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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

One-Star Romance

Call It What You Want

Alissa DeRogatis

A Collection of Lies

Daniel Weizmann

Butterfly of Dinard

Eugenio Montale

Still Addicted to You

Porscha Sterling

Shelley Shepard Gray

Escape Velocity

A Pose Before Dying

The Medicine Woman of Galveston

Amanda Skenandore

A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants

The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle

The Diva Goes Overboard

The Woman with No Name

Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop

The Venice Hotel Sample Chapter

Radio 9: The Complete Series 1 and 2

Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker

The Elephant Man

Debbie Barham

J.L. Carr: A Month in the Country and The Harpole Report

J. L. Carr

The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling

Katherine Blake

The Art of Vanishing

Lynne Kutsukake

Cómo no ahogarse en un vaso de agua

Angie Cruz, Kianny N. Antigua

Long After We Are Gone

Terah Shelton Harris

The Witches of Bellinas

J. Nicole Jones

Nancy and Sluggo's Guide to Life

Ernie Bushmiller

The Knife and the Serpent

Elyssa Friedland

The Knockout Artist

The Deepest Lake

Andromeda Romano-Lax

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Any Bloke: The Complete Series 1 and 2

Gary Brown

Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 5

Jan Etherington

Welcome to Glorious Tuga

Francesca Segal

How It Works Out

At The Grand Glacier Hotel

Laurence Fearnley

The Untamed: The Official Artbook (Hardcover)

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Olive You to Death