Contemporary fiction: literary and general

Book SynopsisTrade Review‘We could all use a good summer ghost story, and you can't get much better than Ashley Poston's adult fiction debut.’Entertainment Weekly ‘This is a book to make you laugh and cry.’ New York Times ‘A tender, nuanced love story that fans of Emily Henry will adore’ Red ‘I LOVED this book. A beautiful, poignant story, full of beautiful, poignant characters… at the end all the pieces fall perfectly into place, and the picture that they form is at once touching, funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.’Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis ‘Smart, quirky and funny. I loved this one.’Sarah Morgan, The Sunday Times bestselling author of Beach House Summer ‘What fun – the Emily Henry/Casey McQuiston reader (aka me) is going to gobble this book up. Smart, quick, delicious.’Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow ‘An absolute and unexpected delight. Voicy and quirky and fun; the pages will probably sparkle (but with black glitter).’Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners ‘The Dead Romantics takes so many things I love—quirky heroines, found families, cozy small towns, fanfics, GHOSTS (!!!)—and gives them all a fresh, fun, thoroughly modern spin. This is truly a RomCom to die for!’Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of Reckless ‘This book made me fall in love, broke my heart then reassembled it at least twice, and left me swooning. A hauntingly romantic, hilariously heartwarming story. Ashley Poston is the real deal.’Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Not Your Average Hot Guy ‘Poston[’s] sparkling dialogue makes the characters come alive – even the dead ones. Readers won’t be able to put this down.’Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Book Synopsis ⭐ Now in paperback: David Nicholls''s new novel You Are Here ⭐ One Day: the multi-million copy bestseller, now a major Netflix series''A wonderful, wonderful book''THE TIMES''Perfect''NEW YORK TIMES''You''d be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic comedy''INDEPENDENTTWENTY YEARS, TWO PEOPLE, ONE DAY.15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?And every year that follows?ONE OF BRITAIN''S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS''One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now''FINANCIAL TIMES''An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters''DAILY TELEGRAPH''Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love''THE TIMES''No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does''EVENING STANDARD''Genuinely brilliant''NEW STATESMANTrade ReviewOne Day is destined to be a modern classic * Daily Mirror *Big, absorbing, smart, fantastically readable -- Nick HornbyA wonderful, wonderful book * The Times *I finished it last night and I'm still quite wobbly and affected by it. It was BRILLIANT . . . the jealousy nearly made me puke. I wish I'd written this book -- Marian KeyesA genuine tear-jerker as well as laugh-out-loud funny -- Books of the Year * Independent on Sunday *This perfectly executed novel is a reminder that reading can be the finest entertainment there is * Guardian *The book I go back to time and time again is One Day by David Nicholls. I read it every couple of years. It's perfect -- Dolly Alderton, author of GHOSTSA modern classic * Prime *One of the most tear-jerking novels ever written * YOU Magazine *I couldn't think of anyone who wouldn't love this book -- Simon Mayo Books Panel, BBC Radio Five LiveRe-reading One Day by David Nicholls is another version of putting on a Nora Ephron movie. It never gets old because the pleasure and comfort is in the language and the observations and the characters -- Maggie Shipstead, author of GREAT CIRCLEOne Day changed my life -- Pandora Sykes, author of HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHTCaptivating * Hello *You'd be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic comedy * Independent *David Nicholls portrays the bittersweet experience of being a young man so brilliantly * iNews *A total treat . . . by turns bittersweet, funny, touching and sad, but always Nicholls's wonderfully observant and wry touch shines through. A way-we-live-now parable about relationships, disappointments, friendship and expectations; a novel utterly comfortable in its own skin -- Kate Mosse * The Times *An off-kilter romantic comedy with charm to spare * Harper's Bazaar *It's rare to find a novel which ranges over the recent past with such authority, and even rarer to find one in which the two leading characters are drawn with such solidity, such painful fidelity to real life that you really do put the book down with the hallucinatory feeling that they've become as well known to you as your closest friends -- Jonathan Coe, Books of the Year * Guardian *Nicholls has a gimlet eye for period detail . . . A beguiling read * Observer *A totally brilliant book about the heartbreaking gap between the way we were and the way we are . . . the best weird love story since The Time Traveller's Wife. Every reader will fall in love with it. And every writer will wish they had written it -- Tony Parsons, author of THE PEOPLE NEXT DOORWho doesn't relish a love story with the right amount of heart-melting romance, disappointment, regret, and huge doses of disenchantment about growing up and growing old between quarrelling meant-to-be lovers? -- Top 10 Summer Books * Elle *As a study of what we once were and what we can become, it's masterfully realised * Esquire *A brilliantly funny and moving will-they, won't-they romance tracing a relationship on the same day each day for two decades * Heat *With a nod to When Harry Met Sally, this funny, emotionally engaging third novel from David Nicholls traces the unlikely relationship between Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew . . . Told with toe-curlingly accurate insight and touching observation * Daily Mail *Nicholls captures superbly the ennui of post graduation . . . The writing is almost faultless, there's a great feeling for the period and it's eminently readable * Herald *Nicholls has a gift for zeitgeist description and emotional empathy that's wholly his own . . . [A] light but surprisingly deep romance so thoroughly satisfying * Entertainment Weekly *David Nicholls's One Day needs a special mention for its perfect encapsulation of Edinburgh's university experience. The novel takes place mostly in London but its two main characters meet as students here and almost - but not quite - fall for each other. Therein lies the tale * New York Times *A pleasingly collaborative reading experience * Financial Times *The funniest, loveliest book I've read in ages. Most of all it is horribly, cringingly, absolutely 100% honest and true to life: I lived every page -- Jenny Colgan, author of DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME?The ultimate zeitgeist love story for anyone who ever wanted someone they couldn't have -- Adele Parks, author of ONE LAST SECRETWarm-hearted, funny, endearing * Sydney Morning Herald *Page by page, the funniest book of the year * Uncut *Perfect for the beach or summer in the city * In Style *A delicious love story * Sunday Herald *A smart comedy, packed with the mistakes, mismatches and meandering conversations that make up real life * Marie Claire *A modern fairy tale, slickly put together. A gifted story-teller with lots of technical savvy * Scottish Review of Books *A compulsive read you'll want to devour in one sitting * Woman *A cross between Jonathan Coe and Nick Hornby, this is romantic, sharp and very English * Scotsman *Nicholls' unmatchable gift for dialogue and romantic plotting * Evening Standard *An unputdownable romance for the 21st century * She *We could fill a page with descriptive proclamations of its brilliance, but we'll stick with intoxicating, engrossing and verging on genius. If this has never graced your bedside table, then go directly to the nearest bookshop, purchase one copy and start 2010 with a read that has taken the literary world by storm * Daily Record *A moving and feel-good read. Nicholls is an expert at capturing that essence of young adulthood, first love, heartbreak, and the tangled, complicated course of romance . . . Deserves to be the must-read hit of the summer. * News of the World *Nicholls captures superbly the ennui of post graduation . . . The writing is almost faultless, there's a great feeling for the period and it's eminently readable. * Herald *You're gripped from the opening pages . . . Nicholls, author of STARTER FOR TEN, writes faultless, engaging dialogue and keeps up a cracking pace. You will find this hard to put down * Psychologies *An edgy romantic tale * Woman & Home *

