Contemporary fiction titles are those which focus on the present or near past. Stories rooted in the current cultural, social, and political landscape which feature characters we can all recognise.
Contemporary Fiction Books
Footnote Press Ltd Jackson Alone
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Atlantic Books Rebel English Academy
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Atlantic Books The Phoenix Ballroom
Book SynopsisThe gorgeous new uplifting and heart-warming novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things.
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Cipher Press Casanova 20 Or Hot World
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HarperCollins Publishers A Monsoon Rising
Book Synopsis''Thea Guanzon's talent is limitless, and she is the kind of writer that comes around once in a generation. Mark my words: lives will be changed by The Hurricane Wars trilogy.'' Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis Two hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this Sunday Times bestselling follow-up to the The Hurricane Wars.After a lifetime of war, Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands. Now Talasyn must play the part of Alaric's willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign.But a greater threat is rising the Moonless Dark, a cataclysmic magical event that could devour everything. Only Alaric and Talasyn can stop it.For Alaric, helping Talasyn save their world from this disaster is a mere preface to his father''s more sinister schemes. But Talasyn is a burning flame in the darkness, tempting both his loyalties and his desires.The Hurricane Wars aren't over. It's time to choose what and who to fight for.Praise for The Hurricane Wars:''[M]y newest obsession'' Kerri Maniscalco''[W]ill leave you burning long before the last page descends'' Ehigbor OkosunThis book made me GIDDY!'' Katee Robert''I'm obsessed'' Hannah Whitten''Simply unputdownable'' HuffPost''[W]ill likely obsess fantasy romance fans everywhere' Paste Magazine
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Little, Brown Book Group The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
Book SynopsisTHE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING NOVEL. A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE UK.''If you love The Kite Runner you''ll love The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul'' Look magazineIn a little coffee shop in one of the most dangerous places on earth, five very different women come together . . .SUNNY, the proud proprietor, who needs an ingenious plan - and fast - to keep her café and customers safe.YAZMINA, a young pregnant woman stolen from her remote village and now abandoned on Kabul''s violent streets.CANDACE, a wealthy American who has finally left her husband for her Afghan lover, the enigmatic Wakil.ISABEL, a determined journalist with a secret that might keep her from the biggest story of her life.And HALAJAN, the sixty-year-old den mother, whose long-hidden love affair breaks all the rules.As these five women discover there is more to each other than meets the eye, they form a unique bond that will change their lives forever. Because even in a place rife with conflict, love, friendship and hope will always survive . . .The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul is the heart-warming and life-affirming fiction sensation that captured the hearts of readers across the globe. The final chapter in Sunny and friends'' heart-wrenching and uplifting story is available now. Order Farewell to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul to find out what happens next... Trade ReviewIf you like The Kite Runner, you'll love The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. This compelling story of a cafe in the heart of Afghanistan, and the men and women who meet there, is full of heart and intelligence * Look Magazine *An eye-opening and uplifting tale about sisterhood and survival * Grazia *This compelling tale features the stories of five women in Afghanistan and how living surrounded by conflict and danger affects their lives * Bella *A heartwarming tale about female friendships * Cosmopolitan *A brilliant story of strength and appreciation of difference that restores belief in humanity * Daily Telegraph *A unique insight into the women of this volatile, fascinating place * East Anglian Daily Times *Captivating and addictive. A perfect book-club read * Take a Break *A heart-warming tale * Good Book Guide *
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Canelo A Spy Alone: For fans of Damascus Station and
Book Synopsis'Five stars. One of the best books I've read in a very, very long time' James O'Brien, LBC'This is first class' The Times'A highly accomplished novel from a new writer of great promise' Financial Times'What this novel shows is how powerful a book can be when the writer looks the country straight in the face and writes about what they see. Le Carré used to be very good at doing that... Now Charles Beaumont has done it, too' Private Eye #1615‘A marvellously confident debut, sharply observed and exceptionally well written’ Charles Cumming, author of Box 88Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the Fifties, identified and broken up after passing national secrets to the Soviets for years. But no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found…?2022: Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance.But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just… stop.Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid ex-spook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption?From Oxford’s hallowed quadrangles to brush contacts on Hampstead Heath, agent-running in Vienna and mysterious meetings in Prague, A Spy Alone is a gripping international thriller and a searing portrait of modern Britain in the age of cynical populism. Perfect for readers of Charles Cumming, Mick Herron and John le Carré.Praise for A Spy Alone 'Beaumont is at the forefront of the espionage genre, capturing the changing nature of intelligence: soft influence and business deals are overtaking stolen secrets; long-term insinuation is replacing Cold-War tradecraft. Brilliant' I. S. Berry, author of The Peacock and the Sparrow'The best spy novel I’ve read for years... An astonishing debut... and a brilliant portrait of how Britain allowed Russia to game our recent politics, including with Brexit' Luke Harding, author of Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival'A post-Brexit take on the classic British spy novel, combining a cynical ex-spy protagonist and a major role for Bellingcat-OSINT types' Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor, The Economist'Beaumont ... catches the zeitgeist of (le Carré) .... He conveys all the world of espionage with relish, in its murky motives and surveillance techniques and the book races along and makes for a stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time'A clever, thrilling spy story that brings the feel of Eric Ambler's shadowy political intrigues right into today's world' Jeremy Duns, author of Free Agent‘Tense, compelling and remarkably timely... Shades of some of the greats of spy fiction – it might even be better than Charles Cumming’ Dominick Donald, author of Breathe‘Beaumont takes the intrigue, atmosphere and subterfuge of the Cambridge Spies and brings it bang up to date with a what-if tale of an Oxford spy ring at the service of modern-day populist politicians and malevolent regimes. Chilling’ Chris Lloyd, author of The Unwanted Dead
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Bluemoose Books Ltd Panenka
Book SynopsisHis name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story. Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous mistakes of his past, which have made him an exile in his home town and cost him his dearest relationships. Now aged 50, Panenka begins to rebuild an improvised family life with his estranged daughter and her seven year old son. But at night, Panenka suffers crippling headaches that he calls his Iron Mask. Faced with losing everything, he meets Esther, a woman who has come to live in the town to escape her own disappointments. Together, they find resonance in each other's experiences and learn new ways to let love into their broken lives.
