On a perfect June morning, Clarissa Dalloway - fashionable, worldly, wealthy, an accomplished hostess - sets off to buy flowers for the party she will host that evening. She is preoccupied with thoughts of the present and memories of the past, and from her...

On a sunny day in 2001, Daya, a ballet student, is sitting in a park in Wales far away from her home in India. She is about to meet Aaftab, a young Muslim lawyer from Pakistan, and fall devastatingly in love. Though Aaftab battles...

On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton - former Devon farmer, now proprietor of a seaside caravan park - receives the news that his brother Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in Iraq.For Jack and his...

On his way back to Amsterdam from New Zealand Jacques Bekker's plane is delayed, giving him four unexpected hours in Sydney. On a whim he decides to look up an old girlfriend - his first love. He arrives on Monique's street just as a...

Winner of the International Dublin Literary Award'Remarkable . . . a novel about people that never loses its sense of humanity.'and Sunday Times'Zeniter's extraordinary achievement is to transform a complicated conflict into a compelling family chronicle'and Wall Street JournalNaïma has always known that her...

On the day the Herath family moves in, Sal Mal Lane is still a quiet street - but the tremors of civil war are mounting, and the conflict threatens to engulf them all. In a heart-rending novel poised between the past and the future,...

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has...

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have exactly 365 days to escape or you die. Seventeen-year-old Charley doesn't know the rules. She doesn't even know where she is. The last thing she remembers is blacking out, and when she...

On the other side of town are five brothers. . .Macon is the oldest. I've never seen him smile.Army is a single dad with beautiful green eyes.Iron will be in prison soon.Dallas is the one I hate.Trace used to be mine.I need to go...

On the side of a mountain in Sweden, six bodies have been found. Skeletons, more precisely. These bodies were buried a long time ago.And for Sebastian Bergman that just makes the investigation into who they are, who killed them, and why, even more complex....

Once and Future

Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before.Realising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all...

Once upon a time that was called 1828, before all the living things on the land and the fishes in the sea were destroyed, there was a man named William Buelow Gould, a convict in Van Dieman's Land who fell in love with a...

Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods.In this dark fairy tale, a young woman sets off to pick berries in the depths of the forest, but can't find her way home again. Or perhaps she...

Once upon a time, Michael Katakis lived in a place of big dreams, bright colours and sleight of hand. That place was America.One night, travelling where those who live within illusions should never go, he stared into the darkness and glimpsed a faded flag...

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine . . . He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes; he was only a cop...

Once, in the desert country of Miraji, there was a Sultan without an heir.The heir had been killed by his own brother, the treacherous Rebel Prince, who was consumed by jealousy and sought the throne for himself.Or so it was said by some. There...

One - she was adopted. Two - her biological parents are notorious serial killers. And now the secret's out, she's in immediate danger. Running for her life, Liv must face reality in the most brutal and terrifying way. But then she is confronted with...

One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a...

One by one the boys begin to fall... In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is...

One final letter. His last wish. Go and be with her...Beckett,If you're reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn't. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you...

One Hundred Years of Solitudeand meetsand The Kite Runnerand in Saddam Hussein's Iraq."A contemporary tragedy of epic proportions. No author is better placed than Muhsin Al-Ramli, already a star in the Arabic literary scene, to tell this story. I read it in one sitting".Hassan...

One last chance.What would you say?When the residents of a small town on Lake Michigan start receiving phone calls from the afterlife, they all become the subject of widespread attention. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken...

ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE FOREVER. An exceptional read'and The Sunday Times Vital glimmers of hope enlighten this profoundly poignant book'and GuardianA powerful and heart-breaking novel about three childhood friends living during the Second World War whose fates are closely intertwined, even when...

One night, when I am old, sick, right out of semen, and don't need things to get any worse, I hear the noises growing louder. I am sure they are making love in Zenab's bedroom which is next to mine.Waldo, a fêted filmmaker, is...

One night, you will calmly put a knife to your husband's penis and promise to cut it off. It will scare him so much that the next day, he will call his family members for a meeting in the house. He will not call...

One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.Heart-rending and darkly comic, V. S. Naipaul'sand A House for Mr Biswasand has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels, a classic that evokes a man's quest for autonomy against the backdrop of...

One of Elena Ferrante's Top 40 Books by WomenG.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black,...

One of Evelyn Waugh's most exuberant comedies,and Scoopand is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news.Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor ofand The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters....

