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Updated March 5, 2026
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years--an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss<...
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Dream Count
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Paper Book
'Reads like a feminist War and Peace. A magnificent novel' SUNDAY TIMES 'A complex, multi-layered beauty of a book. Extraordinary' NEW STATESMAN THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER; LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 A publishing event...
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Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon
Paper Book
A private eye is catapulted on to a continent-hopping journey that proves difficult to escape. 'A masterpiece... A vintage tale of adventure' Daily Telegraph 'Swing bands, spies and surreal danger... A wild ride' i Paper ...
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Flashlight
Susan Choi
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026 A moment is all it takes to shatter a family. The echoes last a lifetime... 'Ferociously smart and full of surprises...
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The Paris Express
Emma Donoghue
Paper Book
In this riveting historical thriller, a deadly plot unfolds aboard a train hurtling towards Paris. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue takes you on a heart-pounding ride in The Paris Express. 'Ratchets up the pace until it's...
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The Listeners
Maggie Stiefvater
Paper Book
A beguiling, powerful and heartbreaking novel from an exceptional voice in fiction, The Listeners is the story of ordinary people thrown together in extraordinary circumstances, and the things we do to survive. 'Cinematic and so very satisfying... a phenomenally...
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Heartwood
Amity Gaige
Paper Book
'Fast-paced and full of grace . . . a memorable meditation on the forms of care' SARAH MOSS 'An unforgettable treat' JANICE HALLETT 'An absolute must-read' ELIN HILDEBRAND 'One of my favourite recent reads' BARBARA KINGSOLVER,...
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These Days
Lucy Caldwell
Paper Book
From 'one of Ireland's most essential writers' (Sunday Times) comes the exquisite story of two sisters trying to survive in life and love against the backdrop of the Belfast Blitz.
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What We Can Know
Ian McEwan
Paper Book
**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 quest, a literary...
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The Homemade God
Rachel Joyce
Paper Book
Family is everything, even when it falls apart. Discover the brand-new novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author. AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'The perfect holiday read ...There's a new heft and grandeur, not only in the...
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The Phoenix Pencil Company
Allison King
Paper Book
'Absorbing' GUARDIAN 'Magical' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Suspenseful' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Wildly inventive' LIZ MOORE A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK In this dazzling debut novel, a young reclusive coder unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a legacy...
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Helm
Sarah Hall
Paper Book
A Guardian, Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Independent, BBC and Daily Mail Book of the Year 'Vital, fierce and free.' Financial Times 'Incandescently good.' Sarah Perry 'Pulsing with life and lyricism.'...
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My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende
Paper Book
'A spellbinding masterpiece' SANTA MONTEFIORE'Isabel Allende is a literary treasure' KRISTIN HANNAH 'A captivating novel of love and war from one of our most revered storytellers' KATE MORTON The new historical novel from literary legend Isabel...
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Will There Ever Be Another You: A Novel
Patricia Lockwood
Paper Book
'I'm always happy to go into her zany vortex' Lorde 'This was my most anticipated book of the year, and it did not disappoint!' R. F. Kuang, author of Katabasis and Yellowface **A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE OBSERVER, GQ...
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A Family Matter
Claire Lynch
Paper Book
**WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025** No one need know about her mother's deviation A mother following her heart A father with the law on his side A child caught in the middle 'I'll be thinking about it...
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Seduction Theory: A Novel
Emily Adrian
Paper Book
'A SHARP, CLEVER STORY OF TWO MISBEHAVING ACADEMICS' SUNDAY TIMES 'THE MOST FUN I HAVE HAD WITH A NOVEL IN YEARS' MEGAN NOLAN 'SO EMOTIONALLY HONEST, CLEVER AND SEXY' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON Love and marriage - and...
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Circle of Days
Ken Follett
Paper Book
'Monumentally epic . . . a superb novel' LEE CHILD 'A tour de force' PETER JAMES From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A...
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We Love You, Bunny
Mona Awad
Paper Book
The highly-anticipated follow up to the viral sensation Bunny, a brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud funny, dark and delirious novel set in the Bunny-verse - a world that Margaret Atwood declared 'soooo genius'. In the cult classic novel Bunny,...
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Bad Nature
Ariel Courage
Paper Book
What would killing him accomplish? Nothing, mostly. Then again, neither would letting him live. When Hester is diagnosed with cancer on her fortieth birthday, she knows immediately what she must do: abandon her possessions and drive to California to...
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The Book of Records
Madeleine Thien
Paper Book
The remarkable new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, which leaps across centuries past and future as if different eras were separated by only a door.
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Ripeness
Sarah Moss
Paper Book
'The achievement of a lifetime' - Jessie Burton, author of The House of Fortune 'A book of lasting pleasures' - Eleanor Catton, Booker Prize-winning author of Birnam Wood 'A powerful and beautifully written story of family, friendship and identity' - Guardian<...
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The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories
Salman Rushdie
Paper Book
Dazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour. 'Salman...
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Speak to Me of Home
Jeanine Cummins
Paper Book
From the internationally bestselling author of American Dirt, comes a heartfelt, multigenerational family story which asks: what does it mean to call a place home? 'A big swooning romance... delectable' The Times 'A riveting tale of three generations...
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