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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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Popular contemporary fiction

Murder Most Howl

The Complete Novels

The Goon Show Compendium Volume 11: Series 9, Part 2 & Series 10

Little Aunt Crane

A Family For Christmas

Girls Who Travel

Nicole Trilivas

New Beginnings at Lilyfields

A School for Fools

Bun for Your Life

Karoline Barrett

Annie Kelly

The Paleo Cupboard Cookbook

Where There's Smoke

Julia's Daughters

Colleen Faulkner

Tell the Truth The Devil Won't

Colette R Harrell

The Secret by the Lake

The Pursuit of Love

Don't Tell Alfred

The Virgin's Spy

Lucia in London & Mapp and Lucia

Queen Lucia & Miss Mapp

The Worshipful Lucia & Trouble for Lucia

Antonio Tabucchi, Elizabeth Harris

Elizabeth J. Duncan

Dad's Army: The Lost Tapes

David Croft, Jimmy Perry

There's Only Two David Beckhams

The Last Man Out of Saigon

The Year Of The Fire Monkey

Little Girl Lost

Somewhere Inside of Happy

Nightingales Under the Mistletoe

Public library and other stories

The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2

A Start in Life

Family And Friends

The Chocolate Falcon Fraud

Claws For Alarm

White Colander Crime

Victoria Hamilton

Death Takes Priority

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen

Crowned And Moldering

The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer

Livia J. Washburn