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Book SynopsisRobert Neville is the last living man on Earth ... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville''s blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive like this?Winner of the Bram Stoker Prize for Vampire Novel of the Century, I Am Legend is a stunning blend of science fiction and horror.''The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula'' - Dean Koontz''Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me'' - Stephen King''It is, by turns, scary, thrilling, tragic, witty and - ultimately - uplifting'' - James LovegroveWelcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction

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Book SynopsisTHE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA sparkling debut fantasy with Celtic tones set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan.Enchantments run deep on the magical Isle of Cadence.The capricious spirits that live there find mirth in the lives of the humans who call the land home, but that mischief turns to malevolence as girls begin to go missing.Adaira, heiress of the east, knows the spirits only answer to a bard's music, enticing them to return the missing girls. But there's only one bard capable of drawing the spirits forth by song: her childhood enemy, Jack Tamerlaine.He hasn't stepped foot on Cadence in ten long years, content to study music at the Mainland university. But as Jack and Adaira reluctantly work together it becomes apparent the trouble with the spirits is far more sinister than first thought and an older, darker secret lurks beneath the surface, threatening to undo them all.An alluring and rich tale, at once a fast-paced mystery and a love story as warm as a hearth'Ava Reid, bestselling author of The Wolf and the WoodsmanTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR REBECCA ROSS: ‘Will capture readers from the start’Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep ‘I adored this magical story about the unbreakable bond between sisters’Kristen Ciccarelli, internationally bestselling author of The Last Namsara ‘A beautifully-crafted story of sacrifice, growth, and redemption’Elly Blake, New York Times bestselling author of the Frostblood Series

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2024Like a long winter's dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful historyOne of the most profound and skilled writers working on the contemporary world stage' Deborah LevyBeginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to the home of her old friend Inseon. Hospitalized following an accident, Inseon has begged Kyungha to hasten there to feed her beloved pet bird, who will otherwise die.Kyungha takes the first plane to Jeju, but a snowstorm hits the island the moment she arrives, plunging her into a world of white. Beset by icy wind and snow squalls, she wonders if she will arrive in time to save the bird or even survive the terrible cold which envelops her with every step. As night falls, she struggles her way to Inseon's house, unaware as yet of the descent into darkness which awaits her.There, the long-buried story of Inseon's family surges into light, in dreams and memories passed from mother to daughter, and in a painstakingly assembled archive documenting a terrible massacre on the island seventy years before.We Do Not Part is a hymn to friendship, a eulogy to the imagination and above all an indictment against forgetting.Translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah MorrisA vital voice and a writer of extraordinary humanity. Her work is a gift to us all' Max PorterA remarkable novelist who reflects our modern condition with courage, imagination, and keen intelligence' Min Jin Lee

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Book Synopsis'Good story means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task... but the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.' Robert McKeeTrade Review"'In difficult periods of writing, particularly with structure, I often turn to Robert McKee's wonderful book, Story, for guidance.' Dominic Dunne, author of Another City, Not My Own and The Two Mrs Grenvilles * 'stimulating, innovative, refreshingly practical.' Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter, director of The Accidental Tourist, The Big Chill, Body Heat and The Empire Strikes Back * 'McKee is the arch defender of story: his book is a revelation.' Griffin Dunne, screenwriter, director, producer of After Hours, Addicted to Love, Running on Empty and Chilly Scenes of Winter * 'Since I first attended Robert McKee's course, I have sold four screenplays and two novels. I could not have done so without the wisdom and inspiration he provided.' Tim Willcocks, novelist / screenwriter of Bad City Blues, Green River Rising and Swept from the Sea"