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Europa Editions (UK) Ltd What Happens at Night
Book Synopsis***A SPECTATOR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*** "An intriguing, memorable book."―The Times “Like a Kafka story and a Wes Anderson movie combined.”―Literary Hub “Terrifying, comic and heart-breaking.”—Sigrid Nunez “This beautifully written and wonderfully droll novel brilliantly captures the frustrations and unease of being in a foreign environment.”—The Spectator “Full of foreboding, What Happens At Night draws the reader on without questioning. A rich experience.”―Literary Review A couple travel to a strange, snowy European city to adopt a baby, who they hope will resurrect their failing marriage. Their difficult journey leaves the wife desperately weak, and her husband worries that her apparent illness will prevent the orphanage from releasing their child. The couple check into the cavernous and eerily deserted Borgarfjaroasysla Grand Imperial Hotel where they are both helped and hampered by the people they encounter: an ancient, flamboyant chanteuse, a debauched businessman, an enigmatic faith healer, and a stoical bartender who dispenses an addictive, lichen-flavoured schnapps. Nothing is as it seems in this baffling, frozen world, and the longer the couple endure the punishing cold the less they seem to know about their marriage, themselves, and even life itself.Trade Review“Full of foreboding, What Happens At Night draws the reader on without questioning. A rich experience." * Literary Review *"What Happens at Night retools the Victorian ghost story . . . the novel's indeterminacy is both intriguing and moving, because it means that one character's loss is another's consummation, and an unbroken night is both a source of terror and the condition of a long-desired resting place." * The Wall Street Journal *
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Penguin Books Ltd High Fidelity
Book SynopsisContemporary fiction. Which of us wouldn't savour the chance at the end of a job or an entire career to have printed and published to all our former colleagues, without fear of reprisal, our considered opinion of the whole shooting match? A chance, once and for all, to be brutally honest? To put the record straight? To settle a few scores along the way? It happens sometimes at drunken leaving-dos or in rogue emails sent too late on a Friday night, but in the diplomatic service it has been a formal almost ceremonious tradition for centuries. Up till 2006, a British ambassador quitting his post abroad or retiring for good would write a valedictory despatch circulated widely across government, from other far-flung members of the service to the Prime Minister himself. This was the parting shot, the opportunity to offer a personal view of the country he was leaving, the alcoholic intake of its population, the appalling behaviour of the vice-president's wife, the state of the capital's drainTrade ReviewFast, fun, and remarkably deft: a sharp-edged portrait that manages at once to be vicious, generous, and utterly good-natured * Kirkus Reviews *
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Vintage Publishing Inherent Vice
Book SynopsisThomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland, Mason and Dixon and, most recently, Against the Day. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.Trade ReviewHilarious and thought-provoking * London Review of Books *Brilliant and brain boggling by turns * Daily Mail *Inherent Vice works brilliantly as both a neon-lit noir and as a psychedelic lament to the Sixties * Sunday Telegraph *The greatest, wildest author of his generation * Guardian *The intellectual game-play is characteristically dazzling...colourful and pleasurable * Financial Times *
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Penguin Books Ltd How to be both
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015 WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2014WINNER OF THE 2014 COSTA NOVEL AWARD''I take my hat off to Ali Smith. Her writing lifts the soul'' Evening Standard How to be both is a novel all about art''s versatility. Borrowing from painting''s fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it''s a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. There''s a renaissance artist of the 1460s. There''s the child of a child of the 1960s. Two tales of love and injustice twist into a singular yarn where time gets timeless, structural gets playful, knowing gets mysterious, fictional gets real - and all life''s givens get given a second chance.*****''Brims with palpable joy'' Daily Telegraph''She''s a genius, genuinely modern in the heroic, glorious sense'' Alain de Botton''A delight. A masterpiece. Magical'' Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014Ali Smith''s new novel, Companion piece, is available now.Trade ReviewDizzyingly good and so clever that it makes you want to dance * New Statesman *A delight. A masterpiece. Magical. * Sunday Times *I take my hat off to Ali Smith. Her writing lifts the soul * Evening Standard *Exciting, full of joy and wryly funny... [Ali Smith is] one of the most inventive writers alive * Emerald Street *A remarkably easy and immensely enjoyable read... Ali Smith is a one-off. Her imagination and originality make her one of the most exciting novelists of her generation. Both George and Francesco touch the heart and linger in the mind long after the final page. * Daily Express *Smith is the brightest spark in a recent explosion of female novelists taking dizzying