"Everything you would expect from Collins is here: fraught teenage love; plenty of violence... the themes of friendship, betrayal, authority and oppression will please and thrill"and The Guardian"It works beautifully... please don't make us wait another decade"and The TimesAmbition will fuel him.Competition will drive...

"Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett's fiction."--New York Times Book ReviewAward-winning,and New York Timesand bestselling author Ann Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. Infusing the narrative with the same...

First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later. In 1956, Dell Parsons' family came to a stop in Great Falls, Montana, the way many military families did following the war. His father, Bev, was a talkative, plank-shouldered...

"For the first time in many years, the Tressian Republic and the Hadari Empire are at peace. But darkness never sleeps. In Tregard, Empress Melanna Saranal struggles to protect a throne won at great cost. In Tressia, Lord Protector Viktor Droshna seeks to restore...

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"From a perfect life to puke and strife, Georgia Madden nails the reality of what happens when a fashionista attempts to accessorise with a small child." Wendy Squires,and Ageand columnist and author"Confessions of a Once Fashionable Mumand is real, endearing and blisteringly funny. A...

"From the national bestselling and highly acclaimed author of "The Outside Boy "comes the deeply moving story of two mothers--witty, self-deprecating Majella, who is shocked by her entry into motherhood in modern-day New York, and her ancestor, tough and terrified Ginny Doyle, whose battles...

"Georgia and Lydia are so close, they're practically sisters.So when Lydia starts an online business that struggles, Georgia wants to help her - but Lydia's not the kind to accept a handout. Setting up a fake Twitter account, Georgia hopes to give her friend...

"Glorious!" Lucy Strange, author of Sisters of the Lost MarshPerfect for fans of Abi Elphinstone and Sophie AndersonThere is nothing more dangerous than magic...Eleven-year-old Erskin is used to danger; she lives in the shadow of Mountainfell, a place of wild creatures and dangerous magic....

"Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh andamp; Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband Hank was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken-hearted but determined to continue the business...

"Highly recommended" Sunday Times"Utterly captivating" Woman and Home"Sympathetic and clear-eyed" Financial Times Summer Reads of 2021"Unfailingly impressive" Irish Times"Sparse and precise" Telegraph"A beautiful novel of what it is to be a women in modern Europe" New European"An intelligent study of female desire, ambition and...

"Home Front is Hannah's crowning achievement."-The Huffington Post In this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war. All marriages have a...

"How did it end up like this? Twenty-seven, unemployed, mistaken for a drug addict, in a treatment centre in the back arse of nowhere with an empty Valium bottle in my knickers . . . ' Meet Rachel Walsh. She has a pair of...

"Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist."One dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant!Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant (the BFG), who is no ordinary bone-crunching giant,...

"If this is madness," she whispered almost against his lips, "drown me in it."Corvina Clemm is a woman with secrets. The last thing she expects to receive is an admission letter from the University of Verenmore, a place just as secretive.A castle atop a...

A masterful whodunnit, perfectly paced and expertly plotted, that had me guessing all the way through. Likeand Desperate Housewivesand with bite. I loved it and couldn't put it down.'and C L TaylorThe gripping new thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author ofand The Couple...

"I'm so starry-eyed for this wise, romantic gem of a book." - Becky Albertalli, bestselling author ofand Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaCal wants to be a journalist, and he's already well underway with almost half a million followers on his FlashFame app and...

"In Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister. It's a cautionary tale, about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers and go into the Baxter's Tunnels. When she's grown, Lala lives on the beach with her husband,...

"In Other Rooms, Other Wonders" illuminates a place and people as it describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. Servants, masters, peasants and socialites, all inextricably bound to each other, confront the advantages and constraints of their station, the dissolution of...

"In your heart of hearts, if you didn't have to choose, would you?" The deal is simple: all nineteen-year-old student Cecilia Horner has to do is survive a year in the small town of Triple Falls, living with her estranged father and working at...

"It all happened so quickly. First, animals became infected with the virus and their meat became poisonous. Then, governments initiated the Transition. Now, 'special meat' - human meat - is legal. Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans only no one calls them...

"It's 2008, and the rise of Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He's eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She has...

"January isn't the season for the seaside, but the big Fire and Ice festival is keeping bookstore owner Addie busy. Amid the plans for a fireworks display and an ice-carving competition, she's also dog sitting for a friend in the hospital. When Addie goes...

"Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler, and Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury."--Laila Lalami, Los Angeles Times From the author of Gate of the Sun and "one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab World"...

"Margie Kelly Breaks the Dress Code is fiercely smart, funny, and feminist. This thoughtful novel should be handed to every middle schooler." -Brandy Colbert, award-winning author ofand The Only Black Girls in TownA timely and necessary novel about one girl's fight against gender inequality...

"MARIO PUZO'S FIRST ACCLAIMED NOVEL, BEFORE HIS CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, THE GODFATHER. AN ASTOUNDING STORY OF CORRUPTION AND BETRAYAL. Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. But he has...