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Book SynopsisHe'll be famous a legend I wouldn't be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter Day in future there will be books written about Harry' Minerva McGonagall Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. They strongly disapprove of strangeness. It's only when a letter arrives, delivered by a shaggy giant of a man called Hagrid, that Harry learns the truth that will transform his entire future: his parents were killed by the evil Lord Voldemort, and he, Harry, is a wizard.Whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy, Harry discovers a world of enchantments, ghosts, Quidditch, and friends who will stand, through everything, by his side. But when Harry hears of a stone with great powers, he finds that his school has its own dark secrets and an adventure that will become the stuff of legenTrade ReviewAnd you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-ups too * James Naughtie *Funny, imaginative, magical … In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch * The Times *The Harry Potter stories will join that small group of children’s books which are read and reread into adulthood * Times Literary Supplement *Rowling uses classic narrative devices with flair and originality and delivers a complex and demanding plot in the form of a hugely entertaining thriller * Scotsman *One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times * Sunday Telegraph *Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff * Mirror *

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Book Synopsis ***Out now: David Nicholls''s new novel YOU ARE HERE*** A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT FIRST LOVE FROM BELOVED BESTSELLER DAVID NICHOLLS A tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and that one summer that changes your life forever ''A beautiful paean to young love'' OBSERVER ''Fizzing'' GUARDIAN ''A glorious escape to the sunlit uplands of the 1990s'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''Exquisite'' DAILY TELEGRAPH ''The sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending'' SUNDAY TIMES It''s summer 1997, school is over and Charlie Lewis''s life is in shambles. His family is breaking up, his father is falling apart and the long, empty holidays stretch ahead towards an uncertain future. And then, quite by chance, Charlie meets Fran Fisher and it''s as if a new world has opened before him. But can it last?Trade ReviewVery funny and heart wrenchingly tender * Grazia *A beautiful paean to young love . . . Here he proves that he can still pull off that most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure -- Alex Preston * Observer *This is Nicholls' talent - what really sets this story apart is the dialogue: funny, telling, laughter-inducing, he's hard to beat * Stylist *He's such a genius. His novels are relatable and recognisable, but also surprising, breath-taking and life-enhancing -- Nina Stibbe, author of LOVE, NINAA classic coming of age novel with universal truths teased out with remarkable perception * Irish Times *Affirms once again Nicholls' talent for unearthing the special in the ordinary * Metro *Full of the joy and pain of first love, fans who fell for bestseller One Day, ten years ago, won't be disappointed * Sunday Mirror *A big-hearted book with wonderful set-pieces . . . beautifully funny and touching . . . his books always seem as fresh as they are wise and funny * Literary Review *I don't think anyone writing right now captures youth and adolescence better; I'm not sure anyone even gets close -- Jenny Colgan, author of THE LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPY-EVER-AFTERSuch a beautiful book. Captures perfectly a moment in time we've all experienced -- Graham NortonWritten with great comic panache and generosity of spirit, it is Nicholls' most mature and compelling novel so far * i paper *Nicholls' literary talents are impressive . . . the sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending * Sunday Times *It's just perfect in every way -- Jill Mansell, author of SHOULD I TELL YOU?Funny, engaging and moving, another triumph from the brilliant David Nicholls -- John Boyne, author of THE HEART'S INVISIBLE FURIESA compassionate, intelligent look at the raw pain and loneliness of a teenage boy, the everyday miracle of first love and the perennial power of Shakespeare's language * Spectator *Fizzing . . . a funny, affectionate exploration of first love * Guardian *Astutely observed, and almost painfully nostalgic, Sweet Sorrow reads like a true story -- Clare Mackintosh, author of THE LAST PARTYIt's everything a story should be. Beautiful and clear and heartfelt, and it will do what all brilliant stories do: it will find the very pinpoint of who you are and it will stay there -- Joanna Cannon, author of WILL YOU READ THIS, PLEASE?A master of the bittersweet coming-of-age novel * Herald *Pitch perfect . . . Exquisite . . . Terrific . . . Very funny . . . Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening enough to absorb readers through this summer's airport delays and rained-off beach days, it's no escapist fantasy. The tale of Charlie and Fran will linger long beyond your tan * Daily Telegraph *Nicholls perfectly captures the dizzying highs and lows of first love * Daily Express *Adrian Mole meets The Swish Of The Curtain in this lovely coming-of-age romcom about acting and the class divide * Daily Mail *Full of wisdom, poignancy and laughs * Mail on Sunday *Interesting, moving, hilarious and sad at the same time * Scotsman *A funny, relatable coming-of-age story * Sun *A superbly written, beautifully observed account of teenage life, love, family dysfunction and friendship, which builds to a stunningly poignant ending * Heat *No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does -- Alex Peake-Tomkinson * Evening Standard *A delicious, pensive summer read * Press Association *Piercingly observant, gloriously funny and achingly sad, this is David Nicholls' best book yet * Daily Mirror *Sweet Sorrow manages to be interesting, moving, hilarious and sad at the same time. I know when my heartstrings are being pulled, but tugged they assuredly were * Scotland on Sunday *A glorious escape to the sunlit uplands of the 1990s, where a teenager first finds love * Financial Times *Funny and nostalgic tale of first love * Sydney Morning Herald *If ever there was an author perfect to take with you on holiday (so to speak), it's David Nicholls * Stella *I'm not sure there has ever been a better book to read while by the sea. The nostalgia, the humour, the deep understanding of adolescent love and indeed the sorrow. It's such a brilliant book * i News *A witty and tender evocation of young love -- Robert Webb * Guardian *A devastatingly honest exploration of first love, razor-sharp reflections on friendship - oh, and some snort out loud funny moments -- George Aligiah * Guardian *David Nicholls is that rarest of literary creatures: a genuinely brilliant, genuinely popular novelist. His latest, Sweet Sorrow, is more than just poignant and warm and funny. There are piercing apercus and writing that's both precise and poetic, lyrical and tough -- Stuart Maconie, Best Books of the Year * New Statesman *Eloquent . . . dazzles with wit and shrewd self-reflection * People *A tale of first love that hits all the right notes . . . [it] just might be the sweetest book to brighten your late summer * Washington Post *Delectable . . . Nicholls treats you to a satisfying glimpse into the future, where characters make a curtain call as adults . . . Bombshells abound * New York Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisA group of people have little in common except that they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, whose presence changes their lives.Trade ReviewThe greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass -- Tennessee WilliamsA remarkable book ... [McCullers] writes with a sweep and certainty that are overwhelming * The New York Times *Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure -- Gore VidalAgain [McCullers] shows a sort of subterranean and ageless instinct for probing the hidden in men's hearts and minds * New York Herald-Tribune *

