Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Islandport Press Sunrise and the Real World
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£18.00
Belt Publishing The Girls
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£20.40
Two Dollar Radio She Is Haunted
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£15.29
Zerogram Press Panthers and the Museum of Fire
Book SynopsisComplex, urgent, and fascinating, this novel about walking, memory, and writing has earned comparisons from Virginia Woolf to Karl Ove Knausgård. The narrator walks from Glebe to a central Sydney, Australia café to return a manuscript by a recently deceased writer. While she walks, the reader enters the narrator's entire world: life with family and neighbors, narrow misses with cars, her singular friendships, dinner conversations, and work. We learn of her adolescent desire for maturity and acceptance, and her struggle with religion and anorexia. Photos are provided by Bettina Kaiser. Jen Craig's first novel is Since the Accident (2009). Panthers and the Museum of Fire was long-listed for the 2016 Stella Prize.
£12.30
Archipelago Books Salka Valka
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£16.62
Archipelago Books Ti Amo
Book SynopsisA penetrating study of passion, suffering, and loss from one of Norway’s most tenacious writers: National Book Award Finalist and PEN translation prize winner Hanne ØrstavikCelebrated throughout the world for her candor and sensitivity to the rhythms of language, Hanne Ørstavik is a leading light on the international stage. Ørstavik writes with “a compulsion for truth that feels like [her] very life force itself.” Laced with a tingling frankness, Ørstavik’s prose adheres so closely to the inner workings of its narrator’s mind as to nearly undo itself. In Martin Aitken’s translation, Ørstavik’s piercing story sings. Ti Amo brings a new, deeply personal approach, as the novel is based in Ørstavik’s own experience of losing her Italian husband to cancer. By facing loss directly, she includes readers in an experience that many face in isolation. Written and set in the early months of 2020, its themes of loss and suffering are particularly well suited for a time of international mourning. What can be found within a gaze? What lies inside a painting or behind a handful of repeated words? These are the questions that haunt our unnamed narrator as she tends to her husband, stricken with cancer, in the final months of his life. She examines the elements of their life together: their Vietnamese rose-colored folding table where they eat their meals, each of the New Year’s Eves they’ve shared, their friendships, and their most intimate exchanges. With everything in flux, she searches for the facets that will remain.
£14.40
Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe North
£17.05
Simon & Schuster The Dearly Beloved
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£16.15
Atria Books Circus of Wonders
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£17.09
Simon & Schuster The Sea Gate
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£18.04
Penguin Putnam Inc The Sisters Sweet: A Novel
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£12.51
Penguin Adult The House On Tradd Street
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£8.99
Penguin Putnam Inc The Wedding Party
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£14.25
Penguin Putnam Inc Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
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£15.20
Penguin Putnam Inc Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
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£999.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Vendetta Road
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£8.99
Penguin Putnam Inc How the Penguins Saved Veronica
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£16.20
Penguin Putnam Inc The Language of Sycamores
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£16.20
Penguin Putnam Inc The Big Finish
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£14.45
Penguin Putnam Inc A Rogue of One's Own
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£16.15
Random House USA Inc The Book of Two Ways: A Novel
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light comes a “powerful” (The Washington Post) novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She’s on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong. Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. Back in Boston, there is her husband, Brian, their beloved daughter, and her work as a death doula, in which she helps ease the transition between life and death for her clients. But somewhere in Egypt is Wyatt Armstrong, who works as an archaeologist unearthing ancient burial sites, a career Dawn once studied for but was forced to abandon when life suddenly intervened. And now, when it seems that fate is offering her second chances, she is not as sure of the choice she once made. After the crash landing, the airline ensures that the survivors are seen by a doctor, then offers transportation to wherever they want to go. The obvious destination is to fly home, but she could take another path: return to the archaeological site she left years before, reconnect with Wyatt and their unresolved history, and maybe even complete her research on The Book of Two Ways—the first known map of the afterlife. As the story unfolds, Dawn’s two possible futures unspool side by side, as do the secrets and doubts long buried with them. Dawn must confront the questions she’s never truly asked: What does a life well lived look like? When we leave this earth, what do we leave behind? Do we make choices . . . or do our choices make us? And who would you be if you hadn’t turned out to be the person you are right now?
