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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

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Various

Absolutely and Forever

The Wolves of Eternity

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Christmas at the Wartime Bookshop

The Wildebeest Years

Dan Freedman and Nick Romero

The Vaster Wilds

The Season of Second Chances

Kristina Mcmorris, T. Greenwood

Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas

The Wind Will Catch You

Michelle Theall

The Tangled Web

The Queen of the Valley

Mrs. Morris and the Wolfman

Mugshots of Manhattan

Christin Brecher

All You Have to Do Is Call

Last Call at the Local

Sarah Grunder Ruiz

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

Murder and Mamon

Mia P. Manansala

Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Fun with Oceans and Seas

Emily Greenhalgh

Christine Evans

When Sullivan Met Lola

Monica McInerney

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

The Nightingale Daughters

Jonathan Safran Foer

Hilary Mantel: Beyond Black and more

Hilary Mantel

Ed Reardon’s Week: Series 15

Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.

Gangsters Don't Die

Esperanza Caramelo, the Star of Nochebuena

Elisa Chavarri, Karla Arenas Valenti

Esperanza Caramelo, la estrella de Nochebuena (Esperanza Caramelo, the Star of Nochebuena Spanish Edition)

Elisa Chavarri, Karla Arenas Valenti

Archie Horror Presents: Chilling Adventures

Cullen Bunn, Eliot Rahal, Evan Stanley, Frank Tieri

The Heart of It All

Christian Kiefer

My Shadow Is Yours

Edoardo Nesi, Gregory Conti

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, Don Heck, Werner Roth, Neal Adams, Arnold Drake, Gary Friedrich, George Tuska

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Don Heck, Sal Buscema

Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby, Don Heck, John Buscema, Sal Buscema

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

The Stranger Upstairs

Much Ado About Margaret

The Night Land, abridged edition

Hope Hodgson William

The Best Short Stories 2023

Mazie's Amazing Machines

The Second Chance Hotel