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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

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Winter Crime Month 2024

What would you do?

Blooming beautiful

Families in the foreground

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Popular contemporary fiction

Devonshire Scream

Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad

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The Destructives

Matthew De Abaitua

When Falcons Fall

The Doctor Calling

Meredith Appleyard

Wild Pork and Watercress

The Midnight Watch

The Girl Who Came Back

James Patterson

Thus Bad Begins

No Cats Allowed

Ditch the Wheat

I'm Glad About You

The Other Woman

Therese Bohman, Marlaine Delargy

Shawna Yang Ryan

Version Control

The Final Country

The Right Madness

One To Count Cadence

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Why We Came to the City

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Murder On Wheels

Borrowing Trouble

A Girl in Wartime

Anton Chekov, Peter Constantine, Anton Chekhov

We Are All Made of Stars

Seraph of the End, 1 (novel)

Thomas and Mary

Tim Parks

The Arrangement

Diane Les Becquets

Stark After Dark

Leaving Yesterday

The Fine Art of Murder

The Big Brush-off

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The Book of Blam

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Never Insult a Killer Zucchini

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