Fiction

'Compulsively readable, realistic, funny, touching' The TimesWhen eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before...

A mesmerizing love story with a cast of beguiling characters, from the Nobel prizewinning author Orhan PamukWinner of the Nobel Prize for Literature'A magnificent novel.' Wall Street Journal'Powerful and moving.' TLS 'Books of the Year''Prepare to fall...

'I honestly believe this is one of the best books that I've read this year!' NetGalley Reviewer, You're not who you say you are. But neither is she.Olive Anderson has accepted that tonight she'll be dining alone, without her husband. So when a...

A white lie never hurt anyone, right? . . .'Worst Idea Ever is SO GOOD! I read it in one mad gulp' MARIAN KEYES 'Emotionally intelligent and beautifully written' DAILY MAIL 'I loved Worst Idea Ever, possibly my favourite so far. Riveting' RUTH JONES 'I...

"Tony Parsons puts you right there in every scene he writes. I love that kind of storytelling and I'm a D.C. Max Wolfe fan." - James Patterson A band of vigilante executioners roam London's hot summer nights, abducting evil men and hanging them by the...

Winter of the World is the second novel in Ken Follett's uniquely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or read in sequence with Fall of Giants and Edge of Eternity, this is a gripping epic of global conflict and personal drama.A BATTLE OF IDEALS1933,...

On the night Miles Abernathy-sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian-comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the...

Lonely Planet's Pocket Philadelphia is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighborhood by neighborhood. Admire Independence Hall, explore masterpieces at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and find the perfect cheesesteak; all with...

From the bestselling author of Everything Is Beautiful, comes an utterly heartwarming new novel, about what it truly means to belong to those you love.'A warm-hearted, emotional read' Daily Mail'Gripping, endearing and thought-provoking, this beautifully...

Romance, luxury, and secrets abound in this thrilling new collection that takes readers deeper into the world of the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games series There is nothing frivolous about the way a Hawthorne man loves. An amnesiac playboy and the woman...

The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series.Introducing the New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux.Johnny Massina, a convicted murderer bound for the electric chair, has warned Dave Robicheaux that he's on somebody's hit list,...

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give . . .On first publication in 1995, The Unconsoled was met in...

More than any other French Impressionist, painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) observed and depicted the many men in his life, including his brothers and friends, employees, and the workers and bourgeois in his Parisian neighborhood. Male subjects...

18M copies of Elena Ferrante's books sold worldwide "Stunning... the raging, torrential voice of the author is something rare." - The New York Times THE BREAK-OUT NOVEL BY THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIEND Rarely have the...

One of the twentieth century's great undisputed masterpieces, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt in Penguin Modern Classics.It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the...

Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York. This novel, based on George Eliot's own experiences of provincial life, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian...

A major film starring Brie Larson, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTAShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and a Richard and Judy Book Club selection.Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a...

The next instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series.August 1940As Autumn approaches, Lady Joanna Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House - land girls, Sally, Daphne and Charlie.Sally, a feisty blonde from the East...

Sunday Times bestselling author Rosie Goodwins brings us a heartbreaking saga of one woman's struggle to escape her past and find happiness.Life has been cruel to Grace Collins...Orphaned as a child, she is raised by her severely religious aunt, Emily...

Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a...

'Magnificent.' New York Times'Unforgettable.' Times Literary Supplement'Exquisite.' New YorkerFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of Call Me by Your Name and Find Me, now available to preorder in paperback.From a youthful infatuation with a cabinet...

'Times and their reasons, arranged in order through the Latin year, and constellations sunk beneath the earth and risen, I shall sing.' Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year is both a day by day account of festivals and observances and their...

SHORTLISTED for the International Booker Prize 2022After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.'Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row...

'A sweet and sexy romance that will keep you reading through the night' Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author of After The bookworm and the basketball player are about to meet their match . . .Kendall Holiday spends her Friday nights exactly...

Idunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right, but practitioners dismiss her symptoms and blood tests haven't revealed any cause. When she talks to friends and family about it, the refrain...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Crime novels don't get much better than this' C.L. TaylorThey wanted the same things. Death - and an audience.Eve Singer makes her living from death. As a TV crime reporter, she'll go to any length to get the...

From Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, the first art book that delves into the development and history of his beloved TV series, Futurama-timed for the show's 25th anniversary The world of Futurama comes to life in this deluxe art book, with...

A historical romance, Sontag's book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment,...

AN ENTHRALLING AND PROPULSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE ACCLAIMED AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SCRUBLANDS'Compelling, original and brilliantly executed - an excellent thriller from a new master of Australian noir' CHARLES CUMMING'Dark, twisty and atmospheric,...

NOW A MAJOR FILMTHE NO.1 FRENCH BESTSELLER 'Stunning and heart-gripping' Andre Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name 'A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age' Olivia Laing, bestselling author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497875357Author Frank L RileyFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams)...

*** NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES *** 'Thriller of the Year' Daily Mail 'Hypnotic and scary' Stephen King'Examines the fine line between seduction and stalking . . . Ludicrously readable' Guardian When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420974928Author Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. During the...

THE PULSE-RAISING NEW WISTING NOVEL FROM 10 MILLION COPY BESTSELLER JORN LIER HORST, NOW A MAJOR BBC 4 TV SHOW'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' THE TIMES'One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' SUNDAY...

An enchanting selection of Christmas tales by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish national treasure - now available in English for the first time'But what shall I do on Christmas night if nobody has given me a book?'A little girl receives a gift to treasure;...

'Jane Casey's police procedurals go from strength to strength!' Sunday Times'If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .' Erin Kelly______________He meets women.He gains...

After a fierce battle, Nick and the others succeeded in crushing the demon worshipper White Mask. The guild is extremely happy with their performance, and so the Survivors are entrusted with a job to guard a live concert by an idol. But when they...

Finnegans Wake is the book of Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle and their family - their book, but in a curious way the book of us all as well as all our books. Joyce's last great work, it is not comprised of many borrowed styles, like...