Fiction books to excite, provoke and spark a conversation. Debut authors, award winners, bestsellers & lost gems - our range of fiction titles will leave you spoilt for choice.
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd Notes From Underground & Other Stories
Book SynopsisWith an Introduction and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottowa. Notes from Underground and Other Stories is a comprehensive collection of Dostoevsky’s short fiction. Many of these stories, like his great novels, reveal his special sympathy for the solitary and dispossessed, explore the same complex psychological issues and subtly combine rich characterization and philosophical meditations on the (often) dark areas of the human psyche, all conveyed in an idiosyncratic blend of deadly seriousness and wild humour. In Notes from Underground, the Underground Man casually dismantles utilitarianism and celebrates in its stead a perverse but vibrant masochism. A Christmas Tree and a Wedding recounts the successful pursuit of a young girl by a lecherous old man. In Bobok, one Ivan Ivanovitch listens in on corpses gossiping in a cemetery and ends up deploring their depravity. In A Gentle Spirit, the narrator describes his dawning recognition that he is responsible for his wife’s suicide. In short, as a commentator on spiritual stagnation, Dostoevsky has no equal.
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Orion Publishing Co Now Youre Mine
Book SynopsisBeing without her isn''t an option for me.Or her.The Protector:She''s in danger.Just the thought of this threatens my sanity.I''ll do anything to keep her safe...Even things that she doesn''t agree with.If she thinks stalking her was bad,Calista''s in for a surprise.The Prisoner:Hayden is certifiable.And I love him.What I don''t like are his methods of protection.Except the more perilous things become,the closer I get to him.And the secrets he''s keeping from me.Now You''re Mine is Book 2 in the Possessing Her Duet where Hayden and Calista find their HEA. Eventually...(A complete list of the TWs can be found on the author''s website)
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HarperCollins Publishers Pastures New
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Penguin Books Ltd A View from the Bridge Penguin Modern Classics
Book SynopsisArthur Miller''s play A View from the Bridge is a tragic masterpiece of the inexorable unravelling of a man, set in a close-knit Italian-American community in 1950s New York. Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it''s a privilege to take in his wife''s cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, straight off the boat from Italy. But, as his niece Catherine begins to fall for one of them, it''s clear that it''s not just, as Eddie claims, that he''s too strange, too sissy, too careless for her, but that something bigger, deeper is wrong - and wrong inside Eddie, in a way he can''t face. Something which threatens the happiness of their whole family.This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by the author and a new foreword by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Transworld Exit Strategy
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Random House Wolf Hour
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd War and Peace
Book SynopsisWar and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy's philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation is one which received Tolstoy's approval.
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Scholastic Dog Man 9 Grime and Punishment from the
Book SynopsisThe brand new bestselling Dog Man book from Dav Pilkey - you'll howl with laughter!
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Faber & Faber Lord of the Flies
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1954, William Golding''s debut novel, now a classic, is a stark story of survival, probing the depths of human nature, and what happens when civilization collapses. As dystopian stories like The Hunger Games and Battle Royale surge in popularity, this haunting tale of a group of young boys stranded on a desert island still captivates schoolchildren around the world, raising timeless and profound questions about how easily society can slip into chaos and savagery when rules and order have been abandoned. This new educational edition provides supplementary material, chapter summaries, discussion questions and additional teaching resources to help guide students and support teachers throughout the text. When a plane crashes on a remote island, a group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. As the reality of their situation sets in, the boys attempt to establish control and their world gradually descends into brutal savagery. As <
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Faber & Faber Helm
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Joffe Books Murder on the Oxford Canal
Book SynopsisMeet DI Hillary Green, a detective in the Oxfordshire Constabulary fighting to save her career. Not only has she lost her husband, but his actions have put her under internal investigation for corruption. Then a bashed and broken body is found floating in the Oxford Canal.
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HarperCollins Publishers Accidentally Wedded to the Werewolf
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Joffe Books The Stolen Boys
Book SynopsisWhen a crime wave hits town, Detectives Jackman and Evans must take on a fiendish criminal, while still haunted by Alistair Ashcroft, the serial killer they never caught. The target is a highly sought-after brand of streetwear called Hybrid X, clothing that costs a fortune and resells for unbelievable prices. Houses are burgled, kids mugged on the streets, a young man dies – all for the sake of his shoes – and another boy’s body is found in a pile of rubbish. Meanwhile illegal steroids are flooding the streets and there are dark movements on the marshes. A shadowy figure called Drake and his team of young criminals seem to be behind it all, but can DI Jackman and Marie prove this before another innocent person dies for clothes that people will kill to own?
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Vintage Publishing Trip
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Penguin Books Ltd The Peace of Wild Things
Book SynopsisI come into the peace of wild thingswho do not tax their lives with forethoughtof grief. I come into the presence of still water.And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a timeI rest in the grace of the world, and am free. The poems of Wendell Berry invite us to stop, to think, to see the world around us, and to savour what is good. Here are consoling verses of hope and of healing; short, simple meditations on love, death, friendship, memory and belonging; luminous hymns to the land, the cycles of nature and the seasons as they ebb and flow. Here is the peace of wild things.Trade ReviewWendell Berry is the most important writer and thinker that you have (probably) never heard of. He is an American sage -- James RebanksOur modern-day Thoreau ... He is unlike anybody else writing today -- Andrew Marr * New Statesman *The poet laureate of America's farmland * Observer *Wendell Berry's poems have a real twinkle in their eye in the face of a dark world -- Colum McCann * Atlantic *He has returned American poetry to a Wordsworthian clarity of purpose * Baltimore Sun *
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Pan Macmillan The Gentleman and His Vowsmith
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Sourcebooks, Inc The Perfect Son
Book SynopsisFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a dark and twisting psychological thriller about a mother who suspects her son of committing a terrible crime... But how far will she go to protect her family?***All families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly.Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until, one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door.Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night...A high school girl has vanished from their quiet neighbourhood, and the police suspect the worst. Erika''s teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.Erika has always sensed something different in her seemingly perfect oldest child. He's charming, smart and popular, but mothers have the best instincts. Erika knows there's more to her son than meets the eye. She wants to believe he''s innoc
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Scholastic US The Dragonet Prophecy Wings of Fire Graphic Novel
Book SynopsisSeven dragon tribes have been at war for generations. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy. Five dragonets are enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible war. But when they escape their prison, the result may be more than intended . . .
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HarperCollins Publishers Blood of Hercules
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER''This was damn fun. Alexis was original, full of personality, and I loved being with her on this fun (unhinged) ride. You won't be able to stop yourself from binge-reading this''Raven Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author??Step into the Coliseum at the Spartan War Academy where monsters are made, immortality is won, and even a god can die??Alexis Hert isn't a hero, and she certainly isn't a god. All she's ever been is a survivor.But the Fates disagree.When a blood test leads to her admittance at the Spartan War Academy, she'll have to do more than merely survive.Alexis will have to claim her birthright: immortality.But immortality is a privilege, one earned in the crucible of the academy, where the heroes are villains and classrooms battlegrounds. While gladiators Achilles and Patro, her demanding mentors, hone her into a warrior, Augustus and Kharon, her professors and the brooding heirs to the underworld, haunt her steps and her thoughts.Because where there are gods, there are bound to be monsters, and there is more than one hunting AlexisYou might just come across these favourites:??? War academy?? Villainous love interests?? Gods, gladiators, and warriors, oh my!?? Adorable animal companions?? Animal companions with a lot of ~opinions~?? Prophecies??? Dark romance?? Why choose???Touch her and die?? Marriage law?? Post-apocalyptic worldThe romantasy OBSESSSION of 2024:This was addictive as hell'? ? ? ? ?THAT WAS SO GOOD!!! Wow. I'll be thinking about this book for awhile. Greek mythology + a spartan war academy + a STRONG FMC?! It was perfection. I love all the twists and turns and the guessing along the way. It was such a unique Hercules story and I'm OBSESSED! I need book 2 asap.? ? ? ? ?Actually iconic'? ? ? ? ?''LOOOOOOOOOVED IT OMG I literally tried to read it as slow as possible so I would have the book, the characters, their world EVERYTHING for a little longer but IT WAS HARD OK bc I really wanted to binge it in one night ??''? ? ? ? ?Literally gonna live rent free in my brain'? ? ? ? ?Perfection, favorite read this year so far'? ? ? ? ?Blood of Hercules was a No.11 New York Times bestseller on the trade fiction paperback list the week of 22nd December 2024
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Penguin Books Ltd Save Us
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Scholastic Dog Man 5 Lord of the Fleas PB
Book SynopsisThere's a new bunch of baddies in town, and they have something sinisterin store for Petey the Cat. Once again, Dog Man is calledinto action! With a cute kitten and a remarkable robot by his side,the Supa Buddies must join forces with the most unlikely of heroesto save the day.