risks with form and voice . . . most contemporary male authors feel Jurassic by comparison. * Metro *Rich, funny and moving. Smith's writing really catches fire * Financial Times *Dazzling * Independent *This warm, funny book deserves to be read at least one-and-a-half times -- Honor Clerk * Spectator *Radical, dazzling . . . Those writers making doomy predictions about the death of the novel should read Smith's re-imagined novel/s, and take note of the life it contains * Independent *Ms. Smith's writing is inventive and delighted. She cannot help being exuberant * New York Times *Inventive, playful, compassionate. An immensely enjoyable read * Daily Express *I was utterly transported by Ali Smith's How to Be Both, a novel built from two stories that speak across six centuries. I'm about to read it for the fourth time -- Helen Macdonald * Irish Times *Smith is dazzling in her daring. Her inventive power pulls you through, gasping, to the final page * Observer *Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today * Daily Telegraph *She's a genius, genuinely modern in the heroic, glorious sense -- Alain de BottonSmith's fervent, vital, incantatory prose is entirely her own . . . How to be both reads as if she has summoned words from some region of the unconscious and released them in a trance -- Joanna Kavenna * Prospect *Utterly contemporary and vividly historical -- Holly Williams * The Independent *Smith has created a stunning work that is as rewarding as it is challenging * The List *One of the things she does so well, and that is particularly evident in 'How to Be Both,' is the way she can create an extremely sophisticated, complex, multileveled novel that reads beautifully -- Erica WagnerA marvellous exploration of what it means to look, then look again. Spiralling and twisting stories suggest the ways in which we can transcend walls and barriers - not only between people but between emotions, art forms and historical periods. It is a jeu d'esprit about a girl coming of age and coming to terms with her mother's death, a ghosting of a Renaissance fresco painter in a 21st-century frame and an exhortation to do the twist. -- Sarah Churchwell * New Statesman Books of the Year 2014 *A revelation. It blasts the doors open for the novel form and in a Woolf-like way makes all things possible. I imagine it will be one of those rare books that changes the way writers write novels -- Jackie Kay * Observer *Ali Smith's novels soar higher every time and How to be both doesn't disappoint -- Julie Myerson * Observer *Brilliant. No one combines experimentalism and soulfulness like Ali Smith -- Craig Taylor * Observer *One of the most intelligent, inventive, downright impressive writers working anywhere in the world today. In Ali Smith we have a writer whose dazzling sophistication will surely be celebrated, studied and argues over hundreds of years after we're gone -- Nick Barley * The Scotsman *Ali Smith is a master of language. Vigorous, vivid writing that is Ali Smith incarnate -- Alice Thompson * Herald *Ingeniously conceived, gloriously inventive * NPR *Dizzyingly ambitious . . . endlessly artful, creating work that feels infinite in its scope and intimate at the same time. [A] swirling panoramic * Atlantic *Brilliant . . . the sort of death-defying storytelling acrobatics that don't seem entirely possible * Washington Post *Having read this now twice, in both directions so to speak, I've decided - and I do not write this flippantly - that Ali Smith is a genius -- Susan McCallum * LA Review of Books *Approaches the world as only a novel can. The book moves not so much in a straight line as in a twisting helix pattern . . . delivers the heat of life and the return of beauty in the face of loss -- Kenneth Miller * Everyday Ebook *A unique conversation between past and present * Milwaukee Journal *Wildly inventive . . . lyrical, fresh * Bustle Magazine *
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HarperCollins Publishers Between Us
Book SynopsisPreorder Mhairi''s new novel YOU BELONG WITH ME coming soon!A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023Everything you want from a rom com and satisfyingly knotty with proper, recognisable characters. She just gets better and better' JOJO MOYESI LOVE her books PASSIONATELY and this is her best yet' MARIAN KEYESShe's so ridiculously talented . . . consider this recommendation my personal gift to you and your life' EMILY HENRYWhen Joe and Roisin join their group of friends for a weekend away, it's a triple celebration a birthday, an engagement and the launch of Joe's new crime drama on TV.But when Roisin sees secrets she shared with Joe play out on the TV screen, she knows that between us means nothing at all.Roisin finds herself searching for clues to the truth about her life, their history, and the man she thought she loved. And it's then that Roisin finds the most unexpected plot twist of them all. Among those same old friends, there's a surprising potential for new beginnings . . .EVERYONE LOTrade Review PRAISE FOR MHAIRI’S MAD ABOUT YOU ‘Gorgeous, funny, life-affirming’ JENNY COLGAN ‘Funny, poignant, full of insight . . . a triumph’ KATIE FFORDE ’Mhairi’s writing is always just super witty with layered, emotional depth . . . Loved. Adored. All-star.’ LIZZY DENT ‘A compelling, clever story, while still being so ridiculously funny and heartwarming’ LUCY VINE ‘A plot that gets under your skin, and one scene in particular that will have women everywhere cheering out loud’ LUCY DIAMOND ‘The master of thought-provoking romantic fiction’ SOPHIE COUSENS ’Burningly funny, achingly romantic, and a plot so tightly crafted it’s like a song’ LAURA JANE WILLIAMS ’Mhairi consistently writes flawless romantic comedies and Mad About You is no exception’ HOLLY BOURNE ‘So funny, so sad . . . so sharp and heartwarming’ LIA LOUIS ‘Full of compassion and hope, and blissfully, wonderfully romantic’ CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN ‘Laugh-out-loud funny, devastatingly moving, and delightfully swoony’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘Mhairi is absolutely brilliant . . . I’m in awe of her talent’ EMMA HUGHES
