Fiction

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize'A triumph' - The Observer'A masterly achievement' - The IndependentIn January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and...

'Channelling the dark magic at the heart of one of Shakespeare's most intriguing anti-heroes, this reimagining of Lady Macbeth is full of witchcraft, deadly power games, dark schemes, supernatural elements, and a touch of romance.' Cosmopolitan'A...

All the King's Men is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as...

Navigate your way around Sheffield with detailed street maps from A-Z This up-to-date, folded A-Z street map includes more than 3,000 streets in and around Sheffield. As well as the central shopping area, the other areas covered are Park Hill,...

The internationally bestselling historical thriller, now a major Netflix series starring Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and Daniel Bruhl.Some things never change.New York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a...

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now* The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell's epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great...

No one appreciates the detail of being alive more than the dead. In Lisbon, a man encounters his mother sitting on a park bench who laughs with the impudence of a schoolgirl. She has been dead for fifteen years. In Krakow market he recognises Ken, his...

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZEMeet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. Desperate times call for the most unlikely of heroes. 'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.'...

A spicy, hilarious HGTV-inspired romantic comedy trilogy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker!Georgette Castle's family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons...

This volume contains three of Brother Cadfael's Chronicles:ST PETER'S FAIR. An unseemly quarrel between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury over who shall benefit from the levies on Shrewsbury's annual Fair...

'Entirely irresistible ... You won't be able to look away' Chloe Gong, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights'A completely original, deliciously dark take on vampires' Sarah Underwood, New York Times bestselling author of Lies...

Fall in love with Jilly Cooper, one of Britain's most popular authors, in this up-beat and unmissable rom-com. Octavia is used to having anything (or anyone) she wants - but will she get her just desserts this time? Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian...

Corbin College, not-quite-upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian-but not an historian of the Jews-is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish...

This anthology presents the set selection of verse and prose pieces for Learners entering LAMDA Graded Examinations in Communication: Speaking Verse and Prose from Entry Level to Grade 8, and LAMDA Introductory Graded Examinations from Stage 1 to Stage 3...

With their city under fire, can they find hope in each other? 'Rich, evocative and spellbinding' KATE THOMPSON 'A heartwarming tale of courage, friendship and hope' MILLY JOHNSON ...

*THE INSTANT SATURDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER**A PANDORA SYKES/FANE BOOK CLUB PICK**AS FEATURED ON BBC R4 OPEN BOOK*'A tender story of love, grief and the transformative power of friendship' GUARDIAN'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever...

The Whittiers is a heartwarming story about the importance of family, home and being true to yourself, from the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.Connie and Preston Whittier raised their six children in a once-grand Manhattan mansion. The...

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding story about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead. Misha is a jaded scriptwriter who has been working in Hollywood for decades, and has...

IT'S NOT JUST MURDER THAT IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT . . .The blinding new Detective Jane Tennison thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.__________________Things can't get much worse for detective Jane Tennison. Unceremoniously kicked off the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915643414Author G J WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Legend Press LtdPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g

THE NEW UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB AUTHOR'Celia Walden is masterful' PATRICIA CORNWELL'Intriguingly delicious' JANE CORRY'Utterly enthralling' BP WALTER'Wickedly sharp' CAZ FREAR_______________________When you've got a...

'A kaleidoscopic portrait of post-war queer life' Guardian'Fascinating' The Times'Absorbing, illuminating, highly entertaining and often very funny' Spectator'Fascinating, bitchy, humorous and shocking' Time OutFOR NEARLY 60 YEARS Mr George Lucas led a...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER__________________________________________**Order now to secure the special Collector's Edition - available only while stocks last!**The Collector's Edition features a gold foiled design...

'A modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles 'Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.' John Densmore, The Doors 'Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw...

We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story... Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993764622Author Jeremy BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Ghillinnein BooksPublisher Ghillinnein BooksWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The heart-stopping thriller from the author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick Eeny Meeny 'Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Skin Collector and...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I want - I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that - categories like that - won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings...

SHE GAVE YOU HER BABY... AND THEN SHE JUMPED.'Woman on the Edge begins with a shocking, tragic event and doesn't stop there. An impressive debut that will keep you reading until the final twist' Samantha Downing'Riveting, hold-your-breath suspense'...

Gathered here for the first time are Miles J. Breuer's first publication, "The Man with the Strange Head"; his neglected dystopian novel Paradise and Iron (appearing here in book form for the first time); stories such as "Gostak and the Doshes" and...

A remarkably accomplished, polished debut. - Malorie Blackman.'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will...' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he...

This is the classic book that put Turgenev on the literary map--both in his own time and for all of history. The strength of this, his first book, was such that, even if Turgenev had never written another book, he would still be recognized as the father...

From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. For some of these great men, love is a 'delicious poison' (William...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door. Then there was a loud and authoritative...

And Just Like That... 25 Years of Sex and the CityTHE ORIGINAL BESTSELLING NOVELWildly funny, unexpectedly poignant, wickedly observant, SEX AND THE CITY blazes a glorious, drunken cocktail trail through New York, as Candace Bushnell, columnist and...

OVER 1/2 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDEGwen Bailey's ORIGINAL puppy training guide is back - FULLY REVISED and UPDATED for 2024!Packed with the most up-to-date findings in canine behaviour and sporting a brand-new, user-friendly design, this stunning...

The prequel to the million-copy bestseller, A Woman of Substance, where, high on the Yorkshire moors, the story of Blackie O'Neill and Emma Harte begins... Orphaned and alone, 13-year-old Blackie O'Neill must leave County Kerry to find work and put food...

FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF CECILY 'Elegant and propulsive . . . I had to fight myself to put it down' A.K. Blakemore'History at its most powerful: intimate and personal, visceral and devastating' Jennifer Saint'Family dynamics at their most...

From Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time and winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Lords of Uncreation is the final high-octane instalment in the Final Architecture space opera trilogy.He's found a way to end their war, but will humanity...

From the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse comes the compulsive page-turner about a girl searching for the truth, which may be a little too close to home . . .Her family is threatened and only she can save it.When sixteen-year-old Charlie...