Fiction

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735223530Author Rebecca MakkaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 138mm...

'A book of innocence and bawdiness, fury and joy...needs to be read and re-read' The TimesOn the banks of the Thames a baby is found floating. Rescued by the Dog-Woman, a giant strong enough to fling an elephant into the air, their lives together will...

Jeremy Clarkson shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to Clarkson.Jeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of the world than most. He has, as they say, been around a bit. And as a result, he's got one or two things to tell us...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250095299Author M L RioFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Mark Twain American Voice In Literature Award 2020. Commended for PEN/Faulkner Award 2020 and Kirkus Prize (Fiction) 2019. Short-listed for National Book Awards...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Hugo Award (Novel) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780553582024Author George R. R. MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam...

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW'Marvelously optimistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love both' Washington PostA.J. Fikry, the grumpy owner of Island Books, is going through...

THE TENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES'Emotional and gripping' Take a BreakDecember 1943 As the war effort gathers steam in Europe, it's all hands on deck on the home front. Gloria is over the moon to be reunited with her sweetheart...

Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, The Naked and the Dead' is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in...

Emma Kennedy's hilarious memoir of wet and windy family trips, NOW ADAPTED FOR THE MAJOR BBC ONE SERIES THE KENNEDYS. For the 70s child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume - plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. 'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.' The...

**NOW A MAJOR FILM - ALL OF US ARE STRANGERS - STARRING PAUL MESCAL, CLAIRE FOY, ANDREW SCOTT AND JAMIE BELL** 'Deeply satisfying. . . a wonderful study of grief and isolation.' Daily Mail'A sharp, chilling contemporary ghost story.' The...

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton, author of the bestselling The House of Riverton, is a heartbreaking story of love and loss with a devastating secret at its heart.Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close but, when a long-lost letter arrives...

**AS FEATURED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS**Discover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the high-flying sequel to his groundbreaking young adult novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man about the adventures of the unassuming, everyday kid who just so happens to be Spider-Man. Miles...

An irresistible novel of unexpected friendships, second chances and dark secrets, from the bestselling author and Queen of Uplit Ruth Hogan.'Warm and wise' Guardian | 'A book to really love' Stylist | 'Will soften even the hardest of hearts' Red |...

The School Living Club is going on its first field trip! Yay! (That is, with Megu-nee's permission, of course...) What will they do on their excursion? The usual stuff: shopping, sightseeing...maybe rescuing another survivor from a horde of ravenous...

FICTIONS is perhaps the single most mysterious and extraordinary collection of short stories written this century. Influenced by writers as disparate as Lewis Carroll, Stevenson and Cervantes, Borges is nethertheless a complete original who can turn dry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525312939Author Paulette BourgeoisFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Kids Can PressPublisher Kids Can Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Audible 20 Best of May 2020. Long-listed for Audible's Bestsellers for week May 8 2020 (United States).Book InformationISBN 9781944145736Author Michael J...

The beautifully lyrical retelling of the Norse myths, told from the captivating point of view of the trickster god LokiThe novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods - retold from the point of view of the world's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685451059Author Rina KentFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Blackthorn BooksPublisher Blackthorn BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Using magic to help people is Little Miss Magic's favourite thing! But what happens when someone outsmarts her? The Mr Men and Little Miss have...

New York Times bestselling author David Wong takes readers to a whole new level with his latest dark comic horror, set in the world of John Dies at the End and This Book is Full of Spiders.John Dies at the End's "smart take on fear manages to tap into...

Lindsay Gordon investigates the murder of a bestselling author and discovers that, beneath the glittering facade, the London publishing world is a hotbed of seething rivalries, soured relationships and desperate power plays. Fifth in the series. ...

'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King A dark, warm and continuous rain falls on the town of Bixby, coating the inhabitants. Now a loving wife smashes her husbands head to a pulp. A mob raids the cinema, attacking everyone inside...

Strangling vines and meat-hungry flora fill this unruly garden of strange stories, selected for their significance as the seeds of the villainous (or perhaps just misunderstood) `killer plant' in fiction, film and video games. Step within to marvel at...

Moving, passionate, and unforgettable, this novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover follows two young adults from completely different backgrounds embarking on a tentative romance, unaware of what the future holds. After a...

The tenth book in the bestselling series, from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon. Look out! Tom, Delia and the whole Gates family are going on holiday. How will Tom manage to keep himself busy on the most...

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize comes a pacy rhyming adventure, perfect for any child who loves trains. When a naughty little mouse steals cheese from the station master, a battle between cat and mouse follows! But they put their...

A Heart so White is the breathtaking international bestseller and IMPAC Award-winning masterpiece by Javier Marias, whose highly-anticipated new novel The Infatuations is published in 2013. This Penguin Modern Classics edition features a new Introduction...

'The book I wish I'd written? Whatever Hari Kunzru is publishing next' Aravind Adiga 'Astonishing, absorbing, terrifying. Immensely good.' Philip Pullman''Red Pill stands as a final blast of sanity against this new, deranged reality. It is a literary...

NAPOLEON: EMPEROR OF FRANCE, MASTER OF EUROPE.1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a...

Stormrider concludes the tale of the Rigante. War and other-worldly magic combine in this heroic fantasy by the Sunday Times bestselling author David Gemmell, perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, Duncan M. Hamilton and Conn Iggulden."When it comes to...

Battle is joined...Hero of Jutland in World War I, Kelly Maguire progresses rapidly through Navy ranks during the dangerous post-War years.Amidst the Russian Civil War, British forces must rescue thousands of terrified White Army men from rampaging...

Agatha Christie’s seaside mystery thriller, based on the Devon location of Burgh Island, now reissued as a hardback ‘Special Edition’ with a gorgeous new artwork cover. ’It is peaceful. The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget, there is evil...

The first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. 'The ultimate in future history' Daily Mail Mars - the barren, forbidding planet that epitomises mankind's dreams of space conquest. ...

The first novel by the great American novelist, now the subject of a major new film, Genius, starring Jude Law, Colin Firth, Dominic West and Nicole Kidman. Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial Eliza, grows...

'Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic' Angela Knight'Hot, sexy, unique, intriguingly wicked' Christine FeehanMeet Sahvage: a powerful MMA fighter with a buried secret that could change the world of Caldwell forever... Sahvage has been living under...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802150615Author Kenzaburo OeFormat PaperbackPage Count 165Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly...