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From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son.

The Emperor of Gladness

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a vibrant and heartbreaking story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance

Chloe Elisabeth Wilson

I support women’s rights, but more importantly I support women’s wrongs.

New contemporary fiction

It Should Have Been You

The Correspondent

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emma Pignatiello

The Homemade God

The Sex Lives of Married Women

Contemporary fiction collections

Introducing your next travel companion

Winter Crime Month 2024

What would you do?

Blooming beautiful

Families in the foreground

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Kelly Jamieson

Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury

A Healing Justice

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No Kissing Under The Boardwalk

An Untouched House

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Six Cats a Slayin'

Christmas Cake Murder

James Patterson

The Deal of a Lifetime

Fredrik Backman

A Vineyard Christmas

Good Night Nashville

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Winner Takes All

A Coldwater Warm Hearts Christmas

The Novel of Ferrara

Giorgio Bassani

Sophie's Christmas Surprise

Half Spent Was the Night

An Ellis Island Christmas

Maxinne Rhea Leighton

Uwe Johnson

Crown of Thunder

Tochi Onyebuchi

Merry Christmas, Santa Claus!

J. L. Coppage, Melanie Matthews

The Lost Christmas

The Shadow City

How Does That Make You Feel?: Series 1-10

Shelagh Stephenson

A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories

Bettye Collier-Thomas

Mardi Gras Murder

A Murder By Any Name

Killing Commendatore

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Ruth Spiro, Holly Hatam

The Hour of Death

A Crafter Knits a Clue

Death of a Russian Doll

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The Comforts of Home

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