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* LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 * * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK MARCH 2025 * 'A gripping, Kafkaesque foray into an all-too-plausible future' JENNIFER EGAN'So cleverly conceived, so relevant, that everyone should read it and...

For fans of Station Eleven or Birnam Wood a literary novel with a dystopian world as its setting and at its heart is a human story about compassion in times of great adversity. 'An astonishing work of art...This is the kind of book that changes you, that leaves you seeing more...

One summer's day in 2056 in the mountains of southern France, a warning siren goes off- inside the belly of the receding glacier above the spa-centre village, a large pocket of water is about to give way-just as it did 150 years earlier. Hundreds of people died in the floods that followed.

'Joelle Taylor has a Midas touch with words' Diana SouhamiA Cosmo best books to look forward to in 2024 pick'A glorious jewel of a novel' Sophie Ward'Exhilarating, profoundly beautiful and exquisitely written' Salena Godden'A mesmerising debut from...

Two estranged sisters reconnect in the aftermath of ecological and social collapse, in this work of suspenseful, deeply human literary speculative fiction. They drift in their sleep, waiting for something. The end of the world, or another escape. But the world is still here. There's no...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD 2025** 'McEwan's most richly layered work' Sunday Times 'A gripping page-turner' Observer 'A daring, beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart' Elif Shafak 'A big, unabashed crowd-pleaser' ...

Borges meets Isabel Waidner and Mariana Enriquez in this punk dystopia which introduces a bold, brilliant new voice from Argentina

** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ** 'Lord of the Flies meets Love Island - dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted' LOUISE O'NEILL 'So gripping and propulsive that it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' TORREY PETERS 'THIS is...

Camille is a keeper at the last zoo in the world, on Alcatraz Island. Reserved around humans, she is happy to spend her days caring for chimpanzees and tree frogs, and a magnificent, restless jaguar, while outside nature crumbles. Resistance groups and brutal cartels are fighting to shape the world...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN Abi keeps them safe. One hundred and twenty-two islanders and their three beloved scientists live in harmony, kept safe from a poisonous security barrier with the help...

'Surprising, ferocious and stubbornly full of heart.' Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town 'Books of this calibre are hard to find, especially from debut authors. ' Alicia Guiney, Readings 'An original and powerful thriller....

WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE COURIER-MAIL PEOPLE''S CHOICE QUEENSLAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD ''Sharlene Allsopp''s The Great Undoing is groundbreaking storytelling -...

Wellness, motherhood, and technology converge in a near future California, as three women's seemingly innocuous decisions have further-reaching consequences than any of them could imagine in this timely, clever, and white-knuckled thriller. In 2060, the WellPod is the latest...

When Esther wakes with a breathing tube down her throat, she has no idea where she is or how she got there. In terrible physical condition, Esther is tended to by Grace, the only other person in the building. In the half-consciousness of her recovery, Esther is desperate to get back to...

A moving story of isolation and mankind's connection with nature, perfect for fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Jon McGregor.Sarah wakes up one morning feeling that something big, something irrevocable has happened. To the small island community of Black Crag, it seems as though the rest of...

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men-friends since boyhood-who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage...

A powerful literary page-turner about two young people in a race against time to reach a monumental solar eclipse, from famed Australian novelist Inga Simpson'We haven't always lived like this . . .' Kris grew up by an observatory, learning about telescopes and planets, inspired by the...

O brave new world, that has such people in't. Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house. What does it mean? It's a truism of our time that it'll be the next...

From critically acclaimed, prize-winning author Helen Phillips comes an urgent, compelling and deeply human novel that asks: how do we raise our children for a future that is unknown, that we can't see ourselves?

In the near future, in Reykavik, in a world like our own, society is divided about the controversial Empathy Test, which measures an individual's capacity for compassion and identifies anti-social behaviour in citizens. Two thirds of the country, including public servants and politicians, have...

There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside. The Morningside was once the jewel of Island City. But now the luxury high-rise is crumbling and Island City is half-underwater. The building's newest resident is...

From Hugo Award nominated author comes a high-octane post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Manhattan. Years ago, Tomorrow - a noxious cloud of funky gas - descended on Manhattan, cutting the island off from the rest of the world and mutating the remaining population. ...

A powerful and important novel with a crucial and timely feminist message, from the Stella Prize-shortlisted author of Little Gods.

A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, and an unforgettable dystopian vision of a familiar world in flames Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize 2024A Spectator Book of the Year 2024 'Impossible to put down' Daily...

'A masterful story for the ages . . . a book to hold close in the whip of hot wind, to commiserate with, to sing with. To read and weep.' TARA JUNE WINCH, GUARDIAN 'A hold-your-breath adventure set in an utterly plausible, sun-hammered future, JUICE will stab your...

Thirty years from now and the effects of climate change are overwhelming the planet - but so are the global efforts to combat it. For young Americans a generation from now, climate change isn't controversial, it's a fact of life. But there are still...

A New York Times Notable Book "This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting." --Stephen King From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future...

'A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers' William Boyd 'Surefooted and emotionally generous ... A serious achievement' Guardian 'Masterful' Telegraph 'A...

'Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.' STEPHEN KING*****The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives,...

THE THRILLER THAT EVERYONE IS RAVING ABOUT THIS SUMMER 'Absolutely show-stopping' JANICE HALLETT'Unputdownable' SOPHIE HANNAH'So intense! So gripping!' B.P. WALTER'A tour-de-force' CHRIS WHITAKER'Wow!' CHRISTINA DALCHER'Enthralling...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick Libby Book Award Winner for Best Diverse Author In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious...

