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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 29 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
    The Nakano Thrift Shop - by Hiromi Kawakami

    £9.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781846276026 | ISBN 10: 1846276020

    Translated by Allison Markin Powell.  Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano’s thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss – or so it ... more

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  • Cover image of book Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
    Intermezzo - by Sally Rooney

    £20.00   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780571365463 | ISBN 10: 0571365469

    An exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.  From the author of the bestseller Normal People.  Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have lit ... more

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  • Cover image of book Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman
    Help Wanted - by Adelle Waldman

    £16.99   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781805221654 | ISBN 10: 1805221655

    Clock in for a night shift - and for a moving multi-perspective novel that explores life in the gig economy.  Clock in for a night shift ...  When the store manager at an upstate New York superstore announces he's leaving, the motley crew ... more

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  • Cover image of book Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
    Before We Forget Kindness - by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

    £14.99   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781035046249 | ISBN 10: 1035046245

    In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:  - The father who could not allow hi ... more

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  • Cover image of book We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
    We Solve Murders - by Richard Osman

    £22.00   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241608364 | ISBN 10: 0241608368

    FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB  A brand new series. An iconic new detective team. And a thrilling new murder to solve...   Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation wor ... more

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  • Cover image of book Henry Henry by Allen Bratton
    Henry Henry - by Allen Bratton

    £16.99   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781787334595 | ISBN 10: 1787334597

    'One of the most exciting new novels' FINANCIAL TIMES  'Very funny... Its deeply felt pages flew by' GUARDIAN  London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card – is the reluc ... more

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  • Cover image of book Butter by Asako Yuzuki
    Butter - by Asako Yuzuki

    £14.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780008511685 | ISBN 10: 0008511683

    'Compelling, delightfully weird, often uncomfortable' PANDORA SYKES   'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY   'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATER   ‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ THE ... more

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  • Cover image of book More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
    More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - by Satoshi Yagisawa

    £10.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781786584328 | ISBN 10: 1786584328

    THE EMOTIONAL AND LIFE-AFFIRMING NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP, TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE BY ERIC OZAWA  In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the w ... more

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  • Cover image of book There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
    There are Rivers in the Sky - by Elif Shafak

    £18.99   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241435014 | ISBN 10: 0241435013

    The breathtaking new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.   This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives – a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Uncanny Ireland: Otherworldly Tales of the Strange and Sublime by Maria Giakaniki (Editor)
    Uncanny Ireland: Otherworldly Tales of the Strange and Sublime - by Maria Giakaniki (Editor)

    £16.99   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780712355209 | ISBN 10: 0712355200

    At moonrise I lit the fire and cried out the wild little invocation that Neoineen and I had made – gave way to all the crazy anguish withinme – chanted it loud enough for the hills to hear.   Entwined in Ireland’s rich literary history is a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lover Birds by Leanne Egan
    Lover Birds - by Leanne Egan

    £8.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780008626570 | ISBN 10: 000862657x

    With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albertalli, Lover Birds is a beautifully-written, inclusive and heart-pounding romance.  When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises se ... more

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  • Cover image of book Half-Life Of A Stolen Sister by Rachel Cantor
    Half-Life Of A Stolen Sister - by Rachel Cantor

    £16.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781641296014 | ISBN 10: 1641296011

    Reimagines the lives of the Brontë siblings—Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and brother Branwell—from their precocious childhoods, to the writing of their great novels, to their early deaths.  A form-shattering novel by an author praised as “l ... more

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  • Cover image of book Preloved by Lauren Bravo
    Preloved - by Lauren Bravo

    £9.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781398510654 | ISBN 10: 1398510653

    ‘Lauren Bravo is one of my very favourite writers.’ Dolly Alderton  Gwen is coasting through life. She’s in her mid-thirties, perpetually single, her friends are busy procreating in the countryside and conversations with her parents see ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shy by Max Porter
    Shy - by Max Porter

    £9.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780571377312 | ISBN 10: 0571377319

    From the bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, Shy is a novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.  ‘Max Porter is one of my favourite w ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin
    Mona of the Manor - by Armistead Maupin

    £20.00   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780857527073 | ISBN 10: 085752707x