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Book SynopsisGraeme Macrae Burnet is a Scottish writer. His first novel, The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau, earned him the Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award in 2013, and his second novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, and Case Study was longlisted in 2022.

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Book SynopsisIN A TOWN LIKE TWIN PEAKS, NO ONE IS INNOCENT... Laura Palmer – the sweet-faced beauty of Twin Peaks – hid her darkest deeds and twisted dreams in a secret diary from the time she was twelve years old…until the day she was murdered. The diary contains important clues to the identity of her killer. For the inhabitants of Twin Peaks it begins a mystery that will reach out to obsess them all… With a new foreword from Twin Peaks co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is a must-have for all Twin Peaks fans. ‘Rhapsodic murder mystery’ New York Times ‘It’s like sex and it takes time’ David Lynch

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Book Synopsis''Sarah Adams writes books with heart and soul. They speak to the people finding their way and being unapologetically themselves in the process. I love her style'' HANNAH GRACE??Rivals-to-lovers??Black cat/golden retriever??Small town??Secret identity??Forced proximityTwo feuding second-grade teachers find themselves as unlikely allies (and neighbours) in this rivals-to-lovers romance by Sarah Adams, author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect.___________________________Maybe it''s time for a plot twist . . .Emily Walker hates anyone disrupting her carefully curated life, especially her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett - the exact opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer. But now Jack''s back in town after a failed engagement and he''s here to stay . . . as both her colleague and her neighbour.Jack is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. Until, that is, he realises he''s now neighbours with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons.With their red-hot animosity at an all-time high, Emily makes a mistake that could reveal her secret literary identity. Frustratingly, she needs Jack''s help to make it right. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?___________________________''Feuding second-grade teachers learn they make a great team in this cute rivals-to-lovers romance . . . this charms'' PUBLISHER''S WEEKLY''Sarah Adams'' books are woven with pure sunshine and rainbows . . . It''s everything you could want in a small town romance, along with a heaping dollop of her signature wit and sparkling charm'' AMY LEA''You can always count on a Sarah Adams rom-com to be equal parts funny, sweet, and swoony'' SOPHIE SULLIVANAnd readers just can''t get enough!''I just adored this story . . . I''m ready to eat up anything that Sarah Adams writes''''A perfect mix of hilarious banter, comical situations, and sweet romance''''This romance is brilliant! It is fast paced, laugh out loud and so cute!''''A feel-good rom-com with everything you want in a romance!''

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Book SynopsisJacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.Find out more about Jacqueline and her books at www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk

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Book SynopsisNOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON DISNEY PLUS''A page turner... I devoured it in 48 hours'' Jessica Knoll, author of The Luckiest Girl Alive''As dark and daring as it is absorbing. Who hasn''t, at some point, fallen this hard and gotten this lost?'' Taylor Jenkins ReidYou never forget your first...Lucy Albright is eager for a fresh start when she arrives on the campus of her small California college, quickly embracing college life and all it has to offer: new friends, wild parties, stimulating classes. And then she meets Stephen DeMarco. Charming. Complicated. Devastating.You never forget your worst...Lucy knows there''s something about Stephen that isn''t to be trusted. Stephen knows Lucy can''t tear herself away. And their addicting entanglement will have consequences they never could have imagined. ''If you were pulled in by Joe''s passion in You, you''ll fall for Stephe

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Book SynopsisThomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Mason and Dixon, Against the Day and Inherent Vice. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.Trade ReviewA major political novel about what America has been doing to itself, to its children, all these many years...One of America's great writers has, after long wanderings down his uncharted roads, come triumphantly home -- Salman Rushdie * New York Times Book Review *Vintage stuff - funny, fantastically inventive, packed with improbable erudition * Times Literary Supplement *A essential novel of our fin de siecle, a finger pointing the way out of the 1980s * USA Today *His descriptive powers are breathtaking...Pynchon proves once again to be the master of what might be called the highbrow conspiracy thriller * Wall Street Journal *One of the funniest, most cleverly written, superbly characterised and beautifully structured books that I have read by a living author * Time Out *

