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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION AWARD 2025**'I'll be thinking about it for ever' Barbara Kingsolver'A gorgeously written story...a must-read' Jennie Godfrey'Powerful and beautifully written... Lynch is a...

Lucia Sartori is the beautiful twenty-five-year-old daughter of a fine Italian immigrant family in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1950. Fuelled by the post-war boom, in which talented girls with...

THE TIKTOK SENSATION 'A brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn't let go, long after you've finished it' Anna Todd, author of the After series'A...

This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty....

An exciting new release from Piatkus Fiction coming in 2026.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize'Lloyd Jones brings to life the transformative power of fiction . . . This is a beautiful book' Sunday Times'You cannot pretend to read a...

A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine. 'A novel to savour'SUNDAY TIMES'A vital storyteller' ALI SMITHAfter years away from her family's...

What do you do when a girlfriend's 60th birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend's 30th?Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating?Is it morally...

'The Exile Breed' is a story of the Irish Famine in Ireland, Canada, England and the USA.The Famine intensified in 1847. Many left, but hunger and fever followed them. Thousands...

A TWISTED TALE OF DARK ROMANCE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE GLOBAL ROMANTASY SENSATION QUICKSILVER.What happens in the dark never stays in the dark.As one of Seattle's most dangerous, feared...

A bittersweet novel of family and self-discovery from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Spool of Blue ThreadWilla Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life:...

Recently widowed, Stella Rothchild is no stranger to the ghosts of the past, but the move from Michigan back to her roots near Memphis, Tennessee is supposed to be about...

The best treat of all... Sweet Dreams Chocolate Company has been in the Sterling family for generations. But now it looks as if they're about to lose their beloved shop...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER David Mitchell's novels have captivated critics and readers alike, as his Man Booker shortlistings and Richard & Judy Book of the Year award attest. Now he...

Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies. 'A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended' On the hottest day...

Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Orange Prize 'Best of the Best' as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the...

The Malabar coast is full of dangers: greedy tradesmen, fearless pirates, and men full of vengeance. But for a Courtney, the greatest danger might just be his own family... After...

Forty years ago, the world was introduced to Emma Harte. Now meet M, a new woman of substance guaranteed to win our hearts all over again. A new era has...

'As intoxicating as the finest island rum' Independent From the bestselling author of The Dovekeepers comes a love story about one of history's most captivating 'invisible' women: Rachel, the mother...

From the author of A Perfectly Good Man, the bestselling story of an artist tormented by depression and the toll of creativity. When troubled artist Rachel Kelly dies she leaves...

* The new novel from the bestselling author of This Christmas and Maybe Next Christmas coming soon! *'I love a romance, and this is one of the best I've read.'...

'The sea is slavery.'Inspired by a true story, this suspenseful and moving book chronicles an incident of courage and rebellion that took place aboard a disease-riddled slave ship, the Zong,...

Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata - and her mother's attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting...

Mischa knows what it is to be abandoned. His German father disappeared at the end of the war, leaving him and his mother to endure the hatred and contempt of...

When the Great Flood of 1927 devastates Mississippi, eight-year-old Robert Chatham loses everything. Robert's adventures in the brooding swamplands - from hard labour to imprisonment to thwarted love - are...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them . . .'So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an...

The 20th anniversary edition of the multi-million copy bestseller! 'Wistful, touching and funny' Mail on Sunday 'Hilarious and tear-jerking in turns' Express 'A sharp, witty and wise book straight from...

'This is an absolute beauty of a book. I loved everything about it - the richness and depth of the characters; the poignant, intricately woven story and the beautiful descriptions...

THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIESThe one where J. L. B. Matekoni takes a great leap . . . Once again, Mma Ramotswe is...

Harry Silver returns to face life in the "blended family." A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and...

As spring comes to Scotland and the hills burst into life, a dance is planned for September. The invitations summon home the group of people Violet Aird has cared for...

In 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow students. Eccentric and alluring, the more time Paul...

Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over...

Rome is burning. Only one man can save it. The Emperor: Nero, Emperor of Rome and all her provinces, feared by his subjects for his temper and cruelty, is in...

From International Number One Bestseller Andrew Gross, The Last Brother is the thrilling historical novel about three brothers and the Mafia in 1930s New York. Published in the USA as...

Tom and Octavia Fleming have a power marriage - high-profile and mutually supportive, but when Octavia discovers that Tom is having an affair, and that it is by no means...

Adam Swann has grown old, and is struggling to keep up with the changing times. The Victorian age is giving way to the Edwardian and the horse is being overtaken...

*As seen on BBC's BETWEEN THE COVERS * A #2 Times bestseller * A New York Times bestseller OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE PRE-ORDER EMILIA HART'S STUNNING NEW BOOK THE...

THE LIFE-AFFIRMING AND MOVING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR DAWN FRENCHLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AND A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'I absolutely loved...

THE COMPELLING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHILIPPA GREGORY The second book in Philippa's stunning new series, The Cousins' War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy...

'Just relishable. Thank God for the balm of good writing' NIGELLA LAWSON'A wise, wonderful book' OBSERVER'Razor sharp on family, love and marriage' DAVID NICHOLLS'I devoured it in one long lazy...