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HarperCollins Publishers Most Wanted
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Penguin Books Ltd Breakfast at Tiffanys
Book SynopsisWith her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, she is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. He brownstone apartment vibrates with Martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home. Immortalized in a film starring Audrey Hepburn, Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's is full of sharp wit and in its exuberant cast of characters vividly captures the restless, madcap era of early 1940s New York. This edition also contains three stories: 'House of Flowers', 'A Diamond Guitar' and 'A Christmas Memory'.
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Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Beauty
Book Synopsis90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksPeople should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don't look.'From Warhol's romantic relationships to his thoughts on interior design, these candid, highly entertaining musings - on love, sex, beauty, work and space give an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture.
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Little, Brown Book Group Mind Games
Book Synopsis From multi-million copy bestselling author Nora Roberts - a brand new thriller with tragedy and trauma, resilience and revenge.Sometimes a gift can feel more like a curse...''If you''re after the perfect pick-me-up, take-me-away-from-the-world read, then she''s your woman'' The Guardian''Nora Roberts is, quite simply, a one-woman phenomenon'' Heat Thea Fox is just twelve years old when her parents are brutally slain. With Thea''s help the police are able to put their murderer - a psychotic serial killer called Ray Riggs - behind bars for life. Changed forever, Thea slowly learns to come to terms with the events of that terrible night and builds a new life in a small country town where she can breathe in the smells of pine, fresh bread and her grandmother''s homemade candles.But the connection that helped Thea put her parents'' killer behind bars will come to haunt her. Though her Grandmother calls it a gift, to Thea it feels more like a curse because Ray feels the connection too and though Thea may try to move on, Ray isn''t willing to let her go quite so easily...
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Reaper Man
Book SynopsisTerry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any. www.terrypratchettbooks.comTrade Review'If you're an established fan, you'll enjoy this as much as the others; if you're new to Pratchett, what the hell took you so long?' * Time Out *'One taste, and you'll scour bookstores for more' * Daily Mail *'Pratchett's humour takes logic past the point of absurdity and round again, but it is his unexpected insights into the human morality that make the Discworld series stand out' * Times Literary Supplement *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The House of God
Book SynopsisThe medical hierarchy of "The House of God" is like a pyramid - a lot at the bottom and one at the top. Roy Basch, a Rhodes scholar, thinks differently, until he meets Hyper Hooper, out to win the most post-mortems of the year award, or Molly, the nurse with the crash helmet.Trade ReviewGreat glittering floods of talent rage through this extraordinary novel * Cosmopolitan *A wildly funny, sad, laugh-out-loud, frightening, outrageous, thought-provoking, moving book * Houston Chronicle *Raw, realistic, ribald and randy -- Richard Gordon, author of Doctor in the HouseCatch-22 with stethoscopes * Cosmopolitan *
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Faber & Faber Nocturnes
Book Synopsis*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood Hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. Gentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme the struggle to keep alive a sense of life's romance, even as one gets older, relationships founder and youthful hopes recede.Each of these stories is heartbreaking in its own way, but some have moments of great comedy, and they all require a level of attention that, typically, Ishiguro's writing rewards.' Observer [They] come up on you quietly, but then haunt you for days These little pieces could only be the work of a great composer.' Evening StandardA fine and moving collection of stories, displaying his unique combination of the sad, the stoic and the consoling. It's about failure, but it dignifies failure, and with it, the human condition.' Margaret Drabble, Guardian
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Little, Brown Book Group Leave the Girls Behind
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Pan Macmillan A Little Life
Book SynopsisHanya Yanagihara is the author of three novels: To Paradise, A Little Life and The People in the Trees. She lives in New York City.