    'A breeze' The Times ‘Delightful comedy of manners' iPaper ‘A welcome tenth instalment of his iconic Tales of the City saga’ Mail on Sunday ‘A witty novel about identity and finding a family in 1980s England’ Woman&Home 'The message sti ... more

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  • Cover image of book Terrible Worlds: Revolutions by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    Terrible Worlds: Revolutions - by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781786188885 | ISBN 10: 1786188880

    The Future Is Oppression.  Scions, sonko, landlords: whatever you call them, they’re the super rich, the princes of capitalism, living off the labour – and the deaths – of the swarming masses and all too happy to see the world burn to p ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Story of the Forest by Linda Grant
    The Story of the Forest - by Linda Grant

    £18.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780349014104 | ISBN 10: 0349014108

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023  ‘Epic and marvellously entertaining… There’s a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back’ FINANCIAL TIMES  ‘ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Witches by Brenda Lozano
    Witches - by Brenda Lozano

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529412239 | ISBN 10: 1529412234

    A bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers.  ‘You can’t really know another woman until you know yourself.’  Weaving together two parallel narratives, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
    Main Street - by Sinclair Lewis

    £7.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781847498960 | ISBN 10: 1847498965

    Fully annotated edition with over 400 notes.   Young college graduate Carol Kennicott moves from a big city to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, the small town from which her new husband hails. Imbued with ideals of urban improvement, she dreams of redes ... more

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  • Cover image of book Learned By Heart by Emma Donoghue
    Learned By Heart - by Emma Donoghue

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781035017768 | ISBN 10: 1035017768

    Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.  The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonde ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth
    Bitter Orange Tree - by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781471193927 | ISBN 10: 1471193926

    Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2023 Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award  An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life fo ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
    The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho - by Paterson Joseph

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780349702377 | ISBN 10: 0349702373

    ‘A great storyteller and a fabulous actor. Well done, sir!’ DAVID HAREWOOD   ‘Phenomenal! Highly recommended.’ MALORIE BLACKMAN   ‘An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Hugely recommended.’ S ... more

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  • Cover image of book Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
    Disorientation - by Elaine Hsieh Chou

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529080674 | ISBN 10: 1529080673

    'The funniest, most poignant novel of the year' - Vogue  For fans of Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang, Disorientation is an uproarious and big-hearted satire - alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and a cast of unforgettable characters - that ask ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
    The Witches of Vardo - by Anya Bergman

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781786581952 | ISBN 10: 1786581957

    They will have justice. They will show their power. They will not burn.   'Three women's fight for survival in a time of madness' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies   Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing ... more

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  • Cover image of book Stories For Winter and Nights by the Fire by Various authors
    Stories For Winter and Nights by the Fire - by Various authors

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780712354691 | ISBN 10: 0712354697

    Stories for Winter is a collection of short stories that take their inspiration from this cold, snowy season, whether it’s winter holidays, weather-related predicaments or seasonal celebrations. In keeping with the spirit of the Women Writers serie ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts by Delyth Badder and Mark Norman
    The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts - by Delyth Badder and Mark Norman

    £14.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781915279507 | ISBN 10: 191527950x

    Wales is a land with a vast wealth of ghost stories, including fantastical animals, flickering death omens and unseen things that go bump in the night. Whether these tales are based on true events, or are the creations of active imaginations, is know ... more

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  • Cover image of book The House of Marvellous Books by Fiona Vigo Marshall
    The House of Marvellous Books - by Fiona Vigo Marshall

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781914148231 | ISBN 10: 1914148231

    Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and c ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Various authors
    The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights - by Various authors

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781408727584 | ISBN 10: 1408727587

    FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.  ‘Terrific – every bit as good as an MR James collection’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN  Featuring new and original storie ... more

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  • Cover image of book 28 Questions by Indyana Schneider
    28 Questions - by Indyana Schneider

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398501126 | ISBN 10: 1398501123

    They say it takes 28 Questions to fall in love. Then what?  'Funny, clever, sad without self-pity, and with an uplift that is the writing itself' Jeanette Winterson  'If it's an addictive read you're after, consider this your next stop.' Styl ... more

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