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Vintage Publishing The Old Man and the Sea
Book SynopsisErnest Hemingway was born in Chicago in 1899, the second of six children. In 1917, he joined the Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. The following year, he volunteered as an ambulance driver on the Italian front, where he was badly wounded but decorated for his services. He returned to America in 1919, and married in 1921. In 1922, he reported on the Greco-Turkish war before resigning from journalism to devote himself to fiction. He settled in Paris, associating with other expatriates like Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. He was passionately involved with bullfighting, big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing. Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, following the publication of The Old Man and the Sea. He died in 1961.Trade ReviewIt is unsurpassed in Hemingway's oeuvre. Every word tells and there is not a word too manyA quite wonderful example of narrative art. The writing is as taut, and at the same time as lithe and cunningly played out, as the line on which the old man plays the fish * Guardian *
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Hodder And Stoughton Ltd. You Like It Darker
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John Murray Press Spook Street
Book Synopsis*Discover The Secret Hours, the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read for Slough House fans**Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman*''A terrific spy novel'' Ian RankinTwenty years retired from the Intelligence Service, David Cartwright still knows where all the bones are buried. But when he forgets that secrets are supposed to stay hidden, there''s suddenly a target on his back.The ''Old Bastard'' raised his grandson to be a hero, not a slow horse. Now, far from joining the myths and legends of Spook Street, River Cartwright is part of Jackson Lamb''s team of pen-pushing no-hopers at Slough House. Which doesn''t mean he won''t ditch everything and go rogue when his grandfather comes under threat.Lamb worked with Cartwright back in the day, and knows better than most that this is no innocent old man. So when a panic button raises the alarm at Intelligence Service HQ, iTrade ReviewA terrific spy novel: sublime dialogue, frictionless plotting * Ian Rankin *Immensely satisfying and utterly brilliant * Sarah Hilary *Mick Herron is an incredible writer and if you haven't read him yet, you NEED to. I read the Jackson Lamb books one after the other and am already desperate for the next one. They are smart, darkly comic and hugely addictive * Mark Billingham *A captivating series where the intelligence services' misfits and screw-ups become the useful tools of Herron's quite magnificent creation, Jackson Lamb * Christopher Brookmyre *I love Mick Herron's books more than is decent. Hands down my favourite crime series of the decade . . . Spook Street is a superb novel - fast-paced, original, witty and completely satisfying on every level. I just can't get enough of this brilliant series * Antonia Hodgson *In Spook Street Mick Herron returns to the wonderful fallen spies of MI5 in a series that is fast becoming a classic * Daily Express *The dialogue crackles. Herron is a master of timing, word by word, sentence by sentence. His language creates its own world, with streaks of satire and loss that prevent it from becoming too comfortable. Give yourself a treat and hurry on down to Spook Street * The Spectator *It's all sheer fun. Herron is spy fiction's great humorist, mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant, witty prose * The Times *Slough House provides the hub for Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb spy novels, of which Spook Street is the fourth, a series that is by some distance the most impressive new body of work in spy fiction * Irish Times *Mick Herron's outstanding series is extremely funny * Daily Telegraph *It's not often a reviewer can say, "You've never read anything quite like this" but it's a safe encomium to use in the case of Mick Herron. The author's idiosyncratic writing is unique in his genre: the spycraft of le Carré refracted through the blackly comic vision of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 * Financial Times *Herron's series of novels about a group of deadbeat spies - or 'slow horses', in spook parlance - has been hailed as the most exciting thing to hit the genre since George Smiley hung up his mackintosh * Mail on Sunday *Spook Street is written with a wry, sardonic wit that will make you laugh out loud as you are taken on a gripping thrill ride * Daily Express *The new spy master * Evening Standard *Mick Herron's Spook Street began with an atrocity targeted at teenagers, which seemed horribly prescient come the Manchester Arena attack in May. But it's these discomfiting dips into the real world that give Herron's entertaining series about incompetent MI5 rejects its depth * Daily Telegraph, Crime Books of the Year *The long and enduring power of Le Carré leaves British espionage fiction a cramped space for newcomers. Mick Herron has carved out his own distinctive territory . . . Chief cowboy of the slow horses, Jackson Lamb, whose vulgar hedonism would be enough to make Falstaff look like Philip Hammond, is becoming one of crime fiction's great characters * Mark Lawson, Guardian, Crime Book of the Year *This is irresistible writing suggesting a lovechild of le Carre and Joseph Heller's Catch-22: ironclad storytelling and off-kilter humour * Financial Times, Books of the Year *This fourth in Herron's series of novels about Slough House, the department for disgraced spies, combines a terrorist attack, the murder of an old spymaster, and a mysterious fire to create a brilliantly plotted - and witty - addition * Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year *A modern masterpiece * Irish Times, Books of the Year *The lavishly loathsome Jackson Lamb oversees the action with all the finesse of a shark in a swimming pool * Metro, Crime Novel of the Year *
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HarperCollins Publishers Die Trying
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Starside
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Ackroyd Publishing The Mystery of the Runaway Reindeer
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Ize Press Solo Leveling, Vol. 6
Book SynopsisWith Esil the demon noble’s guidance and his shadow army by his side, Jinwoo’s making his way up the floors of the Demon Castle at a breakneck pace. At this rate, it won’t be long before he reaches the top floor to face Balan the Demon Monarch. Meanwhile, on the other side of the gate, an unexpected and most unwelcome magic beast is spotted on the shores of Japan...
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc My Hero Academia Vol. 3
Book SynopsisMidoriya inherits the superpower of the world’s greatest hero, but greatness won’t come easy.What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called “Quirks”? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?A sinister group of villains has attacked the first-year U.A. students, but their real target is All Might. It’s all that Midoriya and his classmates can do to hold them off until reinforcements arrive. All Might joins the battle to protect the kids, but as his power runs out, he may be forced into an extremely dangerous bluff!
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Little, Brown Book Group Horse
Book SynopsisAn action-packed new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book and MarchTrade ReviewEveryone should read Geraldine Brooks * Guardian *I loved this book so much - an important book, gorgeous, full of love . . . a super smart book that will keep you up all night -- Ann PatchettIn telling the story of an antebellum racehorse, Geraldine Brooks balances two compelling timelines and explores the rotten legacy of American slavery... It richly transcends the category of 'for horse lovers' -- Maggie Shipstead, Books of the Year * Guardian *One of our most supple and insightful novelists . . . Brooks is as adventurous as a novelist as she once was a journalist . . . her journalistic sense of story has remained vibrant. -- Jane Smiley * The New York Times Book Review *Brilliantly varied and with a galloping pace * Mail on Sunday *A confident novel of racing and race... with tender precision, Horse shows us history in flux... the book returns Brooks to the terrain that won her a Pulitzer Prize... She brings the same archival confidence and sensory flair to the antebellum racetrack * Guardian *This is historical fiction at its finest, connecting threads of the past with the present to illuminate that essentially human something . . . Calling all horse girls: This is the story of the most important racehorse you've never heard of, but it's also so much more than that. * Good Housekeeping *Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive . . . in [her] skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality. -- Alice Hoffman * Washington Post *There's something bordering on the supernatural about Geraldine Brooks. She seems able to transport herself back to earlier time periods, to time travel. Sometimes, reading her work, she draws you so thoroughly into another era that you swear she's actually lived in it. -- Matthew Gilbert * The Boston Globe *Thrilling . . . a book about the power and pain of words -- Alexandra Jacobs * New York Times *Horse isn't just an animal story - it's a moving narrative about race and art * Time *Few fiction writers travel across territory as vast as that staked out by the intrepid Geraldine Brooks . . . There's a romance between Brooks and the world, and her writing is as full of heart and curiosity as it is intelligence and judgement . . . her appetite for detail, her wanting to know how things work and why they happened, is enormous. -- Carrie Brown * The Boston Globe *The wonderful story of an extraordinary real-life