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A whip-smart and charming debut novel that brilliantly reimagines Pride and Prejudice, set in contemporary Chinatown, exploring contemporary issues of class divides, family ties, cultural identity, and the pleasures and frustrations that come with falling in love. When Elizabeth Chen's...

A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love - with all its complications. Perfect for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and Rosie Danan. Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls -...

"One of the year's most compelling reads."--Washington Post "Its naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small package."--New York Times From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians, a gender...

The twisty locked-room mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author Carol Goodman, about a group of former classmates trapped on their college campus--with a murderer among them. "One of the best and smartest locked-room mysteries I've read in a long time. A...

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into the hearts of two fractured people in a world on the brink of a psychic Armageddon . . . Silence has fallen. The Psy are free to feel emotion. Free to love. But Silence was never a prison for Ivan...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024 The radical, joyful follow-up to the Goldsmiths Prize-winning Sterling Karat Gold. This is the story of Corey Fah, a writer on the cusp of a windfall,...

The thrilling adventure based on the acclaimed TV series Star Trek: Picard! Following the explosive events seen in season one of Star Trek: Picard, Raffi Musiker finds herself torn between returning to her old life as a Starfleet Intelligence officer or something a...

A unique experience. A novel in 'spindle' sonnets. A drama. An impassioned cry for a beautiful and stolen world under threat. A 'protester' who has been living in a shallow cave in the limestone cliff in front of Bathers Beach under the colonial Round House prison in...

The classic novella from Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf...

'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY 'Enthralling ... not to be missed' GUARDIAN 'A meticulously constructed marvel' WASHINGTON POST 'I wish there were more books like this' ELIF BATUMAN The return of Joseph O'Neill, with a story on...

'A new book by Juliet Marillier is always a cause for celebration ... A dark and enthralling tale of mystery, magic and romance' Kate ForsythWINNER OF THE AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL 2015The first book in the Sara Douglass Book Award-winning Blackthorn and Grim series.Embittered healer...

Now a major TV series on Prime Video The ninth novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, is slowly succumbing to the taint that the Dark...

Now a major TV series on Prime Video The eighth novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has conquered the city of Illian, struck down...

Now a major TV series on Prime Video The seventh novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. The war for humanity's survival has begun. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon...

Now a major TV series on Prime Video The tenth novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, Mat Cauthon...

It was the impossibility of him that kept her coming back.Edna gave up everything when she fell in love with an acclaimed writer, leaving Australia and moving to New York, where the publishing and literary scene was the backdrop to their secret story.When Molly, an Australian editor working in New...

Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things and Southern gothic horror. Johnny Compton brings his trademark terror and dread that readers fell in love with in The Spite House to a new roster of monsters--angels, devils, vampires-...

'Brilliant . . . it is all that Dune was, and maybe a little more' Galaxy Magazine The extraordinary sequel to Dune, the greatest science fiction novel of all time. Twelve years after his victory over House Harkonnen, Paul Atreides rules...

"Cleverly written, intriguing, and heart-wrenching." - New York Times bestselling author Jodi Meadows "An unusual focus on food only improves this intriguing coming-of-age story." - Kirkus Reviews Princess Vela's people are starving.

'Not many YA writers can combine authenticity with such tenderness, so raw at times it's painful. A unique premise told beautifully' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies (via Instagram) 'A truly extraordinary and original book. Utterly...

A beautifully moving, exquisite and utterly original love story from Carnegie-shortlisted author Jenny Valentine - for 12+ girls, boys, and everything in between. This is more than one story, more than one Now. But I'll tell it as best I can. Me? I'm Jude - like the...

A thrilling and darkly funny mystery from the acclaimed author of Ten. The members of Don't Get Mad aren't just mad anymore--they're afraid. And with Margot in a coma and Bree under house arrest, it's up to Olivia and Kitty to try to catch their deadly...

The electrifying sequel to Remade.Eighteen months have passed since the events of Remade. Leon and Freya have seen no sign of the virus, clinging on to the hope that two hard winters may have just killed it off. When news of a rescue ship arriving off the coast comes in, the pair are on the move...

Leon and his younger sister Grace have recently moved to London from New York and are struggling to settle into their new school when news of an unidentified plague in Beijing begins to fill the news. Within a week the virus hits London. They witness people in the streets turning to liquid...

'A story with great heart, and wisdom, which shows the healing power of true friendship' Ele Fountain, author of Boy 87. Written with humour and heart, Sofa Surfer looks at what it means to be homeless. Malcolm Duffy's debut novel Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.<...

The series that began with The Deceivers continues in Scammed, the second twist-filled installment from Kristen Simmons, author of Article 5 and The Glass Arrow. The stakes are higher. The cons are riskier. And nothing is what you think it is.<...

A fast-paced rite-of-passage from the bestselling author of Deadly Unna?. Growing up with the famous Bali surf at his back door, sixteen-year-old Taj had an idyllic childhood - until ten years ago when his father was arrested for smuggling drugs. He's been on death row in...