decadence of Paris, Master of his Fate launches an unforgettable...

'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...

The greatest adventure is coming back home.Lila Metcalfe is a trainee journalist in Derby and she's very used to being given the stories that no one else wants. So, when...

In ELSEWHERE, master storyteller Dean Koontz, has created a brilliant and terrifying speculative thriller with hat-tips to George Orwell, Ray Bradbury and HG Wells. In the little South Californian town...

The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy, providing a look at the darker side of our society Night Sleep Death The Stars is a...

"According to Ruth" chronicles the events and emotions of one momentous summer. The break-up of a marriage and the effect this has on four children is told largely from the...

Set in present-day New York, The Whittiers is a heartwarming story about the importance of family, home and being true to yourself, from the world's favourite author Danielle Steel.Connie and...

Pre-order Jodi Picoult's stunning new novel about life, death, and missed opportunities. 'A writer the world should be reading right now.' IndependentWho would you be, if you hadn't turned out...

'Warm, wry and genuinely funny. Alice Ryan has a great ability to describe the nuances of people.' Marian KeyesA witty and warm debut novel from a young Irish writer. A...

FREE from slavery, Marcus is determined to find and save his kidnapped mother.Meanwhile, his master Julius Caesar wants Marcus to help destroy the bands of rebel slaves and their leader...

'Mesmerising, heartbreaking ... a wild ride of a novel' Monica AliSLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER.At the Golden Sunset retirement home, it is not unusual for residents to...

Two mothers. Two daughters. Two sides to the story.When Sara leaves her high-flying London life to move to Dublin, her only concern is her nine-year-old daughter, Lexie. For Lexie's sake...

'Every family is a ghost story ...' As a child, Charley Benetto was told by his father, 'You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't...

The House of Fortune is the sequel to Jessie Burton's million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist. Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, it is a story of fate and...

The small Tuscan town of Castelluccio is preparing for its annual festival, a spectacular pageant in which a leading role will be taken by the self-exiled English painter Gideon Westfall....

'Spiky, clever, funny' - Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters'Brilliant, propulsive . . . A riot'- Maddie Mortimer, author of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies'A delicious gallop through 90s tabloid...

Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling.Tunde, the man at the centre...

The Soviet Union was founded on a fairytale. It was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that...

CONSTANCE WILDE'S MARRIAGE HAS ENDED. Making a new life in Europe, she reflects on her marriage with Oscar Wilde. Despite her family's warnings, his affairs and his spending, she knows...