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Book SynopsisFrom the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (When Harry Met Sally) and successful director (Sleepless in Seattle), Nora Ephron comes a bittersweet autobiographical book about love and loss. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.Trade ReviewI am not a great reader of comic novels, but Ephron's hilarious, recipe-strewn, semi-autobiographical account of a heavily pregnant woman whose husband has left her for a woman with a 'neck as long as an arm' is a treat. A perfect example of Ephron's gift for turning tragedy into comedy, Heartburn is evidence that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold[Ephron] chatters up a storm, always on the verge of wisecracking up * Guardian *What really interested Ephron, for all her clever writing about food, politics and overcluttered purses, were matters of the heart. She is the exact opposite of Dorothy Parker. She is wit without cynicism, the ultimate romantic -- Gail Collins * New York Times *I have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . Heartburn is the perfect, bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional novel. There is not a wrong word - about food, marriage, life, love, lossFull of cynicism and gags, this autobiographical novel is comic writing at its finest -- Andrew Billen * The Times *Heartburn took the most miserable personal situation and made it hysterically funny, inspiring and utterly relatable to women of all ages. I became obsessed with its author and thinly disguised heroine * Stylist *Heartburn is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking and as brittle (very) as it is steely (even more)It is snortingly funny in its depiction of the death throes of a relationship. And it bursts with recipes. What more could you ask for?Not just the funniest novel ever written about divorce, but the funniest novel ever. Only the truly talented make writing as good as this look easy -- Hadley Freeman * The Week *I kept a copy of Nora Ephron's Heartburn next to me as a reminder of how to be funny and truthful, and all I ended up doing was ignoring my writing and rereading Heartburn -- Amy PoehlerThe real magic of the novel comes from Ephron's nonchalant conversationalism -- Helen Rosner * New Yorker *Simply one of the greatest novels involving food ever written from the writer of When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle. It's about love, sex, adultery and key lime pie -- Jay RaynerThis book taught me about love, loss and writing. It's a timeless classic * Independent *

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Book SynopsisJewelle Gomez is a writer, activist and the author of the double Lambda Award-winning novel, The Gilda Stories. Her other publications include The Lipstick Papers, Flamingoes and Bears and Oral Tradition. Formerly the executive director of the Poetry Center and the American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University, she has also worked in philanthropy for many years. She is the former director of the literature programme at the New York State Council on the Arts, the director of Grants and Community Initiatives for Horizon and the President of the San Francisco Library Commission. She lives in San Francisco.

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Book SynopsisIan McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.Trade ReviewHe is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel * Independent on Sunday *Ian McEwan’s highly-charged story of sin and forgiveness is masterfully told. Tense, shocking and heart-breaking in equal turn. * Grazia *Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties * The Times *A beautiful and majestic fictional panoramaA deft and brilliant exploration of guilt, family and the rippling repercussions of a single moment in life * Red *A superb achievement * New York Times *A magnificent novel * Independent *The best thing he has ever written * Observer *McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece * Evening Standard *Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement * Sunday Times *An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality. * Herald *Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete * Scotsman *A complex, thought-provoking novel. * Woman and Home *Smoulders with slow-burning menace * The Times *Just brilliant, particularly for the clever, poignant final chapter. I loved the shattering, satisfying twist * Red *I love being transported to a different era and this masterly novel succeeds at every level * Daily Express *This is a rare creature - a heartbreaker with genuine heart. Wonderful * Herald *One of the great unrequited love stories * Eve Magazine *An astonishing narrative... a novel that stick with you long after you finish it * Week *Simply stunning from beginning to end, this tense, evocative, beautifully-drawn novel transported me back to the 1930s and 40s, swept me away - and broke my heart too. * . *