racehorse... Brooks moves seamlessly between different times and places... the attention to historical details is impressive * Racing Post *Reveals the truth behind the spirit, obsession and injustice across American history * The Handbook *This deft novel moves between the present day and the Civil War era in a polyphonic examination of the fraught racial aspects of horse racing in US history * New Yorker *Brooks understands and empathises with all of her characters, and it is suspenseful and thoughtful - a masterpiece * Jane Smiley *Thrilling... Brooks has an almost clairvoyant ability to conjure up the textures of the past and of each character's inner life... Her felicitous, economical style and flawless pacing carries us briskly yet unhurriedly along... And the novel's alternating narratives, by suspending time, also intensify suspense * Wall Street Journal *Brooks is an accomplished writer... [She] has a talent and passion for research that is fully expressed here... The descriptions of 19th-century horse racing are thrilling * Atlantic *A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty... The care with which Brooks crafts each character's voice is a plea to look past the categorical labels and legends with which we describe each other, to truly see the individual. Paired with a compelling plot, the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck race, galloping to its conclusion - you just can't look away * Oprah Daily *A sweeping tale... fluid, masterful storytelling... Brooks writes about our present in such a way that the tangled roots of history, just beneath the story, are both subtle and undeniable... Horse is a reminder of the simple, primal power an author can summon by creating characters readers care about and telling a story about them * Washington Post *Horse mingles the past with the present, and history melds with well-informed invention... Brooks crafts an exceptionally sensitive portrayal of an enslaved groom and his special bond with Lexington * Smithsonian Magazine *Brooks demonstrates imaginative empathy [...] and provides some sardonic correctives to White cluelessness... Strong storytelling in service of a stinging moral message * Kirkus *You won't be able to contain yourself while reading this elegant story about three generations of people inspired by the story of America's greatest racehorse... This is a novel about love, anger, passion, and justice - unbridled and bursting * Lit Hub *A fascinating saga based on the true story of a famous 19th-century racehorse * Publishers Weekly *Brooks probes our understanding of history to reveal the power structures that create both the facts and the fiction... She has penned a clever and richly detailed novel about how we commodify, commemorate, and quantify winning in the United States, all through the lens of horse racing * Library Journal *Marvellous... Brooks structures the book like a mystery... Equestrian or no, readers will appreciate Brooks's invitation to linger awhile among beautiful and graceful horses, to see the devotion they engendered in her characters * Shelf Awareness *With exceptional characterizations, Pulitzer Prize-winner Brooks tells an emotionally impactful tale... The settings are pitch-perfect, and the story brings to life the important roles filled by Black horsemen in America's past * Booklist *
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Profile Books Ltd Nowhere Burning
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Little, Brown Book Group Deep End
Book SynopsisA competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships - at least, that''s what she tells herself. Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It''s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes. So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship.
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Vintage Publishing Shadow Ticket
Book SynopsisThe new novel from Thomas PynchonMilwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labour-management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he's found job security until he gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune who's taken a mind to go wandering. Before he knows it, he finds himself on a transoceanic liner, ending up eventually in Hungary where there's no shoreline, a language from some other planet, and enough pastry to see any cop well into retirement and of course no sign of the runaway heiress he's supposed to be chasing. By the time Hicks catches up with her he will find himself also entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them, none of which Hicks is qualified, forget about being paid, to deal with. Surrounded by history he has no grasp on and can't see his way around in or out of, the only bright side for Hicks is it's the dawn of the Big Band Era and as it happens he's a pretty good dancer. Whether this will be enough to allow him somehow to lindy-hop his way back again to Milwaukee and the normal world, which may no longer exist, is another question.
