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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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The Saga of Gosta Berling

Selma Lagerlöf

The Broken Teaglass

Emily Arsenault

The Cattleman's Daughter

Rachael Treasure

Penelope Lively

Legend Of A Suicide

The Brightest Star in the Sky

Katharine Graham's Washington

Katharine Graham

How the Dead Dream

The Devil's Star

Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

Rules of Vengeance

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I Served The King Of England

In Zodiac Light

Bruce Benderson

Love and Summer

Angel of Brooklyn

Janette Jenkins

Living In Perhaps

The Runaway Wife

Indiscretions of Archie

Meanwhile Street

No Time to Wave Goodbye

Jacquelyn Mitchard

A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters

Talking It Over

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The Idea of Love

Justine Frank, Roee Rosen

Infinite Riches

After the Fire, A Still Small Voice

And the Ass Saw the Angel

A Week in December

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Jeff Corwin: A Wild Life

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Nancy Holder

Stuck on Murder

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Across the Endless River

The Ten-Year Nap

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Doom with a View

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