26 April 1986. Overnight, things fell apart in a quiet Ukrainian town. The steam generator of Reactor Four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station malfunctioned during an experiment to produce electricity from residual energy, bringing on an explosion. The resulting blaze lasted several days,...

26-year-old Akash Amin has everything he ever wanted, but as he tries to kickstart his songwriting career and commit to his boyfriend, he is haunted by the painful memories of the first boy he ever loved. When his mother tells him she is selling...

8000 miles from home1085 calories a day3 months to write the novel that would make her nameAt least that was the plan. But when Nell Stevens travelled to Bleaker Island in the Falklands (official population: two) she didn't count on the isolation getting to...

Aand true publishing treasure, the splendid cover illustrations with gold embossing, inspired by exuberant naturalistic motifs of the period, spill across the front and back covers and spine, transforming each book into a unique and beautiful object

A 52 year-old photographer and a 41 year-old anatomy professor are jurors sequestered during a sensational three-week trial: a toddler murdered by one of his twin sisters. At the court appointed cut-rate motel off the interstate, they fall into an intense, furtive affair, but...

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PICK'Engrossing and original, political and unpredictable, The Silence Project will get people talking' Bernardine EvaristoMonster. Martyr. Mother.On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she...

A BBC Radio 4 Book at BedtimeWhen Conrad fails to return home from a science conference, Eleanor guesses he may at last be reacting to her infidelity. Or has he finally tired of his stagnating job in transplant research? Eleanor's own scientific career has...

A BBC Top 100 Novels that Shaped Our WorldEffia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast...

A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)The book that inspired Park Chan-wook's astonishing filmand The Handmaiden.Shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Booker PrizeLondon 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under...

A BBC TWOand BETWEEN THE COVERSand BOOK CLUB PICKAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE AND THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZETeoh Yun Ling was seventeen years old when she first heard about Aritomo and the garden. But a...

A beautiful and darkly funny book of linked stories covering two decades in the lives of a group of people on the island of Guernsey'and Belfast TelegraphAnnieand needs to lose her virginity, so she's waiting in a car park forand Paul.Pauland needs drugs for...

A beautiful and profound retelling'and - Madeline Miller, author ofand The Song of Achillesand andand Circe'Gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity'and - Jennifer Saint, author ofand Ariadneand andand Elektra_________________If I told you that I'd killed a man with a...

A beautiful book so filled with sharp longing and perfectly phrased vulnerability that I read it in a reverent hush' Torrey Peters, author ofand Detransition, Baby'Exceptional . . . has flashes of Sally Rooney's CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS, or Halle Butler's THE NEW ME. Sometimes...

'A beautiful debut by a deeply humane writer. Every story is a vivid world unto itself, intensely felt, and often revelatory' NICOLE KRAUSS'In these wise, capacious, achingly beautiful stories, Omer Friedlander maps the hidden geography of the human heart like a young Chekhov' ANTHONY...

A beautiful hardback edition of a modern Indian classic and winner of 'The Best of the Booker' - the best novel from Booker Prize history.Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However,...

A beautiful hardback edition of the famously terrifying ghost story,and The Woman in Black, together with four other spine-chilling tales in one beautiful volume.Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh...

A beautiful hardback edition of the hilarious, dark, ingenious novel that changed the face of British fiction.Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae...

A beautiful, arresting story about race and the relationships that shape us through life by the legendary Toni Morrison, in a stand-alone, slim Chatto hardback for the first time. In this 1983 short story - the only short story Morrison ever wrote - we...

A beautiful, heart-tugging, love story about secrets, lies, missed connections and second chances' JILL SANTOPOLO'A breathtaking tale of star-crossed lovers that gripped me from page one' ELENA ARMAS'A perfect summery blend of sexy romance and second chances' ASHLEY POSTON'A tender, sweet story that captures...

'A beautiful, necessary book' ROXANE GAY. 'Echoes of Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman' IRISH TIMES. Lizzie doesn't like the way she looks. Though she dates guys online, she's afraid to send pictures: no-one wants a fat girl. So Lizzie starts to lose weight. With...

A beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of "Sister of My Heart" and "The Mistress of Spices" about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another a masterful, brilliant tale of a...

A beautifully atmospheric new tale from the prize-winning, bestselling novelist Elizabeth Buchan.In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever...Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited newly married and ready for change as she takes up a job as an archivist. When she discovers a...

A Best Book of 2023 in Vogue, AnOther Magazine, i-D, Independent, Evening Standard and Huffington Post 'A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope' Ocean Vuong 'Heartbreaking ... a deeply affecting reckoning with history' i-D An extraordinary, original and heartbreaking debut...

A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey's THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback, and went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything...

A bitter wind blows over a small town in the Wyoming cattle country as a newcomer arrives. Qualified schoolteachers are hard to attract and golden-haired Miss Morrow, popular with the children, has drawn trouble of her own. A private investigator has followed a woman...

A bittersweet gothic fantasy of family, friendship, memory, and the uncanny told from the perspective of a blind teenager, set in the same world as The Book of Hidden Things, perfect for readers of Neil Gaiman, Donna Tartt and Haruki Murakami. Praise God, never...

