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From the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, Brethren is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion,...

If they survive the war, will their marriage?Jessie Warner has married Tom Smith and their baby is almost due. Settling down into their new home in Bethnal Green, Jessie looks...

THE THIRD BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one with the boy who might have been raised by lions . . . Facing financial trouble,...

'Historical fiction at its finest.' @MargaretAtwoodIt is 1535 and Agnes Peppin, daughter of a West-country butcher, has been banished, leaving her family home in disgrace to live out the rest...

The heartwarming holiday read from the Kindle bestselling author of The Cosy Teashop series When Emma opened her gorgeous little chocolate shop in the harbour village of Warkton-by-the-Sea, she realised...

A lonely single father gets an unexpected second chance at love in the heart-warming new novel from the author of The Library of Lost and Found. 'A wonderfully hope-filled story'...

**WINNER OF THE ORANGE AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS**'A remarkable first novel...vibrant...exotic' Sunday TimesDiscover the critically acclaimed debut from the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Ordinary PeopleIdentical twins, Georgia and Bessi Hunter,...

Some readers will have already met GP Sue, her daughters Frankie and Lola, her husband Matthew, and their unexpected surprise addition to the family, Tom. In this delightful sequel, we...

As she faces the open wilderness of adulthood, our young narrator finds that the world around her is coming undone. She works part-time as an emergency dispatch operator, tracking the...

Soon to be a six-part TV series co-produced by the BBC and A24, directed by Shane Meadows and starring Tom Burke, George MacKay and Thomas TurgooseWINNER OF THE 2018 WALTER...

A searing and magnificent picture of Australia at the moment of its foundation, with early settlers staking out their small patch of land and terrified by the harsh and alien...

In Ignorance, set in contemporary Prague, one of the most distinguished writers of our time takes up the complex and emotionally charged theme of exile and creates from it a...

A powerful novel from one of the most celebrated American writers of her generation, and the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 2012 In the quiet aftermath of...

"Blue Shoes and Happiness" brings more adventures for Precious Ramotswe and her fine assistant Mma Makutsi, including an encounter with a cobra, a sinister blackmail plot and a rather tight-fitting...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Part whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut about the secrets behind every door' RACHEL JOYCE 'Cannon is so attuned to other people's...

In a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. Then...

"Gripping - and profound... Kate Sawyer has a great gift for capturing the tiny details that tell us everything about a person or dynamic." -- Marian KeyesMargaret Smith is at...

THE MAGIC FLUTE is a wounderfully funny, sharply observant novel, combining gritty realism with great humour and considerable poetry.

Adrian Mole is back - he's older, no wiser and possibly even funnier than before . . . When we last heard from Adrian, he had fallen in love with...

1947: Mary Frances Gerety, a young copywriter in an eminent advertising agency, has to convince the world of two things - that marriage means a diamond ring on every woman's...

A wide-eyed boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others - an intoxicating older cousin, a grandmother who weaves stories from...

WEREWOLF ALPHA Grant Wade is a former Texas Ranger. He's also a Lycan Alpha and, in the desert ghost town of Desperado, he's found a perfect refuge for his pack...

Pippa Lee is the devoted wife of a brilliant man thirty years her senior, the proud mother of grown up twins, and an adored friend and neighbour. But where once...

The hilarious no. 1 bestseller by comedian and author of According to Yes and Oh Dear SylviaEveryone hates the perfect family.So you'll love the Battles.Meet Mo Battle, about to turn...

Charles Harwood is an out-of-work actor, but fill-in jobs aren't for him. He doesn't want to drive a minicab, deal dope or have 'another string to his bow' - he's...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**A powerful, heart-breaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequencesArthur and Jake are brothers yet worlds apart.Arthur is older, shy, dutiful and set to...

In the pressure cooker of 1950s apartheid South Africa, two women meet and their worlds are turned upside down. Yet in a system that divides white from black, black from...

A hilarious, tragic novel about a would-be movie star in 1920s Berlin, from the author of Child of All Nations Doris is going to be a big star. Wearing a...

'Utterly absorbing and illuminating. Written with a sure and stylish hand. Gill Hornby's best book yet.' Esther Freud__________________________FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MISS AUSTENOn 21 January 1804, Anne Sharpe...

The third book in the wartime series continuing from Tuesday's War and Charlie's War. The war's over. Charlie Bassett is one of England's brave young survivors. Haunted by one woman's...

Jane Cody keeps lists. After all, how else would she keep track of her life? - her job producing a Boston TV show; her amiable but frankly dull second husband;...

'It is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophies are always different - unimagined, unprepared for, unknown...' One morning, Julia and her...

'Spooky and hilarious' - Mandasue Heller on The Accidental MediumSet in Newcastle, Gin Palace rejoins Tanz, the Accidental Medium and an unwilling crime solver, as she grows accustomed to her...

Avery James didn't have the easiest start in life. Abandoned by her mother, and brought up in foster homes, she developed a hard shell to protect her from caring for...

The Breakfast Club meets One Day in Floored, a unique collaborative novel by seven bestselling and award-winning YA authors: Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa...