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Women & Children

Tony Birch

A powerful, personal novel about women, children and justice, from one of this country's most loved and clear-eyed writers.

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The In-Between

Christos Tsiolkas

The tender, sensual and moving novel from the award-winning and bestselling author ofThe Slap andDamascus. A compelling contemporary love story between two middle-aged men, told with grace…

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Edenglassie

Melissa Lucashenko

The bestselling and multi-award-winning novel by the author of Too Much Lip

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After the Funeral

Tessa Hadley

Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection

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Held

Anne Michaels

The triumphant new novel from the author of the Orange Prize-winning Fugitive Pieces: a soaring and luminous story of chance and change

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Kala

Colin Walsh

A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.

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Whale

Cheon Myeong-Kwan, Kim Chi-Young (trans.)

A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce and fantasy.

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The Seventh Son

Sebastian Faulks

A child will be born who will change everything

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The Postcard

Anne Berest, Tina Kover (trans.)

A moving novel based on the true story of a family's endurance and pain, and a heartfelt exploration of Jewish identity in a secular society

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The Fraud

Zadie Smith

The chronicler of contemporary London, acclaimed and bestselling author Zadie Smith, returns with her first historical novel

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Normal Rules Don’t Apply

Kate Atkinson

The first story collection from Kate Atkinson in twenty years, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales from the bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety…

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Prima Facie

Suzie Miller

Tessa is a thoroughbred. A young, brilliant barrister from a working-class background now at the top of her game: defending, cross-examining and lighting up the shadows of doubt in any…

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August Blue

Deborah Levy

The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home

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The Visitors

Jane Harrison

From award-winning author, Jane Harrison, comes an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction.

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The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

A profound and explosive novel about a spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive

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Bookshops & Bonedust

Travis Baldree

Set in the world of BookTok sensation Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust is a cosy fantasy about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the…

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Orbital

Samantha Harvey

Life on our planet as you've never seen it before

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North Woods

Daniel Mason

In his transcendent fourth novel, Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason delivers a magisterial and highly inventive tale brimming with love and madness, humor and hope. Following the cycles of history…

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Small Joys

Elvin James Mensah

Moving, funny and tender, Small Joys is an epic novel about ordinary lives that introduces the world to an unforgettable cast of characters and a major new literary talent.

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Bored Gay Werewolf

Tony Santorella

Scooby Doo with Grindr or Stranger Things with sex and ennui, a directionless college-dropout deals with sexuality, minimum-wage jobs, lunar cycles, toxic masculinity and the everyday perils of life as…

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Western Lane

Chetna Maroo

A deeply moving novel about grief, sisterhood, squash and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself.

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Tell Me What I Am

Una Mannion

Two women, wrenched apart by a terrible crime, must find a way back to each other

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Good Material

Dolly Alderton

Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings.

Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped.

Now he is. . . 1…

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Roman Stories

Jhumpa Lahiri

From the internationally bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies comes an exquisitely crafted work of fiction. Jhumpa Lahiri sets her gaze on the eternally beautiful city, illuminating the…

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Penance

Eliza Clark

An utterly chilling, compulsive story of a murder among teenagers, on the eve of the historic Brexit vote, by a major new voice in British fiction.

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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan (trans.)

A heart-warming story about finding comfort and acceptance in your life and the healing power of books.

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Hello Beautiful

Ann Napolitano

Four sisters. Two sides of a fault line. Can love make a broken family whole?

Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian…

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Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead

From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead comes the thrilling and entertaining sequel to Harlem Shuffle.

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My Husband

Maud Ventura, Emma Ramadan (trans.)

A dangerously charming French thriller about a woman's obsession for her husband

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Right Story, Wrong Story

Tyson Yunkaporta

The award-winning author of Sand Talk returns with a formidably original yarn with Indigenous thought leaders from around the globe

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Dead-End Memories

Banana Yoshimoto, Asa Yoneda (trans.)

From the beloved, bestselling author of Kitchen - five effortlessly beautiful, strange and melancholy stories of heartbreak, hope and trying to see beauty in the everyday

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Something Bad is Going to Happen

Jessie Stephens

Raw and revelatory, Something Bad is Going to Happen is a heart-stopping work from one of Australia's most exciting writers

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Doppelganger

Naomi Klein

A wild ride into the uncanny mirror world of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine

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If I Survive You

Jonathan Escoffery

An electrifying, hilarious and deeply moving tragicomic debut novel following a Jamaican family grappling with a new life in the US.

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What You Are Looking for is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama, Alison Watts (trans.)

An inspirational tale of the love, comfort and growth you can find in the pages of a good book.

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Red Queen (Red Queen, Book 1)

Juan Gomez-Jurado, Nick Caistor (trans.)

You’ve never met anyone like her …

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Art Monsters

Lauren Elkin

A landmark feminist intervention- a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.

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Resurrection Walk

Michael Connelly

From No. 1 bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back, and he's taken on another long-shot case. The chance of winning is one in a million...

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Honeybees and Distant Thunder

Riku Onda, Philip Gabriel (trans.)

The Night Circus meets Lonely Castle in the Mirror in this multi-award-winning Japanese bestseller, available finally in an English translation by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami

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Games and Rituals

Katherine Heiny

'Superb' THE TIMES

'Joyous' THE OBSERVER

The beloved author of Early Morning Riser brings us eleven glittering stories of love - friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits…

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The Ghost Theatre

Mat Osman

A dazzling punk re-imagining of Elizabethan London through the eyes of a clairvoyant, bird-worshiping protagonist and her unlikely theatre troupe.

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Soldier Sailor

Claire Kilroy

An urgent, memorable, gut-wrenching novel aboutmotherhood, creativity and identity which is sure to get people talking.

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The Great Reclamation

Rachel Heng

They would look back and ask themselves, what was the moment that changed everything? Could she blame him? Could he blame her?

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Nothing Special

Nicole Flattery

A wildly original debut novel about two young women navigating the complex worlds of Andy Warhol's Factory, and coming of age in 1960s New York

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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (trans.)

From an internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning author: this is a story of love and betrayal set in Berlin during the years before and after the fall of the Wall.

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Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

A thrilling page-turner of sisterhood, secrets, love and murder by New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth.

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Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine

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The Wren, The Wren

Anne Enright

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024, a sparkling family story of love, betrayal and reunion

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Bestselling books in compact format

Women & Children

The In-Between

Edenglassie

After the Funeral

Held

Kala

Whale

The Seventh Son

The Postcard

The Fraud

Normal Rules Don’t Apply

Prima Facie

August Blue

The Visitors

The Vaster Wilds

Bookshops & Bonedust

Orbital

North Woods

Small Joys

Bored Gay Werewolf

Western Lane

Tell Me What I Am

Good Material

Roman Stories

Penance

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hello Beautiful

Crook Manifesto

My Husband

Right Story, Wrong Story

Dead-End Memories

Something Bad is Going to Happen

Doppelganger

If I Survive You

What You Are Looking for is in the Library

Red Queen (Red Queen, Book 1)

Art Monsters

Resurrection Walk

Honeybees and Distant Thunder

Games and Rituals

The Ghost Theatre

Soldier Sailor

The Great Reclamation

Nothing Special

Kairos

Darling Girls

Enter Ghost

The Wren, The Wren