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Headline Publishing Group The OffLimits Rule
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Off-Limits Rule - a heartwarming romance about new love and fresh beginnings, with a never-before-seen chapter.Rules are made to be broken - especially for love, right?Lucy Marshall has found rock bottom. After failing to succeed as a single mom in Atlanta, she''s back home and moving in with her older brother Drew. Reconnecting with her support system is the right thing to do, but Lucy can''t help but feel like a failure. Her four-year-old son deserves the world, and all she can give him is a spare bedroom. But Drew is the sweetest uncle, and some quality time might be exactly what they need to start fresh. That is until she meets Cooper, her brother''s incredibly hot best friend.When Drew senses something between the two of them, he puts his foot down on any shenanigans. According to him, Cooper is everything Lucy should stay away from: flirtatious, adventurous, and especially non-committal. But Lucy has been getting the opposite impression so far; Cooper is a genuinely great guy, and she''s starting to catch real feelings.Her whole life, Lucy has tried to do everything right, and look where that''s gotten her-so what if she were to try something wrong?
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mrs Spy
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Thousand Horsemen Press The Kings Evil
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Random House Open Heaven
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Granta Books The Luminaries
Book SynopsisWinner of the Booker Prize in 2013: an extraordinary, epic novel, charting the promise, deceit and desperation of the mid-19th century gold rush, from one of the most talented novelists of our time.
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Granta Books Suggested in the Stars
Book SynopsisHiruko, from the now vanished archipelago 'somewhere between China and Polynesia', and her band of friends have searched in vain for someone who speaks her native language. They finally track down Susanoo, a sushi chef from the same nation, but there's a problem - he has lost the power of speech. As the companions set out to help Susanoo regain his voice, encountering magic radios, personality swaps and climate change fears, their friendship empowers them against despair and sets them to dreaming of a better word. But if Hiruko is ever to hear her mother tongue again, a sceptical aphasia specialist in Copenhagen is her last hope. Suggested in the Stars carries on the astonishing, intrepid adventures of the band of friends in Scattered All Over the Earth, Yoko Tawada's rollicking, touching, cheerfully dystopian novel, and delivers exploits that are even more chaotic and poignant.
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Pushkin Press The Life of Elves
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Amazon Publishing Variation
Book SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing comes a new contemporary romance about the summer a celebrated dancer returns home and unearths years of family secrets with the Coast Guard rescue swimmer she never forgot.Rebecca Yarros writes words that are pure, sweet, sizzling poetry.— Tessa Bailey, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author.“A gifted storyteller.”- Kirkus Reviews
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Little, Brown Book Group Rosemary's Baby: Introduction by Chuck Palanhiuk
Book Synopsis'The Swiss watchmaker of the suspense novel' Stephen KingRosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor-husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, and the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare.As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets' circle is not what it seems...Trade ReviewA darkly brilliant tale of modern devilry that induces the reader to believe the unbelievable. I believed it and was altogether enthralled * Truman Capote *A terrifying book: I can think of no other in which fear of an evil strikes with greater chill * Daily Telegraph *Suspense is beautifully intertwined with everyday incidents; the delicate line between belief and disbelief is faultlessly drawn * New York Times *A terrifying book: I can think of no other in which fear of an evil strikes with greater chill. * Daily Telegraph *Suspense is beautifully intertwined with everyday incidents; the delicate line between belief and disbelief is faultlessly drawn. * New York Times *A darkly brilliant tale of modern devilry that induces the reader to believe the unbelievable. I believed it and was altogether enthralled. -- Truman CapoteLevin is the Swiss watchmaker of the suspense novel. -- Stephen King
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Penguin Books Ltd The Hearing Trumpet
Book SynopsisWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITHA classic of fantastic literature, Leonora Carrington''s The Hearing Trumpet is the occult twin to Alice in Wonderland, published with an introduction by Ali Smith in Penguin Modern Classics.One of the first things ninety-two-year-old Marian Leatherby overhears when she is given an ornate hearing trumpet is her family plotting to commit her to an institution. Soon, she finds herself trapped in a sinister retirement home, where the elderly must inhabit buildings shaped like igloos and birthday cakes, endure twisted religious preaching and eat in a canteen overlooked by the mysterious portrait of a leering Abbess. But when another resident secretly hands Marian a book recounding the life of the Abbess, a joyous and brilliantly surreal adventure begins to unfold. Written in the early 1960s, The Hearing Trumpet remains one of the most original and inspirational of all fantastic novels.Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a British born Surrealist painter and writer described, alongside people such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro, as one of the leading lights of the Surrealist movement. Born in Lancashire to a strict Catholic family, she first came into contact with surrealism through her lover, Surrealist painter Max Ernst, before moving to Mexico in 1942. The Hearing Trumpet, her most famous piece of writing, was first published in France in 1974.If you enjoyed The Hearing Trumpet, you might like Fernando Pessoa''s The Book of Disquiet, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.''Reading The Hearing Trumpet liberates us from the miserable reality of our days'' Luis Buñuel''One of the most original, joyful, satisfying and quietly visionary novels of the twentieth century''Ali Smith''This book is so inspiring...I love its freedom, its humour and how it invents its own laws. What specifically do I take from her? Her wig''BjörkTrade ReviewThis book is so inspiring...I love its freedom, its humour and how it invents its own laws. What specifically do I take from her? Her wig -- Björk
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Faber & Faber The Damned Utd
Book SynopsisThe hugely acclaimed novel of ''70s football and the turmoil of the game''s most charismatic and controversial manager, from the bestselling author of GB84 and Red or Dead.One of Mike Atherton''s ''Top Ten Best Sports Books'' in The TimesIn 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps his most eccentric decision: he accepted the position of Leeds United manager. A successor to Don Revie, his bitter adversary, Clough was to last just 44 days.In one of the most acclaimed British novels of recent years - subsequently made into a film starring Michael Sheen - David Peace takes us into the mind and thoughts of Ol'' Big ''Ead himself, and brings vividly to life one of football''s most complex and fascinating characters.Trade Review"'The most extraordinary novel about football yet to appear.' Tim Martin, Independent on Sunday"
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Quercus Publishing The Baltimore Boys
Book SynopsisNOVEMBER 24, 2004The day of the tragedy. The end of a brotherhood.The Baltimore Boys. The Goldman Gang. That was what they called Marcus Goldman and his cousins Woody and Hillel. Three brilliant young men with dazzling futures ahead of them, before their kingdom crumbled beneath the weight of lies, jealousy and betrayal. For years, Marcus has struggled with the burdens of his past, but now he must attempt to banish his demons and tell the true and astonishing story of the Baltimore Boys.The stunning new novel from the author of the global bestseller, The Truth about the Harry Quebert AffairTranslated from the French by Alison AndersonTrade ReviewSweeping, clever, heartbreaking and memorable. The perfect summer read -- Henrietta Richman * Grazia *Veers between nostalgia for what could have been and regrets for what can never be. Captivating and beautifully conceived -- Pascale Frey * Elle *A striking insight into America's weird class system, and a movingstory of brotherhood and family rivalry -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *A literary phenomenon -- Astrid de Larminat * Figaro *Once again, Dicker brilliantly combines all the elements that first enticed his legions of readers -- Julie Malaure * Le Point *Immense and detailed . . . The backstory is all-consuming and will not let you skip a single paragraph -- Rachael Revesz * Independent *Joël Dicker really knows how to tell a great story -- Stéphanie des Horts * Valeurs Actuelles *The Dicker who wrote The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair was a magician, a juggler. The Dicker of The Baltimore Boys has no need of such tricks. He is not just a good writer, he is a great writer -- Antonio d’Orrico * Corriere della Serra *A titan of a novel. Nabokovian. Highly recommended -- Laura Fernández * El Cultural de El Mundo *A new masterstroke from Joël Dicker. The ace up his sleeve -- Pierre-Yves Grenu * Culturebox *My goodness, this Joël Dicker can really spin a yarn -- Marianne Grosjean * Tribune de Genève *Really compelling. A multi-layered family saga that behaves like a thriller * Frankfurter Neue Presse *A novel with the power to enthral its readers and whose characters will remain fixed in your memory * ORF *A top-class literary thriller that smoothly outclasses its rivals -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *It's like 'Twin Peaks' meets Atonement meets In Cold Blood - the French thriller everyone is talking about -- Gaby Wood * Daily Telegraph on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *An expertly realised, addictive Russian doll of a whodunit -- Fanny Blake * Daily Mail on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *The book of the year * Simon Mayo on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *
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Penguin Books Ltd One Hundred Years of Solitude
Book SynopsisThough little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny.Trade ReviewGetting lost and succumbing to the mastery of Gabriel García Márquez's storytelling is all part of the joy of this epic tale ... This incredible novel put me under a spell -- Dua Lipa
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Little, Brown Book Group In Diamond Square: A Virago Modern Classic