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Book SynopsisA devastating novel - based on true events - of a hellish American reform school, from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad.Trade ReviewFrom the award-winning author of The Underground Railroad comes another searing novel exploring America's racially troubled past . . . a real page-turner * Mail on Sunday *A commanding triumph . . . brilliant and furious . . . a lean, commanding page turner that provides the richest fictional experience of 2019 so far . . . the prose is so loaded with quicksilver wit, it holds you in its thrall. It is a novel that not only succeeds in character, plot and moral argument but lends grace to lives all too easily shattered . . . The compressed fury of Whitehead's writing is what propels the novel forward - he is one of only a handful of writers who is so brilliant you just want to feed him stories. He has a distinctive voice, at once cynical and compassionate, and his wry observations cut to the quick in ways that make other novelists look prissy or too anxious to please. There is barely a paragraph of The Nickel Boys without some felicitous touch * Sunday Times *[Whitehead] has produced yet another modern classic . . . He's also adept at creating characters of unforgettable flesh-and-blood immediacy, with even the swiftest pen portrait conveying the full weight of a lived history. Quietly and purposefully heartbreaking in its portrayal of the lifelong legacy of abuse, it is quite outstanding -- Stephanie Cross * Daily Mail *Forceful and tightly wrought . . . Whitehead homes in on the way in which every action fits into a fully orchestrated whole, which is why I would wish everyone, black or white, to read this novel. He demonstrates to superb effect how racism in America has long operated as a codified and sanctioned activity intended to enrich one group at the expense of another * Guardian *If greatness is excellence sustained over time, then without question, Whitehead is one of the greatest of his generation. In fact, figuring his age, acclaim, productivity and consistency, he is one of the greatest American writers alive * Time *There's hardly a spare word in this book . . . Whitehead has a talent for creating ambiguous, complex scenes that fix in your memory. The Nickel Boys feels like a necessary fictional project, writing the blank or buried pages of US history; and it's done with virtuosity * Evening Standard *A furious, compassionate novel whose final sleight of hand will twist deep in your gut -- Claire Allfree * Metro *A masterful piece of very human storytelling -- Nikesh Shukla * i *Colson Whitehead's book is not a polemic, but in presenting the unconscionable history of this particular institution, keeping boys in solitary confinement or even burying them "out the back", he once again builds an allegorical history that resonates in the present -- Tim Adams * Observer *Whitehead renders a terrifying world in disarming terms, lovingly guiding his reader to recognize the lasting impact of a cruel era * Time *Searing . . . the story is masterfully told -- Duncan White * Telegraph *if there's a more powerful novel this year, I'd be very surprised * Reader's Digest *A tense, nervy performance, even more rigorously controlled than its predecessor. The narration is disciplined and the sentences plain and sturdy, oars cutting into the water. Every chapter hits its mark * New York Times *Whitehead wields his mastery over character and narrative in service of dramatising the Jim Crow era to piercing effect, following the lives of two boys sentenced to a brutal reform school in 1960s Florida * Time magazine (Best books of the decade) *The Nickel Boys is in conversation with works by James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison and especially Martin Luther King . . . It shreds our easy confidence in the triumph of goodness and leaves in its place a hard and bitter truth about the ongoing American experiment * Washington Post *Haunting and haunted . . . devastating . . . The book feels like a mission, and it's an essential one . . . he pulls off a brilliant sleight of hand that elevates the mere act of resurrecting Elwood's buried story into at once a miracle and a tragedy * New York Times Book Review *[The Nickel Boys] has the hot breath of a true story. It also has a beautiful, unforgettable young hero who walks right off the page into your heart . . . If you have been thinking you should read Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys is the perfect place to start * Newsweek *The best American novel I read this year was The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, a story of courage, cruelty and perversion, set in a Southern reform school in the early 1960s. Not comfortable reading, but compelling -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *Whitehead's most emotionally resonant novel to date . . . he allows us to feel, and to ache, too * Times Literary Supplement *What elevates Whitehead's treatment of race and American brutality is the elegance of its style and the satisfying inventiveness of its form * Spectator *Whitehead lays bare the brutality of recent US history and the legacy its victims carry to the bitter end * Financial Times *The Nickel Boys lifts the lid on the racist brutality of reform schools in the Jim Crow-era south * Guardian *A masterful novel . . . will floor you * Daily Mail *Not a moment is wasted, and for someone who writes as vividly as Whitehead, there's also a graceful economy here. He uses words carefully, as if he doesn't want them to get in the way of the truths he's excavating * Boston Globe *Whitehead's brilliant examination of America's history of violence is a stunning novel of impeccable language and startling insight * Publishers Weekly *Spare and unforgettable -- Ann Patchett * Sunday Telegraph *Tackles a subject more recent than slavery but just as heart-wrenching . . . Based on a true story, The Nickel Boys is a haunting account of young lives whose promise was cut cruelly short * Daily Mail *As extraordinary as everyone says -- Richard Osman * Guardian *Heartbreaking, but also very gripping -- Nick Hornby * Good Housekeeping *

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Book SynopsisBret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time. A multi-million-copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent and outrageous black comedy about the darkest side of human nature.With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.I like to dissect girls. Did you know I’m utterly insane?Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, and reservations at every new restaurant in town. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . .Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.Trade ReviewAmerican Psycho is a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel . . . The novelist's function is to keep a running tag on the progress of the culture; and he's done it brilliantly . . . A seminal book -- Fay Weldon * Washington Post *Serious, clever and shatteringly effective * Sunday Times *For its savagely coherent picture of a society lethally addicted to blandness, it should be judged by the highest standards -- John Walsh * Sunday Times *That the book's contents are shocking is downright undeniable, but just as Bonfire of the Vanities exposed the corruption and greed engendered in eighties politics and high living, American Psycho examines the mindless preoccupations of the nineties preppy generation * Time Out *Our killer nonchalantly takes his blood-splattered clothes to the dry cleaners and gives them attitude when they complain about the stains . . . You'd think at least one of these witnesses would get suspicious or complain, but they don't -- Bob Mack * Spin *The first novel to come along in years that takes on deep and Dostoyevskian themes . . . Ellis is showing older authors where the hands have come to on the clock * Vanity Fair *

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATUREPumkin Patterson dreams of a life beyond her Jamaican hometown. But what we dream of and where we belong aren't always the same thingA dazzling coming-of-age novel with an unforgettable heroine' Red--Eleven-year-old Pumpin knows a few things:That her mother has never loved herThat Aunt Sophie doesThat baking makes everything betterAnd France is a long way from her Jamaican homeWhat Pumkin doesn't know is:What will happen when Aunt Sophie leaves for FranceHow far a mother can go to hurt a daughterWhy a secret can rot a familyThat her cakes might just help save her lifeWhatever happens, Pumkin knows she needs someone to love her.But she just doesn't know who . . .--Praise for Sweetness in the SkinServes up a taste of Jamaica that will have you craving coconut drops, gizzada and sweet potato pudding' The TimesWonderful, tender, vivid' Glamour

