Fiction

'Bold, addictive and brilliant.' Stylist, best fiction 2021 A Times Bestseller A Times & Sunday Times Best Crime Books of 2021 A Waterstones Thriller of The Month Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men. Jia Khan...

***********************The phenomenal international bestseller - 100 million copies of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series sold worldwide.One of the Bookseller's 30 most influential books of the last 30 years."What a cracking novel! I haven't read...

A new edition of Orwell's timeless dystopian classic, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. TaylorSince its first publication in 1949, Orwell's devastating expose of the totalitarian mind has established itself as the most influential...

For over twenty years, people turned to A. A. Gill's columns every Sunday - for his fearlessness, his perception, and the laughter-and-tear-provoking one-liners - but mostly because he was the best. 'By miles the most brilliant journalist of our age', as...

'Sets out the London of the 1830s before you, streets, people, pleasures, low life, prisons' Claire TomalinCharles Dickens's first published book, Sketches by Boz is a funny and touching collection of observation, fancy and fiction showing the London he...

The Seagull is the eighth book in Ann Cleeves's Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.Obsession never dies . . .When prison inmate and former police officer John Brace says he's willing to give up...

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve... Acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with the year's most...

‘Intelligent, probing’ MAGGIE O'FARRELL ‘Wild, singular… gripped me from the start’ DOUGLAS STUART 'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS ‘A gorgeous, mysterious read’ AISLING BEA ‘Wild, elemental… I adored it’ LOUISE KENNEDY *A most...

Austerlitz is W. G. Sebald's haunting novel of post-war Europe.In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his...

Jesse Custer's dark journey to find God continues as he becomes the sheriff of a troubled Texas town. Then, Custer decides it's high time to renew his quest to find God and hold Him accountable for his actions. Collecting Preacher #41-54. About the...

All's fair in love and war...As heir to a title, Will Masterson should have stayed home and tended his responsibilities. Instead, he went to war. After years fighting the French, he intends his current mission to be his last. But all his plans are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312890421Author Gene WolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 447Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 499g

When the gods grow bored, they decide to spice up their eternal existence bychallenging all takers in an ultimate battle of wits! Of course, these deities arecapricious, unfair, and incomprehensible at the best of times, so winning is...

BY THE WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM 2023A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and Black life and death from one of the nation's leading political voices.'An outstanding journalist and chronicler.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Fused with...

The higher one climbs, the further there is to fall. As war with Napoleon seemingly draws to a close, opportunities for advancement are limited and Jack Aubrey faces the ultimate indignity - the possibility of being 'yellowed', or retired, and...

'Brilliant.' New York Times'Remarkable.' Irish TimesAugust 1946. One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors.Against this extraordinary historical backdrop, Tokyo Year Zero opens with the discovery of...

Sometimes you just need to get away...'Warm and life-enhancing, I wanted to move to Spain with these wonderful characters' Katie Fforde'A fabulous read celebrating the good things in life - fun, friends, family and food' Jill MansellFrom the bestselling...

'A bold, bright and delightful jaunt back to the golden age of detective fiction' - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal'A delicious read - who could resist a treasure hunt with murder at its core?' - SJ Bennett, author of The Windsor Knot'It's a...

From the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, now a Netflix sensation! WARNING: Will keep you up all night Lisa tells lies. Most of them are small white lies...

A family B&B. A daughter keen to be somewhere else. A life adventure awaits. . . from the Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde.'Thank goodness for Katie Fforde, the perfect author to bring comfort in difficult times. She really is the queen of...

Winner of the Best Fantasy Novel Aurealis Award'Maria Lewis is a must-read' Buzzfeed 'Pay attention urban fantasy fans - Maria Lewis is a name you'll want to remember' One More Page Considering her status as the world's most powerful medium, Casper von...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEPhilip Roth's masterpiece provides a piercing look into the promises of prosperity, civic order and domesticity in twentieth century America 'Swede' Levov is living the American dream. He glides through life cocooned by his...

A beautiful hardback edition of a magical and special novel - enter the fantastical world of the Night Circus.The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942993056Author Takaya KagamiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vertical, Inc.Publisher Vertical, Inc.Weight(grams) 280g

The perfect escapist read from the Sunday Times bestselling author'The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS' Debbie JohnsonNew beginnings, old secrets, and a place to call home - escape to...

Samuel Beckett is the greatest Irish novelist of the later twentieth century, and this trilogy of novels is his masterpiece -which makes it perhaps the outstanding literary work of our time. Because Beckett has a reputation for being difficult, even...

Childhood friends Yuuki and Natsuha live in the same apartment complex, and they've recently starting dating (at last)! Now their first Christmas is coming up-how will they handle that famously romantic holiday? Book InformationISBN 9781975369422Author...

FROM THE WOMEN'S PRIZE LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF NIGHTBLOOM A FEELGOOD DEBUT SET IN MODERN-DAY GHANA, ABOUT FASHION AND FINDING YOUR VOICE 'Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail In one of the most talked about and hilarious debuts of...

A remarkable blood-soaked stranger upends the lives of two Lake District ramblers; a lonely tavern offers its guests something much more disturbing than a post-walk pint; a night hike on the Fens takes a terrifying turn when the fog rolls in. From the...

'That word, "vacation," makes me sweat.' Coco Chanel on taking a break'You must do it irregardless, or it will eat its way out of you.' Zora Neale Hurston on writing'One has to choose between the Life and the Project.' Susan Sontag on choosing artFrom...

A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the...

'One hell of a journey...a great curl up and read book' Reader Review 'Outstandingly fabulous' Reader Review 'Had me going to bed early just so that I could listen to it!' Reader Review ...

THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AUTHORONE BILLION COPIES SOLDShe thought she'd said goodbye to love . . . she was wrong.For Gillian and Chris their happiness seemed complete. Handsome, dynamic, with a wild past behind him and a golden future ahead, Chris was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944937966Author Aneko YusagiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint One Peace Books, IncorporatedPublisher Social Club Books

'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' Daily Mail'Brody's writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive' Ann Cleeves A lady with a secret Kate Shackleton's sterling reputation for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486280417Author W. E. B. DuFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 135gDimensions(mm)...

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the 'Jazz Age'. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the...

December, 1917. Ada Hobbes arrives on a frosty morning to clean the house owned by Dr Tindall, a surgeon at the Edmonton Military Hospital. She is shocked to find the blood-covered body of her employer who has been hacked to death. A horrific scene...

A sweet and uplifting Mr Men Little Miss story about coping with change and trying something new Some people are excited about new experiences, while others are nervous about change. The Little Miss Twins may look alike, but when a new restaurant is...

Kelsea Glynn is the sole heir to the throne of Tearling but has been raised in secret after her mother - a monarch as vain as she was foolish - was murdered for ruining her kingdom. For 18 years, the Tearling has been ruled by Kelsea's uncle in the role...