£24.00
Random House USA Inc The Best Is Yet to Come: A Novel
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£9.49
Random House USA Inc The Rumor: A Novel
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£14.45
Random House USA Inc The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel
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£23.80
Random House USA Inc The New Girl: A Novel
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£14.45
Random House USA Inc One Night on the Island: A Novel
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£15.30
Random House USA Inc The Better Liar: A Novel
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£14.45
Random House USA Inc Worthy Opponents: A Novel
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£9.49
Random House USA Inc Star-Crossed: A Novel
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£14.45
Hogarth Press What Red Was: A Novel
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£14.88
Diversified Publishing Where the Crawdads Sing
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!More than 18 million copies sold worldwideA Reese’s Book Club PickA Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade “I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!”—Reese Witherspoon“Painfully beautiful.”—The New York Times Book ReviewFor years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
£22.40
Random House USA Inc The Farm: A Novel
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£15.30
Random House USA Inc The Stories of Alice Adams
Book SynopsisWith a foreword by Victoria Wilson, Alice Adams’s longtime editor. Famous for illuminating the hidden workings of human relationships, Alice Adams's work was a staple in The New Yorker and a mainstay of the O. Henry Award collections. The Stories of Alice Adams gathers fifty-three of her most celebrated pieces into one career-defining collection. In Verlie I Say Unto You, the unexpected death of Verlie Jones's lover reveals the unsettling truth about her employers--that, though they couldn't get along without Verlie, their maid of ten years, she is nothing more than a stranger to them. In Berkeley House, a disenfranchised daughter anguished over the sale of her childhood home, discovers that it does not hold the key to her happiness, and perhaps never did. In Greyhound People, a woman repeatedly and purposely takes the wrong bus from work after meeting its warm and disarmingly candid cast of passengers. In story after story, insight joins with grace to show us the truth about the lives of people around us. A moving and elegant collection and the capstone to a brilliant career.
£16.20
Random House USA Inc The Mister
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£12.99
Cornerstone Mister / The Mister
Book SynopsisUna nueva y apasionada historia de amor de E L James, autora del fenómeno mundial de ventas, la Trilogía Cincuenta sombras. Londres 2019. Maxim Trevelyan ha tenido siempre una vida fácil. Con su apostura, sus conexiones aristocráticas y el dinero familiar, nunca ha tenido que trabajar y pocas veces tiene que dormir solo. Pero todo cambia cuando una tragedia golpea la familia y Maxim hereda el título de nobleza, las propiedades y la responsabilidad que eso conlleva. Es un papel para el que no está preparado y que le va a costar enfrentar.Pero su mayor reto consistirá en contener su deseo por una inesperada joven que aparece en su vida, recién llegada a Inglaterra sin más que un pasado lleno de problemas y peligros. Reticente, bella y dotada para la música, se convierte en un atrayente misterio y el deseo de Maxim por ella se transforma en una pasión que jamás había sentido y que no se atreve a nombrar. Pero, ¿quién es Alessia Demachi? ¿Puede Maxim protegerla del mal que la acecha? ¿Y qué hará ella cuando sepa que él también ha estado ocultando sus propios secretos?Desde el corazón de Londres y el agreste paisaje rural de Cornwall, hasta la sombría e imponente belleza de los Balcanes, Mister nos lleva en una montaña rusa de emociones, peligros y deseo que deja al lector sin aliento hasta la última página.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe #1 New York Times bestseller—a thrilling romance by E L James, author of the phenomenal bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy. London, 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own? From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page.
