Fiction books

Product Description From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing c...

The Quiet Masterpiece of American Literature William Stoner is an unassuming, intensely private man born into a struggling farm family in rural Mis...

Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most pow...

Review One of the most addictive thrillers I've read this year. A compulsive page-turner with high stakes and a heroine you find yourself absolute...

The extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman. After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as ...

Death lies behind the words. The chilling new stand-alone thriller from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries.

Join your favourite pig Peppa and her fantastic friend Freddy Fox! A stunning little book for you and your little one to read along together. Produ...

In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that...

A gripping Brighton-based mystery from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway series - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, cosy crime ...

Beautiful, flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley, the farm boy, and when he departs to make his fortune, she vows never to love another.So...

The unforgettable novel of love, loss and family that launched Maggie O'Farrell on her extraordinary literary career. A distraught young woman boar...

Griffiths: The Lantern Men is an acclaimed and bestselling regional crime novel from the author of The Stranger Diaries.'My favourite current serie...

In the overcrowded world and cramped space colonies of the late 21st century, tedium can be endured through the use of the drug Can-D, which enable...

When you step into an enchanted storybook in the library, your magical quest begins! The pages of this book are all mixed up and the on...

When a mysterious message arrives from the future, your time-travelling quest begins! Turn back time and explore the past with your han...

Isaac Asimov's Robot series - from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the histo...

**'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' Guardian** Octavia E. Butler's masterpiece and ground-breaking exploration...

In this inspiring, award-winning story of self-expression and creativity from Peter H. Reynolds, illustrator of Ish and the Judy Moody series, Vash...

In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 mu...

The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus 'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know' Meursault is di...

The Secrets to Healing, Resilience and Immunity With the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History From the bestselling author of Keto Diet Long ...

About the Author Eddie Robson is an acclaimed scriptwriter and novelist who has written for TV and radio. His comic book writing has appeared in M...

When you visit the ‘Mythical Creatures’ section of the museum, your exciting egg-hunt begins! Search this mystical world for the origin...

Ecological disaster has left the English countryside a wasteland. Humanity faces extinction, unless Greybeard and his wife Martha are successful in...

A whisperjewel from Gwen Delvano calls Dirk t'Larien across space and beyond the Tempter's Veil to Worlorn, a dying Festival planet of rock and ice...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIESThe Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a cr...

A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most d...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, ...

After the Internet, what came next? Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything...

A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, The End We Start From is a haunting but hopeful dystopian vision of a familiar world made dan...

The Talented Mr. Ripley follows the story of Tom Ripley, who is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law. When an unexpected ...

On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricio...

'A heart-stopping roller coaster' DAILY MAIL 'The book everyone is talking about' MIRROR 'A blazing, full-tilt thriller that entirely justifies t...

This book is a facsimile edition of the ninth Peanuts collection originally published back in 1960 by the Clarke, Irwin & Company, Ltd of To...

A literary masterpiece from one of the great writers of our time: 'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart' David Mitchell'Love doesn't just sit t...

With more than 200 small – but smart – crosswords, this book provides an excellent series of bite-sized challenges. The Guardian's many crosswords ...

When a famous astronaut goes missing in space, your intergalactic search mission begins! Attend Space Academy before blasting off into ...

ENTER THE ADMINISTRATION Peretz spends his days navigating the bureaucracy of the Administration, the institute tasked with governing the Forest be...

Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will...

A deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from. - Time Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someon...

Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing hi...

The murder of women priests in Norfolk's spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new advent...

Punk 57 is a captivating standalone romance that explores the complexities of friendship and love through letters exchanged between two pen pals, M...

Lynch: Lies Of Locke Lamora is the first of the Gentleman Bastard sequence, this stunning heist fantasy is a must-read for fans of: GAME OF THRONES...

One of Clarke's most famous and acclaimed novels, winner of both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vanne...