Staff Picks: Jan. 2025

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Updated January 2, 2025
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The warm hands of ghosts : a novel
Arden, Katherine
Paper Book
Discover the Sunday Times bestselling supernatural historical fantasy from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale, a spellbinding, sweeping novel set in the trenches of WW1. WATERSTONES SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Darkly...
The water knife
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Paper Book
From the international bestselling author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning The Windup Girl, comes an electrifying thriller set in a world on the edge of collapse. WATER IS POWER The American Southwest has been decimated by drought, Nevada and Arizona...
Floating hotel
Curtis, Grace
Paper Book
'Smart, bold and so much fun . . . I'm officially a member of the Grace Curtis fan club' AMIE KAUFMAN The Grand Budapest Hotel in space, Floating Hotel is a hopeful story of misfits, rebels and found family, perfect for fans of Becky Chambers,...
Clear : a novel
Davies, Carys
Paper Book
A wondrous tale of bonds forged when two men are pitted against each other on a remote island during the Highland Clearances, from the prize-winning author of West.
Seven stones to stand or fall : a collection of Outlander fiction
Gabaldon, Diana
Paper Book
Previously published as A Trail of Fire. Includes two never-published-before short stories from the bestselling author of the Outlander series. Featuring all the characters you've come to love from the Outlander series, this brilliant collection of short stories throws...
The year of the witching
Henderson, Alexis
Paper Book
The Handmaid's Tale meets The Village in this stunning feminist debut . . . Shortlisted for the GoodReads Choice Awards 2020 for Best Debut Novel and Best Horror Novel . . . 'Thrillingly brisk and bracing . . . it takes the best tropes of...
Ordinary grace : a novel
Krueger, William Kent.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a...
Nothing without me : a novel
Monks Takhar, Helen
Paper Book
Fame is a deadly game... Even if you win, you lose. The dark, razor-sharp new thriller from the author of That Woman and Such a Good Mother. 'A whip-smart thriller about the price of fame' My Weekly 'Plunges readers into the cutthroat world of Hollywood,...
Spinning silver
Novik, Naomi
Paper Book
'I couldn't put it down'- Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight trilogy Rumours have drawn unexpected attention - and now her life hangs in the balance. From the author of the award-winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver is a rich, original tale...
The au pair
Rous, Emma
Paper Book
***COSMOPOLITAN 'BOOKS OF 2019 TO BRING TO YOUR BOOKCLUB'*** ***NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*** 'Entrancing, compelling, atmospheric, reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier. A beautiful read...
The lost bookshop
Woods, Evie
Paper Book

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