Book Synopsis'A small masterpiece' Colm Toibin, Daily Telegraph'I don't know how many times I have reread the book, including several times in Catalan, with such effort that speaks volumes to my devotion to the novel' Gabriel Garcia Marquez'The fierce beauty of Rodoreda's writing makes it one of the masterpieces of modern European literature' IndependentFirst published in 1962 as 'La Placa del Diamant', this is considered the most important Catalan novel of all time. This is a new English translation. It has previously been published in English as The Time of the Doves.Barcelona, early 1930s: Natalia, a pretty shop-girl from the working-class quarter of Gracia, is hesitant when a stranger asks her to dance at the fiesta in Diamond Square. But Joe is charming and forceful, and she takes his hand.They marry and soon have two children; for Natalia it is an awakening, both good and bad. When Joe decides to breed pigeons, the birds delight his son and daughter - and infuriate his wife. Then the Spanish Civil War erupts, and lays waste to the city and to their simple existence. Natalia remains in Barcelona, struggling to feed her family, while Joe goes to fight the fascists, and one by one his beloved birds fly away.A highly acclaimed classic that has been translated into more twenty-eight languages, In Diamond Square is the moving, vivid and powerful story of a woman caught up in a convulsive period of history.'An extremely moving love story translated from the Catalan, which reveals much about the Spanish civil war as ordinary, non-political people had to live it' Diana Athill'Go along with Natalia on her night out and you'll soon find you'd follow her anywhere. Rodoreda's writing pays such fierce and tender attention to the experience of being alive, and the tempest that ordinary life can be' Helen OyeyemiTrade ReviewI don't know how many times I have reread the book, including several times in Catalan, with such effort that speaks volumes to my devotion to the novel * Gabriel Garcia Marquez *An extremely moving love story translated from the Catalan, which reveals much about the Spanish civil war as ordinary, non-political people had to live it * Diana Athill *
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HarperCollins Publishers Every Move You Make
Book SynopsisTHE ONLY WAY TO STOP A STALKER IS TO BECOME ONE YOURSELFExceptional! A breathless, chilling one-sitting read with twist after brilliant twist. Clever, original and filled with tension. A story I won't ever forget.' Claire DouglasA totally brilliant twist. I absolutely loved it!' Lisa Jewell''Exceedingly clever, tense and satisfying.'' Andrea MaraKeep your friends close and your enemies closerAlexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Five friends who wish they'd never met. Because the one thing they have in common is the worst thing in their lives: they are all being stalked.When one of their group is murdered, days after their stalker is released from prison, time stands still for them all. They know their lives could end just as brutally at any moment all it takes is for the people they fear the most to catch up with them.When the group receive a threat that one of them will die in ten days' time, the terror that stalks their daily lives becomes all-consuming. But they know they don't want to be victims anymore it's time to turn the tables and finally get their revenge.Because the only way to stop a stalker is to become one yourself?The multimillion bestseller returns with her most propulsive and addictive book yet. A chilling and terrifyingly real thriller that will keep you up all night and looking over your shoulder for days to come?________REAL READERS LOVE EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE!C.L. Taylor always delivers but this is an exceptional effort. She is a superstar of the genre! Five twisty stars.' ?????I read this book in less than 48 hours and the writing style and concept makes this a five-star book you're in for a treat!' ?????This gave me actual chills! So perfectly written and captivating. It''s something anyone can relate to an amazing book.' ?????I really really really loved this book! It''s been a while since I absolutely devoured a thriller, but this one I just could NOT PUT DOWN. It had absolutely everything I wanted.' ?????Every Move You Make is an incredibly powerful, tense and mind blowing read. Then there are the twists! And boy are they good, totally unexpected that will have you going back and re-reading to make sure you read them right.' ??????________YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS LOVE EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE!An exceedingly clever, tense, surprising and satisfying rollercoaster of a book.' Andrea MaraEvery Move You Make takes your worst fear about letting the wrong person into your life, multiplies it by four and then hits you round the head with a totally brilliant twist that I for one did not see coming. I absolutely loved it!' Lisa JewellC.L. Taylor knocks it out of the park every time. Every Move You Make is a compulsive page-turner you won't be able to put down.' Clare MackintoshI absolutely love C.L. Taylor's writing.' Liz Nugent''You'll need your wits about you to track the truth in this terrifying thriller about victims who turn the tables on their stalkers. I read it with my heart in my mouth exhilarating stuff.' Louise CandlishSpine-chilling at every turn! One of the best thrillers of the year.' Jeffery DeaverA tense, twisty thrill-ride of stalking, obsession and revenge.' TM Logan''Expertly crafted, with variety in the stalker storylines, vivid villains and a hard-to-spot twist. But its biggest strength is Taylor's ability to bring home the horror of being pursued, confronted or harassed online in a way that no victim interview or TV documentary could achieve.'' The Times''Taylor ratchets up the tension and paranoia to great effect for a well-engineered, propulsive read.' The Guardian''Intensely told and psychologically compellingdeeply moving and at times terrifying.' Daily Mail________Every Move You Make was a #8 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-04-2024 and a #1 Kindle bestseller w/c 07-05-2024.
