Fiction

The classic fairy tale - Hansel and Gretel - from Ladybird!A perfect introduction to the classic story Hansel and Gretel. Find out what happens when the brother and sister get lost in the woods! Part of the Ladybird First Favourite Tales series - a...

Sail away with the delightful new novel from Gervase Phinn, bestselling author of The School at the Top of the DaleA summer cruise should be just the ticket for a few weeks of luxury and relaxation - but for the passengers and crew of the Empress of the...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since' Paul Auster, author of The New York TrilogyRaymond Chandler was America's preeminent...

Dinosaurs have taken over the Earth! They're stomping and stamping all over the place. Young readers will love finding out why in this classic environmental tale from best-selling author/illustrator Michael Foreman. A fable for our time, and as relevant...

A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance. 'Enchanting, moving and funny in equal measure, this compelling love story is expertly crafted against a backdrop of modern Japanese culture' Stylist Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when...

THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK AND INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERYou can save hundreds of lives.Or the one that matters most . . . 'A NAIL-BITER OF A THRILLER' SHARI LAPENA 'HYPNOTICALLY GOOD' LEE CHILD 'FEELS LIKE A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE' LISA JEWELL'THE...

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom one of our great thinkers on modern life and the human condition - an unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel Essays in Love as well as The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for...

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMANMildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great...

The psychologists would call it folie a deux...'Bruno slammed his palms together. 'Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch?'' From this...

A collection of insightful and uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST - one of the most acclaimed and adventurous writers of our time. A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING... brings together Wallace's musings on a wide range of...

The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller! Don't miss this heartwarming summer read. The time had come to leave Creek Manor. Their relationship was doomed from the start, he was the master of the house and she the servant... Summer, Little...

Massacring his way to the top to become emperor of the cultivation world, Mo Ran's cruel reign left him with little satisfaction. Now, upon suffering his greatest loss, he takes his own life... To his surprise, Mo Ran awakens in his own body at age...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062060617Author Madeline MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 369Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 671g

Introduction and Notes by Laurence Davies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers,...

THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYER THE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIES Defense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - rides the wave of freeing a wrongfully convicted man from prison.Inundated with pleas from...

"I AM a magical unicorn!"Join Peppa, George and all their friends for another adventure!Peppa has ALWAYS wanted to be a magical unicorn and Mummy Pig thinks she can help! But will Peppa's wishes come true? And what about her friends? Discover this...

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A STORY OF LOVE AFTER DEATH 'A masterpiece' Zadie Smith 'Extraordinary' Daily Mail 'Breathtaking' Observer 'A tour de force' Sunday Times The extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Delicious' Nigella Lawson 'Clever and beguiling' Guardian 'Sublime and immersive' Jojo Moyes Erica is eighteen and ready for freedom. It's the summer of 1960 when she lands on the sun-baked Greek island of Hydra where...

Part of the Timeless Classics series, The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe contains every known tale written by the famous gothic American writer. Poe's often macabre and dark works, which span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849, include...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909608382Author William ShakespeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Firestone BooksPublisher Firestone Books

Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) and George Cattermole, with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. This vivid historical and political novel by Dickens is centred on the infamous 'No Popery'...

If you love the Bridgertons, wait until you discover the Blydons, the debut Regency romance trilogy by the author of the global phenomenon Bridgerton.About the AuthorJulia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing university and has...

No.1 bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited sixth Why Mummy novel. When family life gives you lemons, trade them for grapes! Mummy Ellen is on a well-earned sabbatical from work, and she has A Vision. She is going to cherish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781975389130Author ShuFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Yen PressPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982169701Author Mona AwadFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888438725Author RyutoFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint AirshipPublisher Seven Seas Entertainment, LLCWeight(grams) 369g

St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere… The perfect cosy read for fans of Phillipa Ashley, Trisha Ashley and Holly Martin! A December to remember… Christmas in a Cornish castle?...

The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver's first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic. It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting...

Steve Mann, the UK's no.1 dog trainer, takes it beyond the basics and tackles even more of your dog dilemmas!When it comes to dog training, there is no 'one size fits all' solution. In Easy Peasy Doggy Squeezy, Steve's seven active ingredients will teach...

Taking us deep into the heart of the Costa Rican jungle, Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Swan returns with The Secret Path - complete with her trademark romance, glamour, and jaw-dropping twists.'A glamorous adventure' - Hello!'A twisty, glamorous...

Coming soon to Netflix 'Comic, tragic, topical and entertaining in equal measure' - Bernardine Evaristo To the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba...

The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series 'This is terrific stuff' Daily Telegraph 'A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era' Financial Times 'A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a...

Marvin is an ordinary boy who loves spending time with Grandpa, reading comics, and making science experiments with his best friend Joe. But everything changes when he discovers a mysterious superhero suit hidden in the attic . . . to his amazement,...

Discover this spellbinding debut from S.A. Chakraborty. 'An extravagant feast of a book - spicy and bloody, dizzyingly magical, and still, somehow, utterly believable' Laini Taylor, Sunday Times and New...

'We must all find a new home. Now - before it's too late!' Farthing Wood is being bulldozed, and there's a drought. Fox, Badger, Toad, Tawny Owl, Mole and the other animals must band together and set off to a far-away nature reserve. Their...

**Don't miss Granny McCreedy's brand-new adventure in Call of the Penguins - available now!**A Richard & Judy Book Club and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.A truly feel-good book club read - a #1 bestseller in ebook and audio!'This year's Eleanor Oliphant . ...

Will Lilacwell works its magic once more?Times are changing in Lilacwell. Not only have Jasper and Adira settled into The Laurels manor, newly engaged and firmly casting off the shackles of their respective city lives, but Adira's friend and...

'REMARKABLE' Sarah Perry | 'EXTRAORDINARILY IMMERSIVE' Guardian | 'EPIC' Zoe Ball Book Club | 'A REALLY, REALLY GOOD READ' BBC R2 Book Club' | 'LYRICAL' Stylist | 'POETIC' Daily Mail1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of...

Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist. The Saturday Review wrote that she had...

Tenth Anniversary edition of the million-copy, bestselling novel No Time for Goodbye with a special introduction from Linwood Barclay.'One of the world's finest thriller writers' Peter James * The house was silent. That was the first sign that something...