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Updated February 9, 2024
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Adebayo, Ayobami
Paper Book
This Nigerian debut is the heart-breaking tale of what wanting a child can do to a person, a marriage and a family; a powerful and vivid story of what it means to love not wisely but too well.
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A long petal of the sea : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
_______________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER _______________ 'A powerful love story spanning generations... Full of ambition and humanity' - Sunday Times 'One...
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Djinn patrol on the purple line : a novel
Anappara, Deepa
Paper Book
'Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer 'I love this book...I just fell into it' Tayari Jones We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see.<...
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A passage north : a novel
Arudpragasam, Anuk
Paper Book
From a prize-winning Sri Lankan author, a story of age and youth, loss and survival that builds into a magisterial reckoning with mortality.
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The republic of false truths
Aswa?ni?, ?Ala??
Paper Book
'Al Aswany is a voice worth hearing from a country of which we know far too little.' - Sunday Times
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Catch the rabbit
Bastas?ic?, Lana
Paper Book
A moving story about loss, forgetting and female friendship: two women on a roadtrip across Bosnia head towards a lost brother and a collision with the lies they've told themselves about where they're from.Sara lives in Dublin with her partner Michael, their avocado plant, and a naturist...
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Better the blood
Bennett, Michael
Paper Book
'A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Māori culture' Val McDermid A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH. A KILLER IN SEARCH OF RETRIBUTION. A CLASH BETWEEN CULTURE AND DUTY. THE PAST NEVER TRULY STAYS BURIED. WELCOME TO...
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Dirty laundry : a novel
Bose, Disha
Paper Book
Keep your friends close and your neighbours closer... Ciara has it all - a loving husband, well-behaved children and an immaculate home. But behind the filters, her reality is far from what it seems. Mishti is stuck in a loveless marriage, raising her...
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Saha : a novel
Cho, Nam-ju
Paper Book
From the author of international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 ''Cho's complex, humane, and by its end utterly transfixing novel shows that it is in community that we find resilience.' i newspaper 'Like Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award...
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The confessions of Frannie Langton
Collins, Sara
Paper Book
They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done? 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs...
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All our shimmering skies : a novel
Dalton, Trent
Paper Book
'The most extraordinary writer - a rare talent' NIKKI GEMMELL, internationally bestselling author 'A lyrical and mesmerising mythic quest story' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Extravagantly beautiful writing' ADELAIDE ADVERTISER 'Unputdownable' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 1942 - Japanese...
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The girl with the louding voice : a novel
DareÌ, Abi
Paper Book
***Out now: Abi Daré's new novel AND SO I ROAR*** 'Unforgettable' New York Times 'Impressive' Observer 'Remarkable' Independent 'Important' Guardian 'Captivating' Mirror 'Luminous' Daily Mail '...
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Burnt sugar
Doshi, Avni
Paper Book
In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, took a hapless artist for a lover, rebelled against every social expectation of a good Indian woman - all with her young child in tow. Years on, she is an old woman with a fading memory, mixing up her maid's wages...
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The wren, the wren : a novel
Enright, Anne
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024** Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how vast her mother's loneliness had been. 'A magnificent novel'...
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Kairos
Erpenbeck, Jenny
Paper Book
From an internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning author: this is a story of love and betrayal set in Berlin during the years before and after the fall of the Wall.
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Of women and salt
Garcia, Gabriela
Paper Book
The New York Times Bestseller 'Extraordinary . . . stunning' - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory 'Vivid details, visceral prose and strong willful women' - Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana 'Vivid, engrossing, luminous' -<...
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Red queen
GoÌmez-Jurado, Juan
Paper Book
Now an Amazon Prime Original series, Red Queen is the first in Juan Gómez-Jurado's internationally bestselling thriller series, translated by Nick Caistor. Winner of the Cognac Prize 2022 with more than two million copies sold in Spain alone. Sunday Times - Best...
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Enter ghost
Hammad, Isabella
Paper Book
A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine 'Magnificent' OBSERVER 'Different to anything else being written right now in English' SUNDAY TIMES 'A pretty flawless writer' THE TIMES...
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The mercies : a novel
Hargrave, Kiran Millwood
Paper Book
The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick. For readers of Circe and The Handmaid's Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful. Winter, 1617...
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The world and all that it holds
Hemon, Aleksandar
Paper Book
As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father. It's not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but...
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The Stationery Shop
Kamali, Marjan.
Paper Book
Pre-order THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal and redemption, coming November 2024. *** If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran ***<...
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Age of vice
Kapoor, Deepti
Paper Book
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED OPRAH DAILY PICK FOR 2023 'Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga' JAKE ARNOTT, GUARDIAN 'Huge, epic, immersive and absorbing . . . certain to be a book of the year'...
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The seven moons of Maali Almeida : a novel
Karunatilaka, Shehan
Paper Book
An epic, searing satire by Sri Lanka's coolest author.
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Breasts and eggs
Kawakami, Mieko
Paper Book
A beguiling novel about three women struggling to determine their own lives in contemporary Tokyo. 'Breathtaking' - Haruki Murakami author of Norwegian Wood A New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year' and one of Elena Ferrante's 'Top 40 Books by...