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Swift Press The Puma
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Little, Brown Book Group Bridgerton The Duke and I. Netflix TieIn
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ''A veritable treat'' Daily MailThe first novel in Julia Quinn''s worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is the story of Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke: welcome to the ballrooms of Regency London . . . ________________________________________Can there be any greater challenge to London''s Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke? Lady Whistledown''s Society Papers, April 1813By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend''s sister, the lovely - and almost-on-the-shelf - Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth - it''s all an elaborate plan to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable . . .Their ruse works like a charm - at first. But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, it''s hard to remember that their courtship is a complete sham. Maybe it''s his devilish smile, certainly it''s the way his eyes seem to burn every time he looks at her. It wasn''t the plan, but it seems she''s falling for the duke, for real. And amidst the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London''s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule . . .Find out why readers love Julia Quinn . . .''Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines'' Guardian on the Bridgerton series''Julia Quinn''s Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love . . . and gives them a thoroughly modern twist. I can''t focus on anything else'' Stylist''Quinn is a master of historical romance'' Entertainment Weekly''A smart, funny touch'' Time Magazine''Like an episode of Downton Abbey mixed with a great rom-com'' iBooks Best Books of March''Powered by a surfeit of dazzling wit and graced with a cast of unforgettable characters'' Booklist''A romance readers will not want to put down . . . Hooray Julia!'' Romance Reviews Today''Quinn writes delightfully fast-paced, funny, sparkling and bright romance'' Romantic Times''The next best thing to Georgette Heyer'' Gloss''Julia Quinn is one of the best historical romance novelists of our time'' Heroes and Heartbreakers''Quinn excels in writing stories full of joy and delight, where laughter trembles on the edges'' Happy Ever After''Full of wit, charm and smouldering attraction . . . an unputdownable story that I think romance fans will treasure'' Harlequin Junkie''Quinn is incomparable! The latest addition to her beloved Bridgerton series is funny, charming, witty and wildly romantic'' RT Book ReviewsTrade ReviewQuinn has a smart, funny touch...that's reminiscent of Helen Fielding * Time Magazine *Quinn's witty Regency-set romantic comedies are the nest best thing to Georgette Heyer * Gloss *The most refreshing and radiant love story you'll read this yearThe Duke and I is rich with author Julia Quinn's trademark humour and engaging dialogue... Quinn just keeps getting better and better, a fact that's sure to delight readersWise, witty and oh so delightful, Julia Quinn is truly our contemporary Jane AustenQuinn writes delightfully fast-paced, funny, sparkling and bright romance * Romantic Times *Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines * Guardian on the Bridgerton series *Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love... and gives them a thoroughly modern twist...they're hot, crazy, and full of feisty women relishing in the carnal delights that come from bedding rakish aristocrats... I can't focus on anything else * Stylist *
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HarperCollins Publishers The Great Divorce
Book SynopsisC.S. Lewis's dazzling allegory about heaven and hell and the chasm fixed between them is one of his most brilliantly imaginative tales, as he takes issue with the ideas in William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.In a dream, the narrator boards a bus on a drizzly afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations, from the disgruntled, ghostly inhabitants of Hell to the angels and souls who dwell on the plains of Heaven.This powerful, exquisitely written fantasy is one of C.S. Lewis's most enduring works of fiction and a profound meditation on good and evil.Trade Review‘The Great Divorce … helped me see the possibility of a really adult faith that did not avoid the toughest questions about failure and self-deception and pointed to a God absolutely and unconditionally loving and utterly, painfully, demanding in his truthfulness.’Rowan Williams ‘There is attractive imagery and amusing satire… There are exciting speculations… Mr. Lewis rouses curiosity about life after death only to sharpen awareness of this world.’ The Guardian
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Orion Publishing Co The Sunlit Man
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson shows us a future in the Cosmere Universe where a perpetual planetary wanderer must decide whether to keep running, or stay and make a difference on a struggling planet.