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Book SynopsisJohn Gwynne studied and lectured at Brighton University. He's been in a rock 'n' roll band, playing the double bass, travelled the USA and lived in Canada for a time. He is married with four children and lives in Eastbourne, running a small family business rejuvenating vintage furniture. Malice is his debut novel.Trade ReviewInfluenced by Gemmell's Rigante and GRR Martin's Game of Thrones - two good strands of DNA. Great characters and plot - it gets faster and more fascinating by the page. All I want now is for the author to put everything else aside, including his health - and write two or three more as fast as humanly possible. Hell of a debut: Highly recommended -- Conn IgguldenWith all manner of battles, betrayals and revelations. I particularly enjoyed the battle scenes and duels ... If it sounds like your thing, then it probably is -- Mark LawrenceWith its warring clans, sleeping giants, Banished Lands and omens and portents . . . is a strong contender for the “if you like Game of Thrones, why not try this?” award. * Independent blog *It’s exciting when you find a strong new voice ringing out through the halls of fantasy, and John Gwynne hits all the right spots in his epic tale of good vs evil, the first in the Faithful & The Fallen series . . . there’s a lot of pleasure to be had in this debut novel; Gwynne is definitely one to watch. * SFX *Malice is easily one of the best fantasy novels I read this year, and one which will appeal to most fans of the genre. * Iwillreadbooks.com *With three-dimensional characters, a gripping plot, and a world that became real to me, John Gwynne’s Malice is a great debut. In short, this is the kind of fantasy I love to read and I truly can’t wait for the next volume in The Faithful and the Fallen! * Fantasy Book Critic *

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Book SynopsisOVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN ENGLISH WORLDWIDE OVER 14 MILLION COPIES OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDE GUARDIAN 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY From one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else, as their friendship, beautifully and meticulously rendered, becomes a not always perfect shelter from hardship. Ferrante has created a memorable portrait of two women, but My Brilliant Friend is also the story of a nation. Through the lives of Elena and Lila, Ferrante gives her readers the story of a city and a country undergoing momentous change. “Nothing quite like it has ever been published.”—Guardian “Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy—and the world.”—The Sunday Times “This is high stakes, subversive literature.”—The TelegraphTrade Review“Nothing quite like it has ever been published before . . . Brilliant novels, exquisitely translated.” -- Meghan O'Rourke * The Guardian *“Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy—and in the world.” * The Sunday Times *“Stunning. An intense, forensic exploration of friendship.” * The TLS *“To the uninitiated, Elena Ferrante is best described as Balzac meets The Sopranos and rewrites feminist theory.” * The Times *“Ferrante’s writing seems to say something that hasn’t been said before, in a way so compelling its readers forget where they are, abandon friends and disdain sleep.” -- Joanna Biggs * LRB *“A modern classic.” * The Times *"Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping." * The Daily Mail *"Elena Ferrante is an expert chronicler of adolescence and its many indignities, as well as its erratic, overwhelming passions." * The Observer *"Ferrante is a hypnotist." * The Spectator *

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenal international bestseller and the first volume in the enthralling All SOULS series, preceding SHADOW OF NIGHT and THE BOOK OF LIFE. NOW A MAJOR SKY TV SERIES.Trade ReviewIntelligent and off-the-wall, it will be irresistible to Twilight fans * The Sunday Times *A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire...all the ingredients for an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy * Daily Mail *An inventive addition to the supernatural craze... Historian Harkness's racy paranormal romance has exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache * Marie Claire *A romp through magical academia * Guardian *...a grand romance smartly dressed up in the fashion for the occult...Sauced up with magic as well as being intelligent, the novel will be irresistible to Twilight fans * The Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisHolly Gramazio is a writer, game designer and curator from Adelaide, currently based in London. She founded the experimental games festival Now Play This, and wrote the script for the award-winning indie videogame Dicey Dungeons. She's particularly interested in rules, play, cities, gardens, games that get people acting creatively and art that gets people interacting with their surroundings in new ways. The Husbands is her first novel.

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Book Synopsis''Masterly ... dazzlingly intelligent and subtle'' Sunday Times''Deighton''s best novel to date - sharp, witty and sour, like Raymond Chandler adapted to British gloom and the multiple betrayals of the spy'' ObserverEmbattled agent Bernard Samson is used to being passed over for promotion as his younger, more ambitious colleagues - including his own wife Fiona - rise up the ranks of MI6. When a valued agent in East Berlin warns the British of a mole at the heart of the Service, Samson must return to the field and the city he loves to uncover the traitor''s identity. This is the first novel in Len Deighton''s acclaimed, Game, Set and Match trilogy.A BERNARD SAMSON NOVELTrade ReviewThe Berlin Game trilogy made lockdown possible. -- Olivia LaingDeighton's outstanding achievement is the nine-volume series chronicling the life and times of Bernard Samson ... Deighton's Samson trilogies are as much about the elusiveness of human interactions as espionage. Spying is not a secret world sealed off from ordinary life but an extension of the world we all live in. -- John Gray * New Statesman *Spying at its most captivating and intricate. -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *Deighton's best novel to date - sharp, witty and sour, like Raymond Chandler adapted to British gloom and the multiple betrayals of the private spy. * Observer *Virtuoso top level performance. * The Guardian *Sheer consistent rightness page after page after page. * The Times *A labyrinthine espionage epic lightened with laconic wit. -- Jeremy Duns * The Times *Deighton, as always, makes the familiar twists and turns of spy errantry new again, partly by his grip of narrative, partly by his grasp of character, and partly by his easy, sardonic tone. * New Yorker *Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over. -- Malcolm Gladwell

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Book SynopsisThe first of the Sunday Times Bestselling Peter Grant seriesDiscover the million-copy-bestseller series everyone is talking aboutTrade ReviewA darkly comic read with characters you can't help but like * The Sunday Express *Funny and wildly inventive * Mail on Sunday *Masterfully crafted . . . gives the late, great Terry Pratchett a run for his money * The Sun *Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there even more than the real London * Nick Frost *Charming, witty, exciting * Independent *An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups * The Times *What would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz. A hilarious, keenly imagined caper * Diana Gabaldon *A consummate story of real policing in a vividly real world intersecting the decidedly unreal to marvellous effect. Filled with detail and imagination, the quality of this achievement stands out, making Aaronovitch a name to watch * Peter F. Hamilton *Magical, mysterious and mesmerising, Rivers of London will have you spellbound * Total Sci Fi *An engaging mix of magic and police procedural, this is a great kick off to a very promising series as well as the most satisfying fantasy thriller to hit bookshelves in quite some time. Witty, imaginative and gripping * SFX *