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Lightseekers
Kayode, Femi (Fiction writer)
Paper Book
Selected as a Best Crime Novel of the Month by The Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Irish Times. Chosen as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month 'Lightseekers is the type of...
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The old woman with the knife : a novel
Ku, PyÅng-mo
Paper Book
Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. A fighter who has experienced loss and grief early on in life, she lives in a state of self-imposed isolation, with just her dog, Deadweight, for company. While on an assassination job for the 'disease control'...
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Grey bees
Kurkov, AndreÄ
Paper Book
Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatises the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. "A warm and surprisingly funny book from Ukraine's greatest living novelist" Charlie Connelly, New European Books of the Year ...
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The colony
Magee, Audrey
Paper Book
The clarity of Colm Toibin's prose is blended with the emotional truth of Anne Enright in this stand-out new novel of belonging and loss.
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The Centre
Manazir Siddiqi, Ayesha
Paper Book
'Absolutely stunning . . .thrilling and unique' - GILLIAN FLYNN'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - EMMA STONEX'A banger!' - CHELSEA G SUMMERSWelcome to The Centre. You'll never be the same . . . Anisa Ellahi spends her days writing subtitles for Bollywood films in her London flat, all...
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The god of good looks : a novel
Mc Ivor, Breanne
Paper Book
Sometimes you need to clash to make an impact. Bianca Bridge is like an eyeshadow palette. She's a vibrant kaleidoscope of big personality and even bigger dreams, with a tendency towards messiness and fallout. Case in point- ruining her career prospects and hopes of...
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Silver nitrate
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
'Like its namesake, Silver Nitrate catches fire and doesn't stop burning until the end' The Washington Post 'Perfection. No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia' Kiersten White, author of...
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Ghost wall
Moss, Sarah
Paper Book
A masterclass in the art of the short, unnerving novel; a story of forbidden borders, haunted landscapes and bodies in danger.
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The bee sting
Murray, Paul
Paper Book
The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car dealership is going under, and while his wife is frantically selling off her jewellery on eBay, he's busy building an apocalypse-proof bunker in the woods. Meanwhile their teenage daughter is veering off the rails, in thrall to a toxic...
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The mountains sing : a novel
Nguye??n, Phan Que?? Mai
Paper Book
THE BESTSELLING STORY OF TWO GENERATIONS OF WOMEN WHOSE LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER BY THE VIET NAM WAR 'An epic account of Viet Nam's painful 20th-century history, both vast in scope and intimate in its telling... Moving and riveting.' Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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The queen of Dirt Island
Ryan, Donal
Paper Book
Discover the emotional, bestselling novel about four generations of women and the stories that bind them, from the Booker longlisted author Of Strange Flowers. 'One of the finest novelists writing today... a haunting, exquisite masterpiece.' RACHEL...
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The island of missing trees
Shafak, Elif
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK ***** You don't fall in love in Cyprus in the summer of 1974. Not here, not now. In 1974, two...
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Quiet in her bones
Singh, Nalini
Paper Book
'AN UNSETTLING THRILLER' BOOKLIST 'LUSHLY WRITTEN' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In this gripping New Zealand thriller, New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes you into the twisted world of an exclusive cul-de-sac. When socialite...
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Bolla
Statovci, Pajtim
Paper Book
The internationally award-winning novel of passion, war, migration - and a destructive forbidden attraction between two men.
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Everyone in my family has killed someone
Stevenson, Benjamin
Paper Book
A HILARIOUS TALE SURE TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES THIS CHRISTMAS . . . 'The best thing I've read in ages' STUART MACBRIDE 'Fun, witty and exciting. This is not one to miss!' 5***** READER REVIEW 'A must-read for every fan of the mystery genre' JANE...
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Young Mungo : a novel
Stuart, Douglas
Paper Book
Selected as one of The Oprah Daily's Best Books of 2022From Booker-prizewinner Douglas Stuart an extraordinary, page-turning second novel, a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.Born under different stars,...
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The house of doors : a novel
Tan, Twan Eng
Paper Book
The anticipated novel from the Booker-shortlisted author exploring love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang
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Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Tokarczuk, Olga
Ebook
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The covenant of water : a novel
Verghese, Abraham
Paper Book
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith and medicine, set in Kerala, South India.
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Songs for the flames : stories
Vásquez, Juan Gabriel
Paper Book
"Like Bolaño, Vásquez is a master stylist and a virtuoso of patient pacing and intricate structure" LEV GROSSMAN, Time Magazine "Juan Gabriel Vásquez . . . has succeeded García Márquez as the literary grandmaster of Colombia" ARIEL DORFMAN,...
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Heart sutra : a novel
Yan, Lianke
Paper Book
Multi-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist' (New Yorker) -- returns with a campus novel like no other following a young Buddhist as she journeys through worldly temptation To tell the truth, religious...
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The art of losing
Zeniter, Alice
Paper Book
Naïma has always known that her family came from Algeria - but up until now, that meant very little to her. Born and raised in France, her knowledge of that foreign country is limited to what she's learned from her grandparents' tiny flat in a crumbling French sink estate: the food cooked for her,...
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