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Profile Books Ltd The World Goes On
Book SynopsisShortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2018 A Hungarian interpreter obsessed with waterfalls, at the edge of the abyss in his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveller, reeling from the sights and sounds of Varanasi, encounters a giant of a man on the banks of the Ganges ranting on the nature of a single drop of water. A child labourer in a Portuguese marble quarry wanders off from work one day into a surreal realm utterly alien from his daily toils. In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, tells twenty-one unforgettable stories, then bids farewell ('for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me'). As László Krasznahorkai himself explains: 'Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought or a narrative...' The World Goes On is another masterpiece by the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. 'The excitement of his writing,' Adam Thirlwell proclaimed in the New York Review of Books, 'is that he has come up with his own original forms-there is nothing else like it in contemporary literature.'Trade ReviewOne of the great inventors of new forms in contemporary literature ... there is nothing else like it in contemporary literature -- Adam Thirwell * New York Review of Books *This collection - a masterpiece of invention, utterly different from everything else - is hugely unsettling and affecting; to meet Krasznahorkai's characters, to read his breathless, twisting sentences, is to feel altered. * Guardian *Stories of journeys that, whether undertaken or thwarted, arrive at transcendence. At the end there is only one way to go, in what has to be the most powerful page written so far this century. -- Paul Griffiths * TLS Books of the Year *
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Little, Brown Book Group The Ministry for the Future
Book SynopsisONE OF BARACK OBAMA''S FAVOURITE READS OF THE YEAR ''If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson''s The Ministry for the Future'' Ezra Klein, Vox ''A great read'' Bill GatesThe Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis.''A novel that presents a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time'' TED.com''A breathtaking lookTrade ReviewBestseller Robinson again tackles climate change head-on in this gutsy, humane view of a near-future Earth careening toward collapse . . . Robinson masterfully integrates the practical details of environmental crises and geoengineering projects into a sweeping, optimistic portrait of humanity's ability to cooperate in the face of disaster. This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity * Booklist *Steely, visionary optimism * Guardian *A panoramic epic, the best science fiction-nonfiction novel I've ever read * Jonathan Lethem, Vanity Fair *The Ministry for the Future is a great read. Robinson has written a novel that presents the urgency of this crisis in an original way and leaves readers with hope that we can do something about it. The next chapter in the story of our planet is still being written, and the ending is up to us * Bill Gates *Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists, in any genre. New York 2140 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisation -- GUARDIANA masterpiece * The Times *A deeply realised world that feels more like a peep into our future than a work of fiction * New Scientist *Robinson seamlessly binds together characters and narrative strands . . . An immensely enjoyable reading experience * SciFiNow *Robinson's writing is so evocative that you can imagine that any one of his paragraphs could feature in the film of the book . . . a thoughtful, innovative page turner -- STARBURSTAny new novel by the great Kim Stanley Robinson is always an event and Red Moon doesn't disappoint * Independent *Even at 600-plus pages, there's a leanness to the prose that keeps the plot moving forwards . . . Robinson handles setpieces with aplomb -- SFXA wise and big-hearted novel to read and then, straight away, read again * SFX *Another stellar effort from one of the masters of the genre * Booklist *It's near impossible to capture the vibrance of the entire city in the span of one single novel, yet Kim Stanley Robinson manages to do just that and more -- NEWSWEEKLike all great sci-fi, New York 2140 is as much inward-looking as it is forward- . . . Robinson's work has a strong, intelligent social conscience -- GQThe lunar landscape is a source of beautifully described detail * Kirkus *A compelling vision of the future * Science *Starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic -- THE CONVERSATIONOnly sci-fi can drown Manhattan and make you want to live there -- BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEKOne of the finest writers of his generation * Locus *Beautiful descriptions of lunar landscapes * Guardian *This may well be Robinson's masterpiece and is surely the most important piece of sf in years -- MORNING STARSci-fi fans will love the detail and the optimism about humanity's future in space * Wall Street Journal *There have been more than a few environmental catastrophe tales set in a future New York, but possibly none of them have been this interesting -- LOCUSOne of the most exciting books in climate change fiction yet written... Both immensely readable and timely -- LITHUBUtterly immersive and unexpectedly hopeful -- RT BOOK REVIEWS
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Transworld Apprentice to the Villain
Book SynopsisHannah Nicole Maehrer, or as TikTok Knows her, @hannahnicolemae. is a fantasy romance author and BookToker with a propensity for villains. When she's not creating bookish comedy skits about Villains and Assistants, she's writing to Taylor Swift songs. Her biggest passions in life include romance, magic, laughter, and finding ways to include them all in everything she creates. Most days you can find her with her head in the clouds and a pen in her hand.