A crashed coach full of students. A stuck cable car full of strangers. An isolated chalet full of friends. A killer snowstorm outside. Inside one group, a killer. But which one? And why is no rescue coming? How did they become trapped? And what were...

'Impossible to put down' - Alex Michaelides, author of The Fury What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept thriller from bestselling author of The One, John Marrs. 'A page-turning and...

"One of the best dystopian writers right now, but this Antigone retelling takes it all to the next level." Cosmopolitan Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end. ...

What is the point of inventing stories when reality eclipses imagination? A little way off in the future, during a time of plague and profound social collapse, a group of friends escapes to a house in the country where they entertain themselves by playing music, eating, drinking...

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR LOVE. WELCOME TO THE KILLING GROUND. 'America's new Hunger Games' Sunday Times 'So good. This one is from the heart' Stephen King 'Brutal, thrilling, devastating and beautiful' The Times ...

'Nick Harkaway novels are electric' Patrick Ness, author of A MONSTER CALLS 'Cross-genre brilliance' William Gibson, author of AGENCY 'Captivating from start to finish' The Big Issue Cal Sounder is a detective working for the...

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 WINNER OF THE 2024 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE * SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 * SHORTLISTED FOR THE STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE * SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK...

Julia is a bold feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four that goes beyond Winston Smith's story to finally reveal what life in Oceania was like for women

  , 'These are troubling times. The world is a dangerous place,' the voice of the Chairman said. 'I can continue to assure you of this: within the Wall you are perfectly safe.' Christine could not sleep, she could not wake, she could not think. She stared, half...

An uncompromising and compelling feminist Western for readers of The Natural Way of Things.

THE REESE WITHERSPOON OCTOBER BOOK CLUB PICK'Governments are right to fear words. They can change hearts and topple tyrannies....It's impossible not to be moved by Margaret Miu's courage, or to applaud her craftiness...And Bird is a brave and believable character, who gives us a relatable portal...

'A compulsive, claustrophobic but wonderfully compassionate read, beautifully written and set within a brilliantly realised world. Rachelle Atalla is a major talent and I can't wait to see where her mind goes next' KIRSTIN INNES, AUTHOR OF SCABBY QUEEN'An unflinching portrayal of what...

Set in the near future - during a time of plummeting fish stocks, toxic algae blooms and jellyfish swarms - The Good Captain follows a group of radical environmentalists committed to a mission of extreme civil disobedience against the powers threatening to destroy the last of the world's marine life...

"2026 and individual freedoms are severely curtailed, and state surveillance is everywhere. State Security has a Watch List, and being on it means that nothing you do or say escapes the authorities, but does the Kill List really exist? And if it does, how would you know if you were on it? Coded...

The dazzling new novel from the acclaimed author of The Heavens asks: what if the price of a better world was losing the person you love?

'GRIPPING AND POIGNANT' RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things 'CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ' PRIMA Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like just another morning. ...

Soon to be a film from Netflix and Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow. 'Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down' Stephen King 'Forget a good night's sleep. Aurora is epic' Linwood Barclay ...

Spanning a century, The Immortal King Rao tells an epic story about power, modernity and family lineage, and introduces a bold new voice.

A NEW YORKER "ESSENTIAL READ" A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, VOGUE, AND NPR "Perhaps Hamid's most remarkable work yet ... an extraordinary vision of human possibility." -Ayad Akhtar, author...

Named a book of the year 2022 by the Sunday Times, The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, New Statesman, BBC and Waterstones 'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review ...

'Killer. That's the accusation they flung at me and days later I still felt debased by it, and besmirched. This is where my story begins. Where the seeds of uncertainty that I'd so long shut my eyes to, began to take root.' So begins Claris Millar's account of her struggles to first abide by the law...

A fallen regime. A missing child. A chance at freedom.By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, Poster Girl is a haunting adult dystopian mystery that explores the expanding role of surveillance on society - an inescapable reality that we welcome all...

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence | Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | Selected as One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year! In this New York Times...

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award'Imagined with an impressively detailed three-dimensional solidity' Sunday Times'I loved it ... You could feel the chill of the wind ... Fantastic; it's a great book' Sara...

'Shocking and satisfying ...a compelling, absorbingly different quest fantasy' Guardian 'An utterly original novel from an extraordinarily creative mind' Karin Slaughter 'Unique and fearless' Mark Billingham 'I inhaled it! It's...

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE OPRAH DAILY''S BEST BOOKS OF 2022From the author of the classic A LITTLE LIFE, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. In an alternate version of...

Zero Dark Thirty meets The Social Network in this "clever...gritty" (Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings) science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near future dominated by the gig economy--from Hugo Award nominee S.B. Divya.<...

In the not-so-distant world Evans conjures we find advanced technology, a gender expansive culture, and a roving Burning Man-like city fuelled by hedonistic excess. This powerful debut novel from Robert Evans is based on his investigative reporting from international conflict zones and on...

Britain is awash, the sea creeps into the land, brambles and forest swamp derelict towns. Food production has moved overseas and people are forced to move to the cities for work. The countryside is empty. A chorus, the herd voice of feral cows, wander this newly wild land watching over changing...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2021* *WINNER OF THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS FOR FICTION* 'Captivating and unique' STYLIST 'A terrific debut' SUNDAY TIMES 'A novel that has stayed with me for weeks afterwards . ....

The sensational new novel from the author of The History of Bees  Translated into 36 languages, winner of the Norwegian Bookseller's Prize, and the most successful Norwegian author of her generation, Maja Lunde returns with a heart-wrenching tale, set in the...