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Discover our latest new release fiction and nonfiction books.
Rose Butler, Eve Vincent
Explore how people from different class backgrounds meet, live with and love one another.
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Len Pennie
From Len Pennie, the performance poet sensation, comes an electric debut collection about loving, learning, surviving, growing and giving
Kate Forsyth
Kate Forsyth gives voice, power and agency to Psykhe telling this much loved myth from the perspective of the woman at its centre.
Andrew McMillan
The debut novel from award-winning poet Andrew McMillan exploring community, masculinity and post-industrialisation in Northern England
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Iain McCalman
A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Büsst.
Ceridwen Dovey
A transformative new collection from the award-winning author of Only the Animals.
Benjamin Stevenson
Two fiendishly twisty crime stories from the author of international bestsellers Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone and Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect.
Alba de Cespedes, Jill Foulston (trans.)
A captivating feminist classic about a woman's struggle for independence in fascist Italy, from the author of Forbidden Notebook - with an afterword by Elena Ferrante.
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John Grisham
The mesmerising new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author John Grisham.
Sara Haddad
Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because she can't bear to put them in the ground.
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Eamon Donnelly, Monique Le Grand
In the follow-up to Eamon Donnelly's sold-out, out-of-print first title from 2018, Volume II goes beyond the closed shopfronts and back to where it all began.
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Asne Seierstad, Sean Kinsella (trans.)
Award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad returns with The Afghans, a book to help us understand Afghanistan's past, present and future, told through the lives of three unforgettable people.
Jennifer Saint
The enthralling tale of a powerful Greek goddess maligned in both myth and ancient history, as told by Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Saint.
Rhee Kun Hoo, Suphil Lee Park (trans.)
This comforting Korean bestseller offers guidance for attaining ordinary happiness at any age and shows us that life is a story worth reading until the very last page.
Pauline Menczer
A memoir with deeply feminist themes detailing the challenging and inspiring life of Pauline Menczer, World Surfing Champion and star of the hit documentary, Girls Can't Surf.
Amor Towles
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility
Clive Hamilton, Myra Hamilton
Clive Hamilton and Myra Hamilton show that elite privilege is not a mere by-product of wealth but an organising principle for society as a whole. They explore the practices and…
David Nicholls
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way
Claire Messud
A family torn apart by war, geography, politics, religion, over the course of three generations
Brigitta Olubas (ed.), Susan Wyndham (ed.)
Two extraordinary writers, one difficult mother and a vanished literary world.
Kevin Kwan
From the iconic author of the international sensation Crazy Rich Asians
Joseph E. Stiglitz
A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom
Nanae Aoyama, Jesse Kirkwood (trans.)
A Perfect Day to be Alone is a moving, microscopic examination of loneliness and heartbreak. With flashes of deadpan humour and a keen eye for poignant detail, Aoyama chronicles the…
Stephen King
From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve thrilling stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.
Rose Ruane
In a small seaside town, autumn is edging into winter, gulls ride winds over the waves, and two women, pass each other on the promenade, as yet unaware of each…
Leslie Jamison
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage - an…
Sarah Leipciger
Gripping, witty, emotional literary breakout for fans of Elizabeth Strout and Barbara Kingsolver: an estranged couple meet again after twenty years for a roadtrip across Canada in search of their…
Ellie Bouhadana
Ellie's Table is a recipe book rich with storytelling, exploring chef Ellie Bouhadana's mixed Jewish background through food - from Morocco to the Mediterranean.
Kaliane Bradley
A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a tirgger. The beginning meets the end.
Ellen Atlanta
A generation defining expose of toxic beauty culture and the realities of coming of age online
Fadi Kattan
Bethlehem is a celebration of Palestinian food and culture from one of the area’s most dynamic chefs and a portrait of one of the most storied cities in the world.
Ian Russell-Hsieh
Fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, Taiwanese-British photographer Sean flies to Taipei to seek oblivion. Lost in the neon heat of his parents' homeland, though, all he…
Francesca de Tores
Breathing life into the Golden Age of Piracy, Saltblood is a wild adventure, a treasure trove, weaving an intoxicating tale of gender and survival, passion and loss, journeys and transformation…
Jake Adelstein
A darkly comic sequel to Tokyo Vice that is equal parts history lesson, true-crime expose, and memoir.
Subhadra Das
Science historian Subhadra Das explores ten founding ideas of Western civilisation, uncovers their flaws and urges us to look at the world with fresh eyes