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HarperCollins Publishers Loved One
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Vintage Publishing Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Book SynopsisJeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.Trade ReviewShe is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides * Vanity Fair *Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming * Evening Standard *A novel that deserves revisiting...Winterson maintains a balance of tone, a trueness of voice... It remains one of the finest things Winterson has written * Observer *Still extraordinary, still brilliant * Metro *Even at a time when so many good and interesting novels are coming out, hers stand out as performances of real originality and extraordinary promise -- John BayleyWonderful rites-of-passage novel... where the author's blossoming Sapphic nature leads her to eschew her mothers proffered favourite -- Mariella FrostrupIt is very funny, with an Alan Bennett sort of humour, beautifully written, quirky and likely to cause much tuttutting in conservative quarters * Daily Mail *This lesbian coming of age story set in northern England doesn't seem to have aged a bit * Independent *An instant classic -- Rosemary Goring * Herald *You'll find everything you need to know about mustering the courage to embrace your true self and live life without fear in Winterson's hugely engaging semi-autobiographical novel -- Mariella Frostrup * Sunday Times *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Men At Arms
Book SynopsisTerry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.www.terrypratchettbooks.comTrade Review'Funny, wise and mock heroic...The funniest and best crafted book I have read all year' * Sunday Express *'Like Jonathan Swift, Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own, and like Swift he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' * The Times *'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' * Mail on Sunday *'The great Terry Pratchett, whose wit is metaphysical, who creates an energetic and lively secondary world, who has a multifarious genius for strong parody ... who deals with death with startling originality. Who writes amazing sentences' * New York Times *'Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd' * Sunday Times *
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Transworld The Vanishing Hours
Book Synopsis''Shot through with compassion . . . this dreamlike, winding tale is a joy.'' A. L. KENNEDY ''Moving and unconventionally wise'' Guardian This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the end.At a hotel bar in a quiet English town, two strangers meet by chance and share their stories. Hers is of an inconspicuous life, shaken by heartbreak and scattered with unfulfilled dreams. His is a dizzying tale of an unending quest for someone he lost in his youth.From the blustery cliffs of Dover to the confines of a dark prison cell; from the courtroom witness box to the West End stage, we join him as he slips through time.Extraordinary though his story is, what she has to reveal is even more surprising, and will take them to a place neither of them – or you – expected.From the bestselling author of FIVE RIVERS MET ON A
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Random House The Fishermans Gift
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Amazon Publishing Always You and Me
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of Fractured comes a moving, heart-mending and uplifting novel of love, hope and second chances. ThenOn the eve of her wedding to Adam, Lily's best friend Josh unexpectedly walked out of her life, and she hasn't seen him since. Lily and Adam are blissfully happy, until he falls ill. As she cares for him in his final hours, Adam asks her to make a mysterious promise: to find Joshand forgive them both. This winterTracking Josh down isn't easy, but fate seems determined to bring them together. Cut off in his remote Scottish cabin by a fierce snowstorm, Lily and Josh explore their tangled feelings for each other, stretching back over the decades. But when she discovers the shocking reason behind Adam's unexpected last wish, she'll need to trust her heart completelyCan Lily and Josh choose loveand find forgiveness and lasting happiness together?Perfect for fans of Paige Toon's Seven Summers and Taylor Jenkins Reid's One True Loves, Always You and Me asks: Do you choose love? Or does love choose you?
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Old Baggage
Book SynopsisAs featured on BBC Radio 4 Good Reads 'The work of a novelist in her prime' Daily Telegraph'Wise and witty' Sarah Hughes, Observer'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller' Stylist'A timely, bittersweet comic novel' Guardian'A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel' Sunday Times_______________________________What do you do next, after you've changed the world?It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club - an old possession of hers, unseen for more than a decade.Mattie is a woman with a thrilling past and a chafingly uneventful present. During the Women's Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, gave speeches, smashed windows and heckled Winston Churchill, and nothing - nothing - since then has had the same depth, the same excitement.Now in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies. Giving the wooden club a thoughtful twirl, she is struck by an idea - but what starts as a brilliantly idealistic plan is derailed by a connection with Mattie's militant past, one which begins to threaten every principle that she stands for.Old Baggage is a funny and bittersweet portrait of a woman who has never, never given up the fight.Trade ReviewWise and witty -- Sarah Hughes * Observer *I loved Old Baggage. Such original characters, and so timely. And it made me weep at the end. -- JoJo MoyesUtterly wonderful and intelligent -- India Knight * Sunday Times Magazine *A timely, bittersweet comic novel * Guardian *Old Baggage gives an inspiring model of womanhood. Moving, warm and wry. It is wonderful! -- Marian Keyes
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Cornerstone Prisoners Dilemma
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Bedford Square Publishers Take a Hike
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World Editions Ltd A Life Without End
Book SynopsisSapiens meets Dorian Gray in a brutal expose about life and mortality.
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Little, Brown Book Group Everything I Never Told You
Book Synopsis''There is much here that might impress Pulitzer and Man Booker judges...Ng brilliantly depicts the destruction that parents can inflict on their children and on each other'' Mark Lawson, Guardian ''This intriguing tale of unhappy families will have you gripped from the opening line . . . No wonder it beat Hilary Mantel and Stephen King to win Amazon''s book of the year'' StylistLydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother''s bright blue eyes and her father''s jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn''s case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James''s case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. Her father
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