"My name is unimportant, but you can call me Jack. I'm a musician by choice, a magician by profession, and a bastard by disposition. I'd been doing the magic thing for about five years when they found me. They said I had a talent,...

"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER From Janet Evanovich, #1""bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, bestselling author and television writer for "Monk, "comes the first adventure in an electrifying series featuring an FBI agent who always gets her man, and a fearless...

"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER "First-rate suspense."--"People" " " Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB banded together to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabal of power brokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieve worldwide economic domination. Now...

"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, "BOOKPAGE, "AND "SHELF AWARENESS" "" Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of "The Paris Wife" will be captivated by "Circling...

"Nicholas Shakespeare's collected stories take us around the globe and into the intimate lives of his characters and the dilemmas and temptations they face. The opening novella, 'Oddfellows', tells the little-known history of the only enemy attack on Australian soil during the Great War,...

"No one understands the misery and hilarity of being alive better than Lucie Britsch ... Writing like this takes talent and the most tender of hearts."and JEAN KYOUNG FRAZIER, author of PIZZA GIRLAll her life, Susan's loved ones have been hiding a terrible secret...

"None of this is real and all of it is true." --Jim CarreyMeet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege--but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even . . . getting fat? He's...

"One of the best collections I've ever read. Every single story is a standout."---Roxane Gay"Fuses science, myth, and imagination into a dark and gorgeous series of questions about our current predicaments."---Anthony Doerr, author ofand All the Light We Cannot See"Strange and wonderful . ....

"Originally hand-printed at her Hogarth Press in Richmond, Monday or Tuesday is the only collection of short stories that Virginia Woolf published during her lifetime, providing a fascinating insight into the early stages of development of themes that would blossom in her later masterpieces....

"People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?"Fall in love with the precocious Anne Shirley all over again! Filled with interactive wheels and pull-tabs, and lavishly...

"Professional assassin John Lago faces off against his deadliest adversary yet--his wife. At the end of The Intern's Handbook, John tracks down his nemesis Alice but instead of putting a bullet in her head, he puts a ring on her finger and marries her....

"RAMPANT is a thrilling read, with strong girls, unusual and scary unicorns, and hidden dangers everywhere. I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish! Please, miss: might I have some more?"--Tamora Pierce"Tired of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Try Astrid the...

"Read this one, reread it, and then hug it to your chest." --Becky Albertalli, #1and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaDebut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people...

"Reader, hang on for dear life.and Sawkill Girlsand is a wild, gorgeous, and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie, and power." --Sarah Gailey, author ofand River of Teeth"An eerie, atmospheric assertion of female strength." --Mindy McGinnis, author ofand The Female of the SpeciesFrom...

"Rejection? It's nothing to be afraid of a Maybe you avoid situations where you might be rejected. You don't apply for that dream job. You don't ask for that pay rise. You don't ask that person on a date. But it doesn't have to...

"She is his Juliet and he is her Romeo, and her family has threatened to kill them both..."This is the heartrending account of Zakia and Mohammad Ali, a couple from opposing ethnic sects, who defying their society's norms have left behind everything they know...

"Solo "is a wonder an exploration of memory, a window on a country and region mysterious to the West even in the twentieth century, a keen study of human love and failure. Elizabeth Kostova, author of "The Historian" With imaginative audacity and lyrical brilliance,...

"The Broken Dreams" is book 3 of "The Coming Out Series", a Family Saga about a boy and his struggle to deal with life as a gay man. Logan is an a young gay man whose life has had nothing but tragedy. He and...

"THE HEART'S COMPASS: NAVIGATING DREAMS" In the vibrant heart of Said Manzil, Ali's early life was shaped by both profound loss and the comforting embrace of a close-knit community. As he navigated his journey from childhood into adulthood, the routines of mundane jobs failed...

"The Peacock in the Chicken Run" is a tightly-structured 'long short' story of what happens when a cross-section of the Indian diaspora in the UK are deplaned on their way 'home' to Bombay to which they were headed with diverse, and momentous, objectives. London's...

"The Queue ...and has drawn comparisons to Western classics like George Orwell'sand 1984and andand The Trialand by Franz Kafka. It represents a new wave of dystopian and surrealist fiction from Middle Eastern writers who are grappling with the chaotic aftermath and stinging disappointments of...

"The simmering menace and mystery kept me absolutely gripped...a smoldering novel that I could not put down."and --Jennifer Saint, author ofand Ariadne"Rebeccaand meetsand The Secret History:and gloriously dark, gloriously Gothic." --Sara Collins, bestselling author ofand The Confessions of Fannie LangtonNamed a Best Book of...

"There are few writers able to sustain the solid mixture of detection, narrative energy and cultural observations that one finds in Grafton." -- Washington Post Book World "M" is for money. Lots of it. "M" is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that...

"These wittily illustrated stories of mishaps, hurt feelings, fondness and friendship have a transporting quality, ideal for 5+."and GuardianBear and Bird are best friends! And while they don't always understand each other, they both agree: all they want is to make the other happy....