£15.26
Wattpad Books Stiletto Sisterhood
Book SynopsisFriends by chance. Sisters by choice. Ages ago, these best friends swore a vow: Chase dreams not drama, but dreams are elusive, and drama unavoidable as each girl braves misogyny, homophobia, and broken hearts that will put the strength of their dreams and the Sisterhood to the test. PRIYANYA SETH is determined to win a coveted one-year mentorship with her idol at a top Manhattan law firm. Of her competitors, Hadrian Marek, the son of the firm's deceased founding partner is her biggest threat. And the worst part? He's already seen her naked . . . thrown off balance, Priya falls to the bottom of the pack. So when Hadrian proposes an alliance, she agrees with a firm rule-no sex. But sparks fly between them, and when it's announced the mentorship falls between her or Hadrian, Priya has to decide whether or not to betray her alliance-and her heart-to win. Amateur MMA fighter SHAYNE MELO, the black sheep in a line of blue bloods, is used to solving problems with her fists. But when she takes it too far, her estranged grandmother sends an image consultant to whip her into shape as her older brother prepares to ascend the Spanish throne. Drawn by a desire that compromises the integrity of their working relationship and Rita's marriage, Shayne's determined to do what she does best: fight. Not fall for a woman she can't have. But this might be one fight she can't win . . . After a video of her fiancé cheating goes viral, ISOBEL MORGAN loses her picture-perfect future-and her job. With her dad's settlement claims from a workplace accident stalled in court, she can't afford to be unemployed. All seems lost until she gets an offer merging her passion for news and activism. The caveat? Long hours and travel away from her dependent father. But when her Isobel's humiliation intertwines with a case at Priya's firm, and a dark secret Shayne's been hiding comes to light, the foundation of their friendship is fractured-putting the strength of dreams, and their sisterhood to the test.
£13.29
W by Wattpad Books Night, Forgotten
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£15.29
Wattpad Books Miss Matched
Book SynopsisBut the algorithm has a serious glitch, because it pairs her with the one man on earth she never wants to see again: Simon – the man who broke her heart when he called off their engagement six years ago. Then Simon shows up on her doorstep, promising he can get her a refund by showing the service the match was wrong. But he wants her to really prove it—by dating him for the next month.
£14.24
Frayed Pages X Wattpad Books Meant for Me
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£16.14
Amazon Publishing Los diarios de Emily
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£12.72
Amazon Publishing Cuaderno veneciano
Book SynopsisVenecia, 1938. Una historia de amor que nace entre tambores de guerra y un secreto que no debe salir a la luz.Un cuaderno de dibujo, tres llaves y un último susurro… Venecia. Esa es la herencia que la tía Lettie le deja a Caroline en 2001, justo cuando su matrimonio está a punto de naufragar. Decidida a cumplir con la última voluntad de la anciana, emprende un viaje para esparcir sus cenizas en la ciudad que tanto amaba y desentrañar los misterios que mantuvo ocultos durante más de sesenta años.En 1938 Lettie acompaña a un grupo de estudiantes para que descubran Venecia, su historia, su arte y su belleza. Es un viaje que resucitará dolorosos recuerdos y la posibilidad de reencontrarse con Leonardo Da Rossi, el hombre al que ama y que es esclavo del futuro que le ha impuesto su familia de orígenes nobles. A pesar de las dificultades, su amor florece de nuevo hasta que la amenaza de la guerra llega a Venecia y ambos se ven obligados a luchar para sobrevivir y defender un secreto que los unirá eternamente.
£13.87
Amazon Publishing La mirada de una bruja
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£11.83
Editorial Mexicanos Leyendas del Mexico Prehispanicos
£7.95
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Lo mucho que te amé / How Much I Loved You
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£16.11
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Tu lengua en mi boca / Your Tongue in My Mouth
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£16.11
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Radicales libres / Free Radicals
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£999.99
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El expediente Anna Ajmátova / The Anna Akhmatova
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£16.96
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La chica que dejaste atrás / The Girl You Left
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£16.11