£9.87
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 18
Book SynopsisTanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister and avenge his family!In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.The battle between Tanjiro, Giyu and Akaza continues. To beat Akaza, Tanjiro must use an advanced technique his father taught him—the Transparent World—which will push him beyond his limitations. Elsewhere in the Infinity Castle, Shinobu, burning with hatred, confronts Doma, the demon who killed her family. Can she take on the powerful demon by herself?
£7.99
Penguin Books Ltd Pride and Prejudice Penguin Classics Penguin
Book SynopsisAusten's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. DarcyFew have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. This Penguin Classics edition, based on Austen's first edition, contains the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner and an updated introduction and notes by Viven Jones.FTrade Review“The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste.” —Virginia Woolf“Nobody has ever been slyer with characters than Austen.” —Marlon James, “My 10 Favorite Books,” in T: The New York Times Style Magazine
£8.65
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Collide
Book SynopsisCollide is the first book in the Off the Ice seriesThe second novel, Spiral, is out now and the third, Revolve, will be out in October. You can pre-order Revolve now.''Equal parts spicy and sweet'' Peyton Corinne, author of UnsteadyWhen Summer Preston's professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an unexpected collision course with hockey captain, Aiden Crawford.Summer hates everything about hockey, for good reason, but she isn't going to let that stand in the way of her becoming a sports psychologist.Aiden loves being the hockey captain, except when his team's reckless mistakes risk jeopardizing their entire season. When coach puts him forward for a research paper as punishment, he has no choice but to accept.Summer can''t stand his blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn''t understand her uptight, scheduled one. They are off to a rocky start, and provoking each other it turns out is what they do best.But losing isn''t something either of them does well. Maybe there's a way for both of them to win?Now with a never-before-seen bonus scene from Summer and Aiden's love story as well as an extract from the next book in the Off the Ice series. Find out which of your favourite characters from Collide will be featured next!If you love...Ice hockeyCollege settingReverse grumpy meets sunshineForced proximityNo third act breakupMulti-racial charactersHe falls firstDual POV... you''re going to love CollideReaders are falling for Summer and Aiden...''The spice levels won''t disappoint'' ''Someone please point me in the direction of where I can get my own Aiden Crawford'' ''If you loved The Deal and Icebreaker, you'll love this!!! I could not put this book down!'' ''Bal Khabra is quickly becoming one of my favourite sports romance authors!''''Bal Khabra never disappoints. I will read anything she will write. PERIOD.''Spiral ranked No. 6 in the Sunday Times bestseller chart week ending 01/02/2025.
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 23
Book SynopsisTo gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural!In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural!Sukuna reveals that he is the Disgraced One whom the Angel wants to kill. While Itadori grapples with this terrible news, Kenjaku has set in motion plans involving various nations, throwing the culling game into further confusion! To make matters worse, Kenjaku then shows up at the Tombs of the Star Corridor where Master
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Union Square & Co. Aesops Illustrated Fables Barnes Noble
Book SynopsisA leather bound edition from the popular series. It features a satin-ribbon bookmark, decorative stained edging and marbled endpapers.
£25.50
HarperCollins Publishers When the Moon Hatched Deluxe Edition
£21.25
Penguin Books Ltd Tell Me Everything
Book SynopsisTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHORSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE 2025''Stunning, deeply felt and profoundly intelligent'' Guardian It's autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house next to the sea. Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and regrets, and what might have been.Lucy, meanwhile, befriends one of Crosby's longest inhabitants, Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive's apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known unrecorded lives, Olive calls them reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.Brimming with empathy and pathos, TELL ME EVERYTHING is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.''A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own'' Hilary Mantel''A terrific writer'' Zadie Smith''Strout's ability to reveal the wonder in unrecorded lives continues to astonish'' TelegraphOPRAH''S BOOK CLUB PICK: ''A beautiful read reminding us that there is extraordinary love in ordinary actions'' Oprah Winfrey Elizabeth Strout, Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 2022
£9.49
Europa Editions (UK) Ltd. Monaâs Eyes
£17.00