ONE OFand LIT HUB'S TOP CRIME NOVELS OF 2023'A haunting story . . . will stay with me long after reading'and ELIZABETH LEE, author ofand Cunning Women'Completely engrossing. Unforgettable!' MARTHA CONWAY, author ofand The Physician's DaughterThe young women at Mount Holyoke College are famed...

One of Spain's richest men is dying. But as he prepares his estate, his family is shocked to discover he is making plans to give away his wealth to a young woman they have never even heard of. Who is she and what hold...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten aliveA little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem, weak and half-blind. On she stumbles...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs...

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ IN RECENT YEARS . . . PACKS A HELL OF AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH'and Adrian Tchaikovsky, author ofand Children of TimeFrom one of the most imaginative writers of her generation comes an extraordinary vision of the future.Ven was...

One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good ... A classic.'and Max PorterThe sensationaland Dutch bestseller:'Exceptional'and (Financial Times)'Exhilarating'and (Independent)'Luminous'and (Observer)'Beautifully wild'and (Guardian)'An earthy and irreverent new voice, thrillingly uninhibited'and (New York Times)I asked God if he please couldn't take my...

One of the best young writers of India-Indian Express One of the finest contemporary Malayalam writers-Mint In a cafe by the seaside, two friends, Christy Andrapper and Jesintha, witness the murder of a young man. When Christy discovers that it was Senthil, his classmate...

One of the boldest thriller writers working today'and TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled'and MICHAEL CONNELLY___________________________________The seventh Will Trent novel, from the #1 bestselling crime and thriller author.Special Agent Will Trent has something to hide. Something he doesn't want Dr Sara Linton...

One of the boldest thriller writers working today'and TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled'and MICHAEL CONNELLY_________________________________________Watch Will Trent on Disney+The fourth Will Trent novel, from the #1 bestselling crime and thriller author.When the body of a young woman is discovered at the...

One of the finest writers of his generation'and Financial TimesJungle-namaand is a wonderful illustrated verse adaptation of a fable from the Sundarbans, the legend of Bon Bibi, which lies at the heart of his noveland Gun Island.The Ganga, in her descent, or so the...

One of the funniest romcoms I've read... I fell in love...and perfect. A truly delightful debut.'- Catherine Walsh, author ofand One Night Onlyand andand The ReboundPeninaand has grown up believing the Orthodox Jewish teaching that there is one soulmate out there for everyone. But...

'One of the funniest, most subtle novels we've had about the hippy era's slow fade to black ... this may be his most affecting emotionally complex novel' (New York Times Book Review)Star has travelled to Drop City - forty-seven sun-washed acres of commune in...

One of the great American authors at work today'and New York TimesONE OF THEand NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARIt is 1951. The close-knit community of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, does not welcome those who are different.Jacob Hampton's wealthy parents disinherited him when...

'One of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINAThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.The air is unbearably tense as Armand Gamache returns to the Surete du Quebec for...

One of the most vivid, gripping and chilling first novels of recent years, and The Republic of Trees and tells the story of Michael, Louis, Alex and Isobel, four children on the edge of adolescence, who run away to the forest to establish their...

One of the world's most celebrated authors, Margaret Atwood has written a collection of smart and entertaining fictional essays, in the genre of her previous books, "Good Bones" and "Murder in the Dark". Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, delectable and tart, these highly...

One of those gorgeous books that completely lifts your spirits and restores your faith in humanity' -and Ruth Jones, co-creator ofand Gavin and Staceyand and bestselling author ofand Us Three----It was a journey they would always remember . . . for a friend they'd...

One ofand TIMEand magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All TimeA #1and New York Timesand bestseller and aand sumptuous, epic tale inspired byand A Thousand and One Nights.'A rivetingand Game of Thronesand meetsand Arabian Nightsand love story'and US WeeklyEvery dawn brings horror to a...

One part diary, one part guide to the arcane practices of the funniest creation in modern fantasy, 100% Discworld goodness. With their trademark mix of cultural ephemera, background detail and hilarious one-liners, the Discworld diaries are back. And what better way to start than...

One small act can make a big differenceViolet Strong is strong by name but not by nature, or so she thinks. She listens but never talks about herself. She's friendly but doesn't have many real friends. She's become good at keeping people at a...

One summer internship. Two complete opposites. A connection neither expected . . .Annalise Sherwoodand has worked herself to the bone to win a place on a prestigious internship, and nothing is going to stop her now. Work hard, play later - that's her motto....