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Book SynopsisFROM THE AUTHOR OF SHE''S ALWAYS HUNGRY AND PENANCEA GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023** INCLUDES THE SHORT STORY GOTH GF ** Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp.' JESSICA ANDREWSWill make most readers howl with laughter and/or shut their eyes in horror.' GUARDIANA carnival funhouse ride: terrifying, feverish, hilarious.' JULIA ARMFIELDIrina is in a rut. She obsessively takes explicit photographs of average-looking men she scouts from the streets of Newcastle while her dead-end bar job slips away; she's more interested in drugs, alcohol, and extreme cinema. When she's offered an exhibition at a fashionable London gallery which promises to revive her career in the art world, it should feel like an escape. But the news triggers a self-destructive tailspin, drawing in her obsessive best friend and a shy young man from her local supermarket who has attracted her attention . . .BOY PARTS is the incendiary debut novel from Eliza Clark, a pitch-black comedy both shocking and hilarious, fearlessly exploring the taboos of sexuality and gender roles in the twenty-first century.Smart, stylish, and very funny.' LARA WILLIAMSBoundaries are for breaking and if anyone can crash through and reinterpret the fear of our time, Eliza Clark can.' MSLEXIAWHAT READERS ARE SAYING:A dark, funny, nasty book. Brilliantly written, annoyingly good.' 5* reader reviewI am obsessed.' 5* reader reviewBoth shocking and darkly funny, this razor-sharp debut is unlike anything I've read before.' 5* reader reviewI loved this, properly loved it!!' 5* reader reviewLeft me both in awe and totally disturbed. Wow.' 5* reader reviewTrade Review'Smart, stylish, and very funny.' - Lara Williams'Boundaries are for breaking and if anyone can crash through and reinterpret the fear of our time, Eliza Clark can.' - Mslexia

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Book SynopsisOVER 14M OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDE The Story of a New Name, the second book of the Neapolitan Quartet, picks up the story where My Brilliant Friend left off. Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighbourhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life’s challenges. In the Neapolitan Quartet, Elena Ferrante gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.Trade Review“High-stakes, subversive literature.” -- Catherine Taylor * The Telegraph *“Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy—and in the world.” * The Sunday Times *“An extraordinary epic.” -- Michiko Kakutani * The New York Times *“An unconditional masterpiece . . . I was totally enthralled.” -- Jhumpa Lahiri"Startingly honest and modern." * The Economist *“The only book ever to make me shout out loud at a revelation in the story.” * The Guardian *“A beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal.” -- James Wood * The New Yorker *

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Book Synopsis''Impossible to put down'' STEPHEN KING__________________THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FANTASY OF 2019AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF OCTOBER 2019A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALISTIN DEVELOPMENT FOR TELEVISION WITH AMAZON STUDIOSBY THE BESTSELLING CREATOR OF THE GRISHAVERSEAND THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES SHADOW AND BONESTEP INTO THE WORLD OF NINTH HOUSE__________________Galaxy ''Alex'' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale''s freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world''s most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch.Alex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale''s secret societies - well-known hauntsTrade ReviewNinth House is the best fantasy novel I've read in years, because it's about real people. Bardugo's imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story, full of shocks and twists, is impossible to put down * Stephen King *Ninth House is one of the best fantasy novels I've read in years. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent - it's a portal to a world you'll never want to leave * Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians *Ninth House is the best thing I've read in a long time. There's so much magic here that you'll begin to feel it seeping into the room around you as you read, and characters so real you 'll practically hear their voices in your ear. Leigh Bardugo has written a book so delicious, so twisty, and so immersive I wouldn't blame you for taking the day off to finish it * Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners and Get in Trouble *Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House rocked my world. I could not get enough of sinewy, ghost-haunted Alex Stern, a heroine for the ages. With a bruised heart and bleeding knuckles, she risks death and damnation ? again and again ? for the people she cares about. I was cheering her on the whole way: from the first brilliant sentence of this book to the last. More, please, Ms. Bardugo * Joe Hill *In this mesmerizing novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and I was one rapt reader * Charlaine Harris *The worldbuilding is rock solid, the plot is propulsive, and readers will be clamoring for a sequel as soon as they read the last page * Library Journal (full starred review) *Fantasy readers, particularly those who love ghosts, will hungrily devour this novel * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *The fantasy novel of the year * The I *

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Book SynopsisWhen We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness. Some of their discoveries revolutionise our world for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear. With breakneck pace and wondrous detail, Benjamín Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to break open the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.Trade Review'Ingenious, intricate and deeply disturbing... Labatut has written a dystopian nonfiction novel set not in the future but in the present' - John Banville, Guardian'We may be familiar with such things as Schrdinger's cat and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle... but the sheer audacity, the utter insanity of the ideas and the thinkers who discovered these ideas has never, in my experience, been so vividly and terrifyingly conveyed as in this short, monstrous, and brilliant book' - Philip Pullman'Absolutely brilliant. I was utterly gripped and wolfed it down. It feels as if he had invented an entirely new genre' - Mark Haddon, author of 'The Porpoise''Labatut uses fiction to crack open the stories of scientists and mathematicians whose expanded our notions of the possible, while also presenting them as human, all too human' - Dazed

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