A BLACK FATHER. A WHITE FATHER. TWO MURDERED SONS. A QUEST FOR VENGEANCE. *SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH* * FINANCIAL TIMES CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR* * BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2022* 'Superb...Cuts right to the heart of the most important questions...

Aand bold, thought-provoking novel that will compel and disquiet in equal measure, about the moral lines we tread, the stories we tell ourselves and the secrets we bury; 'the best novel of 2018, by far' (Cressida Connolly,and Spectator)A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 -...

A bone-chilling horror from the acclaimed writer of THIRTEEN STOREYS and hit horror podcast THE MAGNUS ARCHIVESJUST ANOTHER DEAD-END JOB.DEATH. IT'S A DIRTY BUSINESS.When Diya Burman's best friend Angie dies, it feels like her own life is falling apart. Wanting a fresh start, she...

A book full of marvels'and New YorkerThe American Deep South, in the 1970s. Velma Henry, once a formidable political activist, has grown weary and disillusioned with the fight for civil rights. She wants to end it all. But then she finds herself in the...

A boxed set of the landmark fantasy from Brandon Sanderson, the man credited with breathing fresh life into Robert Jordan's WHEEL OF TIME.An epic fantasy set in a world where the Dark Lord has gained dominion over the world.A world of ash and pain....

A BOY MEETS A GIRL. THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE. A FINGER MEETS A TRIGGER. THE BEGINNING MEETS THE END.In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to...

A boy searches for his father, a prison guard on Sakhalin Island. In Barcelona, a woman is tasked with spying on a prizefighter who may or may not be her estranged son. In the Edo Period, a samurai escorts an orphan to his countrymen....

A BRAND NEW FANTASY FROM THE #1and NEW YORK TIMESand BESTSELLING AUTHORThe only way to win, is to survive.'Each page is fierce and filled with yearning - I loved it'and ANDREA STEWARTEvery year, thousands flock to San-Er, the dangerously dense capital twin cities of...

A brand new spicy STEM romance for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Sally Thorne!What do you do when your mortifying Friday night blind date is sitting opposite you at your desk on Monday morning?A hot blind date in Paris with no strings? Practical Leonie...

A brand new steamy billionaire romance from the bestselling author of the Twisted series. She's the wife he never wanted . . . and the weakness he never saw coming. Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant. Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. The billionaire...

A brand-new steamy billionaire romance from the bestselling author of the Twisted series'Get ready for all the spice, all the build-up and all the sizzling tension'and GLAMOURHe had her, he lost her . . . and he'll do anything to win her back.Powerful, brilliant,...

A brave man and a brave poet.' Bob Dylan'Utterly extraordinary.'and Guardian'A torrent of textual splendor.'and Los Angeles TimesFrom growing up as an orphan in 1920s New York, to serving in the Navy at the D-Day landings in Normandy, to a vagabond life drinking in...

A Brazilianand Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia.They call themselves 'Captains of the Sands', a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the...

The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay's improvidence. I stopped thinking about my own part in the madness....

A breathtaking tale of family secrets, from the international bestselling author of An American MarriageA Most Anticipated Book for 2020 according to The Sunday Times, the FT and the Guardian'My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist.'This is the story of a man's deception, a...

A breathtakingly beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels' parents receive a terrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they board the first flight to Maui and begin the...

A brilliant short novel that serves as a brave, sharp-toothed brief against letting the past devour the present' and The New York Times'Excels in its readiness to court controversy without surrendering nuance, and in place of moralising it offers questioning that's as necessary as...

A brilliantly pacy adventure story ... Ward writes like a dream'and - The Times'Fresh and urgent'and - New York Times'There's something of Faulkner to Ward's grand diction'and - Guardian_______________WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDHurricane Katrina is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the...

A budding poet and his adoring mother are the central characters of this intriguing early novel by Milan Kundera. He takes us through the young man's fantasies and love affairs in a characteristicand tour de force, alive with wit, eroticism and ideas.

A busy professional, Sheena leads the routine life of a a married woman with her husband Gaurav and one year old son Krish. Although as partners they are poles apart, their married life seems to be normal.

A buzz-worthy and ferocious horror comedy from one of the genre's most promising voices'BuzzfeedAbby Lamb has done it. She's found the Great Good in her husband, Ralph, and together they will start a family and put all the darkness in her childhood to rest....

A captivating debut about the lure of the 1930s Hollywood, in all its dangerous glamour. Irving snapped his fingers, so loudly that it echoed through the room, over all the chatting and flirting. Elsa was surprised that such a sharp, loud noise could come...

A captivating sequel to the national bestselling novel Veil of Roses. Knowing she could never be happy in Iran, Tamila Soroush took her mother's advice to "Go and wake up your luck" and joined her sister in the United States. Now, after a spur-of-the-moment...

A captivating story about friendship, making changes, and learning to live life to the fullest from SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Erica JamesA cherished home, a circle of friends and a summer that will change everything...Linston End has been the summer holiday home for three families...