Fiction books

About the Author John Fuller was educated at New College, Oxford, and was formerly a Fellow and Tutor in English at Magdalen College. An award-win...

Nineteen-year-old Luisa McKenzie has failed her Scottish Highers and finds herself back at primary school - working as a teaching assistant, a role...

When the beautiful teenage Lily arrives in Lima in 1950, fifteen-year-old Ricardo falls instantly in love with her. She claims to be from Chile, bu...

Product Description The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admiral...

The Philokalia is a collection of texts on prayer and the spiritual life, written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by masters of the Orth...

About the Author Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of t...

1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Eliza...

Thomas Wyatt (1503?-1542) was the first modern voice in English poetry. His poetry holds a mirror to the secret, capricious world of Henry VIII's c...

Review Maurice Walsh is a gifted writer with a novelist's eye for the illuminating detail of everyday lives in extremis ... The great strength of ...

A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case f...

Review The richly detailed evocation of the period, which gives The Janissary Tree such an authentic feel, is combined with a playful humour and a...

Nearly 4,000 people were killed over the thirty or so years of the Northern Irish Troubles. And the killings were as intimate as they were brutal. ...

Why do men tend to keep love letters in files along with their other correspondence, whereas women keep them with their clothes? And if a letter is...

Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Min...

With films such as The Brood and Videodrome, David Cronenberg established himself as Canada's most provocative director. With subsequent movies suc...

In an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred. Army corporal Lituma and his deputy Tom�s belie...

Thomas Wyatt (1503?-1542) was the first modern voice in English poetry. His poetry holds a mirror to the secret, capricious world of Henry VIII's c...

About the Author Charles Townshend is Professor of International History at Keele University, specialising in the study of modern political violen...

**SOLDIER SAILOR - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW** 'Captivating' Irish Times 'Revealing and elegant' Financial Times 'Masterfu...

In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic, to find the fabled North W...

During the darkest days of the Second World War, the Allies listened intently to the messages of the enemy. Every whisper built a picture of the th...

'You can never go wrong with an Alexandria Bellefleur novel' Buzzfeed The new steamy queer rom-com from bestselling author, Alexandria Bellefleur ...

'We are so focused on tomorrow that we often fail to appreciate and enjoy today.' 'One of my greatest desires is to see people thoroughly enjoy the...

From the bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan, this emotionally compelling novel is inspired by real-life female WWII agents including Violette ...

Review 'Once you read one - you'll be hooked.' ― David Baldacci 'Fforde's books are more than just an ingenious idea. They are written with buoya...

'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama 'The authentic voice of Mandela shines...

'Exciting and immersive! A compelling story that crackles with intrigue, passion and humour' TRACY REES 'Beautifully researched, emotionally charg...

A witty and touching novel for fans of Tony Parsons and Nick Hornby. Thirty-two-year-old music journalist Dave Harding has got a nice house, a cus...

One of the most enchanting books about cats ever written, Minka and Curdy describes the adventures - and misadventures - of two very different kitt...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION Theo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only ...

'A sweeping tale of dark magic, artistic obsession, and a love unbound from the limits of time' Paulette Kennedy A vanished star. A haunted film...

'Dunmore is my new find in historical romance. Her A League of Extraordinary Women series is extraordinary' JULIA QUINN, No.1 New York Times bestse...

The Sunday Times bestselling series is back. Eve Dallas is investigating the murder of a much-loved actor at a glittering party. The spotlight has ...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE SHORTL...

'Amazing. I'd give someone else's right arm to write so beautifully' Sarah Pinborough 'Superb! The Devil's Playground is imagination on steroids.....

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times It's the summer of 1947...

Review A book that goes a long way to take the mystery out of effective communication ― Independent on Sunday We all know what we want, and this ...

A steamy Sapphic rom-com about a modern-day marriage-of-convenience. Perfect for fans of Ashley Herring Blake, Casey McQuiston and Talia Hibbert. ...

From an award-winning author, Fingersmith is an extraordinary, ingenious tale of fraud, insanity and secrets London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at...