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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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Alexandra Shulman

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Caroline Zancan

The Star Side of Bird Hill

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Those We Left Behind

Starlight Peninsula

Charlotte Grimshaw

The Encyclopedia of the Dead

Something to Hide

Deborah Moggach

In a Dark, Dark Wood

The Homestead Girls

The Dust that Falls from Dreams

Louis de Bernieres

The Girl with the Red Ribbon

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Dressed To Kill

A Week at the Lake

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

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Dream a Little Dream

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A Daughter's Choice

T. E. Woods

The Iron Princess

Sandra Lake

The Summer Cottage

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Accidentally Engaged

Death By Coffee

The Factory Girl

Samuel Beckett Trilogy

Easterleigh Hall at War

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Painting Ruby Tuesday

Dancing With Dr Kildare

Nothing But Grass

The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

Padma Viswanathan

Second Street Station

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Various

The House at the Edge of the World

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The Orphan's Dream

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